Ōta Masahiro

In this Japanese name, the surname is Ōta.

Senior Third Rank Ōta Masahiro
太田 政弘
14th Governor-General of Taiwan
In office 16 January 1931 – 2 March 1932
Monarch	Hirohito
Preceded by	Ishizuka Eizō
Succeeded by	Hiroshi Minami
10th Governor-General of the Kwantung Leased Territory
In office 17 August 1929 – 16 January 1931
Monarch	Hirohito
Preceded by	Kenjirō Kinoshita
Succeeded by	Tsukamoto Seiji
Member of the House of Peers
In office 29 January 1926 – 2 May 1947 Nominated by the Emperor
Superintendent General of the Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department
In office 11 June 1924 – 20 April 1927
Preceded by	Akaike Atsushi
Succeeded by	Mitsuo Miyata
Gubernatorial offices Governor of Aichi Prefecture In office 16 June 1923 – 11 June 1924 Monarch Taishō Preceded by Hikoharu Kawaguchi Succeeded by Haruki Yamawaki Governor of Niigata Prefecture In office 18 April 1919 – 16 June 1923 Monarch Taishō Preceded by Katsusaburō Watanabe Succeeded by Shinzō Ohara Governor of Kumamoto Prefecture In office 13 October 1916 – 18 April 1919 Monarch Taishō Preceded by Kawakami Chikaharu Succeeded by Hikoharu Kawaguchi Governor of Ishikawa Prefecture In office 1 April 1915 – 13 October 1916 Monarch Taishō Preceded by Kiichirō Kumagai Succeeded by Kahei Toki Governor of Fukushima Prefecture In office 1 June 1913 – 1 April 1915 Monarch Taishō Preceded by Nishikubo Hiromichi Succeeded by Sukeharu Horiguchi
Personal details
Born	(1871-11-16)16 November 1871 Tsuruoka, Yamagata, Japan
Died	24 January 1951(1951-01-24) (aged 79) Kamakura, Kanagawa, Japan
Party	Rikken Minseitō
Alma mater	Tokyo Imperial University

Ōta Masahiro (太田 政弘; 16 November 1871 – 24 January 1951) was the 14th Governor-General of Taiwan (1931–1932). He was Governor of Fukushima Prefecture (1913–1915), Ishikawa Prefecture (1915–1916), Kumamoto Prefecture (1916–1919), Niigata Prefecture (1919–1923) and Aichi Prefecture (1923–1924). He was a graduate of the University of Tokyo.