List of Prefectural Governors As of February 15,2011 Prefectures Governors Date of birth No.of elect.wins Election date Term of office expires Hokkaido Harumi Takahashi Jan-6-1954 2 Apr-8-2007 Apr-22-2011 Aomori Shingo Mimura Apr-16-1956 2 Jun-3-2007 Jun-28-2011 Iwate Takuya Tasso Jun-10-1964 1 Apr-8-2007 Apr-29-2011 Miyagi Yoshihiro Murai Aug-20-1960 2 Oct-25-2009 Nov-20-2013 Akita Norihisa Satake Nov-15-1947 1 Apr-12-2009 Apr-19-2013 Yamagata Mieko Yoshimura May-18-1951 1 Jan-25-2009 Feb-13-2013 Fukushima Yuhei Sato Dec-13-1947 2 Oct-31-2010 Nov-11-2014 Ｉbaraki Masaru Hashimoto Nov-19-1945 5 Aug-30-2009 Sep-25-2013 Tochigi Tomikazu Fukuda May-21-1953 2 Nov-16-2008 Dec-8-2012 Gunma Masaaki Osawa Jan-21-1946 1 Jul-22-2007 Jul-27-2011 Saitama Kiyoshi ueda May-15-1948 2 Aug-26-2007 Aug-30-2011 Chiba Kensaku Morita Dec-16-1949 1 Mar-29-2009 Apr-4-2013 Tokyo Shintaro Ｉshihara Sep-30-1932 3 Apr-8-2007 Apr-22-2011 Kanagawa Shigefumi Matsuzawa Apr-2-1958 2 Apr-8-2007 Apr-22-2011 Niigata Hirohiko Izumida Sep-15-1962 2 Oct-19-2008 Oct-24-2012 Toyama Takakazu Ｉshii Dec-15-1945 2 Oct-19-2008 Nov-8-2012 Ｉshikawa Masanori Tanimoto Apr-16-1945 5 Mar-14-2010 Mar-26-2014 Fukui Ｉssei Nishikawa Jan-2-1945 2 Apr-8-2007 Apr-22-2011 Yamanashi Shomei Yokouchi Mar-2-1942 1 Jan-21-2007 Feb-16-2011 Nagano Shuichi Abe Dec-21-1960 1 Aug-8-2010 Aug-31-2014 Gifu Hajime furuta Sep-13-1947 2 Jan-25-2009 Feb-5-2013 Shizuoka Heita Kawakatsu Aug-16-1948 1 Jul-5-2009 Jul-4-2013 Aichi Hｉdeaki Ohmura Mar-9-1960 1 Feb-6-2011 Feb-14-2015 Mie Akihiko Noro Aug-28-1946 2 Apr-8-2007 Apr-20-2011 Shiga Yukiko Kada May-18-1950 2 Jul-11-2010 Jul-19-2014 Kyoto Keiji Yamada Apr-5-1954 3 Apr-11-2010 Apr-15-2014 Osaka Toru Hashimoto Jun-29-1969 1 Jan-27-2008 Feb-5-2012 Hyogo Toshizo ldo Aug-10-1945 3 Jul-5-2009 Jul-31-2013 Nara Shogo Arai Jan-18-1945 1 Apr-8-2007 May-2-2011 Wakayama Yoshinobu Nisaka Oct-2-1950 2 Nov-28-2010 Dec-16-2014 Tottori Shinji Hirai Sep-17-1961 1 Apr-8-2007 Apr-12-2011 Shimane Mizoguchi Zenbe Jan-20-1946 1 Apr-8-2007 Apr-29-2011 Okayama Masahiro Ishii Nov-29-1945 4 Oct-26-2008 Nov-11-2012 Hiroshima Hidehiko Yuzaki Oct-4-1965 1 Nov-8-2009 Nov-28-2013 Yamaguchi Sekinari Nii Mar-20-1943 4 Aug-3-2008 Aug-21-2012 Tokushima Kamon Iizumi Jul-29-1960 2 Apr-8-2007 May-17-2011 Kagawa Keizo Hamada Jan-10-1952 1 Aug-29-2010 Sep-4-2014 Ehime Tokihiro Nakamura Jan-25-1960 1 Nov-28-2010 Nov-30-2014 Kochi Masanao Ozaki Sep-14-1967 1 Nov-25-2007 Dec-6-2011 Fukuoka Wataru Aso May-15-1939 4 Apr-8-2007 Apr-22-2011 Saga Yasushi Furukawa Jul-15-1958 2 Apr-8-2007 Apr-22-2011 Nagasaki Houdou Nakamura Nov-29-1950 1 Feb-21-2010 Mar-1-2014 Kumamoto Ikuo Kabashima Jan-28-1947 1 Mar-23-2008 Apr-15-2012 Oita Katsusada Hirose Jun-25-1942 2 Apr-8-2007 Apr-27-2011 Miyazaki Shunji Kouno Sep-8-1964 1 Dec-26-2010 Jan-20-2015 Kagoshima Yuichiro Ito Nov-17-1947 2 Jul-13-2008 Jul-27-2012 Okinawa Hirokazu Nakaima Aug-19-1939 2 Nov-28-2010 Dec-9-2014 1 elect.win=20 Govs. 2 elect.win=19Govs. 3 elect.win= 3Govs. 4 elect.win= 3Govs. 5 elect.win= 2Govs. The color indicates prefectures where elections will be or were held this year..