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

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Osaka Prefecture

Osaka (capital)

Osaka

Wards	Abeno Asahi Chūō Fukushima Higashinari Higashisumiyoshi Higashiyodogawa Hirano Ikuno Jōtō Kita Konohana Minato Miyakojima Naniwa Nishi Nishinari Nishiyodogawa Suminoe Sumiyoshi Taishō Tennōji Tsurumi Yodogawa

Sakai

Wards	Higashi Kita Naka Nishi Mihara Minami Sakai

Core cities

• Higashiōsaka
• Hirakata
• Neyagawa
• Suita
• Takatsuki
• Toyonaka
• Yao

Special cities

• Ibaraki
• Kishiwada^☆

Cities

• Daitō
• Fujiidera
• Habikino
• Hannan
• Ikeda
• Izumi
• Izumiōtsu
• Izumisano
• Kadoma
• Kaizuka
• Kashiwara
• Katano
• Kawachinagano
• Matsubara
• Minoh
• Moriguchi
• Ōsakasayama
• Sennan
• Settsu
• Shijōnawate
• Takaishi
• Tondabayashi

Districts

• Minamikawachi District
  • Chihayaakasaka
  • Kanan
  • Taishi
• Mishima District
  • Shimamoto
• Senboku District
  • Tadaoka
• Sennan District
  • Kumatori
  • Misaki
  • Tajiri
• Toyono District
  • Nose
  • Toyono

List of mergers in Osaka Prefecture; Note: ☆ - Cities to become core cities