List of governors of Osaka Prefecture

Appointed governors

 * Daigo Tadamasa 1868
 * Gotō Shōjirō 1868-1870
 * Kimimasa Yuri 1870
 * Yotsutsuji Nishi 1870-1872
 * Norobu Watanabe 1872-1880
 * Tateno Tsuyoshi 1880-1889
 * Nishimura Sutezō 1889-1891
 * Yamada Nobumichi 1891-1895
 * Utsumi Tadakatsu 1895-1897
 * Tokito Konkyo 1897-1898
 * Mamoru Okimorikata 1898
 * Yoshihara Saburo 1898
 * Tadashini Kikuchi 1898-1902
 * Chikaaki Takasaki 1902-1911
 * Marques Okubo Toshi Takeshi 1912-1917
 * Harumichi Tanabe 1927-1928
 * Yūichirō Chikaraishi 1928-1929
 * Saito Munenori 1931-1932
 * Shinobu Agata 1932-1935
 * Minabe Choji 1941-1943

Elected governors

 * Bunzo Akama 1947-1959
 * Gisen Sato 1959-1971
 * Ryōichi Kuroda 1971-1979
 * Sakae Kishi 1979-1991
 * Kazuo Nakagawa 1991-1995
 * Knock Yokoyama 1995-1999
 * Fusae Ohta 2000-2008
 * Tōru Hashimoto 2008-2011
 * Ichirō Matsui 2011-2011
 * Hirofumi Yoshimura 2019-present