List of speakers of the House of Representatives (Japan)
List of speakers (gichō) and vice-speakers (fuku-gichō) of the House of Representatives.
Speakers
| # | Name | Party | Entered office | Left office (+reason if not end of term) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Empire of Japan | ||||
| 1 | Nobuyuki Nakajima | Rikken Jiyūtō | November 26, 1890 | December 25, 1891 (dissolution) |
| 2 | Tōru Hoshi | Jiyūtō | May 3, 1892 | December 13, 1893 (expulsion) |
| 3 | Masataka Kusumoto | Dōmei Club | December 15, 1893 | December 30, 1893 (dissolution) |
| 4 | Masataka Kusumoto | Rikken Kakushintō | May 12, 1894 | June 2, 1894 (dissolution) |
| 5 | Masataka Kusumoto | Rikken Kakushintō | October 15, 1894 | June 8, 1896 (resignation) |
| 6 | Kazuo Hatoyama | Shinpotō | December 22, 1896 | December 25, 1897 (dissolution) |
| 7 | Kenkichi Kataoka | Rikken Seiyūkai | May 15, 1898 | June 10, 1898 (dissolution) |
| 8 | Kenkichi Kataoka | Rikken Seiyūkai | November 9, 1898 | December 7, 1902 |
| 9 | Kenkichi Kataoka | Rikken Seiyūkai | December 7, 1902 | December 28, 1902 (dissolution) |
| 10 | Kenkichi Kataoka | Rikken Seiyūkai | May 9, 1903 | October 31, 1903 (death) |
| 11 | Hironaka Kōno | Kenseitō | December 5, 1903 | December 11, 1903 (dissolution) |
| 12 | Masahisa Matsuda | Rikken Seiyūkai | March 18, 1904 | January 19, 1906 (resignation) |
| 13 | Teiichi Sugita | Rikken Seiyūkai | January 23, 1906 | December 23, 1908 |
| 14 | Sumitaka Haseba | Rikken Seiyūkai | December 23, 1908 | September 6, 1911 (resignation) |
| 15 | Ikuzō Ōoka | Rikken Seiyūkai | December 24, 1911 | August 21, 1912 |
| 16 | Ikuzō Ōoka | Rikken Seiyūkai | August 21, 1912 | March 6, 1914 (resignation) |
| 17 | Sumitaka Haseba | Rikken Seiyūkai | March 7, 1914 | March 15, 1914 (death) |
| 18 | Shigesaburō Oku | Rikken Seiyūkai | March 17, 1914 | December 25, 1914 (dissolution) |
| 19 | Saburō Shimada | Rikken Dōshikai | May 17, 1915 | January 25, 1917 (dissolution) |
| 20 | Ikuzō Ōoka | Rikken Seiyūkai | June 21, 1917 | February 26, 1920 (dissolution) |
| 21 | Shigesaburō Oku | Rikken Seiyūkai | June 26, 1920 | February 16, 1923 (resignation) |
| 22 | Gizō Kasuya | Rikken Seiyūkai | February 17, 1923 | January 31, 1924 (dissolution) |
| 23 | Gizō Kasuya | Rikken Seiyūkai → Ind. | June 26, 1924 | March 25, 1927 (resignation) |
| 24 | Shigeru Morita | Kenseikai | March 26, 1927 | January 21, 1928 (dissolution) |
| 25 | Hajime Motoda | Rikken Seiyūkai | April 20, 1928 | March 14, 1929 (resignation) |
| 26 | Mosuke Kawahara | Rikken Seiyūkai | March 15, 1929 | May 15, 1929 (death) |
| 27 | Zenbē Horikiri | Rikken Seiyūkai | December 26, 1929 | January 21, 1930 (dissolution) |
| 28 | Ikunosuke Fujisawa | Rikken Minseitō | April 23, 1930 | April 13, 1931 (resignation) |
| 29 | Kejirō Nakamura | Rikken Minseitō | December 26, 1931 | January 21, 1932 (dissolution) |
| 30 | Kiyoshi Akita | Rikken Seiyūkai | March 18, 1932 | December 13, 1932 (resignation) |
| 31 | Kunimatsu Hamada | Rikken Seiyūkai | December 24, 1934 | January 21, 1936 (dissolution) |
| 32 | Kōjirō Tomita | Rikken Minseitō | May 1, 1936 | March 31, 1937 (dissolution) |
| 33 | Shōju Koyama | Rikken Minseitō → Yokusan Giin Dōmei | July 23, 1937 | December 22, 1941 (resignation) |
| 34 | Kazutami Tago | Yokusan Giin Dōmei → Yokusan Seijikai | December 24, 1941 | May 25, 1942 |
| 35 | Tadahiko Okada | Yokusan Seijikai | May 25, 1942 | April 9, 1945 (resignation) |
| 36 | Toshio Shimada | Dainihon Seijikai → JPP | June 8, 1945 | December 18, 1945 (dissolution) |
| 37 | Senzō Higai | JLP | May 22, 1946 | August 23, 1946 (resignation) |
| 38 | Takeshi Yamazaki | JLP → Ind. | August 23, 1946 | March 31, 1947 (dissolution) |
| State of Japan | ||||
| 39 | Komakichi Matsuoka | JSP → JSP (right wing) | May 21, 1947 | December 23, 1948 (dissolution) |
| 40 | Kijūrō Shidehara | LP | February 11, 1949 | March 10, 1951 (death) |
| 41 | Jōji Hayashi | LP | March 13, 1951 | August 1, 1952 (resignation) |
| 42 | Banboku Ōno | LP | August 26, 1952 | August 28, 1952 (dissolution) |
| 43 | Banboku Ōno | LP | October 24, 1952 | March 14, 1953 (dissolution) |
| 44 | Yasujirō Tsutsumi | PP | May 18, 1953 | December 10, 1954 (resignation) |
| 45 | Tō Matsunaga | JDP | December 11, 1954 | January 24, 1955 (dissolution) |
| 46 | Shūji Masutani | LDP | March 18, 1955 | April 25, 1958 (dissolution) |
| 47 | Nirō Hoshijima | LDP | June 11, 1958 | December 13, 1958 (resignation) |
| 48 | Ryōgorō Katō | LDP | December 13, 1958 | February 1, 1960 (resignation) |
| 49 | Ichirō Kiyose | LDP | February 1, 1960 | October 24, 1960 (dissolution) |
| 50 | Ichirō Kiyose | LDP | December 7, 1960 | October 23, 1963 (dissolution) |
| 51 | Naka Funada | LDP | December 7, 1963 | December 20, 1965 (resignation) |
| 52 | Kikuichirō Yamaguchi | LDP | December 20, 1965 | December 3, 1966 (resignation) |
| 53 | Kentarō Ayabe | LDP | December 3, 1966 | December 27, 1966 (dissolution) |
| 54 | Mitsujirō Ishii | LDP | February 15, 1967 | July 16, 1969 (resignation) |
| 55 | Takechiyo Matsuda | LDP | December 3, 1969 | December 27, 1969 (dissolution) |
| 56 | Naka Funada | LDP | January 14, 1970 | November 13, 1972 (dissolution) |
| 57 | Umekichi Nakamura | LDP | December 22, 1972 | May 29, 1973 (resignation) |
| 58 | Shigesaburō Maeo | LDP | May 29, 1973 | December 9, 1976 |
| 59 | Shigeru Hori | LDP | December 24, 1976 | February 1, 1979 (resignation) |
| 60 | Hirokichi Nadao | LDP | February 1, 1979 | September 7, 1979 (dissolution) |
| 61 | Hirokichi Nadao | LDP | October 30, 1979 | May 19, 1980 (dissolution) |
| 62 | Hajime Fukuda | LDP | July 17, 1980 | November 28, 1983 (dissolution) |
| 63 | Kenji Fukunaga | LDP | December 26, 1983 | January 24, 1985 (resignation) |
| 64 | Michita Sakata | LDP | January 24, 1985 | June 2, 1986 (dissolution) |
| 65 | Kenzaburō Hara | LDP | July 22, 1986 | June 2, 1989 (resignation) |
| 66 | Hajime Tamura | LDP | June 2, 1989 | January 24, 1990 (dissolution) |
| 67 | Yoshio Sakurauchi | LDP | February 27, 1990 | June 18, 1993 (dissolution) |
| 68 | Takako Doi | JSP | August 6, 1993 | September 27, 1996 (dissolution) |
| 69 | Sōichirō Itō | LDP | November 7, 1996 | June 2, 2000 (dissolution) |
| 70 | Tamisuke Watanuki | LDP | July 4, 2000 | October 10, 2003 (dissolution) |
| 71 | Yōhei Kōno | LDP | November 19, 2003 | August 8, 2005 (dissolution) |
| 72 | Yōhei Kōno | LDP | September 21, 2005 | July 21, 2009 (dissolution) |
| 73 | Takahiro Yokomichi | DPJ | September 16, 2009 | November 16, 2012 (dissolution) |
| 74 | Bunmei Ibuki | LDP | December 26, 2012 | November 21, 2014 (dissolution) |
| 75 | Nobutaka Machimura | LDP | December 24, 2014 | April 21, 2015 (resignation) |
| 76 | Tadamori Oshima | LDP | April 21, 2015 | November 1, 2021 |
| 77 | Hiroyuki Hosoda | LDP | November 1, 2021 | Incumbent |
Other websites
- House of Representatives: 衆議院議長・副議長一覧 (in Japanese)
- Rulers.org