Shinobu Agata

Shinobu Agata
縣 忍
Mayor of Nagoya
In office 10 January 1939 – 6 January 1942
Preceded by	Ōiwa Isao
Succeeded by	Masatoshi Satō
Gubernatorial offices Governor of Osaka Prefecture In office 28 June 1932 – 15 January 1935 Monarch Hirohito Preceded by Munenori Saito Succeeded by Eiji Yasui Director of the Karafuto Agency In office 9 July 1929 – 17 December 1931 Monarch Hirohito Preceded by Kōji Kita Succeeded by Masao Kishimoto Governor of Gunma Prefecture In office 17 May 1927 – 10 January 1928 Monarch Hirohito Preceded by Kudara Bunsuke Succeeded by Ōmori Kaichi Governor of Chiba Prefecture In office 28 September 1926 – 17 May 1927 Monarchs Taishō Hirohito Preceded by Toshio Motoda Succeeded by Takasuke Fukunaga Governor of Kagoshima Prefecture In office 24 June 1924 – 28 September 1926 Monarch Taishō Preceded by Toyoji Obata Succeeded by Miki Nagano Governor of Yamagata Prefecture In office 16 October 1922 – 24 June 1924 Monarch Taishō Preceded by Izumi Morimoto Succeeded by Masao Kishimoto
Personal details
Born	(1881-06-30)30 June 1881 Tenryū, Shizuoka, Japan
Died	6 January 1942(1942-01-06) (aged 60)
Alma mater	Tokyo Imperial University

Shinobu Agata (縣 忍, Agata Shinobu; 30 June 1881 – 6 January 1942) was Director of the Karafuto Agency (1929–1931). He was Governor of Yamagata Prefecture (1922–1924), Kagoshima Prefecture (1924–1926), Chiba Prefecture (1926–1927), Gunma Prefecture (1927–1928), Osaka (1932–1935) and Mayor of Nagoya (1939 – 6 January 1942). He was from Shizuoka Prefecture. He was a graduate of the University of Tokyo. He died in office while serving as mayor of Nagoya.