List of governors of Miyagi Prefecture

Appointed governors

 * Ryo Shioya 1872-1873
 * Tokisuke Miyagi 1873-1878
 * Matsudaira Masanao 1878-1891
 * Mamoru Funakoshi 1891-1894
 * Minoru Katsumata 1894-1897
 * Sukeo Kabayama 1897-1898
 * Tokito Konkyo 1898
 * Ōura Kanetake 1898
 * Kiyoshi Shin 1898-1900
 * Chikaaki Takasaki 1900
 * Nomura Masaaki 1900
 * Motohiro Onoda 1900-1902
 * Tadashi Munakata 1902-1903
 * Terumi Tanabe 1903-1905
 * Kamei Ezaburo 1905-1908
 * Terada Yushi 1908-1913
 * Mori Masataka 1913-1914
 * Magoichi Tahara 1914-1915
 * Tsunenosuke Hamada 1915-1919
 * Mori Masataka (2nd time) 1919-1921
 * Yūichirō Chikaraishi 1921-1924
 * Manbei Ueda 1924-1926
 * Katorataro Ushizu 1926-1929
 * Michio Yuzawa 1929-1931
 * Minabe Choji 1931-1933
 * Asaji Akagi 1933-1934
 * Kiyoshi Nakarai 1934-1935
 * Jiro Ino 1935-1936
 * Yoshio Kikuyama 1936-1939
 * Kyuichiro Totsuka 1939
 * Ryosaku Shimizu 1939-1940
 * Nobuo Hayashin 1940-1942
 * Otomaru Kato 1942-1943
 * Nobuya Uchida 1943-1944
 * Tsurukichi Maruyama 1944-1945
 * Motome Ikezumi 1945
 * Saburo Chiba 1945-1947

Elected governors

 * Jiro Kazuo Watanabe 1947
 * Saburo Chiba (2nd time) 1947-1949
 * Kazuji Sasaki 1949-1952
 * Otogoro Miyagi 1952-1956
 * Yasushi Onuma 1956-1959
 * Yoshio Miura 1959-1965
 * Shintaro Takahashi 1965-1969
 * Soichiro Yamamoto 1969-1989
 * Shuntara Honma 1989-1993
 * Shirō Asano (politician) 1993-2005
 * Yoshihiro Murai 2005–present