The Pacific War Online Encyclopedia
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| Table of Contents |
| Unit |
Commander |
Start |
Administrative Assignment |
Operational Assignment |
Notes |
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| 13
Air
Division |
Yoshida Kihachiro |
Activated 1945 (China) |
Army General Staff | ||
| 52
Air
Division |
Sanchu Hanmo |
Activated 1945 |
Army General Staff | ||
| 53
Depot
Division |
Inamura Toyojiro |
Activated 1945 (Kyoto) |
General
Defense
Command |
Supporting at least 4
divisions and 2 brigades by the end of the war. |
|
| 75 Independent
Mixed Brigade |
Tasaka Yasohachi |
Activated 1945 |
Army General Staff | ||
| 76 Independent
Mixed Brigade |
Ogawa Yasuzaburo |
Activated 1945 |
Army General Staff | ||
| 77 Independent
Mixed Brigade |
Kuwata Teizo |
Activated 1945 |
Army General Staff | ||
| 78 Independent
Mixed Brigade |
Onitake Goichi |
Activated 1945 |
Army General Staff | ||
| 79 Independent
Mixed Brigade |
Okabe Toru |
Activated 1945 |
Army General Staff | ||
| 80 Independent
Mixed Brigade |
Nomura Minoru |
Activated 1945 (Tsitsihar) |
4 Army | ||
| 81 Independent
Mixed Brigade |
Senda Seiju |
Activated 1945 |
20 Army |
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| 83 Independent
Mixed Brigade |
Tashio Taizo |
Activated 1945 |
Army General Staff | ||
| 84 Independent
Mixed Brigade |
Nakao Koroku |
Activated 1945 |
6 Army | ||
| 85 Independent
Mixed Brigade |
Matsui Setsu |
Activated 1945 |
11 Army |
||
| 86 Independent
Mixed Brigade |
Ueno Genkichi |
Activated 1945 (Shaoyang) |
20 Army |
||
| 87 Independent
Mixed Brigade |
Koyama Yoshimi |
Activated 1945 (China) |
20 Army |
||
| 88 Independent
Mixed Brigade |
Kaito Kiyoshi |
Activated 1945 |
11 Army |
||
| 89 Independent
Mixed Brigade |
Nashioka Hisao |
Activated 1945 (east China) |
13 Army | ||
| 91 Independent
Mixed Brigade |
Uno Takachi |
Activated 1945 |
China
Expeditionary
Army |
||
| 96 Independent
Mixed Brigade |
Tamika Onwa |
Activated 1945 |
Army General Staff | ||
| 97 Independent
Mixed Brigade |
Negeshi Yon |
Activated 1945 |
Army General Staff | ||
| 100 Independent
Mixed Brigade |
Murata Sadao |
Activated 1945 |
Army General Staff | ||
| 101 Independent
Mixed Brigade |
Katsura Asihiko |
Activated 1945 |
Army General Staff | ||
| 103 Independent
Mixed Brigade |
Tajima Masao |
Activated 1945 |
Army General Staff | ||
| 112 Independent
Mixed Brigade |
Aoki Seisho |
Activated 1945 |
Army General Staff | ||
| 113 Independent
Mixed Brigade |
Kamekawa Yoshio |
Activated 1945 |
Army General Staff | ||
| 114 Independent
Mixed Brigade |
Yanese Makoto |
Activated 1945 |
Army General Staff | ||
| 116 Independent
Mixed Brigade |
Iwane Sumio |
Activated 1945 |
Army General Staff | ||
| 117 Independent
Mixed Brigade |
Hirazukara
Masakichi |
Activated 1945 |
Army General Staff | ||
| 119 Independent
Mixed Brigade |
Ito Setsu |
Activated 1945 |
Army General Staff | ||
| 121 Independent
Mixed Brigade |
Yokoi Tadamichi |
Activated 1945 |
Army General Staff | ||
| 123 Independent
Mixed Brigade |
Kanaoka Masatada |
Activated 1945 |
Army General Staff | ||
| 124 Independent
Mixed Brigade |
Ishii Shin |
Activated 1945 |
Army General Staff | ||
| 127 Independent
Mixed Brigade |
Sakai Takashi |
Activated 1945 |
Army General Staff | ||
| 129 Independent
Mixed Brigade |
Niho Susumu |
Activated 1945 |
Army General Staff | ||
| 130 Independent
Mixed Brigade |
Kuwada Teizo |
Activated 1945 |
Army General Staff | ||
| 131 Independent
Mixed Brigade |
Ube
Shio |
Activated 1945 (Manchuria) |
Army General Staff | ||
| 134 Independent
Mixed Brigade |
Goto Toshio |
Activated 1945 |
Army General Staff | ||
| 135 Independent
Mixed Brigade |
Hamada Juyukijo |
Activated 1945 (Manchuria) |
Army General Staff | ||
| 136 Independent
Mixed Brigade |
Tsuchiya Naojiro |
Activated 1945 (Manchuria) |
Army General Staff | ||
| 8 Independent Tank
Brigade |
Toyama Hiromichi |
Activated 1945 |
Army General Staff | ||
| 4 Amphibious Brigade |
Uchida Tatsuo |
Activated 1945 |
Army General Staff | ||
| 26
Air
Brigade |
Takashina Satoshi |
Activated 1945 |
Army General Staff | ||
| 3 Amphibious Brigade |
Kurahashi Sho |
Activated 1945 |
Army General Staff | ||
| 2 Guard Force |
Activated 1945 (Brunei?) |
Navy General Staff | |||
| 33 Guard Force |
Activated 1945 (Mindanao)? |
Navy General Staff | |||
| 36 Guard Force |
Activated 1945 (Cebu)? |
33
Special Base Force |
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| Osaka Area
Command |
Aoki
Seiichi |
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| PB Mokuto |
Completed early 1945 (Hitachi-Sakurajima) | Navy General Staff | History. Mined 1945-4-4 in the Shimonoseki Straits | ||
| 98 Independent
Mixed Brigade |
Kurosu Gennosuke |
Activated 1945 |
16
Area Army |
||
| 107 Independent
Mixed Brigade |
Futami Akisaburo |
Activated 1945 |
16 Area Army | ||
| 118 Independent
Mixed Brigade |
Uchiyama Takamichi |
Activated 1945 |
16 Area Army | ||
| 122 Independent
Mixed Brigade |
Taniguchi Motojiro |
Activated 1945 |
16 Area Army | ||
| 125 Independent
Mixed Brigade |
Kurahashi Sho |
Activated 1945 |
16 Area Army | ||
| 126 Independent
Mixed Brigade |
Activated 1945 |
16 Area Army | |||
| 25
Independent Mixed Regiment |
Activated 1945 |
Army General Staff | |||
| 14
Border Guard Brigade |
Activated 1945 |
5 Army | |||
| 15
Border Guards Brigade |
Activated 1945 |
5 Army | |||
| 13 Guard Force |
Activated 1945 (Rangoon) |
Southwest
Area Fleet |
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| 102
Escort
Squadron |
Hamada Kiyoshi |
Activated 1945-1 |
Navy General Staff | ||
| 103
Escort
Squadron |
Hisamune Yonejiro |
Activated 1945-1 |
Navy General Staff | ||
| 901
Air
Group |
Horiuchi Shigetada |
Activated 1945-1 |
Navy General Staff | ||
| AK Taikyu Maru |
Completed 1945-1-5 |
Navy General Staff | |||
| SS I-401 | Completed 1945-1-8 (Sasebo) | Navy General Staff | History.
|
||
| 40 Army |
Nakazawa Mitsuo |
Activated 1945-1-8 (Ijuin:
130.40E 31.62N) |
General Defense Command | Comprised of 77
Division. |
|
| AK Hisakawa Maru |
Completed 1945-1-9 |
Navy General Staff | Sunk by aircraft 1945-1-9 off Takao | ||
| AK Enpo Maru |
Completed 1945-1-11 |
Navy General Staff | Sunk by aircraft 1945-8-9 at Najin, Korea | ||
| MAC Otakisan Maru | Launched 1945-1-14 (Kobe) | Navy General Staff | Mined when 70% complete near Kobe | ||
| AO Yamanami Maru |
Completed 1945-1-15 |
Navy General Staff | Converted to dry cargo 1945-3-10 |
||
| LSD Settsu
Maru |
Completed 1945-1-15 (Hitachi-Inoshima) | Navy General Staff | |||
| LSD Hyuga Maru |
Completed 1945-1-15 (Hitachi-Inoshima) | Navy General Staff | Mined and run aground 1945-5-30 near Hakata | ||
| 121
Division |
Masai Yoshihito |
Activated 1945-1-16 (Korea) |
Korea Army |
Special wartime division.
Composed of 262, 263, and 264
Regiments. |
|
| 122
Division |
Akashika Tsutomu |
Activated 1945-1-16 (Manchuria) |
1 Area Army |
Formed from border guard
units. Special wartime division, Composed of 265, 266,
and 267 Regiments. |
|
| 123
Division |
Kitazawa Teijiro |
Activated 1945-1-16 (Manchuria) | 4 Army | Formed from border guard
units. Special wartime division, Composed of 268, 269,
and 1270 Regiments. |
|
| 124
Division |
Shina Masatake |
Activated 1945-1-16 (Manchuria) | 5 Army |
Formed from border guard units. Special wartime division. Composed of 271, 272, and 273 Regiments. | |
| 125
Division |
Imari Tatsuo |
Activated 1945-1-16 (Manchuria) | 3 Area Army |
Formed from border guard
units. Special wartime division, Composed of 274, 275,
and 276 Regiments. |
|
| 126
Division |
Nomizo Nihiko |
Activated 1945-1-16 (Manchuria) | 5 Army |
Formed from border guard units. Special wartime division. Composed of 277, 278, and 279 Regiments | |
| 127
Division |
Koga Ryutaro |
Activated 1945-1-16 (Manchuria) | 3 Army | Formed from border guard
units. Special wartime division. Composed of 280, 281,
and 282 Regiments. |
|
| 128
Division |
Mizuhara Yoshishige |
Activated 1945-1-16 (Manchuria) | 3 Army | Formed from border guard
units. Special wartime division, Composed of 283, 284,
and 285 Regiments. |
|
| PB Aguni | Completed 1945-1-17 (Tsurumi) | Navy General Staff | History.
|
||
| DE Yanagi |
Completed 1945-1-18 (Osaka) | Navy General Staff | History.
|
||
| AK Meisei Maru |
Completed 1945-1-18 |
Navy General Staff | Mined 1945-6-1 near Shimonoseki | ||
| AO Daiha Maru #1 |
Completed 1945-1-19 |
Navy General Staff | Mined 1945-7-23 off Karatsu, Japan | ||
| AK Daiai Maru |
Completed 1945-1-22 |
Navy General Staff | Torpedoed 1945-3-10 off
Kamaishi |
||
| PB Inagi | Completed 1945-1-26 (Mitsui-Tamano) | Navy General Staff | History. Sunk by aircraft 1945-8-9 at Hachinohe | ||
| SS I-351 |
Completed 1945-1-28 (Kure) |
Navy General Staff | History.
Torpedoed 1945-7-14 near 110E 4.5N by Bluefish |
||
| DD Yoizuki | Completed 1945-1-31 (Tokyo) | Navy General Staff | History.
|
||
| Iwo Jima
Guard Force |
Activated <1945-2 (Iwo Jima) | Navy General Staff | |||
| Okinawa Base
Force |
Activated <1945-2 (Naha) |
Navy General Staff | |||
| 17
Independent Mixed Regiment |
Activated <1945-2 (Chichi Jima) | Army General Staff | |||
| 204
Naval Construction Battalion |
Activated <1945-2 | Navy General Staff | Deployed to Iwo Jima and destroyed there | ||
| MAC Shimane Maru |
Completed 1945-2 (Kobe) | Navy General Staff | Sunk by aircraft 1945-7-24 near Takamatsu | ||
| 11
Area Army |
Yoshitomo Teiichi |
Activated 1945-2-1 (Sendai) |
Army General Staff | Comprised of Northeastern
District
Army and 40
Army. |
|
| 12
Area Army |
Fujie Keisuke | Activated 1945-2-1 (Tokyo) | Army General Staff | Comprised of 34, 36, 51, 52, 53, and Eastern
District
Armies |
|
| 15
Area Army |
Kawabe Masakazu |
Activated 1945-2-1 (Osaka) | General Defense Command | Comprised of 55, 59, and Central
District
Armies. |
|
| 16
Area Army |
Nishihara Kanji |
Activated 1945-2-1 (Fukuoka) | General Defense Command | Comprised of 40, 56, 57, and Western
District
Armies and 25 and 57
Divisions and 4
Independent Mixed Brigade. |
|
| Northeastern
District Army |
Yoshimoto
Teiichi |
Activated 1945-2-1 |
General Defense Command | Also known as Tohoku
District Army |
|
| 17
Area Army |
Itagaki Seishiro |
Activated 1945-2-1 (Korea) |
General
Defense
Command |
Comprised of 58 and Korea District Armies | |
| 131
Division |
Activated 1945-2-1 (China) | 23 Army | Type C division. Composed of
95 and 96
Brigades. |
||
| 132
Division |
Yanagawa Yasushi |
Activated 1945-2-1 (China) | 11 Army |
Type C division. Composed of
97 and 98
Brigades. |
|
| 133
Division |
Noji Kahei |
Activated 1945-2-1 (Hangchow) | 13 Army | Type C division consisting of
99 and 100
Brigades. |
|
| SS I-201 |
Completed 1945-2-2 (Kure) |
Navy General Staff | History.
|
||
| SSA Ha-103 | Completed 1945-2-3 (Mitsubishi-Kobe) | Navy General Staff | History. | ||
| AK Abukumagawa Maru |
Completed 1945-2-5 |
Navy General Staff | Mined 1945-6-1 off
Tokushima |
||
| 205
Air
Group |
Activated 1945-2-5 |
1 Air Fleet |
144 carrier fighters |
||
| 312
Air
Group |
Activated 1945-2-5 |
1 Naval District |
Did not see combat before end of hostilities. Was to be equipped with J8M Shusui, the Japanese equivalent of the German Komet rocket-propelled fighter. | ||
| AK Edamitsu Maru |
Completed 1945-2-6 |
Navy General Staff | Sunk by aircraft
1945-8-9 at Najin, Korea |
||
| AK Shinyo Maru |
Completed 1945-2-6 |
Navy General Staff | |||
| 79
Division |
Ota Sadaaki |
Activated 1945-2-6 (Manchuria) |
3 Army |
Special wartime division.
Composed of 289, 290, and 291
Regiments. |
|
| 96
Division |
Iinuma Mamoru |
Activated 1945-2-6 |
58
Army |
Special wartime division.
Composed of 292, 293, and 294
Regiments. |
|
| SSA Ha-107 | Completed 1945-2-7 (Kawasaki-Tanagawa) |
Navy General Staff | History. | ||
| PB Uku | Completed 1945-2-8 (Sasebo) | Navy General Staff | History.
|
||
| LS T-17 |
Completed 1945-2-8 |
Navy General Staff | Sunk 1945-4-2 off Amami
Oshima |
||
| 89
Division |
Ogawa Gonnosuke |
Activated 1945-2-8 (Etorofu) | 5 Area Army |
Type C division. Composed of
43 and 69
Brigades |
|
| AK Daizui Maru |
Completed 1945-2-9 |
Navy General Staff | |||
| 5
Air Fleet |
Ugaki Matome |
Activated 1945-2-10 (Japan) |
Navy General Staff | ||
| 1 Special Attack
Squadron |
Obayashi Sueo |
Activated 1945-2-11 |
Navy General Staff | ||
| LS T-18 |
Completed 1945-2-12 |
Navy General Staff | Missing from 1945-3-18 off Kyushu |
||
| SS I-202 | Completed 1945-2-12 (Kure) | Navy General Staff | History.
|
||
| AK Hayahi Maru |
Completed 1945-2-14 |
Navy General Staff | Mined 1945-7-13 near Shimonoseki | ||
| AO Seiko Maru |
Completed 1945-2-15 |
Navy General Staff | Mined 1945-8-19 near Nanao, Japan | ||
| 88
Division |
Mineki Toichiro |
Activated 1945-2-15
(Toyohara: 142.73E
46.97N) |
5 Area Army |
Special wartime division.
Composed of 25,
125,
and 306 Regiments. |
|
| SSA Ha-105 | Completed 1945-2-19 (Mitsubishi-Kobe) | Navy General Staff | History. | ||
| AK Yamaji Maru |
Completed 1945-2-20 |
Navy General Staff | Mined 1945-7-2 near Tokushima, Japan | ||
| AK Shozan Maru |
Completed 1945-2-20 |
Navy General Staff | Mined 1945-5-26 near Ube, Japan |
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| PB Habushi |
Completed 1945-2-20 (Mitsui-Tamano) | Navy General Staff | History.
|
||
| 82 Independent
Mixed Brigade |
Sakuraba Shiro |
Activated 1945-2-20 |
Army General Staff | ||
| AO Yahiko Maru |
Completed 1945-2-24 |
Navy General Staff | |||
| PB Chikubu |
Completed 1945-2-26 (Uraga-Tokyo) | Navy General Staff | History.
|
||
| AK Daikai Maru #1 |
Completed 1945-2-27 |
Navy General Staff | |||
| PB Sakito | Completed 1945-2-28 (Hitachi-Sakurajima) | Navy General Staff | History.
|
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| 140
Division |
Mononobe Choho | Activated 1945-2-28 (Fujisawa) | 12 Area Army | Coast division. Composed of 401, 402,
403, and 404
Regiments. |
|
| 144
Division |
Takano Naomitsu |
Activated 1945-2-28 (Wakayama: 135.09E 34.09N) | 15 Area Army |
Coast division composed of 413, 414,
415, and 416
Regiments. |
|
| 145
Division |
Ohara Kazuaki |
Activated 1945-2-28 (Ashiya: 130.67E 33.88N) | 16 Area Army |
Coast division. Composed of 417, 418,
419, and 420
Regiments. |
|
| 146
Division |
Tsuboshima Fumio |
Activated 1945-2-28 (southern Satsuma Peninsula) | 40 Army |
Coast division. Composed of 421, 422,
423, and 424
Regiments. |
|
| 147
Division |
Ishikawa Kozaburo |
Activated 1945-2-28 (Ichinomiya: 139.38E 35.37N) | 12 Area Army | Coast division. Composed of 425, 426,
427, and 428
Regiments. |
|
| 150
Division |
Mishima Giichiro |
Activated 1945-2-28 (south Korea) | 17 Area Army |
Coast division. Composed of 429, 430,
431, and 432
Regiments. |
|
| 152
Division |
Nozaki Seiji |
Activated 1945-2-28 (Yokaichiba: 140.55E 35.70N) | 12 Area Army | Coast division. Composed of 437, 438,
439, and 440
Regiments. |
|
| 154
Division |
Mori Suehiro |
Activated 1945-2-28 (Miyazaki: 131.43E 31.90N) | 16 Area Army |
Coast division. Composed of 445, 446,
447, and 448
Regiments. |
|
| 155
Division |
Inagawa Ou |
Activated 1945-2-28 (Kochi) | 15 Area Army |
Coast division. Composed of 449, 450,
451, and 452
Regiments. |
|
| 156
Division |
Higushi Keishichiro |
Activated 1945-2-28 (Miyazaki: 131.43E 31.90N) | 16 Area Army | Coast division. Composed of 453, 454,
455, and 456
Regiments. |
|
| 160
Division |
Miyashita Fumio |
Activated 1945-2-28 (Korea) | 17 Area Army | Coast division. Composed of 461, 462,
463, and 464
Regiments. |
|
| 35 Guard Force |
Activated <1945-3 (Legaspi) |
Navy General Staff | |||
| 90 Independent
Mixed Brigade |
Yamamoto Genemon |
Activated 1945-3 (Yangchow:
119.436E 32.397N)) |
China
Expeditionary
Army |
||
| 2 Special Attack
Squadron |
Nagai Mitsuru |
Activated 1945-3 (Hikari) |
Navy General Staff | A Kaiten unit |
|
| 10 Special Attack
Squadron |
Owada Noboru |
Activated 1945-3 |
Navy General Staff | ||
| Kyushu
Air
Group |
Yamamori Kamenosuke |
Activated 1945-3 |
Navy General Staff | ||
| 10
Air Fleet |
Maeda Minoru |
Activated 1945-3-1 |
Navy General Staff | Primarily a training
formation |
|
| 21
Combined Air Group |
Beppu
Akimoto |
Activated 1945-3 |
Navy General Staff | ||
| AK Yamadono Maru |
Completed 1945-3-5 |
Navy General Staff | |||
| PB Kuga | Completed 1945-3-5 (Sasebo) | Navy General Staff | History.
|
||
| 41 Army |
Yokoyama Shizuo |
Activated 1945-3-6 (Luzon) |
14 Area Army |
Designated from ad hoc Shimbu
Group. |
|
| AK Nichiyu Maru #1 |
Completed 1945-3-8 |
Navy General Staff | Mined 1945-6-29 near Shimonoseki | ||
| SSA Ha-109 | Completed 1945-3-10 (Mitsubishi-Kobe) | Navy General Staff | History. | ||
| CM Eijo | Completed 1945-3-10 (Kure)
|
Navy General Staff | Torpedoed 1945-6-17 off
Hokkaido by Spadefish |
||
| 43 Army |
Hosokawa Tadayasu |
Activated 1945-3-10 (Tsinan) |
North
China
Area Army |
||
| SS I-14 | Completed 1945-3-14 (Kawasaki-Kobe) | Navy General Staff | History.
|
||
| AO Nissan Maru #1 |
Completed 1945-3-15 |
Navy General Staff | Mined 1945-5-26 off Shimonoseki | ||
| LS T-19 |
Completed 1945-3-16 |
Navy General Staff | |||
| AK Kocho Maru |
Completed 1945-3-18 |
Navy General Staff | |||
| AK Tatsuchiyo Maru |
Completed 1945-3-20 |
Navy General Staff | Sunk by aircraft 1945-5-6 off Mokpo, Korea | ||
| AK Eikan Maru |
Completed 1945-3-22 |
Navy General Staff | Mined 1945-6-26 off Kamaishi |
||
| AK Shirahi Maru |
Completed 1945-3-28 |
Navy General Staff | Mined 1945-6-13 near Shimonoseki | ||
| AK Tatsuhi Maru |
Completed 1945-3-30 |
Navy General Staff | |||
| AK Enshu Maru |
Completed 1945-3-30 |
Navy General Staff | |||
| AK Ehiko Maru |
Completed 1945-3-30 |
Navy General Staff | |||
| LS Kumano Maru |
Completed 1945-3-31 |
Navy General Staff | |||
| 7 Army |
Itagaki Seishiro |
Activated <1945-4 |
Army General Staff | ||
| 201
Division |
Shigenobu Kichiko |
Activated 1945-4-2 (Kawagoe: 139.49E 35.91N) | 36 Army |
Mobile division. Composed of
501, 502,
and 503 Regiments. |
|
| 202
Division |
Katakura Tadashi |
Activated 1945-4-2 (Maebashi: 139.07E 36.38N) | 36 Army | Mobile division. Composed of
504, 505,
and 506 Regiments. |
|
| 206
Division |
Iwakiri Hide |
Activated 1945-4-2 (Izaku: 130.35E 31.52N) | 40 Army |
Mobile division. Composed of
510, 511,
and 512 Regiments. |
|
| 209
Division |
Kume Seiichi |
Activated 1945-4-2 (Kanazawa) | 36 Army | Mobile division. Composed of
513, 514,
and 515 Regiments. |
|
| 4 Special Attack
Squadron |
Nakamura Motoji |
Activated 1945-4 |
Navy General Staff | ||
| 104
Escort
Squadron |
Watanabe Seishichi |
Activated 1945-4 |
Navy General Staff | ||
| 105 Independent
Mixed Brigade |
Matsui Hijedi |
Activated 1945-4 (Rangoon) |
33 Army |
Hastily organized from 82
Airfield Battalion and other headquarters and rear area
units |
|
| Kitakura
Air
Group |
Activated 1945-4 |
Navy General Staff | |||
| 26
Independent Mixed Regiment |
Activated <1945-4 (Legaspi) |
Navy General Staff | |||
| 205
Division |
Karakawa Yasuo |
Activated 1945-4-2 (Kochi) | 55 Army |
Mobile division composed of 507, 508,
and 509 Regiments. |
|
| 212
Division |
Sakurai Tokutaro |
Activated 1945-4-2 (Miyazaki: 131.43E 31.90N) | 57
Army |
Mobile division composed of 516, 517,
and 518 Regiments. |
|
| PB Oga | Completed 1945-4-5 (Mitsui-Tamano) | Navy General Staff | History. Torpedoed 1945-5-2 in Yellow Sea by Springer | ||
| 2
General Army |
Hata Shunroku |
Activated 1945-4-5 (Hiroshima) | Army General Staff | Comprising 10, 15 and 16 Area
Armies |
|
| 143
Division |
Suzuki Teiji |
Activated 1945-4-6 (Kanesashimachi) | 12 Area Army | Coast division. Composed of 409, 410,
411, and 412
Regiments. |
|
| 1
General Army |
Sugiyama Gen |
Activated 1945-4-7 (Tokyo) |
Army General Staff |
Comprising 11, 12 and 13 Area
Armies |
|
| General
Air
Army |
Kawabe Masakasu |
Activated 1945-4-7 (Tokyo) | Army General Staff | Comprising 1, 2, 5, and 6 Air Armies | |
| DD Natsuzuki | Completed 1945-4-8 (Sasebo) | Navy General Staff | History.
|
||
| 51 Army |
Noda Kengo |
Activated 1945-4-8 (Mito) |
12 Area Army |
Comprised of 44
Division. |
|
| 52 Army |
Shigeta Tokumatsu |
Activated 1945-4-8 (Susui) |
12 Area Army |
Comprised of 147, 152 and
3
Imperial Guards Division. |
|
| 53 Army |
Akashiba Yaezo |
Activated 1945-4-8 (Tamagawa:
139.63E 35.62N) |
12 Area Army |
Comprised of 84
Division. |
|
| 55 Army |
Harada Kumakichi |
Activated 1945-4-8 (Shinkai:
138.711E 36.460N) |
15 Area Army |
Comprised of 11 and 155
Divisions. |
|
| 57 Army |
Nishihara Kanji |
Activated 1945-4-8 (Takarabe:
130.98E 31.73N) |
16 Area Army | Comprised of 86, 154, and
156
Divisions. |
|
| 58 Army |
Nagatsu Sadashige |
Activated 1945-4-8 (Saishuto) |
17 Area Army |
Also comprised of 111 and
121
Divisions |
|
| 108 Independent
Mixed Brigade |
Hiraoka Chikara |
Activated 1945-4-8 |
58 Army |
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| 153
Division |
Inamura Toyojiro |
Activated 1945-4-8 (Ujiyamada: 136.70E 34.48N) | 13 Area Army |
Coast division. Composed of 441, 442,
443, and 444
Regiments. |
|
| 142
Division |
Koizumi Kyoji |
Activated 1945-4-9 (Yoshioka: 139.01E 36.45N) | 11 Area Army | Coast division. Composed of 405, 406,
407, and 408
Regiments. |
|
| 151
Division |
Hakugin Yoshikata |
Activated 1945-4-9 (Kasumigaura) | 12 Area Army |
Coast division. Composed of 433, 434,435, and 436
Regiments. |
|
| 157
Division |
Miyashita Kenichiro |
Activated 1945-4-10 (Sanbongi: 140.95E 37.39N) | Army General Staff | Coast division. Composed of 457, 458,
459, and 460
Regiments. |
|
| 130
Division |
Kondo Shihachi |
Activated 1945-4-12 (China) | 23 Army | Type C division. Composed of
93 and 94
Brigades. |
|
| 161
Division |
Takahashi Shigekazu |
Activated 1945-4-12 (China) | 6 Army |
Type C division. Composed of
101 and 102
Brigades. |
|
| 7 Fleet |
Kishi Kikuji |
Activated 1945-4-15 |
Navy General Staff | ||
| 129
Division |
Uzawa Katsunobu |
Activated 1945-4-15 (Canton) |
23 Army | Type C division. Composed of
91 and 92
Brigades. |
|
| 56 Army |
Shichida Ichiro |
Activated 1945-4-21 (Iizuka:
130.68E 33.63N) |
16 Area Army |
Comprised of 57 and 145
Divisions and 4 Tank
Brigade. |
|
| AK Kenkoku Maru |
Completed 1945-4-22 |
Navy General Staff | |||
| LS T-20 |
Completed 1945-4-23 |
Navy General Staff | |||
| 214
Division |
Yamamoto Tsunoru |
Activated 1945-4-30 (Utsunomiya) | 36 Army | Mobile division. Composed of
519, 520,
and 521 Regiments. |
|
| 216
Division |
Nakano Ryoji |
Activated 1945-4-30 (Kumamoto) | 16 Area Army |
Mobile division. Composed of
522, 523,
and 524 Regiments. |
|
| 53
Air
Flotilla |
Activated 1945-5 |
Navy General Staff | |||
| 72
Air
Flotilla |
Yamamoto Chikao |
Activated 1945-5 |
Navy General Staff | ||
| 3 Special Attack
Squadron |
Shibuya Kiyomi |
Activated 1945-5 |
Navy General Staff | ||
| 5 Special Attack
Squadron |
Komazawa Katsumi |
Activated 1945-5 |
Navy General Staff | ||
| 105
Escort
Squadron |
Matsuyama Mitsuharu |
Activated 1945-5 |
Navy General Staff | ||
| Utsumi
Air
Group |
Araki Keikichi |
Activated 1945-5 |
Navy General Staff | ||
| PB Kozu | Completed 1945-5-3 (Uraga-Tokyo) | Navy General Staff | History.
|
||
| AK Daitaku Maru #1 |
Completed 1945-5-3 |
Navy General Staff | |||
| PB Kanawa | Completed 1945-5-5 (Mitsui-Tamano) | Navy General Staff | History.
|
||
| SSA Ha-108 | Completed 1945-5-6 (Kawasaki-Tanagawa) |
Navy General Staff | History. | ||
| PB Shiga | Completed 1945-5-13 (Sasebo) | Navy General Staff | History.
|
||
| SS I-373 | Completed 1945-5-14 (Yokosuka) | Navy General Staff | History. Torpedoed 1945-8-14 off Shanghai by Spikefish | ||
| AK Mukahi Maru |
Completed 1945-5-20 |
Navy General Staff | |||
| AK Erimo Maru |
Completed 1945-5-20 |
Navy General Staff | Sunk by aircraft 1945-8-9 at Najin, Korea | ||
| 224
Division |
Kawamura Saburo |
Activated 1945-5-23 (Japan) | 12 Area Army | Mobile division consisting of
340, 341,
and 342 Regiments. |
|
| 230
Division |
Nakanishi Teiki |
Activated 1945-5-23 (Japan) | 59
Army |
Mobile division consisting of
319, 320,
and 321 Regiments. |
|
| 231
Division |
Murata Takaiki |
Activated 1945-5-23 (Yonago: 133.33E 35.43N) | 59 Army | Mobile division consisting of
346, 347,
and 348 Regiments. |
|
| 234
Division |
Nagano Kameichiro |
Activated 1945-5-23 (Oami: 140.32E 35.52N) | 52 Army |
Mobile division consisting of
322, 323,
and 324 Regiments. |
|
| 303
Division |
Ishida Sakaekuma |
Activated 1945-5-23 (Sebdai) | 40 Army |
Coast division composed of 337, 338, and 339 Regiments. | |
| 312
Division |
Tada Tamotsu |
Activated 1945-5-23 (Imari: 129.88E 33.27N) | 56 Army |
Coast division composed of 358, 359,
and 360 Regiments. |
|
| 320
Division |
Yasumi Kinsaburo |
Activated 1945-5-23 (Korea) |
17 Area Army | Coast division composed of 361, 362,
and 363 Regiments. |
|
| 321
Division |
Yazaki Kanju |
Activated 1945-5-23 (Oshima: 139.52E 38.10N) | 12 Area Army |
Coast division composed of 325, 326,
and 327 Regiments. |
|
| 344
Division |
Yokota Toyoichiro |
Activated 1945-5-23 (Sukumo: 132.73E 32.93N) | 55 Army |
Coast division composed of 352, 353,
and 354 Regiments. |
|
| 354
Division |
Yamaguchi Shinichi |
Activated 1945-5-23 (Tateyama) | 12 Area Army |
Coast division composed of 331, 332,
and 333 Regiments. |
|
| AK Nichigyoku Maru |
Completed 1945-5-25 |
Navy General Staff | |||
| AK Daikai Maru #2 |
Completed 1945-5-26 |
Navy General Staff | |||
| PB Amami | Completed 1945-5-27 (Tsurumi) | Navy General Staff | History.
|
||
| SS I-203 | Completed 1945-5-29 (Kure) | Navy General Staff | History.
|
||
| SSA Ha-202 | Completed 1945-5-31 (Sasebo) | Navy General Staff | History. | ||
| SSA Ha-201 |
Completed 1945-5-31 (Sasebo) |
Navy General Staff | History. | ||
| PB Io | Completed 1945-6 (Maizuru) | Navy General Staff | History.
|
||
| 92 Independent
Mixed Brigade |
Kawarada Takane |
Activated 1945-6 (Yencheng:
113.987N 33.585N)) |
12 Army |
||
| Chosen
Air
Group |
Kondo Katsuji |
Activated 1945-6 |
Navy General Staff | ||
| 23
Combined Air Group |
Beppu
Akitomo |
Activated 1945-6 |
Navy General Staff | ||
| PB Hodaka |
Completed 1945-6-3 (Uraga-Tokyo) | Navy General Staff | History.
|
||
| PB Habuto | Completed 1945-6-10 (Hitachi-Sakurajima) |
Navy General Staff | History.
|
||
| AK Yamaoka Maru |
Completed 1945-6-10 |
Navy General Staff | Torpedoed 1945-7-4 by Tang 100 miles north of Mokpo, Korea | ||
| 50 Army |
Hoshino Toshimoto |
Activated 1945-6-10 (Aomori) |
11 Area Army | Comprised of 157 Division |
|
| 222
Division |
Kasahara Kahei |
Activated 1945-6-10 (Kurosawajiri: 141.12E 39.29N) | 11 Area Army | Mobile division consisting of 307, 308, and 309 Regiments. | |
| 229
Division |
Ishino Yoshio |
Activated 1945-6-10 (Iida: 140.45E 36.45N) | 13 Area Army |
Mobile division consisting of
334, 335,
and 336 Regiments. |
|
| 308
Division |
Asano Torashiro |
Activated 1945-6-10 | 50
Army |
Mobile division consisting of
310, 311,
and 312 Regiments. |
|
| 351
Division |
Fujimura Yuzuru |
Activated 1945-6-10 (Fukuoka) | 56 Army |
Coast division consisting of
328, 329,
and 330 Regiments. |
|
| AK Meiyu Maru |
Completed 1945-6-17 |
Navy General Staff | |||
| AK Kinko Maru |
Completed 1945-6-18 |
Navy General Staff | |||
| 54 Army |
Kobayashi Nobuo |
Activated 1945-6-18
(Shinshiromachi) |
13 Area Army |
Comprised of 73, 143, 224, and
355
Divisions. |
|
| 59 Army |
Fujii Yoji |
Activated 1945-6-18 (Hiroshima) |
Army General Staff | ||
| Tokyo Defense Army | Oba Shihei | Activated 1945-6-19 (Tokyo) | 12 Area Army | ||
| 225
Division |
Ochiai Teigo |
Activated 1945-6-20 (Japan) | Army General Staff | Mobile division consisting of
343, 344,
and 345 Regiments. |
|
| SSA Ha-204 | Completed 1945-6-25 (Sasebo) | Navy General Staff | History. | ||
| AK Enbun Maru |
Completed 1945-6-25 |
Navy General Staff | |||
| SSA Ha-203 | Completed 1945-6-26 (Sasebo) | Navy General Staff | History. | ||
| PB Shisaka |
Completed 1945-7 (Hitachi-Sakurajima) | Navy General Staff | History.
|
||
| PB Ikino | Completed 1945-7 (Uraga-Tokyo) | Navy General Staff | History.
|
||
| 8 Special Attack
Squadron |
Kiyota Takahiko |
Activated 1945-7 |
Navy General Staff | ||
| 111 Air
Regiment |
Activated 1945-7 (Sano) |
Army General Staff | Ki-84 Frank |
||
| 112 Air
Regiment |
Activated 1945-7 (Nitta) |
Army General Staff | Ki-84 Frank | ||
| SSA Ha-205 | Completed 1945-7-3 (Sasebo) | Navy General Staff | History. | ||
| PB Takane |
Completed 1945-7-3 (Mitsui-Tamano) | Navy General Staff | History.
|
||
| AK Yoneyama Maru |
Completed 1945-7-3 |
Navy General Staff | |||
| AK Esan Maru |
Completed 1945-7-4 |
Navy General Staff | |||
| 120 Independent
Mixed Brigade |
Kaji Takeo |
Activated 1945-7-5 |
Army General Staff | ||
| Kurashiki
Air Group |
Morimoto Jo |
Activated 1945-7-10 |
Navy General Staff | ||
| 134
Division |
Izeki Mitsuru |
Activated 1945-7-10 (Manchuria) | 1 Area Army | Special wartime division.
Composed of 365, 366, and 367
Regiments. |
|
| 135
Division |
Hitomi Yoichi |
Activated 1945-7-10 (Manchuria) | 5 Army |
Special wartime division.
Grossly deficient in equipment. Composed of 368, 369,
and 370 Regiments. |
|
| 136
Division |
Nakayama Makoto |
Activated 1945-7-10 (Manchuria) | 3 Area Army | Special wartime division.
Composed of 371, 372, and 373
Regiments. |
|
| 137
Division |
Akiyama Gida |
Activated 1945-7-10 (Manchuria) | Kwantung Army | Special wartime division.
Composed of 374, 375, and 376
Regiments. |
|
| 138
Division |
Yamamoto Tsutomu |
Activated 1945-7-10 (Manchuria) |
30
Army |
Special wartime division.
Composed of 377, 378, and 379
Regiments. |
|
| 139
Division |
Tominaga Kiyoji |
Activated 1945-7-10 (Manchuria) | 1 Area Army | Special wartime division.
Composed of 380, 381, and 382
Regiments. |
|
| 148
Division |
Suemitsu Motohiro |
Activated 1945-7-10 (Manchuria) | 30 Army | Special wartime division.
Composed of 383, 384, and 385
Regiments. |
|
| 149
Division |
Sasaki Touichi |
Activated 1945-7-10 (Manchuria) | 4 Army | Special wartime division.
Composed of 274, 386, and 387
Regiments |
|
| 221
Division |
Nagasawa Saburo |
Activated 1945-7-10 (Ota) |
51 Army |
Mobile division composed of 316, 317,
and 318 Regiments. |
|
| 322
Division |
Fukahori Yuuki |
Activated 1945-7-10 (Ogawara: 140.96E 37.38N) | 11 Area Army |
Coast division composed of 313, 314,
and 315 Regiments. |
|
| 355
Division |
Takeda Hisashi |
Activated 1945-7-10 (Japan) | 12 Area Army | Coast division composed of 355, 356,
and 357 Regiments. |
|
| SSA Ha-111 | Completed 1945-7-13 (Mitsubishi-Kobe) | Navy General Staff | History. | ||
| 18
Area Army |
Nakamura Akito |
Activated 1945-7-14 (Bangkok) |
Army General Staff | Comprised of 15 Army |
|
| LS T-21 |
Completed 1945-7-15 |
Navy General Staff | Sunk by aircraft
1945-8-10 off Tsuwajima Island |
||
| Kure
Combined SNLF |
Kubo Kyuji |
Activated 1945-7-20 |
2
Naval District |
Almost certainly composed of existing Kure
SNLF but the specific ones have not been identified. |
|
| PB Ikara | Completed 1945-7-23 (Uraga-Tokyo) | Navy General Staff | History.
|
||
| 316
Division |
Kashiwa Toku |
Activated 1945-7-23 (Ischaramachi) | 53 Army |
Coast division composed of 349, 350,
and 351 Regiments. |
|
| SS I-402 | Completed 1945-7-24 (Sasebo) | Navy General Staff | History. Completed as a gasoline tanker submarine. | ||
| 30 Army |
Iida Shojiro |
Activated 1945-7-30 (Changchun) | 3 Area Army |
Comprised of 39
Division. |
|
| PB Urumi | Completed 1945-8 (Uraga-Tokyo) | Navy General Staff | History.
|
||
| PB Murotsu | Completed 1945-8 (Uraga-Tokyo) | Navy General Staff | History.
|
||
| 32
Air
Flotilla |
Taguchi Taro |
Activated 1945-8 |
Navy General Staff | ||
| 27
Air
Brigade |
Nonaka Toshio |
Activated 1945-8 |
Army General Staff | ||
| 15 Combined Air Group |
Miki Morihiko |
Activated 1945-8 |
Navy General Staff | ||
| SSA Ha-209 | Completed 1945-8-4 (Sasebo) | Navy General Staff | History. | ||
| CM Meino |
Completed 1945-8-5 (Kure)
|
Navy General Staff | |||
| 158 Division |
Activated 1945-8-10 |
Army General Staff | Special wartime division composed of 389, 390,
and 391 Regiments. |
||
| SSA Ha-210 | Completed 1945-8-11 (Sasebo) | Navy General Staff | History. | ||
| AK Daii Maru |
Completed 1945-8-23 |
Navy General Staff | Mined 1945-8-23 near Shimonoseki |
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