List of prefectural governors in Japan

List of governors of Japan - Wikimedia list article. Article “List of prefectural governors in Japan” in Simple English Wikipedia has 12.3 points for quality (as of July 1, 2025).

This article has the best quality in English Wikipedia. However, the most popular language version of this article is Japanese.

Since the creation of article “List of prefectural governors in Japan”, its content was written by 7 registered users of Simple English Wikipedia and edited by 277 registered Wikipedia users in all languages.

The article is cited 17 times in Simple English Wikipedia and cited 798 times in all languages.

The highest Authors Interest rank from 2001:

• Local (Simple English): #3292 in January 2021
• Global: #19037 in May 2023

The highest popularity rank from 2008:

• Local (Simple English): #11142 in March 2021
• Global: #112576 in April 2020

There are 11 language versions for this article in the WikiRank database (of the considered 55 Wikipedia language editions).

The quality and popularity assessment was based on Wikipédia dumps from July 1, 2025 (including revision history and pageviews for previous years).

The table below shows the language versions of the article with the highest quality.

#	Language	Quality grade	Quality score
1	English (en) List of current Japanese governors		71.7974
2	Chinese (zh) 現任日本都道府縣知事列表		49.9506
3	Catalan (ca) Llista de governadors prefecturals del Japó		33.2976
4	Japanese (ja) 都道府県知事の一覧		32.0239
5	French (fr) Liste des gouverneurs actuels des préfectures japonaises		26.6873
6	Vietnamese (vi) Danh sách Thống đốc Nhật Bản		25.1652
7	Indonesian (id) Daftar Gubernur Prefektur di Jepang		23.5468
8	Portuguese (pt) Lista de governadores de prefeitura no Japão		22.2926
9	Dutch (nl) Lijst van gouverneurs van Japan		21.3298
10	Simple English (simple) List of prefectural governors in Japan		12.2509

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The following table shows the most popular language versions of the article.

The most popular language versions of the article "List of prefectural governors in Japan" in all the time

#	Language	Popularity award	Relative popularity
1	Japanese (ja) 都道府県知事の一覧		535 029
2	English (en) List of current Japanese governors		183 477
3	French (fr) Liste des gouverneurs actuels des préfectures japonaises		15 558
4	German (de) Liste der Gouverneure japanischer Präfekturen		12 298
5	Chinese (zh) 現任日本都道府縣知事列表		10 968
6	Dutch (nl) Lijst van gouverneurs van Japan		7 752
7	Simple English (simple) List of prefectural governors in Japan		6 462
8	Indonesian (id) Daftar Gubernur Prefektur di Jepang		5 497
9	Vietnamese (vi) Danh sách Thống đốc Nhật Bản		4 412
10	Portuguese (pt) Lista de governadores de prefeitura no Japão		3 559

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The following table shows the language versions of the article with the highest popularity in the last month.

The most popular language versions of the article "List of prefectural governors in Japan" in June 2025

#	Language	Popularity award	Relative popularity
1	Japanese (ja) 都道府県知事の一覧		3 991
2	English (en) List of current Japanese governors		1 016
3	Chinese (zh) 現任日本都道府縣知事列表		204
4	Indonesian (id) Daftar Gubernur Prefektur di Jepang		64
5	Simple English (simple) List of prefectural governors in Japan		39
6	Vietnamese (vi) Danh sách Thống đốc Nhật Bản		35
7	French (fr) Liste des gouverneurs actuels des préfectures japonaises		34
8	German (de) Liste der Gouverneure japanischer Präfekturen		26
9	Portuguese (pt) Lista de governadores de prefeitura no Japão		26
10	Catalan (ca) Llista de governadors prefecturals del Japó		18

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The following table shows the language versions of the article with the highest Authors’ Interest.

Language versions of the article "List of prefectural governors in Japan" with the highest Authors Interest (number of authors). Only registered Wikipedia users were taken into account.

#	Language	AI award	Relative AI
1	Japanese (ja) 都道府県知事の一覧		85
2	English (en) List of current Japanese governors		72
3	French (fr) Liste des gouverneurs actuels des préfectures japonaises		43
4	German (de) Liste der Gouverneure japanischer Präfekturen		16
5	Dutch (nl) Lijst van gouverneurs van Japan		14
6	Vietnamese (vi) Danh sách Thống đốc Nhật Bản		14
7	Indonesian (id) Daftar Gubernur Prefektur di Jepang		7
8	Portuguese (pt) Lista de governadores de prefeitura no Japão		7
9	Simple English (simple) List of prefectural governors in Japan		7
10	Catalan (ca) Llista de governadors prefecturals del Japó		6

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The following table shows the language versions of the article with the highest Authors’ Interest in the last month.

Language versions of the article "List of prefectural governors in Japan" with the highest AI in June 2025

#	Language	AI award	Relative AI
1	Chinese (zh) 現任日本都道府縣知事列表		2
2	English (en) List of current Japanese governors		1
3	Japanese (ja) 都道府県知事の一覧		1
4	Catalan (ca) Llista de governadors prefecturals del Japó		0
5	German (de) Liste der Gouverneure japanischer Präfekturen		0
6	French (fr) Liste des gouverneurs actuels des préfectures japonaises		0
7	Indonesian (id) Daftar Gubernur Prefektur di Jepang		0
8	Dutch (nl) Lijst van gouverneurs van Japan		0
9	Portuguese (pt) Lista de governadores de prefeitura no Japão		0
10	Simple English (simple) List of prefectural governors in Japan		0

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The following table shows the language versions of the article with the highest number of citations.

Language versions of the article "List of prefectural governors in Japan" with the highest Citation Index (CI)

#	Language	CI award	Relative CI
1	English (en) List of current Japanese governors		288
2	Vietnamese (vi) Danh sách Thống đốc Nhật Bản		92
3	Indonesian (id) Daftar Gubernur Prefektur di Jepang		73
4	French (fr) Liste des gouverneurs actuels des préfectures japonaises		68
5	German (de) Liste der Gouverneure japanischer Präfekturen		56
6	Japanese (ja) 都道府県知事の一覧		56
7	Dutch (nl) Lijst van gouverneurs van Japan		52
8	Portuguese (pt) Lista de governadores de prefeitura no Japão		52
9	Chinese (zh) 現任日本都道府縣知事列表		26
10	Catalan (ca) Llista de governadors prefecturals del Japó		18

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#	Language	Value
ca	Catalan Llista de governadors prefecturals del Japó
de	German Liste der Gouverneure japanischer Präfekturen
en	English List of current Japanese governors
fr	French Liste des gouverneurs actuels des préfectures japonaises
id	Indonesian Daftar Gubernur Prefektur di Jepang
ja	Japanese 都道府県知事の一覧
nl	Dutch Lijst van gouverneurs van Japan
pt	Portuguese Lista de governadores de prefeitura no Japão
simple	Simple English List of prefectural governors in Japan
vi	Vietnamese Danh sách Thống đốc Nhật Bản
zh	Chinese 現任日本都道府縣知事列表

Best Rank

Simple English: #11142 03.2021

Global: #112576 04.2020

Best Rank

Simple English: #3292 01.2021

Global: #19037 05.2023

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