Japanese politicians

Sugawara no Michizane (菅原 道真/菅原 道眞, August 1, 845 – March 26, 903), also known as Kan Shōjō (菅丞相) or Kanke (菅家), was a scholar, poet, and politician of the Heian Period of Japan.

Ōki Takatō (大木 喬任, March 23, 1832 – September 26, 1899), was a Japanese statesman during the early Meiji period.

Park Jung-yang (Korean: 박중양; Hanja: 朴重陽; sometimes transliterated as Park Joong-yang, May 3, 1874 or 1872 — April 23, 1959) was a Korean Joseon and Japanese-ruled Korean bureaucrat, politician, liberal and social activist.

Count Gotō Shōjirō (後藤 象二郎, April 13, 1838 – August 4, 1897) was a Japanese samurai and politician during the Bakumatsu and early Meiji period of Japanese history.

Yoshida Shōin (吉田松陰, September 20, 1830 – November 21, 1859), commonly named Torajirō (寅次郎), was one of Japan's most distinguished intellectuals in the closing days of the Tokugawa shogunate.

(In this Japanese name, the family name is Gotō.) Count Gotō Shinpei (後藤 新平, 24 July 1857 – 13 April 1929) was a statesman and cabinet minister in the Taishō and early Shōwa period Empire of Japan.

Count Terashima Munenori (寺島 宗則, June 21, 1832 – June 6, 1893) was a diplomat in Meiji period Japan.

Count Hijikata Hisamoto (土方久元, 23 November 1833 – 4 November 1918) was a Japanese politician and cabinet minister of the Meiji period.

Satoshi Akao (赤尾敏, 15 January 1899 in Higashi-ku, Nagoya — 6 February 1990) was an extreme-right Japanese politician who formerly served as a member of the House of Representatives of Japan.

Tōyama Mitsuru (頭山 満, 27 May 1855 – 5 October 1944) was a right-wing political leader in early 20th century Japan and founder of the Genyosha nationalist secret society.

Yukio Ozaki (尾崎 行雄 Ozaki oi Yukio, born December 24, 1859 – October 6, 1954) was a liberal Japanese politician, born in modern-day Sagamihara, Kanagawa.

Seiko Hashimoto (Japanese: 橋本 聖子 Hashimoto Seiko, born 5 October 1964) is a Japanese politician who was formerly a speed skater and track cycling sprinter.

Count Sano Tsunetami (佐野 常民, December 28, 1822 – December 12, 1902) was a Japanese statesman and founder of the Japanese Red Cross Society.

Viscount Mori Arinori (森 有礼, August 23, 1847 – February 12, 1889) was a Meiji period Japanese statesman, diplomat, and founder of Japan's modern educational system.

Etō Shimpei (江藤 新平, March 18, 1834 – April 13, 1874), was a Japanese statesman during the early Meiji period, remembered chiefly for his role in the unsuccessful Saga Rebellion.

Ryōhei Uchida (内田 良平 Uchida Ryōhei, 11 February 1873 – 26 July 1937) was a Japanese ultranationalist political theorist.

Viscount Tani Tateki (谷 干城, 18 March 1837 – 13 May 1911) was a statesman and lieutenant general in the Imperial Japanese Army in Meiji period Japan.

Ryoko Tani (谷 亮子 Tani Ryōko, née Tamura (田村), born September 6, 1975) is a retired Japanese female judoka and a politician.

Count Katsu Kaishū (勝 海舟, March 12, 1823 – January 21, 1899) was a Japanese statesman and naval engineer during the late Tokugawa shogunate and early Meiji period.

Soejima Taneomi (副島 種臣, October 17, 1828 – January 31, 1905) was a diplomat and statesman during early Meiji period Japan.

Muneo Suzuki (鈴木 宗男 Suzuki Muneo, born 31 January 1948) is a Japanese politician from Ashoro, Hokkaidō.

Kuroda Kan'ichi (黒田 寛一, October 20, 1927 – June 26, 2006) was a 20th-century Japanese philosopher and social theorist.

Seigō Nakano (中野 正剛 Nakano Seigō) (12 February 1886 – 27 October 1943) was a Japanese political leader who advocated a fascist Japan to complete the Meiji Restoration.

Shigeyoshi Matsumae (松前重義 Matsumae Shigeyoshi, October 24, 1901 – August 25, 1991) was a Japanese electrical engineer, inventor of the non-loaded cable carrier system, the Minister of the Ministry of Communications (Teishin-in, between August 30, 1945 and April 8, 1946), politician and the founder of Tokai University.

Yoshihiro Tokugawa (徳川 義寛 Tokugawa Yoshihiro, November 7, 1906 – February 2, 1996) was a Japanese political figure of the mid to late 20th century.

Matsudaira Yoshinaga (松平 慶永, October 10, 1828 – June 2, 1890), also known as Matsudaira Keiei, or Matsudaira Shungaku (春嶽) was a Japanese daimyo of the Edo period.

Daisaku Kadokawa (門川 大作 Kadokawa Daisaku) is a Japanese politician and the current mayor of Kyoto, the former capital of Japan and now the capital city of Kyoto Prefecture.

Hirofumi Yoshimura (吉村 洋文 Yoshimura Hirofumi, born 17 June 1975) is a Japanese politician and the current mayor of Osaka, the capital and the largest city of Osaka Prefecture, a prefecure located in Kansai region of Japan.

Toshio Irie (入江 俊郎 Irie Toshiō, January 10, 1901 – July 18, 1972) was a Japanese bureaucrat and politician.

Jirō Shirasu (白洲 次郎 Shirasu Jirō, 17 February 1902 – 28 November 1985) was a Japanese bureaucrat and businessman.

(In this Japanese name, the family name is Watanabe.) Viscount Watanabe Kunitake (渡辺国武, 29 March 1846 – 11 May 1919) was a Japanese politician, cabinet minister and deputy Prime Minister, who lived in the Meiji and Taishō periods.

Koriki Jojima (城島光力 Jōjima Kōriki, 1 January 1947), is a Japanese politician who served four terms in the House of Representatives and was Minister of Finance from 1 October to 26 December 2012.

Oguri Kozukenosuke (Oguri Tadamasa, 1827-1868) was a statesman of the Tokugawa government in the last stage of the Edo period, and he is often regarded as a rival of Katsu Kaishu.

Viscount Yamao Yōzō (山尾 庸三, November 5, 1837 – December 21, 1917) was a Japanese samurai of the late Edo period who became an influential member of the Meiji era government of Japan.

Kizō Hisamoto (久元 喜造 Hisamoto Kizō) is a Japanese politician and the current mayor of Kobe, the capital city of Hyōgo Prefecture in Japan.

Ichiro Hatta (八田一朗 Hatta Ichirō, June 3, 1906 – April 15, 1983) was a pioneer Japanese wrestler who was instrumental in founding the Japanese Amateur Wrestling Association and bringing the 1964 Olympics to Japan.

Naohiro Amaya (天谷 直弘 Amaya Naohiro, August 31, 1925 – August 30, 1994) is a Japanese politician who served as the head of the Ministry of International Trade and Industry (MITI).

Makoto Hirayama (平山 誠 Hirayama Makoto, born 12 May 1952) is a Japanese politician.

Nezu Kaichirō (根津 嘉一郎, August 8, 1860 – January 4, 1940) was a Japanese businessman, national politician and philanthropist.

Eikichi Minato (湊栄吉 Minato Eikichi) was a Japanese politician.

Kazutoshi Sasayama (笹山 幸俊 Sasayama Kazutoshi) is a Japanese politician who served as mayor of Kobe, the capital city of Hyōgo Prefecture, Japan.

Takeshi Onaga (翁長 雄志 Onaga Takeshi) is a Japanese politician and the current governor of Okinawa Prefecture in Japan.

Tokujiro Kanamori (金森 徳次郎 Kanamori Tokujirō, March 17, 1886 – June 16, 1959) was a Japanese politician.

Sōichirō Takashima (高島 宗一郎 Takashima Sōichirō) is a Japanese politician and the current mayor of Fukuoka, the capital city of Fukuoka Prefecture in Kyushu region of Japan.

Viscount Mishima Michitsune (三島通庸, 26 June 1835 – 23 October 1888) was a vassal of the Satsuma Domain during the Late Tokugawa shogunate, Home Ministry bureaucrat and viscount.

Murata Seifū (村田 清風, May 26, 1783 – July 9, 1855) was a Japanese Samurai, Karō of Chōshū Domain and a prominent economic reformer of the Edo period.

The Purge in Japan was the prohibition of designated Japanese people from engaging in public service, by order of the General Headquarters of the Allied Forces (GHQ) after Japan's defeat in World War II.

Taketora Ogata (緒方 竹虎 Ogata Taketora, January 30, 1888 – January 28, 1956) was a Japanese journalist, Vice President of the Asahi Shimbun newspaper and later a politician.

Count Matsudaira Norikata (松平 乗謨, December 18, 1839 – January 26, 1910) was the 8th and final daimyō of Okutono in Mikawa Province, and 1st (and final) daimyō of Tanoguchi Domain in Shinano Province.

(In this Japanese name, the family name is Kido.) Kido Takayoshi (木戸 孝允, August 11, 1833 – May 26, 1877), also referred as Kido Kōin was a Japanese statesman during the Late Tokugawa shogunate and the Meiji Restoration.

Komatsu Kiyokado (小松 清廉, December 3, 1835 – August 16, 1870) was a Japanese samurai of the late Edo period, who served the Shimazu clan of Satsuma, and went on to become a government official of the early Meiji period.

Nobuhiro Tanabe (田辺 信宏 Tanabe Nobuhiro, born August 20, 1961 in Shizuoka City) is a Japanese politician.

Marquis Date Munenari (伊達 宗城, September 1, 1818 – December 20, 1892) was the eighth head of the Uwajima Domain during the Late Tokugawa shogunate and a politician of the early Meiji era.

Shigeru Sahashi (佐橋滋 Sahashi Shigeru, 5 April 1913 – 31 May 1993) was a Japanese government official.

Saigō Takamori (Takanaga) (西郷 隆盛 (隆永), January 23, 1828 – September 24, 1877) was one of the most influential samurai in Japanese history, living during the late Edo Period and early Meiji Era.

Masakazu Nakai (中井 正一 Nakai Masakazu, alternative romanization Nakai Shōichi) (14 February 1900 - 18 May 1952) was a Japanese aesthetician, film theorist, librarian, and social activist.

Junji Nishime (西銘 順治 Nishime Junji) was a Japanese politician who served as the 4th Governor of Okinawa from 1978 until 1990 and mayor of Naha, the capital of Okinawa.

Keiichi Inamine (稲嶺 惠一 Inamine Keiichi) is a Japanese politician who served as the fifth Governor of Okinawa from 1998 until 2006.