List of governors of Niigata Prefecture

This list of governors of Niigata Prefecture provides a chronological list of the governors of Niigata Prefecture.

List of governors

 * Tokiatsu Hirimatsu 1871-1872
 * Masataka Kusumoto 1872–1875
 * Moriki Nagayama 1875-1885
 * Shinozaki Goro 1885-1889
 * Sadaaki Senda 1889–1891
 * Koteda Yasuda 1891-1896
 * Asada Tokunori 1896–1897
 * Minoru Katsumata 1897-1900
 * Shin Kiyoshi 1900
 * Fumi Kashiwada 1900-1903
 * Hiroshi Abe 1903-1907
 * Kiyoshi Honba 1907-1912
 * Mori Masataka 1912
 * Izawa Takio 1912-1913
 * Ando Kensuke 1913-1914
 * Keisuke Sakanaka 1914-1916
 * Tsuizui Katagawa 1916-1917
 * Watanabe Katsusaburo 1917-1919
 * Ōta Masahiro 1919–1923
 * Ohara Sanarata 1923-1925
 * Takeo Mimatsu 1925-1927
 * Shohei Fujinoma 1927-1928
 * Yuichiro Chikaraishi 1928
 * Ozaki Yujiro 1928-1929
 * Takeo Mimatsu (2nd time) 1929-1930
 * Shinya Kurosaki 1930-1931
 * Nakano Kunikazu 1931
 * Obata Toyoji 1931-1932
 * Ryo Chiba 1932-1935
 * Miyawaki Umekichi 1935-1936
 * Sekiya Nobuyuki 1936-1938
 * Yasujiro Nakamura 1938-1939
 * Seikichi Kimishima 1939-1940
 * Seiichiro Yasui 1940-1941
 * Doi Shohei 1941-1943
 * Tamon Maeda 1943–1945
 * Kingo Machimura 1945
 * Masafuku Hatada 1945–1946
 * Sato Dodai 1946
 * Hideo Aoki 1946-1947
 * Shohei Okada 1947-1955
 * Kazuo Kitamura 1955-1961
 * Juichiro Tsukada 1961-1966
 * Shiro Watari 1966-1974
 * Takeo Kimi 1974-1989
 * Kiyoshi Kaneko 1989-1992
 * Ikuo Hirayama 1992–2004
 * Hirohiko Izumida 2004–2016
 * Ryuichi Yoneyama 2016–2018
 * Hideyo Hanazumi 2018-