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No. | Reign | width=60 | Portrait | Posthumous name | Personal name (imina) | Notes |
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Legendary Emperors | ||||||
660 BC–585 BCE | Emperor Jimmu | Kan'yamato Iwarebiko | presumed legendary; claimed descent from the sun goddess, Amaterasu[6] | |||
581 BCE–549 BCE | Emperor Suizei | Kamu Nunagawamimi no Mikoto | presumed legendary;[7] 3rd son of Jimmu[8] | |||
549 BCE–511 BCE | Emperor Annei | Shikitsuhiko Tamademi no Mikoto | presumed legendary;[9] son and heir of Suizei | |||
510 BCE–476 BCE | Emperor Itoku | Oho Yamatohiko Sukitomo no Mikoto | presumed legendary; 2nd son of Annei | |||
475 BCE–393 BCE | Emperor Kōshō | Mimatsuhiko Kaeshine no Mikoto | presumed legendary;[10] son and heir of Itoku | |||
392 BCE–291 BCE | Emperor Kōan | Oho Yamato Tarasihiko Kunioshi Hito no Mikoto | presumed legendary;[11] 2nd son of Kōshō | |||
290 BCE–215 BCE | Emperor Kōrei | Oho Yamato Nekohiko Futoni no Mikoto | presumed legendary[12] | |||
214 BCE–158 BCE | Emperor Kōgen | Oho Yamato Nekohiko Kuni Kuru no Mikoto | presumed legendary[13] | |||
157 BCE–98 BCE | Emperor Kaika | Waka Yamato Nekohiko Oho Bibino no Mikoto | presumed legendary[14] | |||
97 BCE–30 BCE | Emperor Sujin | Mimaki Irihiko Inie no Mikoto | first emperor with a direct possibility of existence[15] | |||
29 BCE–70 CE | Emperor Suinin | Ikume Irihiko Isachi no Mikoto | [16] | |||
71–130 | Emperor Keikō | Oho Tarasihiko Osirowake no Mikoto | [17] | |||
131–191 | Emperor Seimu | Waka Tarasihiko | [18] | |||
192–200 | Emperor Chūai | Tarasi Nakatsuhiko no Mikoto | [19] | |||
201–269 | Empress Jingū | Okinaga Tarashihime no Mikoto | Served as regent for Emperor Ōjin; not counted among the officially numbered emperors[20] | |||
270–310 | Emperor Ōjin | Honda no Sumera-mikoto / Ōtomowake no Mikoto / Homutawake no Mikoto | Last proto-historical emperor, deified as Hachiman[21] | |||
313–399 | Emperor Nintoku | Ō Sazaki no Mikoto | Inaccurate dates[22] | |||
400–405 | Emperor Richū | Isaho Wake no Mikoto | Inaccurate dates[23] | |||
406–410 | Emperor Hanzei | Tajihi Mizuha Wake no Mikoto | Inaccurate dates[24] | |||
411–453 | Emperor Ingyō | Wo Asazuma Wakugo no Sukune | Inaccurate dates.[25] | |||
453–456 | Emperor Ankō | Anaho no Mikoto | Inaccurate dates.[26] | |||
456–479 | Emperor Yūryaku | Oho Hatsuse Wakatakeru no Mikoto | Inaccurate dates.[27] | |||
480–484 | Emperor Seinei | Siraka Takehiro Kuni Osi Waka Yamato Neko no Mikoto | Inaccurate dates.[28] | |||
485–487 | Emperor Kenzō | Ohoke no Mikoto | Inaccurate dates.[29] | |||
488–498 | Emperor Ninken | Ohosi(Ohosu) no Mikoto/ Simano Iratsuko | Inaccurate dates.[30] | |||
498–506 | Emperor Buretsu | Wohatsuse Wakasazaki | Inaccurate dates.[31] | |||
507–531 | Emperor Keitai | Ōto/Hikofuto (Hikofuto no Mikoto/Ōdo no Sumera Mikoto) | Genealogy from this point is considered accurate.[32] | |||
531–535 | Emperor Ankan | Hirokuni Oshitake Kanahi no Mikoto | Inaccurate dates.[33] | |||
535–539 | Emperor Senka | Takeo Hirokuni Oshitate no Mikoto | Inaccurate dates.[34] | |||
Asuka period (592–710) | ||||||
539–571 | Emperor Kinmei | Amekuni Oshiharuki Hironiwa no Sumera Mikoto | Traditional dates.[35] | |||
572–585 | Emperor Bidatsu | Osada no Nunakura no Futotamashiki no Mikoto | Traditional dates.[36] | |||
585–587 | Emperor Yōmei | Ooe/Tachibana no Toyohi no Sumera Mikoto | Traditional dates.[37] | |||
587–592 | Emperor Sushun | Hatsusebe no (Wakasasagi) Mikoto | Traditional dates.[38] | |||
592–628 | Empress Suiko | Nukatabe/Toyomike Kashikiyahime | First non-legendary female emperor (Prince Shotoku acted as her regent); traditional dates.[39] | |||
629–641 | Emperor Jomei | Tamura (Oki Nagatarashihi Hironuka no Sumera Mikoto) | Traditional dates.[40] | |||
642–645 | Empress Kōgyoku | Takara (Ame Toyotakaraikashi Hitarashi Hime no Sumera Mikoto) | Traditional dates,[41] reigned twice | |||
645–654 | Emperor Kōtoku | Karu (Ame Yorozu Toyohi no Sumera Mikoto) | Traditional dates.[42] | |||
655–661 | Empress Saimei | Takara (Ame Toyotakaraikashi Hitarashi Hime no Sumera Mikoto) | Second reign of Empress Kōgyoku (35), traditional dates.[43] | |||
661–672 | Emperor Tenji | Katsuragi/Nakano-ooe (Ame Mikoto Hirakasuwake no Mikoto/Amatsu Mikoto Sakiwake no Mikoto) | Traditional dates.[44] | |||
672 | Emperor Kōbun | Ōtomo | Posthumously named (1870),[45] usurped by Temmu | |||
672–686 | Emperor Tenmu | Ōama/Ohoshiama/Ōsama (Ame no Nunahara Oki no Mahito no Sumera Mikoto) | Traditional dates.[46] | |||
686–697 | Empress Jitō | Unonosarara (Takama no Harahiro no Hime no Sumera Mikoto) | Traditional dates.[47] | |||
697–707 | Emperor Monmu | Karu (Ame no Mamune Toyoohoji no Sumera Mikoto) | Traditional dates.[48] | |||
707–715 | Empress Genmei | Ahe (Yamatoneko Amatsu Mishiro Toyokuni Narihime no Sumera Mikoto) | Traditional dates.[49] | |||
Nara period (710–794) | ||||||
707–715 | Empress Genmei | Ahe (Yamatoneko Amatsu Mishiro Toyokuni Narihime no Sumera Mikoto) | Traditional dates. | |||
715–724 | Empress Genshō | Hidaka/Niinomi (Yamatoneko Takamizu Kiyotarashi Hime no Sumera Mikoto) | Traditional dates.[50] | |||
724–749 | Emperor Shōmu | Obito (Ameshirushi Kunioshiharuki Toyosakurahiko no Sumera Mikoto) | Traditional dates.[51] | |||
749–758 | Empress Kōken | Abe (Yamatoneko no Sumera Mikoto) | Traditional dates,[52] reigned twice | |||
758–764 | Emperor Junnin | Ōi | Posthumously named (1870),[53] dethroned by Shōtoku | |||
764–770 | Empress Shōtoku | Abe (Yamatoneko no Sumera Mikoto) | Second reign of Empress Kōken (46), traditional dates.[54] | |||
770–781 | Emperor Kōnin | Shirakabe (Amemune Takatsugi no Mikoto) | Traditional dates.[55] | |||
781–806 | Emperor Kanmu | Yamabe (Yamatoneko Amatsu Hitsugi Iyaderi no Mikoto) | Traditional dates.[56] | |||
Heian period (794–1185) | ||||||
781–806 | Emperor Kanmu | Yamabe (Yamatoneko Amatsu Hitsugi Iyaderi no Mikoto) | Traditional dates. | |||
806–809 | Emperor Heizei | Ate (Yamatoneko Ameoshikuni Takahiko no Mikoto) | Traditional dates.[57] | |||
809–823 | Emperor Saga | Kamino | Traditional dates.[58] | |||
823–833 | Emperor Junna | Ōtomo | Traditional dates.[59] | |||
833–850 | Emperor Ninmyō | Masara | Traditional dates.[60] | |||
850–858 | Emperor Montoku | Michiyasu | Traditional dates.[61] | |||
858–876 | Emperor Seiwa | Korehito | Traditional dates.[62] | |||
876–884 | Emperor Yōzei | Sadaakira | Traditional dates.[63] | |||
884–887 | Emperor Kōkō | Tokiyasu | Traditional dates.[64] | |||
887–897 | Emperor Uda | Sadami | Traditional dates.[65] | |||
897–930 | Emperor Daigo | Atsuhito | Traditional dates.[66] | |||
930–946 | Emperor Suzaku | Yutaakira | Traditional dates.[67] | |||
946–967 | Emperor Murakami | Nariakira | Traditional dates.[68] | |||
967–969 | Emperor Reizei | Norihira | Traditional dates.[69] | |||
969–984 | Emperor En'yū | Morihira | Traditional dates.[70] | |||
984–986 | Emperor Kazan | Morosada | Traditional dates.[71] | |||
986–1011 | Emperor Ichijō | Yasuhito/Kanehito | Traditional dates.[72] | |||
1011–1016 | Emperor Sanjō | Okisada/Iyasada | Traditional dates.[73] | |||
1016–1036 | Emperor Go-Ichijō | Atsuhira | Traditional dates.[74] | |||
1036–1045 | Emperor Go-Suzaku | Atsunaga/Atsuyoshi | Traditional dates.[75] | |||
1045–1068 | Emperor Go-Reizei | Chikahito | Traditional dates.[76] | |||
1068–1073 | Emperor Go-Sanjō | Takahito | Traditional dates.[77] | |||
1073–1086 | Emperor Shirakawa | Sadahito | Traditional dates.[78] | |||
1087–1107 | Emperor Horikawa | Taruhito | Traditional dates.[79] | |||
1107–1123 | Emperor Toba | Munehito | Traditional dates.[80] | |||
1123–1142 | Emperor Sutoku | Akihito | Traditional dates.[81] | |||
1142–1155 | Emperor Konoe | Narihito | Traditional dates.[82] | |||
1155–1158 | Emperor Go-Shirakawa | Masahito | Traditional dates.[83] | |||
1158–1165 | Emperor Nijō | Morihito | Traditional dates.[84] | |||
1165–1168 | Emperor Rokujō | Yorihito | Traditional dates.[85] | |||
1168–1180 | Emperor Takakura | Norihito | Traditional dates. | |||
1180–1185 | Emperor Antoku | Tokihito | Traditional dates.[86] | |||
Kamakura period (1185–1333) | ||||||
1183–1198 | Emperor Go-Toba | Takahira | Traditional dates.[87] | |||
1198–1210 | Emperor Tsuchimikado | Tamehito | Traditional dates.[88] | |||
1210–1221 | Emperor Juntoku | Morihira/Morinari | Traditional dates.[89] | |||
1221 | Emperor Chūkyō | Kanehira/Kanenari | Posthumously named (1870)[90] | |||
1221–1232 | Emperor Go-Horikawa | Yutahito | Traditional dates.[91] | |||
1232–1242 | Emperor Shijō | Mitsuhito/Hidehito | Traditional dates.[92] | |||
1242–1246 | Emperor Go-Saga | Kunihito | Traditional dates.[93] | |||
1246–1260 | Emperor Go-Fukakusa | Hisahito | Traditional dates.[94] | |||
1260–1274 | Emperor Kameyama | Tsunehito | Traditional dates.[95] | |||
1274–1287 | Emperor Go-Uda | Yohito | Traditional dates.[96] | |||
1287–1298 | Emperor Fushimi | Hirohito | Traditional dates.[97] | |||
1298–1301 | Emperor Go-Fushimi | Tanehito | Traditional dates.[98] | |||
1301–1308 | Emperor Go-Nijō | Kuniharu | Traditional dates.[99] | |||
1308–1318 | Emperor Hanazono | Tomihito | Traditional dates.[100] | |||
1318–1339 | Emperor Go-Daigo | Takaharu | Traditional dates;[101] Southern Court | |||
Northern Court (1333–1392) | ||||||
1331–1333 | Emperor Kōgon | Kazuhito | [102] | |||
1336–1348 | Emperor Kōmyō | Yutahito | [103] | |||
1348–1351 | Emperor Sukō | Okihito | [104] | |||
1351–1352 | Interregnum | |||||
1352–1371 | Emperor Go-Kōgon | Iyahito | [105] | |||
1371–1382 | Emperor Go-En'yū | Ohito | [106] | |||
1382–1392 | Emperor Go-Komatsu | Motohito | Reunified courts in 1392, see 100 below[107] | |||
Muromachi period (1333–1573) | ||||||
1318–1339 | Emperor Go-Daigo | Takaharu | Traditional dates; Southern Court | |||
1339–1368 | Emperor Go-Murakami | Norinaga/Noriyoshi | [108] Southern Court | |||
1368–1383 | Emperor Chōkei | Yutanari | [109] Southern Court | |||
1383–1392 | Emperor Go-Kameyama | Hironari | [110] Southern Court | |||
1392–1412 | Emperor Go-Komatsu | Motohito | Reunified courts, see also entry in Northern Court section.[111] | |||
1412–1428 | Emperor Shōkō | Mihito | Traditional dates.[112] | |||
1428–1464 | Emperor Go-Hanazono | Hikohito | Traditional dates.[113] | |||
1464–1500 | Emperor Go-Tsuchimikado | Fusahito | Traditional dates.[114] | |||
1500–1526 | Emperor Go-Kashiwabara | Katsuhito | Traditional dates.[115] | |||
1526–1557 | Emperor Go-Nara | Tomohito | Traditional dates.[116] | |||
1557–1586 | Emperor Ōgimachi | Michihito | Traditional dates.[117] | |||
Azuchi-Momoyama period (1573–1603) | ||||||
1557–1586 | Emperor Ōgimachi | Michihito | Traditional dates. | |||
1586–1611 | Emperor Go-Yōzei | Kazuhito/Katahito | Traditional dates.[118] | |||
Edo period (1603–1868) | ||||||
1586–1611 | Emperor Go-Yōzei | Kazuhito/Katahito | Traditional dates. | |||
1611–1629 | Emperor Go-Mizunoo (Go-Minoo) | Kotohito | Traditional dates.[119] | |||
1629–1643 | Empress Meishō | Okiko | Traditional dates.[120] | |||
1643–1654 | Emperor Go-Kōmyō | Tsuguhito | Traditional dates.[121] | |||
1655–1663 | Emperor Go-Sai | Nagahito | Traditional dates.[122] | |||
1663–1687 | Emperor Reigen | Satohito | Traditional dates.[123] | |||
1687–1709 | Emperor Higashiyama | Asahito | Traditional dates.[124] | |||
1709–1735 | Emperor Nakamikado | Yasuhito | Traditional dates.[125] | |||
1735–1747 | Emperor Sakuramachi | Teruhito | Traditional dates.[126] | |||
1747–1762 | Emperor Momozono | Toohito | Traditional dates.[127] | |||
1762–1771 | Empress Go-Sakuramachi | Toshiko | Traditional dates.[128] | |||
1771–1779 | Emperor Go-Momozono | Hidehito | Traditional dates.[129] | |||
1780–1817 | Emperor Kōkaku | Tomohito | Traditional dates.[130] | |||
1817–1846 | Emperor Ninkō | Ayahito | Traditional dates.[131] | |||
1846–1867 | Emperor Kōmei | Osahito | ||||
Modern Japan (Imperial and Postwar) (1867–present) | ||||||
1867–1912 | Emperor Meiji | Mutsuhito | First Emperor of the Empire of Japan. | |||
1912–1926 | Emperor Taishō | Yoshihito | Crown Prince Hirohito served as Sesshō (Prince Regent) 1921–1926. | |||
1926–1989 | Emperor Shōwa | Hirohito | Served as Sesshō (Prince Regent) 1921–1926. Last Emperor of the Empire of Japan. | |||
1989–2019 | Akihito | Referred to as 'the Emperor Emeritus' or Daijō Tennō (i.e. His Majesty the Emperor Emeritus) in Japanese and as Emperor Akihito in English. His posthumous name is likely to be Emperor Heisei. He abdicated in 2019 in favor of his eldest son Naruhito. He was the first monarch since Emperor Kōkaku to do so. | ||||
2019–present | Emperor "Kinjō" (Reigning monarch) | Naruhito | Referred to as 'the Present Emperor' or Tenno Heika (i.e. His Majesty the Emperor) in Japanese and as Emperor Naruhito in English. His posthumous name is likely to be Emperor Reiwa. |
Number | Tokugawas | Took office | Left office | ||
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1 | Tokugawa Ieyasu | 1603 | 1605 | ||
2 | Tokugawa Hidetada | 1605 | 1623 | ||
3 | Tokugawa Iemitsu | 1623 | 1651 | ||
4 | Tokugawa Ietsuna | 1651 | 1680 | ||
5 | Tokugawa Tsunayoshi | 1680 | 1709 | ||
6 | Tokugawa Ienobu | 1709 | 1712 | ||
7 | Tokugawa Ietsugu | 1713 | 1716 | ||
8 | Tokugawa Yoshimune | 1716 | 1745 | ||
9 | Tokugawa Ieshige | 1745 | 1760 | ||
10 | Tokugawa Ieharu | 1760 | 1786 | ||
11 | Tokugawa Ienari | 1786 | 1837 | ||
12 | Tokugawa Ieyoshi | 1837 | 1853 | ||
13 | Tokugawa Iesada | 1853 | August 14, 1858 | ||
14 | Tokugawa Iemochi | August 14, 1858 | August 29, 1866 | ||
15 | Tokugawa Yoshinobu | August 29, 1866 | November 19, 1867 |
Over the course of the Edo period, influential relatives of the shōgun included:
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Prime Ministers of Emperor Meiji
No. | Prime Minister | Term of office | Political Party | Government | Elected | Ref | |||
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Portrait | Name | Took Office | Left Office | Days | |||||
1 | Itō Hirobumi 伊藤 博文 | 22 December 1885 | 30 April 1888 | None | 1. Itō I | — | [171] | ||
2 | Kuroda Kiyotaka 黑田 清隆 | 30 April 1888 | 25 October 1889 | None | 2. Kuroda | — | [172] | ||
— | Sanjō Sanetomi 三條 實美 | 25 October 1889 | 24 December 1889 | None | Sanjō (interim) | — | |||
3 | Yamagata Aritomo 山縣 有朋 | 24 December 1889 | 6 May 1891 | None | 3. Yamagata I | 1890 | [173] | ||
4 | Matsukata Masayoshi 松方 正義 | 6 May 1891 | 8 August 1892 | None | 4. Matsukata I | 1892 | [174] | ||
Itō Hirobumi 伊藤 博文 | 8 August 1892 | 31 August 1896 | None | 5. Itō II | 1894 1894 | ||||
During this interval, Privy Council Chairman Kuroda Kiyotaka (黑田 清隆 Kuroda Kiyotaka) was the Acting Prime Minister. | |||||||||
Matsukata Masayoshi 松方 正義 | 18 September 1896 | 12 January 1898 | None | 6. Matsukata II | — | ||||
Itō Hirobumi 伊藤 博文 | 12 January 1898 | 30 June 1898 | None | 7. Itō III | 1898 | ||||
5 | Ōkuma Shigenobu 大隈 重信 | 30 June 1898 | 8 November 1898 | Kenseitō | 8. Ōkuma I | 1898 | [175] | ||
Yamagata Aritomo 山縣 有朋 | 8 November 1898 | 19 October 1900 | None | 9. Yamagata II | — | ||||
Itō Hirobumi 伊藤 博文 | 19 October 1900 | 10 May 1901 | Rikken Seiyūkai | 10. Itō IV | — | ||||
During this interval, Privy Council Chairman Saionji Kinmochi (西園寺 公望 Saionji Kinmochi) was the Acting Prime Minister. | |||||||||
6 | Katsura Tarō 桂 太郎 | 2 June 1901 | 7 January 1906 | None | 11. Katsura I | 1902 1903 1904 | [176] | ||
7 | Saionji Kinmochi 西園寺 公望 | 7 January 1906 | 14 July 1908 | Rikken Seiyūkai | 12. Saionji I | 1908 | [177] | ||
Katsura Tarō 桂 太郎 | 14 July 1908 | 30 August 1911 | None | 13. Katsura II | — | ||||
Saionji Kinmochi 西園寺 公望 | 30 August 1911 | 21 December 1912 | Rikken Seiyūkai | 14. Saionji II | 1912 | ||||
Prime Ministers of Emperor Taishō
No. | Prime Minister | Term of office | Political Party | Government | Elected | Ref | |||
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Portrait | Name | Took Office | Left Office | Days | |||||
Katsura Tarō 桂 太郎 | 21 December 1912 | 20 February 1913 | None | 15. Katsura III | — | ||||
8 | Yamamoto Gonnohyōe 山本 權兵衛 | 20 February 1913 | 16 April 1914 | 16. Yamamoto I | — | [178] | |||
Ōkuma Shigenobu 大隈 重信 | 16 April 1914 | 9 October 1916 | Rikken Dōshikai | 17. Ōkuma II | 1915 | ||||
9 | Terauchi Masatake 寺内 正毅 | 9 October 1916 | 29 September 1918 | 18. Terauchi | 1917 | [179] | |||
10 | Hara Takashi 原 敬 | 29 September 1918 | 4 November 1921 | Rikken Seiyūkai | 19. Hara | 1920 | [180] | ||
During this interval, Foreign Minister Uchida Kosai (内田 康哉 Uchida Kōsai) was the Acting Prime Minister. | |||||||||
11 | Takahashi Korekiyo 高橋 是清 | 13 November 1921 | 12 June 1922 | Rikken Seiyūkai | 20. Takahashi | — | [181] | ||
12 | Katō Tomosaburō 加藤 友三郎 | 12 June 1922 | 24 August 1923 | 21. Katō To. | — | [182] | |||
During this interval, Foreign Minister Uchida Kosai (内田 康哉 Uchida Kōsai) was the Acting Prime Minister. | |||||||||
Yamamoto Gonnohyōe 山本 權兵衛 | 2 September 1923 | 7 January 1924 | 22. Yamamoto II | — | |||||
13 | Kiyoura Keigo 清浦 奎吾 | 7 January 1924 | 11 June 1924 | None | 23. Kiyoura | 1924 | [183] | ||
14 | Katō Takaaki 加藤 高明 | 11 June 1924 | 2 August 1925 | Kenseikai | 24. Katō Ta. | — | [184] | ||
2 August 1925 | 28 January 1926 | ||||||||
During this interval, Interior Minister Wakatsuki Reijirō (若槻 禮次郎 Wakatsuki Reijirō) was the Acting Prime Minister. | |||||||||
15 | Wakatsuki Reijirō 若槻 禮次郎 | 30 January 1926 | 20 April 1927 | Kenseikai | 25. Wakatsuki I | — | [185] | ||
Prime Ministers of Emperor Shōwa under 1890 Constitution
No. | Prime Minister | Term of office | Political Party | Government | Elected | Ref | |||
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Portrait | Name | Took Office | Left Office | Days | |||||
16 | Tanaka Giichi 田中 義一 | 20 April 1927 | 2 July 1929 | Rikken Seiyūkai | 26. Tanaka G. | 1928 | [186] | ||
17 | Osachi Hamaguchi 濱口 雄幸 | 2 July 1929 | 14 April 1931 | Rikken Minseitō | 27. Hamaguchi | 1930 | [187] | ||
Wakatsuki Reijirō 若槻 禮次郎 | 14 April 1931 | 13 December 1931 | Rikken Minseitō | 28. Wakatsuki II | — | ||||
18 | Inukai Tsuyoshi 犬養 毅 | 13 December 1931 | 15 May 1932 | Rikken Seiyūkai | 29. Inukai | 1932 | [188] | ||
During this interval, Finance Minister Takahashi Korekiyo (高橋 是清 Takahashi Korekiyo) was the Acting Prime Minister. | |||||||||
19 | Saitō Makoto 齋藤 實 | 26 May 1932 | 8 July 1934 | 30. Saitō | — | [189] | |||
20 | Keisuke Okada 岡田 啓介 | 8 July 1934 | 9 March 1936 | 31. Okada | 1936 | [190] | |||
21 | Kōki Hirota 廣田 弘毅 | 9 March 1936 | 2 February 1937 | None | 32. Hirota | — | [191] | ||
22 | Senjūrō Hayashi 林 銑十郎 | 2 February 1937 | 4 June 1937 | 33. Hayashi | 1937 | [192] | |||
23 | Fumimaro Konoe 近衞 文麿 | 4 June 1937 | 5 January 1939 | None | 34. Konoe I | — | [193] | ||
24 | Hiranuma Kiichirō 平沼 騏一郎 | 5 January 1939 | 30 August 1939 | None | 35. Hiranuma | — | [194] | ||
25 | Nobuyuki Abe 阿部 信行 | 30 August 1939 | 16 January 1940 | 36. Abe N. | — | [195] | |||
26 | Mitsumasa Yonai 米内 光政 | 16 January 1940 | 22 July 1940 | 37. Yonai | — | [196] | |||
Fumimaro Konoe 近衞 文麿 | 22 July 1940 | 18 July 1941 | 38. Konoe II | — | |||||
18 July 1941 | 18 October 1941 | 39. Konoe III | — | ||||||
27 | Hideki Tōjō 東條 英機 | 18 October 1941 | 22 July 1944 | 40. Tōjō | 1942 | [197] | |||
28 | Kuniaki Koiso 小磯 國昭 | 22 July 1944 | 7 April 1945 | 41. Koiso | — | [198] | |||
29 | Kantarō Suzuki 鈴木 貫太郎 | 7 April 1945 | 17 August 1945 | 42. Suzuki K. | — | [199] | |||
30 | Higashikuni Naruhiko 東久邇宮 稔彦 王 | 17 August 1945 | 9 October 1945 | Imperial Family | 43. Higashikuni | — | [200] | ||
31 | Kijūrō Shidehara 幣原 喜重郎 | 9 October 1945 | 22 May 1946 | None | 44. Shidehara | — | [201] | ||
32 | Shigeru Yoshida 吉田 茂 | 22 May 1946 | 24 May 1947 | 45. Yoshida I | 1946 | [202] | |||
Prime Ministers of Emperor Shōwa under 1947 Constitution
№ | Prime Minister | Term of office | Political Party | Government | Elected | Ref | ||||
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Portrait | width=180px | Name (Birth–Death) | Took Office | Left Office | Days | Gen. | Coun. | |||
33 | Tetsu Katayama 片山 哲 | 24 May 1947 | 10 March 1948 | 46. Katayama | 1947 | 1947 | [203] | |||
34 | Hitoshi Ashida 芦田 均 | 10 March 1948 | 15 October 1948 | 47. Ashida | — | — | [204] | |||
Shigeru Yoshida 吉田 茂 | 15 October 1948 | 16 February 1949 | DLP Minshu Jiyūtō (until 1950); Liberal Jiyūtō | 48. Yoshida II | — | — | ||||
16 February 1949 | 30 October 1952 | 49. Yoshida III | 1949 | 1950 | ||||||
30 October 1952 | 21 May 1953 | 50. Yoshida IV | 1952 | — | ||||||
21 May 1953 | 10 December 1954 | 51. Yoshida V | 1953 | 1953 | ||||||
35 | Ichirō Hatoyama 鳩山 一郎 | 10 December 1954 | 19 March 1955 | 52. Hatoyama I. I | — | — | [205] | |||
19 March 1955 | 22 November 1955 | 53. Hatoyama I. II | 1955 | — | ||||||
22 November 1955 | 23 December 1956 | 54. Hatoyama I. III | — | — | ||||||
36 | Tanzan Ishibashi 石橋 湛山 | 23 December 1956 | 25 February 1957 | 55. Ishibashi | — | 1956 | [206] | |||
37 | Nobusuke Kishi 岸 信介 | 25 February 1957 | 12 June 1958 | 56. Kishi I | — | — | [207] | |||
12 June 1958 | 19 July 1960 | 57. Kishi II | 1958 | 1959 | ||||||
38 | Hayato Ikeda 池田 勇人 | 19 July 1960 | 8 December 1960 | 58. Ikeda I | — | — | [208] | |||
8 December 1960 | 9 December 1963 | 59. Ikeda II | 1960 | 1962 | ||||||
9 December 1963 | 9 November 1964 | 60. Ikeda III | 1963 | — | ||||||
39 | Eisaku Satō 佐藤 榮作 | 9 November 1964 | 17 February 1967 | 61. Satō I | — | 1965 | [209] | |||
17 February 1967 | 14 January 1970 | 62. Satō II | 1967 | 1968 | ||||||
14 January 1970 | 7 July 1972 | 63. Satō III | 1969 | 1971 | ||||||
40 | Kakuei Tanaka 田中 角榮 | 7 July 1972 | 22 December 1972 | 64. Tanaka K. I | — | — | [210] | |||
22 December 1972 | 9 December 1974 | 65. Tanaka K. II | 1972 | — | ||||||
41 | Takeo Miki 三木 武夫 | 9 December 1974 | 24 December 1976 | 66. Miki | — | 1974 | [211] | |||
42 | Takeo Fukuda 福田 赳夫 | 24 December 1976 | 7 December 1978 | 67. Fukuda T. | 1976 | 1977 | [212] | |||
43 | Masayoshi Ōhira 大平 正芳 | 7 December 1978 | 9 November 1979 | 68. Ōhira I | — | — | [213] | |||
9 November 1979 | 12 June 1980 | 69. Ōhira II | 1979 | — | ||||||
During this interval, Chief Cabinet Secretary Masayoshi Ito (伊東 正義 Itō Masayoshi) was the Acting Prime Minister. | ||||||||||
44 | Zenkō Suzuki 鈴木 善幸 | 17 July 1980 | 27 November 1982 | 70. Suzuki Z. | 1980 | 1980 | [214] | |||
45 | Yasuhiro Nakasone 中曽根 康弘 | 27 November 1982 | 27 December 1983 | 71. Nakasone I | — | — | [215] | |||
27 December 1983 | 22 July 1986 | 72. Nakasone II | 1983 | 1983 | ||||||
22 July 1986 | 6 November 1987 | 73. Nakasone III | 1986 | 1986 | ||||||
46 | Noboru Takeshita 竹下 登 | 6 November 1987 | 3 June 1989 | 74. Takeshita | — | — | [216] | |||
Prime Ministers of Emperor Akihito
№ | Prime Minister | Term of office | Political Party | Government | Elected | Ref | ||||
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Portrait | width=180px | Name (Birth–Death) | Took Office | Left Office | Days | Gen. | Coun. | |||
47 | Sōsuke Uno 宇野 宗佑 | 3 June 1989 | 10 August 1989 | 75. Uno | — | 1989 | [217] | |||
48 | Toshiki Kaifu 海部 俊樹 | 10 August 1989 | 28 February 1990 | 76. Kaifu I | — | — | [218] | |||
28 February 1990 | 5 November 1991 | 77. Kaifu II | 1990 | — | ||||||
49 | Kiichi Miyazawa 宮澤 喜一 | 5 November 1991 | 9 August 1993 | 78. Miyazawa | — | 1992 | [219] | |||
50 | Morihiro Hosokawa 細川 護熙 | 9 August 1993 | 28 April 1994 | 79. Hosokawa | 1993 | — | [220] | |||
51 | Tsutomu Hata 羽田 孜 | 28 April 1994 | 30 June 1994 | 80. Hata | — | — | [221] | |||
52 | Tomiichi Murayama 村山 富市 | 30 June 1994 | 11 January 1996 | 81. Murayama | — | 1995 | [222] | |||
53 | Ryūtarō Hashimoto 橋本 龍太郎 | 11 January 1996 | 7 November 1996 | 82. Hashimoto I | — | — | [223] | |||
7 November 1996 | 30 July 1998 | 83. Hashimoto II | 1996 | 1998 | ||||||
54 | Keizō Obuchi 小渕 恵三 | 30 July 1998 | 5 April 2000 | 84. Obuchi | — | — | [224] | |||
55 | Yoshirō Mori 森 喜朗 | 5 April 2000 | 4 July 2000 | 85. Mori I | — | — | [225] | |||
4 July 2000 | 26 April 2001 | 86. Mori II | 2000 | — | ||||||
56 | Junichirō Koizumi 小泉 純一郎 | 26 April 2001 | 19 November 2003 | 87. Koizumi I | — | 2001 | [226] | |||
19 November 2003 | 21 September 2005 | 88. Koizumi II | 2003 | 2004 | ||||||
21 September 2005 | 26 September 2006 | 89. Koizumi III | 2005 | — | ||||||
57 | Shinzō Abe 安倍 晋三 | 26 September 2006 | 26 September 2007 | 90. Abe S. I | — | 2007 | [227] | |||
58 | Yasuo Fukuda 福田 康夫 | 26 September 2007 | 24 September 2008 | 91. Fukuda Y. | — | — | [228] | |||
59 | Tarō Asō 麻生 太郎 | 24 September 2008 | 16 September 2009 | 92. Asō | — | — | [229] | |||
60 | Yukio Hatoyama 鳩山 由紀夫 | 16 September 2009 | 8 June 2010 | 93. Hatoyama Y. | 2009 | — | [230] | |||
61 | Naoto Kan 菅 直人 | 8 June 2010 | 2 September 2011 | 94. Kan | — | 2010 | [231] | |||
62 | Yoshihiko Noda 野田 佳彦 | 2 September 2011 | 26 December 2012 | 95. Noda | — | — | [232] | |||
Shinzō Abe 安倍 晋三 | 26 December 2012 | 24 December 2014 | 96. Abe S. II | 2012 | 2013 | |||||
24 December 2014 | 1 November 2017 | 97. Abe S. III | 2014 | 2016 | ||||||
1 November 2017 | 16 September 2020 | 98. Abe S. IV | 2017 | 2019 | ||||||
Prime Ministers of Emperor Naruhito
№ | Prime Minister | Term of office | Political Party | Government | Elected | Ref | ||||
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Portrait | width=180px | Name (Birth–Death) | Took Office | Left Office | Days | Gen. | Coun. | |||
63 | Yoshihide Suga 菅 義偉 | 16 September 2020 | 4 October 2021 | 99. Suga | — | — | ||||
64 | Fumio Kishida 岸田 文雄 | 4 October 2021 | 10 November 2021 | 100. Kishida I | — | — | ||||
10 November 2021 | Incumbent | 101. Kishida II | 2021 | 2022 | ||||||