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Local powerholders on the island exerted authority from [[Yoron gusuku]], a fortress located at the southern tip of the island.

Local powerholders on the island exerted authority from [[Yoron gusuku]], a fortress located at the southern tip of the island.

Yoron was subordinated under the authority of the [[Ryukyu Kingdom|Ryûkyû Kingdom]] sometime in the 16th century. Though the [[Shimazu clan]] invasion forces from [[Satsuma han]] which conquered and subordinated the kingdom in [[1609]] skipped Yoron, never landing forces there during the [[invasion of Ryukyu|invasion]], Yoron nevertheless came to be administered directly by Satsuma (while remaining officially regarded as part of the kingdom's territory) along with the rest of the Amamis. The ''[[daikan]]'' appointed by Satsuma to oversee Amami Ôshima had his authority extended to Okinoerabu and Yoron in [[1690]].<ref>Ono Masako, Tomita Chinatsu, Kanna Keiko, Taguchi Megumi, "Shiryô shôkai Kishi Akimasa bunko Satsuyû kikô," ''Shiryôhenshûshitsu kiyô'' 31 (2006), 244.</ref>

Yoron was subordinated under the authority of the [[Ryukyu Kingdom|Ryûkyû Kingdom]] sometime in the 16th century; records indicate that around [[1526]] [[Shuri]] dispatched an official named [[Hanagusuku Masaburo|Hanagusuku Masaburô]] to administer Yoron.<ref>Gregory Smits, ''Maritime Ryukyu'', University of Hawaii Press (2019), 180.</ref> Though the [[Shimazu clan]] invasion forces from [[Satsuma han]] which conquered and subordinated the kingdom in [[1609]] skipped Yoron, never landing forces there during the [[invasion of Ryukyu|invasion]], Yoron nevertheless came to be administered directly by Satsuma (while remaining officially regarded as part of the kingdom's territory) along with the rest of the Amamis. The ''[[daikan]]'' appointed by Satsuma to oversee Amami Ôshima had his authority extended to Okinoerabu and Yoron in [[1690]].<ref>Ono Masako, Tomita Chinatsu, Kanna Keiko, Taguchi Megumi, "Shiryô shôkai Kishi Akimasa bunko Satsuyû kikô," ''Shiryôhenshûshitsu kiyô'' 31 (2006), 244.</ref>

After the [[Meiji government]] dismantled the [[han|domains]] in [[1871]], Yoron became a part of [[Kagoshima prefecture]]. Construction began on [[Yoron Station]] and a rail line in the early 20th century, but nothing was ever completed. Following World War II, the Amami Islands were restored to Japanese sovereignty (ending the US Occupation in the islands) on December 25, 1953, roughly 19 years before Okinawa Island and the southerly portions of the Ryukyus.<ref>Richard Siddle, "Return to Uchinâ," in Siddle and Glenn Hook (eds.), ''Japan and Okinawa: Structure and Subjectivity'', Routledge Curzon (2002), 135.</ref>

After the [[Meiji government]] dismantled the [[han|domains]] in [[1871]], Yoron became a part of [[Kagoshima prefecture]]. Construction began on [[Yoron Station]] and a rail line in the early 20th century, but nothing was ever completed. Following World War II, the Amami Islands were restored to Japanese sovereignty (ending the US Occupation in the islands) on December 25, 1953, roughly 19 years before Okinawa Island and the southerly portions of the Ryukyus.<ref>Richard Siddle, "Return to Uchinâ," in Siddle and Glenn Hook (eds.), ''Japan and Okinawa: Structure and Subjectivity'', Routledge Curzon (2002), 135.</ref>