List of Speakers of the House of Councillors.
Below is a list of office-holders from 1947:
| Name | Entered Office | Left Office |
|---|---|---|
| Tsuneo Matsudaira | May 20, 1947 | November 14, 1949 |
| Naotake Satō | November 15, 1949 | May 19, 1953 |
| Yahachi Kawai | May 19, 1953 | April 3, 1956 |
| Tsuruhei Matsuno | April 3, 1956 | August 6, 1962 |
| Yūzō Shigemune | August 6, 1962 | July 17, 1971 |
| Kenzō Konō | July 17, 1971 | July 3, 1977 |
| Ken Yasui | July 28, 1977 | July 7, 1980 |
| Masatoshi Tokunaga | July 17, 1980 | July 9, 1983 |
| Mutsuo Kimura | July 18, 1983 | July 22, 1986 |
| Masaaki Fujita | July 22, 1986 | September 30, 1988 |
| Yoshihiro Tsuchiya | September 30, 1988 | October 4, 1991 |
| Yūji Osada | October 4, 1991 | July 9, 1992 |
| Bunbē Hara | August 7, 1992 | July 22, 1995 |
| Jūrō Saitō | August 4, 1995 | October 19, 2000 |
| Yutaka Inoue | October 19, 2000 | April 22, 2002 |
| Hiroyuki Kurata | April 22, 2002 | July 30, 2004 |
| Chikage Ōgi | July 30, 2004 | July 28, 2007 |
| Satsuki Eda | July 28, 2007 | July 25, 2010 |
| Takeo Nishioka | July 30, 2010 | November 5, 2011 |
| Kenji Hirata | November 14, 2011 |