| Date | Rank | Name | Class | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1889. 3. 8 | RADM | Ito, Toshiyoshi | Chief of Naval Staffs | |
| 1889. 5.17 | RADM | Arichi, Shinanojo | ||
| 1891. 6.17 | RADM | Inoue, Yoshika | ||
| 1892.12.12 | VADM | Nakamuta, Kuranosuke | ||
| 1893. 5.20 | (Job renamed) | Chief of Naval General Staffs | ||
| 1894. 7.18 | VADM | Kabayama, Sukenori | ||
| 1895. 5.10 | ADM | (Promoted) | ||
| 1895. 5.11 | VADM | Ito, Sukeyuki | ||
| 1898. 9.28 | ADM | (Promoted) | ||
| 1905.12.20 | ADM | Togo, Heihachiro | ||
| 1909.12. 1 | VADM | Ijuin, Goro | 5 | |
| 1910.12. 1 | ADM | (Promoted) | ||
| 1914. 4.22 | VADM | Shimamura, Hayao | 7 | |
| 1915. 8.28 | ADM | (Promoted) | ||
| 1920.12. 1 | ADM | Yamashita, Gentaro | 10 | |
| 1925. 4.15 | ADM | Suzuki, Kantaro | 14 | |
| 1929. 1.22 | ADM | Kato, Hiroharu | 18 | |
| 1930. 6.11 | ADM | Taniguchi, Naomi | 19 | |
| 1932. 2. 2 | ADM | Prince Hiroyasu | ||
| 1932. 5.27 | FADM | (Promoted) | ||
| 1933.10. 1 | (Job renamed) | Chief of Naval General Staffs | ||
| 1941. 4. 9 | ADM | Nagano, Osami | 28 | |
| 1943. 6.21 | FADM | (Promoted) | ||
| 1944. 2.21 | ADM | Shimada, Shigetaro | 32 | |
| 1944. 8. 2 | ADM | Oikawa, Koshiro | 31 | |
| 1945. 5.29 | ADM | Toyoda, Soemu | 33 | |
| 1945.10.15 | Naval General Staffs disbanded | |||
| Date | Rank | Name | Class | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1897.12.27 | RADM | Morooka, Yoriyuki | 2 | Vice-chief of Naval General Staffs |
| 1898.11.10 | CAPT | Ijuin, Goro | 5 | acting |
| 1899. 9.26 | RADM | (Promoted) | ||
| 1902. 3.17 | RADM | Kamimura, Hikonojo | 4 | |
| 1902.10.29 | RADM | Dewa, Shigeto | 5 | |
| 1903. 9. 5 | VADM | Ijuin, Goro | 5 | |
| 1906.11.22 | VADM | Misu, Sotaro | 5 | |
| 1909.12. 1 | VADM | Fujii, Koichi | 7 | |
| 1914. 3.25 | VADM | Yamashita, Gentaro | 10 | |
| 1915. 8.10 | RADM | Sato, Tetsutaro | 14 | |
| 1915.12.13 | VADM | Yamaya, Tanin | 12 | |
| 1918. 6.13 | VADM | Takeshita, Isamu | 15 | |
| 1920. 9.13 | RADM | Abo, Kiyokazu | 18 | holding |
| 1920.12. 1 | VADM | (Promoted) | ||
| 1922. 5. 1 | VADM | Kato, Hiroharu | 18 | |
| 1923. 6. 1 | VADM | Horiuchi, Saburo | 17 | |
| 1924. 2. 5 | (no name) | |||
| 1924. 4.10 | VADM | Saito, Shichigoro | 20 | 1926. 7.23 died |
| 1926. 7.26 | RADM | Nomura, Kichisaburo | 26 | |
| 1926.12. 1 | VADM | (Promoted) | ||
| 1928.12.10 | VADM | Suetsugu, Nobumasa | 27 | |
| 1930. 6.10 | VADM | Nagano, Osami | 28 | |
| 1931.10.10 | VADM | Hyakutake, Gengo | 30 | |
| 1932. 2. 8 | VADM | Takahashi, Sankichi | 29 | |
| 1933.10. 1 | (Job renamed) | Vice-chief of Naval General Staffs | ||
| 1933.11.15 | VADM | Matsuyama, Shigeru | 30 | |
| 1934. 1.17 | VADM | Kato, Takatoshi | 31 | |
| 1935.12. 2 | VADM | Shimada, Shigetaro | 32 | |
| 1937.12. 1 | VADM | Koga, Mineichi | 34 | |
| 1939.10.21 | VADM | Kondo, Nobutake | 35 | |
| 1941. 9. 1 | RADM | Ito, Seiichi | 39 | |
| 1941.10.15 | VADM | (Promoted) | ||
| 1944.11.18 | VADM | Ozawa, Jisaburo | 37 | |
| 1945. 5.29 | VADM | Onishi, Takijiro | 40 | 1945. 8.16 suicide |
| 1945. 8.20 | VADM | Takayanagi, Gihachi | 41 | |
| 1945.10.15 | Naval General Staffs disbanded | |||
| Date | Rank | Name | Class | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1944. 3. 1 | VADM | Tsukahara, Nishizo | 36 | |
| 1944. 7.29 | Abolished | |||
| Date | Rank | Name | Class | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1893. 5.20 | CAPT | Tsunoda, Hidematsu | Chief, N1, Naval General Staffs | |
| 1895. 6. 4 | CAPT | Ijuin, Goro | 5 | |
| 1898.11.10 | CMDR | Yoshimatsu, Motaro | 7 | acting |
| 1898.12. 3 | (Job renamed) | |||
| 1899. 9.29 | CAPT | (Promoted) | ||
| 1900. 5.21 | RADM | Uryu, Sotokichi | ||
| 1902. 4.10 | (no name) | |||
| 1903. 4.12 | CAPT | Tomioka, Sadayasu | 5 | |
| 1903. 7. 7 | RADM | (Promoted) | ||
| 1904. 1. 6 | CAPT | Yamashita, Gentaro | 10 | Chief, N1, Naval General Staffs |
| 1906. 2. 2 | CAPT | Kawashima, Reijiro | 11 | |
| 1907.10.21 | RADM | Saito, Koshi | 7 | |
| 1909. 3. 4 | RADM | Kawashima, Reijiro | 11 | |
| 1909.12. 1 | (no name) | |||
| 1910. 3.23 | RADM | Yamashita, Gentaro | 10 | |
| 1910.12. 1 | RADM | Arima, Ryokitsu | 12 | |
| 1912.12. 1 | CAPT | Akiyama, Saneyuki | 17 | |
| 1913.12. 1 | RADM | (Promoted) | ||
| 1914. 4.17 | RADM | Sato, Tetsutaro | 14 | |
| 1915. 8.10 | RADM | Takeshita, Isamu | 15 | |
| 1916.12. 1 | RADM | Abo, Kiyokazu | 18 | |
| 1920.12. 1 | RADM | Saito, Shichigoro | 20 | |
| 1922.12. 1 | CAPT | Suetsugu, Nobumasa | 27 | acting |
| 1923.12. 3 | RADM | Seki, Tateki | 27 | |
| 1924. 2. 5 | RADM | Tosu, Tamaki | 25 | |
| 1925.12. 1 | RADM | Hara, Kanjiro | 28 | |
| 1927.12. 1 | RADM | Hyakutake, Gengo | 30 | |
| 1929.11.30 | RADM | Kato, Takatoshi | 31 | |
| 1930. 6.18 | RADM | Oikawa, Koshiro | 31 | |
| 1932.11.15 | RADM | Shimada, Shigetaro | 32 | |
| 1933.10. 1 | (Job renamed) | Chief, N1, Naval General Staffs | ||
| 1934.11.15 | VADM | (Promoted) | ||
| 1935. 2.21 | RADM | Anno, Kiyoshi | 33 | 1935. 4. 6 died |
| 1935. 4. 6 | (no name) | |||
| 1935. 8. 1 | RADM | Nakamura, Kamesaburo | 33 | |
| 1935.11.15 | VADM | (Promoted) | ||
| 1935.12. 2 | RADM | Kondo, Nobutake | 35 | |
| 1937.12. 1 | VADM | (Promoted) | ||
| 1938.12.15 | RADM | Ugaki, Matome | 40 | |
| 1941. 4.10 | RADM | Fukutome, Shigeru | 40 | |
| 1942.11. 1 | VADM | (Promoted) | ||
| 1943. 6.15 | RADM | Nakazawa, Tasuku | 43 | |
| 1944.12.15 | RADM | Tomioka, Sadatoshi | 45 | |
| 1945.10.15 | Naval General Staffs disbanded | |||
| Date | Rank | Name | Class | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1893. 5.20 | CAPT | Shimazaki, Yoshitada | 2 | Chief, N2, Naval General Staffs |
| 1894. 6.19 | CAPT | Tsunoda, Hidematsu | ||
| 1894. 7.13 | LCDR | Ijuin, Goro | 5 | |
| 1894.12. 7 | CAPT | (Promoted) | ||
| 1895. 6. 4 | CAPT | Kawahara, Yoichi | 2 | |
| 1897.12.27 | CAPT | Ijuin, Goro | 5 | |
| 1898. 3. 4 | CMDR | Shimamura, Hayao | 7 | acting |
| 1899. 9.29 | CAPT | (Promoted) | ||
| 1899.10. 7 | CAPT | Tamari, Chikakata | 5 | |
| 1901. 4. 6 | CAPT | Fujii, Koichi | 7 | |
| 1904. 1. 6 | CMDR | Mori, Etsutaro | 15 | Chief, N2, Naval General Staffs |
| 1907.12.27 | CAPT | Yamaya, Tanin | 12 | |
| 1909.12. 1 | CAPT | Takashima, Mantaro | 14 | |
| 1911.12. 1 | CAPT | Yamaji, Kazuyoshi | 17 | |
| 1914. 4.17 | (no name) | |||
| 1914. 5.27 | CAPT | Shimomura, Nobutaro | 18 | |
| 1914.12. 1 | (no name) | |||
| 1915. 2. 1 | CAPT | Yoshida, Kiyokaze | 18 | |
| 1916.12. 1 | RADM | (Promoted) | ||
| 1918. 9. 4 | CAPT | Nakazato, Shigetsugu | 20 | |
| 1918.12. 1 | RADM | (Promoted) | ||
| 1921.12. 1 | RADM | Komaki, Shizen | 25 | |
| 1922.12. 1 | RADM | Kiyokawa, Junichi | 26 | |
| 1923.12. 1 | RADM | Seki, Tateki | 27 | |
| 1924.12. 1 | RADM | Ando, Masataka | 28 | |
| 1925.10.21 | RADM | Tosu, Tamaki | 25 | |
| 1925.12. 1 | RADM | Takahashi, Sankichi | 29 | |
| 1926.11. 1 | CAPT | Hamano, Eijiro | 30 | |
| 1926.12. 1 | RADM | (Promoted) | ||
| 1927.12. 1 | RADM | Matsuyama, Shigeru | 30 | |
| 1929. 9.12 | (no name) | |||
| 1929.11.30 | RADM | Yoshida, Zengo | 32 | |
| 1931.12. 1 | RADM | Toyoda, Soemu | 33 | |
| 1933. 9.15 | RADM | Koga, Mineichi | 34 | |
| 1933.10. 1 | (Job renamed) | Chief, N2, Naval General Staffs | ||
| 1935.11.15 | RADM | Takahashi, Ibo | 36 | |
| 1937.11.15 | RADM | Mikawa, Gunichi | 38 | |
| 1939.11.15 | RADM | Takagi, Takeo | 39 | |
| 1941. 9. 6 | RADM | Suzuki, Yoshio | 40 | |
| 1943. 5. 1 | VADM | (Promoted) | ||
| 1943. 7.19 | CAPT | Kuroshima, Kameto | 44 | |
| 1943.11. 1 | RADM | (Promoted) | ||
| 1945. 5.27 | RADM | Takada, Toshitane | 46 | |
| 1945.10.15 | Naval General Staffs disbanded | |||
| Date | Rank | Name | Class | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1897.12. 1 | CMDR | Yasuhara, Kaneji | 5 | Chief, N3, Naval General Staffs (acting) |
| 1898.10. 1 | CAPT | (Promoted) | Chief, N3, Naval General Staffs | |
| 1900. 5.23 | CAPT | Nakamura, Shizuka | 7 | |
| 1901. 7. 6 | RADM | Endo, Kitaro | 5 | |
| 1902. 4.22 | CAPT | Hosoya, Sukeuji | 5 | |
| 1903. 7. 7 | RADM | (Promoted) | ||
| 1904. 1.21 | CAPT | Egashira, Yasutaro | 12 | Chief, N3, Naval General Staffs |
| 1905.12.20 | CMDR | Moriyama, Keizaburo | 17 | |
| 1906.11. 5 | CMDR | Tadokoro, Hiromi | 17 | |
| 1908. 1.23 | CMDR | Yamaji, Kazuyoshi | 17 | |
| 1908. 9.25 | CAPT | (Promoted) | ||
| 1910. 3.19 | CAPT | Nomura, Fusajiro | 17 | |
| 1912.12. 1 | CAPT | Taniguchi, Naomi | 19 | |
| 1913.12. 1 | CAPT | Nakazato, Shigetsugu | 20 | |
| 1915. 8.25 | CAPT | Abo, Kiyokazu | 18 | |
| 1915.12.13 | CAPT | Sakamoto, Noritoshi | 20 | |
| 1916.11. 1 | RADM | Moriyama, Keizaburo | 17 | |
| 1918. 6.13 | RADM | Yoshida, Masujiro | 17 | |
| 1919.11. 8 | RADM | Tanaka, Kotaro | 16 | |
| 1922. 6. 1 | RADM | Nomura, Kichisaburo | 26 | |
| 1923. 9.15 | (no name) | |||
| 1924. 2. 5 | RADM | Nagano, Osami | 28 | |
| 1924.12. 1 | RADM | Nakamura, Ryozo | 27 | |
| 1926.12. 1 | RADM | Yonai, Mitsumasa | 29 | |
| 1928.12.10 | RADM | Kawano, Togo | 31 | |
| 1931. 4. 1 | RADM | Sakano, Tsuneyoshi | 33 | |
| 1932. 6.28 | RADM | Shimada, Shigetaro | 32 | |
| 1932.11.15 | RADM | Koga, Mineichi | 34 | |
| 1933. 9. 1 | RADM | Tsuda, Shizue | 31 | |
| 1933.10. 1 | (Job renamed) | Chief, N3, Naval General Staffs | ||
| 1934.11.15 | RADM | Takasu, Shiro | 35 | |
| 1936.12. 1 | RADM | Nomura, Naokuni | 35 | |
| 1938. 4.25 | CAPT | Abe, Katsuo | 40 | |
| 1938.11.15 | RADM | (Promoted) | ||
| 1939.10.10 | CAPT | Oka, Takazumi | 39 | |
| 1939.11.15 | RADM | (Promoted) | ||
| 1940.10.15 | CAPT | Maeda, Minoru | 41 | |
| 1940.11.15 | RADM | (Promoted) | ||
| 1942. 5.15 | CAPT | Ogawa, Kanji | 43 | |
| 1942.11. 1 | RADM | (Promoted) | ||
| 1942.12. 1 | RADM | Yano, Hideo | 43 | |
| 1944. 3. 2 | RADM | Ono, Takeji | 44 | |
| 1945. 3. 2 | RADM | Nakase, Noboru | 45 | |
| 1945.10.15 | Naval General Staffs disbanded | |||
| Date | Rank | Name | Class | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1905.12.20 | CAPT | Egashira, Yasutaro | 12 | Chief, N4, Naval General Staffs |
| 1907.12.18 | CAPT | Nawa, Matahachiro | 10 | |
| 1908. 8.28 | RADM | (Promoted) | ||
| 1910. 5.22 | CAPT | Takeshita, Isamu | 15 | |
| 1912. 7. 9 | (no name) | |||
| 1912.12. 1 | RADM | Sato, Tetsutaro | 14 | |
| 1913.12. 1 | RADM | Takeshita, Isamu | 15 | |
| 1915. 8.10 | (no name) | |||
| 1915.12.13 | RADM | Moriyama, Keizaburo | 17 | |
| 1916.11. 1 | Abolished | |||
| 1932.10.10 | RADM | Toyoda, Soemu | 33 | |
| 1933. 2.23 | CAPT | Maeda, Seiichi | 34 | |
| 1933.10. 1 | (Job renamed) | Chief, N4, Naval General Staffs | ||
| 1933.11.15 | RADM | (Promoted) | ||
| 1936.12. 1 | RADM | Furihata, Satoshi | 35 | |
| 1938.11.15 | RADM | Nakajima, Torahiko | 39 | |
| 1941. 7. 1 | CAPT | Kaneko, Shigeji | 42 | |
| 1941.10.15 | RADM | (Promoted) | ||
| 1943. 1.25 | RADM | Kawano, Chimaki | 42 | |
| 1944. 2.15 | RADM | Kuroshima, Kameto | 44 | |
| 1944. 8.20 | RADM | Onishi, Keiichi | 44 | |
| 1945. 3.15 | RADM | Nomura, Tomekichi | 46 | |
| 1945. 9. 5 | (no name) | |||
| 1945.10.15 | Naval General Staffs disbanded | |||