Offensive Forces

Supreme HQ of Navy Maritime Escort Fleet
Readiness Fleet Combined Fleet
1st Fleet 2nd Fleet 3rd Fleet
4th Fleet 5th Fleet 6th Fleet
7th Fleet 8th Fleet 9th Fleet
1st Air Fleet 2nd Air Fleet 3rd Air Fleet
5th Air Fleet 10th Air Fleet 11th Air Fleet
12th Air Fleet 13th Air Fleet 14th Air Fleet
1st Task Fleet
China Area Fleet Northeast Area Fleet Southeast Area Fleet
Southwest Area Fleet Central Pacific Area Fleet 10th Area Fleet
Southern Expeditionary Fleet
1st Southern Expeditionary Fleet 2nd Southern Expeditionary Fleet 3rd Southern Expeditionary Fleet
4th Southern Expeditionary Fleet
1st China Expeditionary Fleet 2nd China Expeditionary Fleet 3rd China Expeditionary Fleet
1st Escort Fleet
Training Air units HQ
Supreme Commander-in-Chief of Navy
Date Rank Name Class Note
1945. 4.25 ADM Toyoda, Soemu 33  
1945. 5.29 VADM Ozawa, Jisaburo 37  
1945.10.10 disbanded

Commander-in-Chief, Maritime Escort Fleet
Date Rank Name Class Note
1943.11.15 ADM Oiakwa, Koshiro 31  
1944. 9.15 ADM Nomura, Naokuni 35  
1945. 5. 1 ADM Toyoda, Soemu 33  
1945. 5.29 VADM Ozawa, Jisaburo 37  
1945. 8.25 disbanded

Commander-in-Chief, Readiness Fleet
Date Rank Name Class Note
1885.12.28 RADM Aiura, Norimichi   Commander, Readiness Flotilla
1886. 6.15 RADM Ito, Sukeyuki    
1889. 5.15 RADM Inoue, Yoshika    
1889. 7.29   (Job renamed)   C-in-C, Readiness Fleet
1891. 6.17 RADM Arichi, Shinanojo    
1892.12.12 RADM Aiura, Norimichi    
1893. 5.20 VADM Ito, Sukeyuki    
1895. 5.11 VADM Arichi, Shinanojo    
1895.11.16 VADM Inoue, Yoshika    
1896. 2.26 VADM Tsuboi, Kozo    
1897. 4. 9 VADM Aiura, Norimichi    
1897.10. 8 VADM Shibayama, Yahachi    
1899. 1.19 VADM Samejima, Kazunori    
1900. 5.20 VADM Togo, Heihachiro    
1901.10. 1 VADM Tsunoda, Hidematsu    
1902. 7.26 VADM Hidaka, Sonojo 2  
1903.10.19 VADM Togo, Heihachiro    
1903.12.28 disbanded

Commander-in-Chief, Combined Fleet
Date Rank Name Class Note
1894. 7.18 VADM Ito, Sukeyuki    
1895. 5.11 VADM Arichi, Shinanojo    
1895.11.16 disbanded
1903.12.28 VADM Togo, Heihachiro    
1904. 6. 6 ADM (Promoted)    
1905.12.20 disbanded
1908.10. 8 VADM Ijuin, Goro 5  
1908.11.20 disbanded
1915.11. 1 VADM Yoshimatsu, Motaro 7  
1915.12.13 disbanded
1916. 9. 1 VADM Yoshimatsu, Motaro 7  
1916.10.14 disbanded
1917.10. 1 ADM Yoshimatsu, Motaro 7  
1917.10.22 disbanded
1918. 9. 1 ADM Yamashita, Gentaro 10  
1918.10.15 disbanded
1919. 6. 1 ADM Yamashita, Gentaro 10  
1919.10.28 disbanded
1920. 5. 1 ADM Yamaya, Tanin 12  
1920. 8.24 ADM Tochinai, Sojiro 13  
1920.10.31 disbanded
1921. 5. 1 ADM Tochinai, Sojiro 13  
1921.10.31 disbanded
1922.12. 1 VADM Takeshita, Isamu 15  
1923. 8. 3 ADM (Promoted)    
1924. 1.27 ADM Suzuki, Kantaro 14  
1924.12. 1 ADM Okada, Keisuke 15  
1926.12.10 VADM Kato, Hiroharu 18  
1927. 4. 1 ADM (Promoted)    
1928.12.10 ADM Taniguchi, Naomi 19  
1929.11.11 VADM Yamamoto, Eisuke 24  
1931. 4. 1 ADM (Promoted)    
1931.12. 1 VADM Kobayashi, Seizo 26  
1933. 3.30 ADM (Promoted)    
1933.11.15 VADM Suetsugu, Nobumasa 27  
1934. 3.30 ADM (Promoted)    
1934.11.15 VADM Takahashi, Sankichi 29  
1936. 4. 1 ADM (Promoted)    
1936.12. 1 VADM Yonai, Mitsumasa 29  
1937. 2. 2 ADM Nagano, Osami 28  
1937.12. 1 VADM Yoshida, Zengo 32  
1939. 8.30 VADM Yamamoto, Isoroku 32  
1940.11.15 ADM (Promoted)   1943. 4.18 KIA
1943. 5.21 ADM Koga, Mineichi 34 1944. 3.31 KIA
1944. 5. 3 ADM Toyoda, Soemu 33  
1945. 5.29 VADM Ozawa, Jisaburo 37  
1945.10.10 disbanded

Commander-in-Chief, 1st Fleet
Date Rank Name Class Note
1903.12.28 VADM Togo, Heihachiro    
1904. 6. 6 ADM (Promoted)    
1905.12.20 VADM Kataoka, Shichiro 3  
1906.11.22 VADM Arima, Shinichi 2  
1908. 5.26 VADM Ijuin, Goro 5  
1909.12. 1 VADM Kamimura, Hikonojo 4  
1910.12. 1 ADM (Promoted)    
1911.12. 1 VADM Dewa, Shigeto 5  
1912. 7. 9 ADM (Promoted)    
1913.12. 1 VADM Kato, Tomosaburo 7  
1915. 8.10 VADM Fujii, Koichi 7  
1915. 9.23 VADM Yoshimatsu, Motaro 7  
1916.12. 1 ADM (Promoted)    
1917.12. 1 VADM Yamashita, Gentaro 10  
1918. 7. 2 ADM (Promoted)    
1919.12. 1 ADM Yamaya, Tanin 12  
1920. 8.24 ADM Tochinai, Sojiro 13  
1922. 7.27 VADM Takeshita, Isamu 15  
1923. 8. 3 ADM (Promoted)    
1924. 1.27 ADM Suzuki, Kantaro 14  
1924.12. 1 ADM Okada, Keisuke 15  
1926.12.10 VADM Kato, Hiroharu 18  
1927. 4. 1 ADM (Promoted)    
1928.12.10 ADM Taniguchi, Naomi 19  
1929.11.11 VADM Yamamoto, Eisuke 24  
1931. 4. 1 ADM (Promoted)    
1931.12. 1 VADM Kobayashi, Seizo 26  
1933. 3.30 ADM (Promoted)    
1933.11.15 VADM Suetsugu, Nobumasa 27  
1934. 3.30 ADM (Promoted)    
1934.11.15 VADM Takahashi, Sankichi 29  
1936. 4. 1 ADM (Promoted)    
1936.12. 1 VADM Yonai, Mitsumasa 29  
1937. 2. 2 ADM Nagano, Osami 28  
1937.12. 1 VADM Yoshida, Zengo 32  
1939. 8.30 VADM Yamamoto, Isoroku 32  
1940.11.15 ADM (Promoted)    
1941. 8.11 VADM Takasu, Shiro 35  
1942. 7.14 VADM Shimizu, Mitsumi 36  
1943.10.20 VADM Nagumo, Chuichi 36  
1944. 2.25 disbanded

Commander-in-Chief, 2nd Fleet
Date Rank Name Class Note
1903.10.27 VADM Kamimura, Hikonojo 4  
1905.12.20 VADM Dewa, Shigeto 5  
1906.11.22 VADM Ijuin, Goro 5  
1908. 5.26 VADM Dewa, Shigeto 5  
1909.12. 1 VADM Shimamura, Hayao 7  
1911.12. 1 VADM Yoshimatsu, Motaro 7  
1912.12. 1 VADM Ijichi, Suetaka 7  
1913.12. 1 VADM Kato, Sadakichi 10  
1915. 2. 5 VADM Nawa, Matahachiro 10  
1915.12.13 VADM Yashiro, Rokuro 8  
1917.12. 1 VADM Prince Yorihito    
1918. 6.13 VADM Yamaya, Tanin 12  
1919.11.25 ADM (Promoted)    
1919.12. 1 VADM Prince Hiroyasu    
1920.12. 1 VADM Suzuki, Kantaro 14  
1921.12. 1 disbanded
1922.12. 1 VADM Nakano, Naoe 15  
1923. 6. 1 VADM Kato, Hiroharu 18  
1924.12. 1 VADM Saito, Hanroku 17  
1925. 9.16 VADM Taniguchi, Naomi 19  
1926.12.10 VADM Yoshikawa, Yasuhira 22  
1928. 5.16 VADM Otani, Koshiro 23  
1928.12.10 VADM Osumi, Mineo 24  
1929.11.11 VADM Iida, Nobutaro 24  
1930.12. 1 VADM Nakamura, Ryozo 27  
1931.12. 1 VADM Suetsugu, Nobumasa 27  
1933.11.15 VADM Takahashi, Sankichi 29  
1934.11.15 VADM Yonai, Mitsumasa 29  
1935.12. 2 VADM Kato, Takayoshi 31  
1936.12. 1 VADM Yoshida, Zengo 32  
1937.12. 1 VADM Shimada, Shigetaro 32  
1938.11.15 VADM Toyoda, Soemu 33  
1939.10.21 VADM Koga, Mineichi 34  
1941. 9. 1 VADM Kondo, Nobutake 35  
1943. 4.29 ADM (Promoted)    
1943. 8. 9 VADM Kurita, Takeo 38  
1944.12.23 VADM Ito, Seiichi 39 1945. 4. 7 KIA
1945. 4.20 disbanded

Commander-in-Chief, 3rd Fleet
Date Rank Name Class Note
1903.12.28 VADM Kataoka, Shichiro 3  
1905.12.20 disbanded
1915.12.13 VADM Murakami, Kakuichi 11  
1917. 4. 6 VADM Arima, Ryokitsu 12  
1918.12. 1 VADM Kuroi, Teijiro 13  
1919.12. 1 VADM Nomaguchi, Kaneo 13  
1920. 8.16 ADM (Promoted)    
1920.12. 1 VADM Oguri, Kozaburo 15  
1921.12. 1 VADM Suzuki, Kantaro 14  
1922. 7.27 VADM Nakano, Naoe 15  
1922.12. 1 disbanded
1932. 2. 2 VADM Nomura, Kichisaburo 26  
1932. 6.28 VADM Sakonji, Seizo 28  
1932.12. 1 VADM Yonai, Mitsumasa 29  
1933. 9.15 VADM Imamura, Shinjiro 30  
1934.11.15 VADM Hyakutake, Gengo 30  
1935.12. 1 VADM Oiakwa, Koshiro 31  
1936.12. 1 VADM Hasegawa, Kiyoshi 31  
1938. 4.25 VADM Oiakwa, Koshiro 31  
1939.11.15 disbanded
1941. 4.10 VADM Takahashi, Ibo 36  
1942. 3.10 disbanded
1942. 7.14 VADM Nagumo, Chuichi 36  
1942.11.11 VADM Ozawa, Jisaburo 37  
1944.11.15 disbanded

Commander-in-Chief, 4th Fleet
Date Rank Name Class Note
1905. 6.14 VADM Dewa, Shigeto 5  
1905.12.20 disbanded
1937.10.20 VADM Toyoda, Soemu 33  
1938.11.15 VADM Hibino, Masaharu 34  
1939.11.15 VADM Katagiri, Eikichi 34  
1940.11.15 VADM Takasu, Shiro 35  
1941. 8.11 VADM Inoue, Shigeyoshi 37  
1942.10.26 VADM Samejima, Tomoshige 37  
1943. 4. 1 VADM Kobayashi, Masashi 38  
1944. 2.19 VADM Hara, Chuichi 39  
  disbanded

Commander-in-Chief, 5th Fleet
Date Rank Name Class Note
1938. 2. 1 VADM Shiozawa, Koichi 32  
1938.12.15 VADM Kondo, Nobutake 35  
1939. 9.29 VADM Takasu, Shiro 35  
1939.11.15 disbanded
1941. 7.25 VADM Hosogaya, Boshiro 36  
1943. 3.31 VADM Kawase, Shiro 38  
1944. 2.15 VADM Shima, Kiyohide 39  
1945. 2. 5 disbanded

Commander-in-Chief, 6th Fleet
Date Rank Name Class Note
1940.11.15 VADM Hirata, Noboru 34  
1941. 7.21 VADM Shimizu, Mitsumi 36  
1942. 3.16 VADM Komatsu, Teruhisa 37  
1943. 6.21 VADM Takagi, Takeo 39 1944. 7. 8 KIA
1944. 7.10 VADM Miwa, Shigeyoshi 39  
1945. 5. 1 VADM Daigo, Tadashige 40  
1945. 9.15 disbanded

Commander-in-Chief, 7th Fleet
Date Rank Name Class Note
1945. 4.15 VADM Kishi, Fukuji 40  
1945. 8.20 VADM Omori, Sentaro 41  
1945. 9.15 disbanded

Commander-in-Chief, 8th Fleet
Date Rank Name Class Note
1942. 7.14 VADM Mikawa, Gunichi 38  
1943. 4. 1 VADM Samejima, Tomoshige 37  
  disbanded

Commander-in-Chief, 9th Fleet
Date Rank Name Class Note
1943.11.15 VADM Endo, Yoshikazu 39 1944. 5. 3 KIA
1944. 7.10 disbanded

Commander-in-Chief, 1st Air Fleet
Date Rank Name Class Note
1941. 4.10 VADM Nagumo, Chuichi 36  
1942. 7.14 disbanded
1943. 7. 1 VADM Kakuta, Kakuji 39 1944. 8. 2 KIA
1944. 8. 7 VADM Teraoka, Kinpei 40  
1944.10.20 VADM Onishi, Takijiro 40  
1945. 5.10 VADM Shima, Kiyohide 39  
1945. 6.15 disbanded

Commander-in-Chief, 2nd Air Fleet
Date Rank Name Class Note
1944. 6.15 VADM Fukutome, Shigeru 40  
1945. 1. 8 disbanded

Commander-in-Chief, 3rd Air Fleet
Date Rank Name Class Note
1944. 7.10 VADM Kira, Shunichi 40  
1944.11.17 VADM Teraoka, Kinpei 40  
1945. 8.26 VADM Yamada, Sadayoshi 42  
1945.10.15 disbanded

Commander-in-Chief, 5th Air Fleet
Date Rank Name Class Note
1945. 2.10 VADM Ugaki, Matome 40 1945. 8.15 KIA
1945. 8.17 VADM Kusaka, Ryunosuke 41  
1945.10.10 disbanded

Commander-in-Chief, 10th Air Fleet
Date Rank Name Class Note
1945. 3. 1 VADM Maeda, Minoru 41  
1945.10.10 disbanded

Commander-in-Chief, 11th Air Fleet
Date Rank Name Class Note
1941. 1.15 VADM Katagiri, Eikichi 34  
1941. 9.10 VADM Tsukahara, Nishizo 36  
1942.10. 1 VADM Kusaka, Jinichi 37  
  disbanded

Commander-in-Chief, 12th Air Fleet
Date Rank Name Class Note
1943. 5.18 VADM Totsuka, Michitaro 38  
1944. 9.15 VADM Goto, Eiji 37  
1945. 3.15 VADM Ugaki, Kanji 39  
1945.11.30 disbanded

Commander-in-Chief, 13th Air Fleet
Date Rank Name Class Note
1943. 9.20 VADM Takasu, Shiro 35  
1944. 3. 1 ADM (Promoted)    
1944. 6.18 VADM Mikawa, Gunichi 38  
1944.11. 1 VADM Okawauchi, Denshichi 37  
1945. 1. 8 VADM Tayui, Minoru 39  
1945. 1.13 VADM Fukutome, Shigeru 40  
  disbanded

Commander-in-Chief, 14th Air Fleet
Date Rank Name Class Note
1944. 3. 4 VADM Nagumo, Chuichi 36 1944. 7. 8 KIA
1944. 7.18 disbanded

Commander-in-Chief, 1st Task Fleet
Date Rank Name Class Note
1944. 3. 1 VADM Ozawa, Jisaburo 37  
1944.11.15 disbanded

Commander-in-Chief, China Area Fleet
Date Rank Name Class Note
1937.10.20 VADM Hasegawa, Kiyoshi 31  
1938. 4.25 VADM Oiakwa, Koshiro 31  
1939.11.15 ADM (Promoted)    
1940. 5. 1 VADM Shimada, Shigetaro 32  
1940.11.15 ADM (Promoted)    
1941. 9. 1 VADM Koga, Mineichi 34  
1942. 5. 1 ADM (Promoted)    
1942.11.10 ADM Yoshida, Zengo 32  
1943.12. 1 ADM Kondo, Nobutake 35  
1945. 5.15 VADM Fukuda, Ryozo 38  
  disbanded

Commander-in-Chief, Northeastern Area Fleet
Date Rank Name Class Note
1943. 8. 5 VADM Totsuka, Michitaro 38  
1944. 9.15 VADM Goto, Eiji 37  
1944.12. 5 disbanded

Commander-in-Chief, Southeastern Area Fleet
Date Rank Name Class Note
1942.12.24 VADM Kusaka, Jinichi 37  
  disbanded

Commander-in-Chief, Southwestern Area Fleet
Date Rank Name Class Note
1942. 4.10 VADM Takahashi, Ibo 36  
1942. 9.15 VADM Takasu, Shiro 35  
1944. 3. 1 ADM (Promoted)    
1944. 6.18 VADM Mikawa, Gunichi 38  
1944.11. 1 VADM Okawauchi, Denshichi 37  
  disbanded

Commander-in-Chief, Central Pacific Area Fleet
Date Rank Name Class Note
1944. 3. 4 VADM Nagumo, Chuichi 36 1944. 7. 8 KIA
1944. 7.18 disbanded

Commander-in-Chief, 10th Area Fleet
Date Rank Name Class Note
1945. 2. 5 VADM Fukutome, Shigeru 40  
  disbanded

Commander-in-Chief, Southern Expeditionary Fleet
Date Rank Name Class Note
1941. 7.31 VADM Hirata, Noboru 34  
1941.10.18 VADM Ozawa, Jisaburo 37  
1942. 1. 3 disbanded

Commander-in-Chief, 1st Southern Expeditionary Fleet
Date Rank Name Class Note
1942. 1. 3 VADM Ozawa, Jisaburo 37  
1942. 7.14 VADM Okawauchi, Denshichi 37  
1943. 9.20 VADM Tayui, Minoru 39  
1945. 1.13 VADM Fukutome, Shigeru 40  
  disbanded

Commander-in-Chief, 2nd Southern Expeditionary Fleet
Date Rank Name Class Note
1942. 3.10 VADM Takahashi, Ibo 36  
1942. 9.15 VADM Takasu, Shiro 35  
1943. 4.15 VADM Iwamura, Seiichi 37  
1943. 9. 3 VADM Mikawa, Gunichi 38  
1944. 6.18 VADM Kawase, Shiro 38  
1945. 1.29 VADM Shibata, Yaichiro 40  
  disbanded

Commander-in-Chief, 3rd Southern Expeditionary Fleet
Date Rank Name Class Note
1942. 1. 3 VADM Sugiyama, Rokuzo 38  
1942.12. 1 VADM Ota, Taiji 37  
1943. 9.20 VADM Oka, Arata 40  
1944. 8.15 VADM Mikawa, Gunichi 38  
1944.11. 1 VADM Okawauchi, Denshichi 37  
  disbanded

4th Southern Expeditionary Fleet
Date Rank Name Class Note
1943.11.30 VADM Yamagata, Seigo 39  
1945. 3.10 disbanded

1st China Expeditionary Fleet
Date Rank Name Class Note
1939.11.15 VADM Tanimoto, Umataro 35  
1940.11.15 VADM Hosogaya, Boshiro 36  
1941. 7. 5 VADM Komatsu, Teruhisa 37  
1942. 2.14 VADM Makita, Kakusaburo 38  
1943. 3. 9 VADM Endo, Yoshikazu 39  
1943. 8.20 disbanded

Commander-in-Chief, 2nd China Expeditionary Fleet
Date Rank Name Class Note
1939.11.15 VADM Takasu, Shiro 35  
1940.10.15 VADM Sawamoto, Yorio 36  
1941. 4. 4 VADM Niimi, Masaichi 36  
1942. 7.14 VADM Hara, Kiyoshi 38  
1943. 6.21 VADM Soejima, Daisuke 38  
1945. 4.25 VADM Fujita, Ruitaro 38  
  disbanded

Commander-in-Chief, 3rd China Expeditionary Fleet
Date Rank Name Class Note
1939.11.15 VADM Nomura, Naokuni 35  
1940. 9.30 VADM Shimizu, Mitsumi 36  
1941. 7. 5 VADM Sugiyama, Rokuzo 38  
1941.12.26 VADM Kawase, Shiro 38  
1942. 4.10 disbanded

Commander-in-Chief, 1st Escort Fleet
Date Rank Name Class Note
1944.12.10 VADM Kishi, Fukuji 40  
1945. 7.10 VADM Tayui, Minoru 39  
1945. 8.25 disbanded

Commander, Combined Training Air Units
Date Rank Name Class Note
1943. 2. 1 VADM Totsuka, Michitaro 38  
1943. 5.18 VADM Hara, Chuichi 39  
1944. 2.19 VADM Teraoka, Kinpei 40  
1944. 8.15 VADM Matsunaga, Sadaichi 41  
1945. 6.10 disbanded

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