Refers specifically to the governor of a 県, often seen in news, elections, disaster response, and local government contexts.
新しい県知事が今日就任した。
The new prefectural governor took office today.
The prefectural governor set up a disaster response headquarters.
He was elected prefectural governor in last month's election.
She served as prefectural governor for ten years.
He plans to run in next year's gubernatorial election.
The new prefectural governor took office this month.