Army List of Japanese government and military commanders of World War II

1 army

1.1 deputy chief of army general staff
1.2 chief of army general staff
1.3 bureau chief of army general staff
1.4 1st bureau chief of army general staff
1.5 2nd bureau chief of army general staff
1.6 vice chief of army general staff
1.7 army general staff
1.8 20th group - war coordination, army general staff
1.9 operations section, army general staff
1.10 third section-organization , mobilization, army general staff
1.11 chief of general intelligence bureau in army general staff
1.12 second bureau (intelligence division), army general staff
1.13 russian unit of second bureau (intelligence division) army general staff
1.14 army technical research institute
1.15 third bureau (logistics), army general staff
1.16 railways , shipping section, army general staff
1.17 army ordnance , army shipping department
1.18 chairman of military affairs bureau
1.19 commanders officer army home stations
1.20 army aeronautical department
1.21 kwantung army commanders (until 1945)
1.22 kwantung government-general administration
1.23 structures in other japanese armies

army
deputy chief of army general staff

jun ushiroku: senior deputy chief of army general staff
hikosaburo hata: second deputy chief of army general staff
torashirō kawabe: deputy chief of army general staff
hajime sugiyama: deputy chief of army general staff

chief of army general staff

prince kan in kotohito: chief of army general staff
hideki tōjō: chief of army general staff
yoshijirō umezu: chief of army general staff
hajime sugiyama: chief of army general staff

bureau chief of army general staff

sadao araki: bureau chief of army general staff

1st bureau chief of army general staff

kitsuju ayabe: head 1st bureau general staff
morikazu amano: chief 1st section general staff

2nd bureau chief of army general staff

seizo arisue: head 2nd bureau general staff
kiichiro higuchi: head 2nd bureau general staff

vice chief of army general staff

kiyoshi imai: vice chief of army general staff
nobuyushi muto: vice chief of army general staff

army general staff

hideo iwakuro
muraji yano
saburo hayashi
hatazō adachi
rikichi andō
sadao araki
okitsugu arao
kitsuju ayabe
kenji doihara
keisuke fujie
shunroku hata
takushiro hattori
prince higashikuni naruhiko
kiichiro higuchi
masaharu homma
prince chichibu
harukichi hyakutake
jo iimura
hitoshi imamura
kanji ishiwara
masatane kanda
tadasu kataoka
masakazu kawabe
torashirō kawabe
kiyotake kawabe
heitarō kimura
seiichi kita
kenzo kitano
kuniaki koiso
yoshio kozuki
shuichi miyazaki
takeshi mori
renya mutaguchi
akira mutō
tetsuzan nagata
hidemitsu nakano
mitsuo nakazawa
masahiko takeshita
kengo noda
shihei oba
hideyoshi obata
tasuku okada
sanji okido
minoru sasaki
ichiro shichida
hajime sugiyama
sōsaku suzuki
teiichi suzuki
shinichi tanaka
shizuichi tanaka
kumaichi teramoto
kyoji tominaga
yuitsu tsuchihashi deputy chief-of-staff of china expeditionary army in october 1940.
toshimichi uemura
otozō yamada
tomoyuki yamashita
isamu yokoyama
shizuo yokoyama

20th group - war coordination, army general staff

makoto matsutani: chief, 20th group-war coordination, army general staff

operations section, army general staff

seijun inada: chief of operations section, army general staff

third section-organization , mobilization, army general staff

yozo miyama: chief, third section (organization , mobilization), army general staff
kitsuju ayabe: section chief, third section (organization , mobilization), army general staff

chief of general intelligence bureau in army general staff

seizo arisue: chief of general intelligence bureau in army general staff

second bureau (intelligence division), army general staff

major general okamoto: chief, second bureau (intelligence division), army general staff, @ time of outbreak of pacific war. staff consisted of colonel kotani, navy officer captain onoda, , mr.yosano, foreign office chancellor.
seizo arisue: chief, second bureau (intelligence division), army general staff
harukichi hyakutake: chief of cryptographic section (intelligence division), army general staff

russian unit of second bureau (intelligence division) army general staff

saburo hayashi: commander of russian unit, second bureau (intelligence) army general staff

japanese army intelligence services units

hideki tōjō, highest operative chief in japanese army intelligence services in wartime
prince takeda tsuneyoshi underground, supreme chief , secret agent in japanese secret service in manchukuo
toranosuke hashimoto operative commander of manchoukouan secret services under lead of prince takeda amongst kempeitai services
torashirō kawabe staff officer (operations/intelligence), kwantung army
kingoro hashimoto chief, special service agency, hailar, kwantung army
harukichi hyakutake chief of special service agency, kwantung army in harbin
kuniaki koiso leader of special services agency in manchukuo
michitarō komatsubara intelligence chief of special services agency in harbin time
noboyushi obata (shinryo) chief of special services agency in harbin
kanji tsuneoka directed mongol department of kwantung army in land , native saboteurs , secret agent units
hiroshi akita chief of german section of japanese military intelligence in period
masayoshi yamamoto led matsu kikan (pine tree) secret agency, under command of 19th army, hq in ambon (dutch indies)
jinzo nomoto intelligence officer sent unit of imperial japanese army tibet , sinkiang

army technical research institute

lieutenant-general gondo:director 9th dept army technical research institute
yoshikazu nishi: head of general affairs bureau in technical research institute

third bureau (logistics), army general staff

tan nukata: chief, third bureau-logistics, army general staff
goro isoya: chief, third bureau-logistics, army general staff

railways , shipping section, army general staff

okitsugu arao: section chief (railways , shipping), army general staff

army ordnance , army shipping department

yoshio kozuki: commanding general, shipping transportation headquarters
sōsaku suzuki: army ordnance, administration department; chief, army shipping department shipping transportation headquarters
hideo baba: general officer commanding army maritime transport command
hakaru gondo: commanding officer 13th shipping group

chairman of military affairs bureau

tetsuzan nagata: military affairs bureau , economic mobilization bureau
kenryo sato: chief of military affairs bureau, government planning board
rikichi andō: chief, military administration section, military administration bureau
renya mutaguchi: military affairs bureau
akiho ishii: chief, military affairs section, war ministry
okitsugu arao: chief, army affairs section, military affairs bureau
susumu nishiura: chief, army affairs section, war ministry
tan nukata: chief, general affairs bureau
hitoshi imamura: section chief, military affairs bureau
yoshio kozuki: military affairs bureau , military administration bureau; member military administration bureau
kanji nishihara: section member, military affairs bureau; inspector general of chemical warfare
takeo yasuda: chief, defense section, military affairs bureau, war ministry

commanders officer army home stations

masao iwasa: commanding officer tokyo home station
jinzaburo ishitani: commanding officer tsu home station, commanding officer ujiyamada home station, commanding officer yokkaichi home station
juzo hirata: commanding officer shibata home station
seiji ikehama: commanding officer ashigawa home station , commanding officer obihiro home station
keinosuke iizuka: commanding officer akita home station
tomejiro hishiki: commanding officer wakamatsu home station
jūrō gotō: commanding officer kofu home station
hisao harada: commanding officer matsumo home station, commanding officer muramatsu home station , commanding officer takeda home station

army aeronautical department

administrative chief of administrative division, army aeronautical department

korechika anami: chief, army aeronautical department
shunroku hata: chief, administrative division, army aeronautical department
prince higashikuni naruhiko: chief, administrative division, army aeronautical department
takuma shimoyama: chief administrative division, army aeronautical department
michio sugawara: chief administrative division, army aeronautical department
hajime sugiyama: chief, administrative division, army aeronautical department
kumaichi teramoto: member, administrative division, army aeronautical department
takeo yasuda: chief, administrative division, army aeronautical department
koiso kuniaki: chief, administrative division, army aeronautical department
tsuneori kaya: attached administration, army aeronautical department, ministry of war

chief of army aviation headquarters

tomoyuki yamashita: chief of army aviation headquarters

inspectorate general of army air force

tomoyuki yamashita: inspector general of army aviation
prince mikasa: inspector general of army aviation
korechika anami: inspector general of army aviation
torashirō kawabe: deputy chief, inspectorate general of air force
hideki tōjō: inspector general of army aviation
kenji doihara: inspector general of army aviation

air armies general commanders

masakazu kawabe: commanding general, air general army, (took charge of army air operations in homeland, chosen , ryukyus)
takeo yasuda: commanding general, first air army
torashirō kawabe: commanding general, second air army (manchuria)
hideyoshi obata: third air army general commander
michio sugawara: third air army commander , sixth air army commander. between march , may 1945, general sugawara engaged in ten-go air operation, under commander-in-chief, combined fleet
kumaichi teramoto: commanding general, fourth air army
kyoji tominaga: fourth air army commander
takuma shimoyama: @ end of world war ii, commanding general (ltgen), fifth air army, stationed in seoul, chosen
prince un yi: general officer commanding 1st air army

air groups commanders

michio sugawara: first air group commander
kumaichi teramoto: commanding general, second air group (ltgen)
hideyoshi obata: fifth air group commander , third air group commander

air regiment commanders

michio sugawara: ltcol (air force), regimental commander, 6th air regiment (colonel)
rikishi tsukada: ltcol/colonel (air force) officer attached 7th air regiment; later 7th air regiment commander
kumaichi teramoto: regimental commander, 8th air regiment (colonel, air force)
takuma shimoyama: regimental commander, 16th air regiment
hideyoshi obata: regimental commander, 16th air regiment
yoshitoshi tokugawa: commanding officer 1st air regiment

air force brigade commanders

michio sugawara: brigade commander, 2nd air brigade, brigade commander, 3rd air brigade

air force staff officers

prince mikasa: member of staff of air general army
rikishi tsukada: chief of staff, first air group
takuma shimoyama: staff officer, air force
michio sugawara: department (majgen), staff officer, air force administration

officer attached second air group hq

hideyoshi obata: colonel (air force) --attached second air group headquarters

commanding officer in air battalion

yoshitoshi tokugawa: commanding officer 2nd air battalion

acting general officer commanding army aviation corps

yoshitoshi tokugawa: acting general officer commanding army aviation corps , general officer commanding army aviation corps

air force commanders, directors , instructors in air schools

hideyoshi obata: commandant, akeno army air school, commanding general, same school (majgen)
michio sugawara: commandant, shimoshizu army air school , commandant, military air academy , air training army commander
kumaichi teramoto: director/superintendent, hamamatsu army air school (majgen)
rikishi tsukada: instructor, hamamatsu army air school
yoshitoshi tokugawa: commandant of akeno army aviation school , commandant of tokorozawa army aviation school, director of training department, tokorozawa army aviation school, commandant of central army aviation school

chief of army aeronautical department (operative unit)

takuma shimoyama: chief, army aeronautical department (majgen)
himeji sugiyama: chief, army aeronautical department
michio sugawara: chief, army aeronautical department
kumaichi teramoto: chief, army aeronautical department

deputy chief of army aeronautical department

michio sugawara: deputy chief of army aeronautical department

chief of second bureau, army aeronautical department

takeo yasuda: chief, second bureau, army aeronautical department

chief of army air technical laboratories

takeo yasuda: chief, army air technical laboratories

technicals , experts in army aeronautical sciences

michio sugawara: major (air force); section chief, army aeronautical department
kumaichi teramoto: ltcol (air force), officer attached; later member of army aeronautical department
takeo yasuda: officer attached army air technical laboratories (majgen)
yoshitoshi tokugawa: director of research department, tokorozawa army aviation school

imperial japanese army air force units

64th sentai units (bangkok airfield, 1941)

major/lieutenant colonel tateo kato: group leader
captain katsumi anma: group leader
sergeant shigeaku wakayama
lieutenant hiroshi okuyama
lieutenant tadashi kataoka
captain haruyasu maruo
captain yasuiko kuroe
lieutenant yohei hinoki
lieutenant takeshi endo
sergeant aikichi misago
sergeant yoshiko yasuda
sergeant chikara goto
corporal hirano

kurai chutai, 502nd sentai unit (nakatsu airfield, 1945)

staff sergeant joten naito

hane chutai, 2nd air army unit (hsinking east airfield, 1945)

captain kamata

kwantung army commanders (until 1945)

taka hishikari: commander in chief kwantung army
nobuyushi muto: commander in chief kwantung army
kenkichi ueda: commander of kwantung army
shigeru honjō: commander of kwantung army
yoshitake muraoka: commander of kwantung army
senjuro hayashi: commander of kwantung army, prime minister
yoshijirō umezu: commander of kwantung army, war vice minister
jirō minami: commander of kwantung army; concurrently official ambassador manchukuo
tomoyuki yamashita: commander of kwantung army
otozō yamada: commander of kwantung army
takuma shimoyama: kwantung army headquarters; adviser, manchukuoan military administration bureau
shizuo yokoyama: commander of railway sector headquarters, kwantung army
atazo adachi: commander, kwantung army railroad command

kwantung government-general administration

sadao araki: officer (major), kwantung government-general
koiso kuniaki: army staff officer, kwantung government-general
jun ushiroku: officer, assigned kwantung government-general
saburo ando: commandant of port arthur
h.ukita: commander of ryojun naval guard district , station

for complete structure see:

organization of kwantung army of japan

structures in other japanese armies

see:

structure of taiwan army of japan
organization of imperial japanese army, hokkai (north) region
organization of china garrison detachment of imperial japanese army (to 1937)
structure of japanese army in mengjiang
organization of japanese expeditionary forces in china
organization of japanese forces in southeast asia
organization of imperial japanese navy alaskan strike group
structure of imperial japanese forces in south pacific mandate
organization of japanese defensive units in okinawa




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