Kingo Machimura

Kingo Machimura
町村 金五
2nd Governor of Hokkaido
In office
April 1959  April 1971
Preceded byToshibumi Tanaka
Succeeded byNaohiro Dōgakinai
37th Governor of Niigata Prefecture
In office
1 February 1945  9 April 1945
Preceded byTamon Maeda
Succeeded byMasafuku Hatada
28th Governor of Toyama Prefecture
In office
7 January 1941  23 April 1943
Preceded byKenzo Yano
Succeeded byNobuyoshi Saka
Personal details
Born(1900-08-16)August 16, 1900
Sapporo, Hokkaido, Japan
DiedDecember 14, 1992(1992-12-14) (aged 92)
Tokyo, Japan
Nationality Japanese
Political partyLiberal Democratic Party
SpouseMachiya Biba
ChildrenNobutaka Machimura (son)
Alma materTokyo Imperial University

Kingo Machimura (町村 金五, Machimura Kingo; August 16, 1900 – December 14, 1992) was a Japanese politician who served as governor of Toyama Prefecture (1941–1943), governor of Niigata Prefecture (1945) and the second Governor of Hokkaido (1959–1971). He was a member of the Liberal Democratic Party. He was a graduate of the University of Tokyo. He was a recipient of the Order of the Rising Sun. His second son was Nobutaka Machimura, who was twice Minister of Foreign Affairs of Japan and Chief Cabinet Secretary of Japan.