Chronology
| Number | President | Took office | Left office |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | Masataro Sawayanagi | March 24, 1911 | May 8, 1913 |
| 2nd | Tokiyuki Hojo | May 9, 1913 | August 24, 1917 |
| （Acting President） | Masataka Ogawa | August 25, 1917 | October 14, 1917 |
| 3rd | Ryojiro Fukuhara | October 15, 1917 | June 20, 1919 |
| 4th | Masataka Ogawa | June 21, 1919 | June 14, 1928 |
| 5th | Nikichi Inoue | June 15, 1928 | June 14, 1931 |
| 6th | Kotaro Honda | June 15, 1931 | May 30, 1940 |
| 7th | Taizo Kumagai | May 31, 1940 | February 11, 1946 |
| 8th | Yasutaro Satake | February 12, 1946 | March 31, 1949 |
| 9th | Satomi Takahashi | April 1, 1949 | June 30, 1957 |
| 10th | Toshio Kurokawa | July 1, 1957 | June 30, 1963 |
| 11th | Teruji Ishizu | July 1, 1963 | October 4, 1965 |
| （Acting President） | Isao Motomura | October 5, 1965 | November 19, 1965 |
| 12th | Koichi Motokawa | November 20, 1965 | February 2, 1971 |
| （Acting President） | Yahiko Mizuno | February 3, 1971 | April 30, 1971 |
| 13th | Mutsuo Kato | May 1, 1971 | April 30, 1977 |
| 14th | Shiro Maeda | May 1, 1977 | April 30, 1983 |
| 15th | Nakao Ishida | May 1, 1983 | April 30, 1989 |
| 16th | Shigemori Ohtani | May 1, 1989 | September 30, 1990 |
| （Acting President） | Kaoru Yoshinaga | October 1, 1990 | November 5, 1990 |
| 17th | Jun-ichi Nishizawa | November 6, 1990 | November 5, 1996 |
| 18th | Hiroyuki Abe | November 6, 1996 | November 5, 2002 |
| 19th | Takashi Yoshimoto | November 6, 2002 | November 5, 2006 |
| 20th | Akihisa Inoue | November 6, 2006 |