Chūichi Ariyoshi

Senior Third Rank Chūichi Ariyoshi
有吉 忠一
Member of the House of Peers
In office 11 April 1930 – 15 June 1946 Nominated by the Emperor
Mayor of Yokohama
In office 7 May 1925 – 26 February 1931
Preceded by	Katsusaburō Watanabe
Succeeded by	Ichirō Ōnishi
Gubernatorial offices Governor of Hyōgo Prefecture In office 18 April 1919 – 16 June 1922 Monarch Taishō Preceded by Seino Chōtarō Succeeded by Miichiro Orihara Governor of Kanagawa Prefecture In office 12 August 1915 – 18 April 1919 Monarch Taishō Preceded by Kenzō Ishihara Succeeded by Kosai Inoue Governor of Miyazaki Prefecture In office 13 March 1911 – 12 August 1915 Monarchs Meiji Taishō Preceded by Takaoka Tadayoshi Succeeded by Hidetarō Horiuchi Governor of Chiba Prefecture In office 28 March 1908 – 14 June 1910 Monarch Meiji Preceded by Kenzō Ishihara Succeeded by Kotsumori Ryō
Personal details
Born	(1873-06-02)2 June 1873 Miyazu, Kyoto, Japan
Died	10 February 1947(1947-02-10) (aged 73)
Relatives	Iwao Yamazaki (son-in-law)
Alma mater	Faculty of Law, Tokyo Imperial University

Chūichi Ariyoshi (有吉 忠一, Ariyoshi Chūichi; 2 June 1873 – 10 February 1947) was a Japanese bureaucrat and politician. He was born in Miyazu, Kyoto Prefecture. He was the first president of Keijō Imperial University in Seoul, Korea, from May to July 1924 during the period when Korea was under Japanese rule. He served as governor of Chiba, Miyazaki, Kanagawa, Hyogo. He was mayor of Yokohama from 1925 to 1931.

Career

He was born on 2 June 1873 into a Samurai family in Kyoto. He graduated from the Tokyo Imperial University in 1896 with a degree in English Law, and started working for the Home Ministry. After spending some time in Europe, he served as governor of four prefectures: Chiba, Miyazaki, Kanagawa, and Hyogo. He held senior roles in the Government-General of Chōsen. During his six-year tenure as Mayor of Yokohama, he played a central role in rebuilding and reorganising the earthquake-struck city, including the decision to build Yamashita Park.

• 
  Yamashita Park, a central piece in Ariyoshi's Yokohama reconstruction plan
• 
  Emplem of Hyogo Prefecture, conceived by Ariyoshi

Honours

Court Ranks

• Senior Fourth Rank (正四位)
• Junior Third Rank (従三位)
• Senior Third Rank (正三位)

Orders

• The Order of the Rising Sun, Gold and Silver Star (2nd class)

Family

Source: Parents:

• Sanshichi
• Uta

Spouse:

• Hisae (有吉久榮)

Siblings:

• Akira (有吉明): Diplomat, served as ambassador to Switzerland, Brazil, and China
• Minoru (有吉実): Senior bureaucrat, lawyer

Children:

• Yoshiya (有吉義弥): Chief Executive of NYK Line (1965–1971)
• Fumiko (有吉文子): Married Iwao Yamazaki
• Tokuko (有吉德子): Married Shigeru Yonezawa (米沢滋), president of NTT (1965–1977)

See also

• Keijō Imperial University
• Shimooka Chūji