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Shōmei Yokouchi
横内 正明
Governor of Yamanashi Prefecture
In office
17 February 2007 – 16 February 2015
Preceded by Takahiko Yamamoto
Succeeded by Hitoshi Goto
Personal details
Born (1942-03-02)2 March 1942
Nirasaki, Yamanashi, Japan
Died 21 April 2020(2020-04-21) (aged 78)
Alma mater University of Tokyo

Shōmei Yokouchi (横内 正明, Yokouchi Shōmei, March 2, 1942 – April 21, 2020) was a Japanese politician. He represented the Yamanashi Prefecture electoral district and later Yamanashi District No. 3 in the House of Representatives in the national Diet from 1993 until 2002 and was governor of Yamanashi Prefecture from 2007 until 2015. He was a graduate of the University of Tokyo Law Department.

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