2003 Saga gubernatorial election

A gubernatorial election was held on 13 April 2003 to elect the Governor of Saga Prefecture. Newcomer Yasushi Furukawa won the election.

• Yasushi Furukawa - retired (most recent job: former manager of Nagasaki Prefecture General Affairs Department), age 44^[1]
• Iwamasa Miyahara (宮原岩政, Miyahara Iwamasa) - member of the Saga Prefectural Assembly, age 61^[1]
• Hisatoshi Higuchi - civil servant at MAFF and later mayor of Kashima, Saga, age 57^[1]
• Tomoki Kinoshita (木下知己, Kinoshita Tomoki) - professor at Nasu University, age 55^[1]
• Koreyuki Fukushima (福島是幸, Fukushima Koreyuki) - former prefectural high school teacher union chairman, age 63^[1]
• Shigeto Hayashida (林田重人, Hayashida Shigeto) - former prefectural superintendent of education, age 66^[1]