| List of Jesuit Superiors in the Japanese Mission (1549-1652) | ||
| Name | Period | Title |
| Francisco Javier | 1549-1551 | Mission Superior |
| Cosme de Torres | 1551-1570 | Mission Superior |
| Francisco Cabral | 1570-1581(82) | Mission Superior |
| Gaspar Coelho | 1581(82)-1590 | Viceprovincial |
| Pedro Gómez | 1590-1600 | Viceprovincial |
| Francisco Pasio | 1600-1611 | Viceprovincial |
| Valentín Carvalho | 1611-1617 | Provincial |
| Jerónimo Rodrigues | 1615-1617 | Viceprovincial(in Jap) |
| Mateo de Couros | 1617-1621 | Viceprovincial(in Jap) |
| Francisco Pacheco | 1621-1625 | Viceprovincial(in Jap) |
| Mateo de Couros | 1626-1632 | Viceprovincial(in Jap) |
| Cristóbal Ferreira | 1632-1633 | Viceprovincial(in Jap) |
| Sebastián Vieira | 1633-1634 | Viceprovincial(in Jap) |
| Juan Bautista Porro | 1634-1638 | Viceprovincial(in Jap) |
| Gaspar Luís | 1638-1642 | Viceprovincial(in Macao) |
| Gaspar de Amaral | 1642-1646 | Viceprovincial(in Macao) |
| Pedro Marques | 1643 | Provincial(in Jap) |
| Sebastian da Maya | 1646-1649 | Provincial (in Macao) |
| Juan Cabral | 1649-1652 | Provincial (in Macao) |