Yoshio Mochinaga

was a Japanese bureaucrat and politician. A career official of the Home Ministry and later the Ministry of Health and Welfare, he served as Governor of Ehime Prefecture, Mie Prefecture, and Hyōgo Prefecture, as the 28th Director-General of the Hokkaidō Agency, and after the war as a member of the House of Representatives from Miyazaki 2nd district.

Early life and education Mochinaga was born on 4 June 1893 in Mimata, then in Kitamorokata District, Miyazaki Prefecture. The official Mie wartime chronology records his appointment in July 1943 and the accession of his successor in April 1945. The official Hyogo governor list gives his tenure as lasting until 27 October 1945. After leaving office, Mochinaga worked as a lawyer.

After the purge was lifted, Mochinaga entered electoral politics. He was elected to the House of Representatives from Miyazaki 2nd district at the 1952 Japanese general election as a Liberal Party candidate, and was re-elected at the 1953 Japanese general election. He was defeated at the 1955 Japanese general election.

Later life Later in life, Mochinaga again worked in public-service and legal roles in Miyazaki. The Miyazaki Prefectural Labour Relations Commission annual report lists him as a lawyer who served as a public-interest member of the commission during its 21st and 22nd terms. He died on 31 August 1979.