The 2002 Kyoto gubernatorial election was held on 13 March 2002 to elect the next governor of
Kyoto (京都府, Kyoto-fu), a
prefecture of
Japan located in the
Kansai region of
Honshu island.
Keiji Yamada, 48, former Home Affairs Ministry bureaucrat, former vice governor of the prefecture. He was supported by the
LDP,
New Komeito party and the
NCP, as well as the opposition
DPJ, the
LP and the
SDP.[1]