1. Tanaka Giichi (1864)

Japanese General

Baron Tanaka Giichi GBE KCMG was a general in the Imperial Japanese Army politician and the 26th Prime Minister of Japan from 20 April 1927 to 2 July 1929.

2. Sadao Araki (1877)

Japanese General

Baron Sadao Araki was a general in the Imperial Japanese Army before and during World War II. A charismatic leader and one of the principal nationalist right-wing political theorists in...

3. Terauchi Masatake (1852)

Japanese General

Gensui Count Terauchi Masatake GCB was a Japanese military officer proconsul and politician. He was a Gensui in the Imperial Japanese Army and the 9th Prime Minister of Japan from...

4. Hisaichi Terauchi (1879)

Japanese General

Count Hisaichi Terauchi was a Gensui in the Imperial Japanese Army and Commander of the Southern Expeditionary Army Group during World War II.

5. Nogi Maresuke (1849)

Japanese General

Count Nogi Maresuke also known as Kiten Count Nogi was a general in the Imperial Japanese Army and a governor of Taiwan.

6. Shigeru Iwasaki (1953)

Japanese General

Shigeru Iwasaki is the 4th and current Chief of Staff of the Joint Staff Council of the Japan Self-Defense Forces. A four-star General from the Japan Air Self-Defense Force Iwasaki...

7. Toshio Tamogami (1948)

Japanese General

General Toshio Tamogami is a Japanese Air Self-Defense Force career military officer. He served as the Chief of Staff of Japan's Air Self-Defense Force from March 2007 until he was...

8. Ōyama Iwao (1842)

Japanese General

Prince Ōyama Iwao OM was a Japanese field marshal and one of the founders of the Imperial Japanese Army. The community of Oyama British Columbia Canada is named after Prince...

9. Yoshifumi Hibako (1951)

Japanese General

Yoshifumi Hibako is a member of the Japan Self-Defense Forces who served as the 31st Chief of Staff of the Japan Ground Self-Defense Force. A graduate of the National Defense...

10. Eiji Kimizuka (1952)

Japanese General

Eiji Kimizuka was the 32nd Chief of Staff of the Japan Ground Self-Defense Force the de facto army of Japan. He was promoted to four-star General and assumed the position...

11. Hiroshi Ōshima (1886)

Japanese General

Baron Hiroshi Ōshima was a general in the Imperial Japanese Army Japanese ambassador to National Socialist German Workers' Party Germany before and during World War II — and unknowingly a...

12. Kim Suk-won (1893)

Japanese General

Kim Suk-won was a major general in the Imperial Japanese Army during World War II. He was the third-highest ranking ethnic Korean in the Japanese Army behind Lt. General Hong...

13. Hajime Sugiyama (1880)

Japanese General

Hajime Sugiyama was a field marshal who served as successively as chief of the Army General Staff and minister of war in the Imperial Japanese Army during World War II...

14. Yamakawa Hiroshi (1845)

Japanese General

Baron Yamakawa Hiroshi was a samurai of late Edo period Japan who went on to become a noted general in the early Meiji period Imperial Japanese Army. An Aizu retainer...

15. Fukushima Yasumasa (1852)

Japanese General

Yasumasa Fukushima was a general in the Imperial Japanese Army.

16. Uehara Yūsaku (1856)

Japanese General

Viscount Uehara Yūsaku was a field marshal in the Imperial Japanese Army.

17. Seishirō Itagaki (1885)

Japanese General

Seishirō Itagaki was a General in the Imperial Japanese Army in World War II and a War Minister. Convicted of war crimes he was executed in 1948.

18. Senjūrō Hayashi (1876)

Japanese General

Senjūrō Hayashi was an Imperial Japanese Army commander of the Chosen Army of Japan in Korea during the Mukden Incident and the invasion of Manchuria and a Japanese politician and...

19. Shigeru Honjō (1876)

Japanese General

General Baron Shigeru Honjō was a general in the Imperial Japanese Army during the early period of the Second Sino-Japanese War. He was considered an ardent follower of Sadao Araki's...

20. Shunroku Hata (1879)

Japanese General

Marshal Shunroku Hata was a field marshal in the Imperial Japanese Army during World War II. He was the last surviving Japanese military officer with a marshal's rank.

21. Kodama Gentarō (1852)

Japanese General

Viscount Kodama Gentarō was a general in the Imperial Japanese Army and government minister during Meiji period Japan. He was instrumental in establishing the modern Imperial Japanese military.

22. Korechika Anami (1887)

Japanese General

Korechika Anami was a general in the Imperial Japanese Army during World War II and was War Minister at the surrender of Japan.

23. Kuniaki Koiso (1880)

Japanese General

Kuniaki Koiso was a Japanese general in the Imperial Japanese Army Governor-General of Korea and 41st Prime Minister of Japan from July 22 1944 to April 7 1945.

24. Kuroda Kiyotaka (1840)

Japanese General

Count Kuroda Kiyotaka also known as Kuroda Ryōsuke was a Japanese politician of the Meiji era. He was the second Prime Minister of Japan from April 30 1888 to October...

25. Kabayama Sukenori (1837)

Japanese General

Count Kabayama Sukenori was a Japanese samurai military leader and statesman. He was a general in the Imperial Japanese Army and an admiral in the Imperial Japanese Navy. He later...

26. Kanji Ishiwara (1889)

Japanese General

Kanji Ishiwara was a general in the Imperial Japanese Army in World War II. He and Itagaki Seishirō were the men primarily responsible for the Mukden Incident that took place...

27. Tadamichi Kuribayashi (1891)

Japanese General

General Tadamichi Kuribayashi was a general in the Imperial Japanese Army part-time writer haiku poet diplomat and General of the Imperial Japanese Army General Staff. He is best known for...

28. Mori Ōgai (1862)

Japanese General

Lieutenant-General Mori Ōgai was a Japanese Army Surgeon general officer translator novelist and poet. Gan ) is considered his major work.