This article handles air-to-surface special attack units by Action Order only. Therefore, this article does not handle other suicide attack groups using '' Ko-hyoteki'', '' Kaiten'' or ''

Shinyo (suicide boat) Shinyo (''shinyō'' or ''shin'yō'', depending on the word, in Modified Hepburn) may refer to: *''Shinyō'' (支繞) the common Japanese name for radical 65 (Chinese character) *Japanese aircraft carrier Shin'yō, Japanese aircraft carrier ''Shin'y ...

'' and other voluntary special/suicide attack forces. ;Air unit names in this article.:Japanese military unit names have various translations on en.Wikipedia. This article uses the following side-by-side translations to avoid confusion.

Kamikaze Special Attack Group

1st Kamikaze Special Attack Group

* **Original unit; 201st NAG (301st FS, 305th FS, 311th FS), 203rd NAG (303rd FS) **21 October 1944 ***3× A6M2b (attack), 3× A6M (escort); Search and attack U.S. carrier task force east off Philippines. **23 October 1944 ***?× A6M2b; Search and attack U.S. carrier task force east off Philippines, mission failed and all surviving aircraft returned to base. **25 October 1944 ***5× A6M2b (attack), 3× A6M (escort); U.S. carrier task force, TA 85°, 30 nmi from

Tacloban Tacloban ( ; ), officially the City of Tacloban ( war, Syudad han Tacloban; fil, Lungsod ng Tacloban), is a first class highly urbanized city in the Eastern Visayas region of the Philippines. The city is autonomous from the province of Leyte, a ...

Kamikaze hits USS Suwannee (CVE-27) on 26 October 1944 (AWM P00444

* **Original unit; 201st NAG (301st FS, 305th FS, 306th FS, 311th FS) **21 October 1944 ***3× A6M (attack); U.S. carrier task force east off Leyte Gulf. **23 October 1944 ***2× A6M (attack); Search and attack U.S. carrier task force off Suluan Island. **25 October 1944 ***2× A6M (attack), 1× D4Y (guidance); U.S. carrier task force, TA 85°-90 nmi from Tacloban. **26 October 1944 ***5× A6M (attack), 3× A6M (escort); U.S. carrier task force, east of 80 nmi from Surigao. **27 October 1944 ***2× A6M (attack); U.S. carrier task force, TA 87°-20 nmi from Surigao. * **Original unit; 201st NAG (301st FS) **21 October 1944 ***?× A6M (attack); Search and attack off Philippines, mission failed and aircraft returned to base. **25 October 1944 ***2× A6M (attack), 1× A6M (escort); U.S. carrier task force, TA 28°-263 nmi from

Leyte Leyte ( ) is an island in the Visayas group of islands in the Philippines. It is eighth-largest and sixth-most populous island in the Philippines, with a total population of 2,626,970 as of 2020 census. Since the accessibility of land has be ...

. * **Original unit; 201st NAG (301st FS) **22 October 1944 ***2× A6M (attack), 2× A6M (escort); Search and attack east off Tacloban, mission failed and aircraft returned to base. **25 October 1944 ***2× A6M (attack), 2× A6M (escort); U.S. ship east off

Mindanao Mindanao ( ) ( Jawi: مينداناو) is the second-largest island in the Philippines, after Luzon, and seventh-most populous island in the world. Located in the southern region of the archipelago, the island is part of an island group of ...

. * **Original unit; 201st NAG (301st FS) **25 October 1944 ***3× A6M (attack), 1× A6M (escort); U.S. carrier task force, east of 40 nmi from

Surigao Strait Surigao Strait (Filipino: ''Kipot ng Surigaw'') is a strait in the southern Philippines, between the Bohol Sea and the Leyte Gulf of the Philippine Sea. Geography It is located between the regions of Visayas and Mindanao. It lies between northern ...

. * **Original unit; 201st NAG (306th FS) **25 October 1944 ***4× A6M (attack), 2× A6M (escort); U.S. carrier task force, east of 90 nmi from Badubg. * **Original unit; 201st NAG (301st FS, 305th FS, 306th FS, 311th FS), 252nd NAG (317th FS) **30 October 1944 ***6× A6M (attack), 5× A6M (escort), U.S. carrier task force, TA 150°-40 nmi from Suluan Island. * **Original unit; 201st NAG (311th FS) **29 October 1944 ***3× A6M (attack); U.S. carrier task force, TA 74°-180 nmi from

Manila Manila ( , ; fil, Maynila, ), officially the City of Manila ( fil, Lungsod ng Maynila, ), is the capital of the Philippines, and its second-most populous city. It is highly urbanized and, as of 2019, was the world's most densely populate ...

. * **Original unit; 761st NAG (105th AS) **25 October 1944 ***1× D4Y (attack); Search and attack in

Leyte Gulf Leyte Gulf is a gulf in the Eastern Visayan region in the Philippines. The bay is part of the Philippine Sea of the Pacific Ocean, and is bounded by two islands; Samar in the north and Leyte in the west. On the south of the bay is Mindanao Isl ...

2nd Kamikaze Special Attack Group

* **Original unit; 701st NAG (5th AS) **27 October 1944 ***3× D4Y3 (attack); Search and attack in Leyte Gulf. **29 October 1944 ***1× D4Y3 (attack); U.S. carrier task force, TA 80°-200 nmi from Manila. * **Original unit; 701st NAG (5th AS) **27 October 1944 ***2× D4Y3 (attack); Search and attack in Leyte Gulf. **29 October 1944 ***1× D4Y3 (attack); U.S. carrier task force, TA 80°-200 nmi from Manila. * **Original unit; 701st NAG (102nd AS) **27 October 1944 ***3× D3A2 (attack); U.S. ship in Leyte Gulf. **28 October 1944 ***1× D3A2 (attack); U.S. ship in Leyte Gulf * **Original unit; 701st NAG (102nd AS) **29 October 1944 ***1× D3A2 (attack); U.S. carrier task force, TA 80°-200 nmi from Manila. ***3× D3A2 (attack); U.S. carrier task force east off Manila. **1 November 1944 ***1× D3A2 (attack); U.S. ship off Tacloban. * **Original unit; 701st NAG (103rd AS) **27 October 1944 ***3× D3A2 (attack); U.S. ship in Leyte Gulf. * **Original unit; 701st NAG (103rd AS) **29 October 1944 ***3× D3A2 (attack); U.S. carrier task force, TA 80°-200 nmi from Manila. **11 November 1944 ***1× D3A2 (attack); U.S. convoy, south 20 nmi from Suluan Island. * **Original unit; 701st NAG (103rd AS) **29 October 1944 ***3× D3A2 (attack); U.S. carrier task force, TA 80°-200 nmi from Manila. **1 November 1944 ***1× D3A2 (attack); U.S. ship off Tacloban. * **Original unit; 701st NAG (102nd AS) **1 November 1944 ***3× D3A2 (attack); U.S. ship off Tacloban. * **Original unit; 221st NAG, 653rd NAG (166th FS) **29 October 1944 ***3× A6M (escort); Escorting ''Shisei Unit'' and ''Jinmu Unit'', suicide attack after escorting. **1 November 1944 ***1× A6M (escort); Escorting ''Tenpei Unit'', suicide attack after escorting.

3rd Kamikaze Special Attack Group

* **Original unit; 201st NAG (305th FS), 221st NAG (312th FS), 634th NAG (163rd FS) **1 November 1944 ***1× A6M (attack); U.S. ship in Leyte Gulf. **12 November 1944 ***3× A6M (attack), 1× A6M5a (escort); U.S. convoy off Tacloban. * **Original unit; 203rd NAG (304th FS) **5 November 1944 ***2× A6M (attack); U.S. carrier task force, TA 90°-140 nmi from Cape Encanto. * **Original unit; 201st NAG **1 November 1944 ***1× A6M (attack); U.S. convoy in Leyte Gulf. * **Original unit; 201st NAG, 203rd NAG (303rd FS) **12 November 1944 ***4× A6M (attack); U.S. convoy in Leyte Gulf. * **Original unit; 221st NAG (407th FS) **5 November 1944 ***2× A6M (attack); U.S. carrier task force, TA 70°-180 nmi from Cape Encanto. * **Original unit; 201st NAG (311th FS), 203rd NAG (308th FS), 221st NAG (316th FS, 407th FS) **12 November 1944 ***6× A6M (attack), 1× A6M (escort); U.S. convoy in Leyte Gulf. * **Original unit; 201st NAG, 221st NAG (312th FS), 341st NAG (402nd FS) **12 November 1944 ***3× A6M (attack), 1× A6M (escort); U.S. convoy in Leyte Gulf. * **Original unit; 201st NAG, 221st NAG (304th FS) **13 November 1944 ***3× A6M (attack), 1× A6M (escort); U.S. carrier task force, TA 60°-140 nmi from Manila. * **Original unit; 221st NAG (308th FS, 313th FS) **14 November 1944 ***1× A6M (attack), 1× A6M (escort); U.S. carrier task force east off

Lamon Bay Lamon Bay is a large bay in the southern part of Luzon island in the Philippines. It is a body of water connecting the southern part of Quezon province to the Philippine Sea, a marginal sea of the Pacific Ocean. It borders on the coastal towns o ...

. * **Original unit; 201st NAG (305th FS, 306th FS, 311th FS) **12 November 1944 ***3× A6M (attack); U.S. convoy in Leyte Gulf. * **Original unit; 201st NAG (305th FS, 306th FS) **18 November 1944 ***3× A6M (attack): U.S. convoy off Tacloban. * **Original unit; 201st NAG (303rd FS, 306th FS) **19 November 1944 ***3× A6M (attack): U.S. convoy off Tacloban. * **Original unit; 201st NAG (301st FS, 305th FS), 221st NAG (304th FS) **26 November 1944 ***2× A6M (attack), 2× A6M (escort); U.S. ship south off Tacloban Channel. * **Original unit; 201st NAG (316th FS) **5 December 1944 ***2× A6M (attack); U.S. convoy, TA 100°-170 nmi from Surigao. * **Original unit; 221st NAG (313th FS, 407th FS) **9 November 1944 ***1× A6M (attack), 1× A6M (escort); Search and attack U.S. carrier task force east off Lamon Bay. * **Original unit; 221st NAG (308th FS) **19 November 1944 ***1× A6M (escort); U.S. carrier task force east off Manila. * **Original unit; 201st NAG (302nd FS, 316th FS) **25 November 1944 ***2× A6M (attack), 3× A6M (escort); U.S. carrier task force, TA 10°-100 nmi from Cape Naga. * **Original unit; 201st NAG (302nd FS), 221st NAG (304th FS, 315th FS) **25 November 1944 ***2× A6M (attack), 2× A6M (escort); U.S. carrier task force, TA 70°-150 nmi from

Clark Field Clark is an English language surname, ultimately derived from the Latin with historical links to England, Scotland, and Ireland ''clericus'' meaning "scribe", "secretary" or a scholar within a religious order, referring to someone who was educate ...

. * **Original unit; 201st NAG (302nd FS), 221st NAG (304th FS, 315th FS) **25 November 1944 ***6× A6M (attack), 2× A6M (escort); U.S. carrier task force, TA 75°-100 nmi from Clark Field. * **Original unit; 221st NAG (304th FS) **26 November 1944 ***2× A6M (attack), 2× A6M (escort); U.S. ship south off Tacloban Channel. * **Original unit; 201st NAG (303rd FS, 316th FS), 221st NAG (304th FS), 604th NAG (5th AS), 701st (3rd AS) **27 November 1944 ***1× A6M, 2× D4Y3 (attack), 3× A6M (escort); U.S. convoy in Leyte Gulf. * **Original unit; 201st NAG (302nd FS, 316th FS) **6 December 1944 ***1× A6M (attack), 1× A6M (escort); U.S. ship in Leyte Gulf. * **Original unit; 201st NAG (316th FS), 341st NAG (401st FS) **7 December 1944 ***4× A6M (attack), 1× N1K1-J (escort); U.S. convoy in Ormoc. * **Original unit; 201st NAG (305th FS, 316th FS), 341st NAG (401st FS) **7 December 1944 ***3× A6M (attack), 3× N1K1-J (escort); U.S. ship in Camotes Sea. * **Original unit; 201st NAG (316th FS) **7 December 1944 ***4× A6M, 1× D4Y (attack); U.S. ship off Camotes Islands.

4th Kamikaze Special Attack Group

* **Original unit; 701st NAG (102nd AS) **6 November 1944 ***3× D3A2 (attack); U.S. carrier task force east off Luzon. **7 November 1944 ***2× D3A2 (attack); Search and attack off Philippines, mission failed and aircraft returned to base. **11 November 1944 ***1× D3A2 (attack); U.S. convoy, south of 20 nmi from Suluan Island. * **Original unit; 701st NAG (103rd AS) **3 November 1944 ***3× D3A2 (attack); Search and attack off Philippines, mission failed and aircraft returned to base. **11 November 1944 ***3× D3A2 (attack); U.S. convoy, south of 20 nmi from Suluan Island. * **Original unit; 701st NAG (102nd AS) **14 November 1944 ***3× D4Y3 (attack); Mission was canceled, return to Japan homeland. * **Original unit; 701st NAG (3rd AS) **25 November 1944 ***2× D4Y3 (attack); U.S. carrier task force, TA 75°-150 nmi from Clark Field. * **Original unit; 653rd NAG **6 November 1944 ***1× A6M (escort); Escorting ''Kashima Unit'', suicide attack after escorting.

5th Kamikaze Special Attack Group

* **Original unit; 763rd NAG **14 November 1944 ***2× P1Y1 (attack); U.S. carrier task force, east of 210 nmi from Manila, mission failed and aircraft returned to base. * **Original unit; 763rd NAG (501st AS), 341st NAG (402nd FS, 701st FS) **25 November 1944 ***4× P1Y1 (attack), 2× N1K1-J (escort); U.S. carrier task force east off Lamon Bay. * **Original unit; 763rd NAG (405th AS) **25 November 1944 ***2× P1Y1 (attack); U.S. carrier task force east off Lamon Bay. * **Original unit; 763rd NAG (405th AS) **4 December 1944 ***1× P1Y1 (attack); U.S. aircraft carrier in

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. * **Original unit; 763rd NAG (405th AS) **7 December 1944 ***5× P1Y1 (attack); U.S. ship west off Leyte. * **Original unit; 763rd NAG (405th AS) **15 December 1944 ***2× P1Y1 (attack); U.S. carrier task force in

Sulu Sea The Sulu Sea ( fil, Dagat Sulu; Tausug: ''Dagat sin Sūg''; Chavacano: ''Mar de Sulu''; Cebuano: ''Dagat sa Sulu''; Hiligaynon: ''Dagat sang Sulu''; Karay-a: ''Dagat kang Sulu''; Cuyonon: ''Dagat i'ang Sulu''; ms, Laut Sulu) is a body o ...

. *No name unit **Original unit; 763rd NAG (405th AS) **21 November 1944 ***3× P1Y1 (attack); U.S. carrier task force, northeast of 230 nmi from Davao.

Kamikaze Special Attack Group "Kongō Unit"

* **Original unit; 201st NAG (302nd FS) **11 December 1944 ***4× A6M (attack), 2× A6M (escort); U.S. ship near Surigao Straits. * **Original unit; 201st NAG (302nd FS, 316th FS) **13 December 1944 ***4× A6M (attack), 1× A6M (escort); U.S. ship in Murcielagos Bay. * **Original unit; 201st NAG (302nd FS) **14 December 1944 ***3× A6M (attack), 2× A6M (escort); U.S. convoy, TA 240°-80 nmi from

Bacolod Bacolod, officially the City of Bacolod (; hil, Dakbanwa/Syudad sang Bacolod; fil, Lungsod ng Bacolod), is a 1st class highly urbanized city in the region of Western Visayas, Philippines. It is the capital of the province of Negros Occidenta ...

. * **Original unit; 201st NAG (316th FS) **14 December 1944 ***2× A6M (attack), 1× A6M (escort); U.S. invasion force off Negros Island. * **Original unit; 201st NAG **14 December 1944 ***6× A6M (attack), 3× D4Y (attack); U.S. convoy south off Dumagueted. * **Original unit; 201st NAG (302nd FS, 316th FS) **15 December 1944 ***6× A6M (attack), 4× A6M (escort); U.S. ship TA 90°, 45 nmi from Nano. * **Original unit; 201st NAG (316th FS) **15 December 1944 ***12× A6M, 1× D4Y (attack); U.S. invasion force off Mindoro. * **Original unit; 201st NAG (316th FS) **15 December 1944 ***2× A6M (attack); U.S. ship in Murcielagos Bay. * **Original unit; 201st NAG (316th FS) **16 December 1944 ***11× A6M, 1× D4Y (attack); U.S. invasion force off San Jose. * **Original unit; 201st NAG **16 December 1944 ***2× A6M (attack), 4× A6M (escort); U.S. carrier task force in northern Sulu Sea, mission failed and aircraft returned to base. * **Original unit; 201st NAG **24 December 1944 ***8× A6M (attack), 8× A6M (escort); U.S. carrier task force TA 78°, 138 nmi from Manila, mission failed and aircraft returned to base. * **Original unit; 201st NAG (316th FS) **28 December 1944 ***3× A6M (attack); U.S. convoy east off

Siquijor Siquijor ( , ), officially the Province of Siquijor ( ceb, Lalawigan sa Siquijor; tl, Lalawigan ng Siquijor), is an island province in the Philippines located in the Central Visayas region. Its capital is the municipality also named Siquijor ...

. * **Original unit; 201st NAG (316th FS) **29 December 1944 ***4× A6M (attack); U.S. convoy south south off Mindoro. * **Original unit; 201st NAG **31 December 1944 ***8× A6M (attack), 6× A6M (escort), 2× D4Y (guidance); U.S. carrier task force TA 88°, 200 nmi from Manila, mission failed and aircraft returned to base. * **Original unit; 201st NAG **31 December 1944 ***4× A6M (attack), 3× A6M (escort), 1× D4Y (guidance); U.S. carrier task force TA 88°, 200 nmi from Manila, mission failed and aircraft returned to base. * **Original unit; 201st NAG (302nd FS, 316th FS) **5 January 1945 ***16× A6M (attack), 4× A6M (escort); U.S. invasion force west off Lubang Island. * **Original unit; 201st NAG **6 January 1945 ***15× A6M (attack), 2× A6M (escort); U.S. invasion force in

Lingayen Gulf The Lingayen Gulf is a large gulf on northwestern Luzon in the Philippines, stretching . It is framed by the provinces of Pangasinan and La Union and sits between the Zambales Mountains and the Cordillera Central. The Agno River and the Balili ...

. * **Original unit; 201st NAG (316th FS) **6 January 1945 ***5× A6M (attack), 1× D4Y (result confirm); U.S. invasion force in Lingayen Gulf. * **Original unit; 201st NAG (316th FS) **6 January 1945 ***4× A6M (attack); U.S. convoy in Lingayen Gulf. * **Original unit; 201st NAG (316th FS) **6 January 1945 ***8× A6M (attack), 4× A6M (escort), 1× D4Y (guidance); U.S. invasion force off Iba. * **Original unit; 201st NAG (316th FS) **9 January 1945 ***1× A6M (attack); U.S. convoy in Lingayen Gulf. * **Original unit; 201st NAG (316th FS) **9 January 1945 ***2× A6M (attack); U.S. ship in Lingayen Gulf. * **Original unit; 201st NAG (316th FS), 221st NAG (407th FS) **9 January 1945 ***2× A6M (attack), 1× A6M (escort); U.S. ship in Lingayen Gulf. * **Original unit; 201st NAG **25 January 1945 ***4× A6M (attack); U.S. ship in Lingayen Gulf. * **Original unit; 201st NAG (316th FS) **7 January 1945 ***3× A6M (attack), 2× A6M (escort); U.S. convoy in Lingayen Gulf. * **Original unit; 201st NAG (302nd FS, 316th FS) **7 January 1945 ***2× A6M (attack), 1× A6M (escort); U.S. convoy in Lingayen Gulf. * **Original unit; 201st NAG **3 January 1945 ***2× A6M (attack); U.S. convoy in Bohol Sea. **6 January 1945 ***2× A6M (attack); U.S. ship in Lingayen Gulf. ***1× A6M (attack); U.S. ship in Leyte Gulf.

Kamikaze Special Attack Group "Niitaka Unit"

* **Original unit; 221st NAG (317th FS) **15 January 1945 ***1× A6M (attack); U.S. carrier task force, TA 195°-150 nmi from Magong. * **Original unit; 765th NAG (102nd AS) **21 January 1945 ***5× D4Y3 (attack); U.S. carrier task force, TA 115°-60 nmi from Taitung. * **Original unit; 221st NAG (316th FS, 317th FS) **21 January 1945 ***3× A6M (attack), 1× A6M (escort); U.S. carrier task force east off

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Kamikaze Special Attack Group "Taigi Unit"

* **Original unit; 205th NAG (317th FS) **1 April 1945 ***3× A6M (attack), 1× A6M (escort); Allies carrier task force south off Miyako-jima. * **Original unit; 205th NAG (317th FS) **2 April 1945 ***1× A6M (attack); ; Allies carrier task force off Okinawa. * **Original unit; 205th NAG **3 April 1945 ***1× A6M (escort); ; Escorting ''Chūsei Unit'', suicide attack after escorting. ***2× A6M (escort); ; Escorting ''Ginga Unit No. 3'', suicide attack after escorting. * **Original unit; 205th NAG **4 April 1945 ***1× A6M (attack); ; Allies carrier task force south off Okinawa. * **Original unit; 205th NAG **5 April 1945 ***1× A6M (attack), 1× A6M (escort); Allies carrier task force south off Miyako-jima. * **Original unit; 205th NAG **13 April 1945 ***1× A6M (attack), 1× A6M (escort); Allies carrier task force south off

Yonaguni , one of the Yaeyama Islands, is the westernmost inhabited island of Japan, lying from the east coast of Taiwan, between the East China Sea and the Pacific Ocean proper. The island is administered as the Towns of Japan, town of Yonaguni, Okina ...

. * **Original unit; 205th NAG **14 April 1945 ***1× A6M (attack), 1× A6M (escort); Allies ship off Okinawa. * **Original unit; 205th NAG **17 April 1945 ***2× A6M (attack); Allies carrier task force east off Taiwan. * **Original unit; 205th NAG **28 April 1945 ***1× A6M (attack); Allies carrier task force south off Miyako-jima. * **Original unit; 205th NAG (302nd FS) **28 April 1945 ***1× A6M (attack); Allies carrier task force south off Miyako-jima. * **Original unit; 205th NAG (315th FS, 317th FS) **4 May 1945 ***6× A6M (attack), 2× A6M (escort); Allies carrier task force south off Miyako-jima. * **Original unit; 205th NAG (302nd FS) **9 May 1945 ***4× A6M (attack), 1× A6M (escort); Allies carrier task force south off Miyako-jima. * **Original unit; 205th NAG (302nd FS) **7 June 1945 ***2× A6M (attack); Allies carrier task force east off Miyako-jima.

Kamikaze Special Attack Group "Tsukuba Unit"

* **Original unit; Tsukuba NAG **6 April 1945 ***17× A6M2 (attack); Allies convoy off Okinawa. * **Original unit; Tsukuba NAG **14 April 1945 ***3× A6M2 (attack); Allies carrier task force off

Tokunoshima , also known in English as is an island in the Amami archipelago of the southern Satsunan Islands of Kagoshima Prefecture, Japan. The island, in area, has a population of approximately 27,000. The island is divided into three administrative ...

. * **Original unit; Tsukuba NAG **16 April 1945 ***7× A6M2 (attack); Allies carrier task force, southeast of 50 nmi and south of 100 nmi from Tokunoshima. * **Original unit; Tsukuba NAG **29 April 1945 ***5× A6M2 (attack); Allies carrier task force, TA 120°-60 nmi and TA 90°-70 nmi from Okinawa Island. * **Original unit; 721st NAG (306th FS) **11 May 1945 ***9× A6M5 (attack); Search and attack Allies carrier task force off Okinawa. * **Original unit; 721st NAG (306th FS) **14 May 1945 ***14× A6M5 (attack); Search and attack Allies carrier task force east off Tanegashima.

Kamikaze Special Attack Group "Shichisei Unit"

* **Original unit; Genzan NAG **6 April 1945 ***12× A6M2 (attack); Allies convoy off Okinawa. * **Original unit; Genzan NAG **12 April 1945 ***17× A6M2 (attack); Allies carrier task force east off

Yoronjima , also known as Yoron, is one of the Amami Islands.''Teikoku's Complete Atlas of Japan'', Teikoku-Shoin Co., Ltd., Tokyo, The island, 20.8 km² (8 sq. mi.) in area, has a population of approximately 6,000 people, and is administered as the ...

. * **Original unit; Genzan NAG **16 April 1945 ***3× A6M2 (attack); Allies ship off Naha. * **Original unit; Genzan NAG **16 April 1945 ***9× A6M2 (attack); Allies carrier task force, southeast of 50 nmi and south of 50 nmi from Kikai Island. * **Original unit; Genzan NAG **29 April 1945 ***4× A6M2 (attack); Allies carrier task force, TA 120°-60 nmi and TA 90°-70 nmi from northern Okinawa Island. * **Original unit; 721st NAG (306th FS) **11 May 1945 ***3× A6M5 (attack); Mission failed and aircraft returned to base. * **Original unit; 721st NAG (306th FS) **11 May 1945 ***1× A6M5 (attack); Search and attack U.S. carrier task force off Okinawa. * **Original unit; 721st NAG (306th FS) **14 May 1945 ***3× A6M5 (attack); Search and attack Allies carrier task force east off Tanegashima.

Kamikaze Special Attack Group "Shinken Unit"

* **Original unit; Ōmura NAG **6 April 1945 ***16× A6M2 (attack); Allies convoy off Okinawa. * **Original unit; Ōmura NAG **14 April 1945 ***9× A6M2 (attack); Allies carrier task force off Kerama Islands. * **Original unit; Ōmura NAG **16 April 1945 ***3× A6M2 (attack); Allies ship off Naha. * **Original unit; Ōmura NAG **16 April 1945 ***1× A6M2 (attack); Allies carrier task force, southeast of 55 nmi and south of 50 nmi from Kikai Island. * **Original unit; Ōmura NAG **4 May 1945 ***14× A6M2-K (attack); Allies picket vessels off Okinawa Island. * **Original unit; 721st NAG (306th FS) **11 May 1945 ***4× A6M5 (attack); Allies ship off Okinawa Island.

Kamikaze Special Attack Group "Shōwa Unit"

* **Original unit; Yatabe NAG **14 April 1945 ***10× A6M2 (attack); Allies carrier task force east off Tokunoshima. * **Original unit; Yatabe NAG **16 April 1945 ***4× A6M2 (attack); Allies ship off Naha. * **Original unit; Yatabe NAG **16 April 1945 ***4× A6M2 (attack); Allies carrier task force, southeast of 55 nmi and south of 50 nmi from Kikai Island. * **Original unit; Yatabe NAG **16 April 1945 ***2× A6M2 (attack); Allies carrier task force, southeast of 50 nmi and south of 100 nmi from Kikai Island. * **Original unit; Yatabe NAG **29 April 1945 ***7× A6M2-K (attack); Allies carrier task force, TA 120°-60 nmi and TA 90°-70 nmi from northern Okinawa Island. * **Original unit; 721st NAG (306th FS) **11 May 1945 ***2× A6M5 (attack); Allies ship off Okinawa Island. * **Original unit; 721st NAG (306th FS) **11 May 1945 ***6× A6M5 (attack); Search and attack Allies carrier task force off Okinawa Island.

Kamikaze Special Attack Group "Hachiman Unit"

* **Original unit; Usa NAG **6 April 1945 ***14×

B5N The Nakajima B5N ( ja, 中島 B5N, Allied reporting name "Kate") was the standard carrier-based torpedo bomber of the Imperial Japanese Navy (IJN) for much of World War II. Although the B5N was substantially faster and more capable than its Al ...

, 15× D3A2 (attack); Allies ship off Okinawa Island. * **Original unit; Usa NAG **12 April 1945 ***10× B5N, 16× D3A2 (attack); Allies ship off Okinawa Island. * **Original unit; Usa NAG **16 April 1945 ***2× B5N, 18× D3A2 (attack); Allies ship off Kadena. * **Original unit; Usa NAG ***No sorties. * **Original unit; Usa NAG ***No sorties. * **Original unit; Usa NAG ***No sorties. * **Original unit; Usa NAG ***No sorties. * **Original unit; Usa NAG ***No sorties. * **Original unit; Usa NAG ***No sorties. * **Original unit; Usa NAG **28 April 1945 ***3× B5N (attack); Allies ship off Naha. * **Original unit; Usa NAG **4 May 1945 ***3× B5N (attack); Allies ship off Okinawa Island.

Kamikaze Special Attack Group "Shirasagi Unit"

* **Original unit; Himeji NAG **6 April 1945 ***13× B5N (attack); Allies ship off Okinawa Island. * **Original unit; Himeji NAG **12 April 1945 ***3× B5N (attack); Allies ship off Okinawa Island. * **Original unit; Himeji NAG **16 April 1945 ***2× B5N (attack); Allies ship off Kadena. * **Original unit; Himeji NAG **28 April 1945 ***1× B5N (attack); Allies ship off Naha. * **Original unit; Himeji NAG **4 May 1945 ***1× B5N (attack); Allies ship off Okinawa Island.

Kamikaze Special Attack Group "Seitō Unit"

* **Original unit; Hyakurihara NAG **6 April 1945 ***14× D3A2 (attack); Allies convoy off Okinawa Island. * **Original unit; Hyakurihara NAG **28 April 1945 ***6× D3A2 (attack); Allies ship off Okinawa Island. * **Original unit; Hyakurihara NAG **25 May 1945 ***1× D3A2 (attack); Allies ship off Okinawa Island. * **Original unit; Hyakurihara NAG **3 June 1945 ***3× D3A2 (attack); Allies ship off Okinawa Island.

Kamikaze Special Attack Group "Seiki Unit"

* **Original unit; Hyakurihara NAG **28 April 1945 ***2× B5N (attack); Allies ship off Naha. * **Original unit; Hyakurihara NAG **4 May 1945 ***1× B5N (attack); Allies ship off Okinawa Island. * **Original unit; Hyakurihara NAG **12 May 1945 ***1× B5N (attack); Allies ship off Okinawa Island.

Kamikaze Special Attack Group "Kusanagi Unit"

* **Original unit; Nagoya NAG **6 April 1945 ***13× D3A2 (attack); Allies convoy off Okinawa Island. * **Original unit; Nagoya NAG **12 April 1945 ***2× D3A2 (attack); Allies convoy off Okinawa Island. * **Original unit; Nagoya NAG **28 April 1945 ***13× D3A2 (attack); Allies convoy off Okinawa Island.

Kamikaze Special Attack Group "Mitate Unit"

* **Original unit; 252nd NAG (317th FS), 752nd NAG (12th RS) **26 November 1944 ***12× A6M5c (strafe), 2× C6N1 (guidance); B-29's base the Isely Field and Kobler Field in Saipan. * **Original unit; 601st NAG (310th FS, 1st AS, 254th AS) **21 February 1945 ***12× D4Y3, 8× B5N2 (attack), 12× A6M5c (escort); U.S. ship off

Iwo Jima Iwo Jima (, also ), known in Japan as , is one of the Japanese Volcano Islands and lies south of the Bonin Islands. Together with other islands, they form the Ogasawara Archipelago. The highest point of Iwo Jima is Mount Suribachi at high. ...

. **1 March 1945 ***1× D4Y3 (attack); U.S. ship off Iwo Jima. * **Original unit; 252nd NAG (304th FS, 313th FS, 3rd AS, 5th AS) **3 April 1945 ***2× D4Y, 2× A6M (attack);

Allies An alliance is a relationship among people, groups, or states that have joined together for mutual benefit or to achieve some common purpose, whether or not explicit agreement has been worked out among them. Members of an alliance are called ...

carrier task force south off

Amami Ōshima , also known as Amami, is the largest island in the Amami archipelago between Kyūshū and Okinawa. It is one of the Satsunan Islands. The island, 712.35 km2 in area, has a population of approximately 73,000 people. Administratively it is d ...

. **6 April 1945 ***1× D4Y, 3× A6M (attack); Allies carrier task force, TA 142°-70 nmi from Amami Ōshima. ***3× D4Y (attack), Allies carrier task force, TA 100°-75 nmi from

Naha is the capital city of Okinawa Prefecture, the southernmost prefecture of Japan. As of 1 June 2019, the city has an estimated population of 317,405 and a population density of 7,939 persons per km2 (20,562 persons per sq. mi.). The total area i ...

. **7 April 1945 ***5× A6M (attack); Allies carrier task force, TA 132°-90 nmi from Amami Ōshima. **11 April 1945 ***3× D4Y, 2× A6M (attack); Allies carrier task force, TA 132°-100 nmi from Amami Ōshima. **17 April 1945 ***4× D4Y (attack); Allies carrier task force, TA 132°-100 nmi from Amami Ōshima. **22 April 1945 ***2× D4Y, 2× A6M (attack); Allies carrier task force, TA 145-90 nmi from Amami Ōshima. * **Original unit; 601st NAG (308th FS, 310th FS, 1st AS) **3 April 1945 ***4× D4Y3 (attack); Allies carrier task force, TA 97°-60 nmi from northern

Okinawa Island is the largest of the Okinawa Islands and the Ryukyu (''Nansei'') Islands of Japan in the Kyushu region. It is the smallest and least populated of the five main islands of Japan. The island is approximately long, an average wide, and has an ...

. **6 April 1945 ***2× D4Y3 (attack); Allies carrier task force, TA 90°-85 nmi from northern Okinawa Island. **7 April 1945 ***11× D4Y3 (attack); Allies carrier task force, TA 90°-110 nmi from northern Okinawa Island. **11 April 1945 ***2× A6M (attack); Allies carrier task force, TA 155°-80 nmi from Kikai Island. **15 April 1945 ***2× A6M (strafing run); Naka Air Field, Okinawa Island. **16 April 1945 ***2× A6M (attack); Allies carrier task force, TA 140°-60 nmi from Kikai Island. **17 April 1945 ***4× D4Y3 (attack); Allies carrier task force, TA 155°-80 nmi from Kikai Island. ***2× A6M (attack); Allies carrier task force, TA 140°-60 nmi from Kikai Island. ***1× A6M (attack); Allies carrier task force, TA 150°-90 nmi from Kikai Island. * **Original unit; 706th NAG (405th AS) **7 April 1945 ***5× P1Y1 (attack); Allies ship off Okinawa Island. * **Original unit; 210th NAG **6 April 1945 ***1× B6N2 (attack); Allies ship off Okinawa Island. * **Original unit; 3rd Air Fleet (706th NAG), 5th Air Fleet (762nd NAG) **May 1945 ***19× P1Y1 (attack), 2× H8K (guidance); No sorties, attack planes were used for the ''Operation Tan No. 3'' at first. However, the ''Operation Tan No. 3'' was canceled. * **Original unit; 601st NAG (1st AS) **9 August 1945 ***6× D4Y (attack); U.S. carrier task force east off Cape Inubō. ***1× D4Y (attack); U.S. carrier task force, TA 105°-90 nmi from Kinkasan. **13 August 1945 ***4× D4Y (attack); U.S. carrier task force east off Cape Inubō. **15 August 1945 ***11× D4Y (attack); U.S. carrier task force east off Cape Inubō. * **Original unit; 706th NAG (405th AS) ***No sorties, all planes were use for the ''Operation Tan No. 4'' at first. However, the ''Operation Tan No. 4'' was canceled. * **Original unit; 706th NAG (405th AS, 704th AS, 708th AS) ***36× P1Y1 (bombing), 36× P1Y1 (strafing run), 30× G4M (airborne); Use for at first, no sorties. Another known as . * **Original unit; 752nd NAG (5th AS) **25 July 1945 ***12× B7A2 (attack); U.S. carrier task force, TA 135°-200 nmi from

Cape Daiō is a cape located in the Kii Peninsula in Shima, Mie in Japan. The lighthouse The lighthouse of Cape Daiō was built in 1927.. It was damaged by aerial bombardment during the Pacific War (1941-1945) and by the passage of Typhoon Vera ...

. **9 August 1945 ***5× B7A2 (attack); U.S. carrier task force, TA 90°-100 nmi from Kinkasan. **13 August 1945 ***3× B7A2 (attack); U.S. carrier task force, TA 70°-110 nmi from Cape Inubō. **15 August 1945 ***2× B7A2 (attack); U.S. carrier task force, TA 130°-200 nmi from Katsuura.

Kamikaze Special Attack Group "Ginga Unit"

* **Original unit; 762nd NAG (501st AS) **27 March 1945 ***5× P1Y1 (attack); Allies ship off Okinawa. * **Original unit; 762nd NAG (501st AS) **2 April 1945 ***1× P1Y1 (attack); Allies ship southwest off

Kyūshū is the third-largest island of Japan's five main islands and the most southerly of the four largest islands ( i.e. excluding Okinawa). In the past, it has been known as , and . The historical regional name referred to Kyushu and its surround ...

. * **Original unit; 762nd NAG (262nd AS) **3 April 1945 ***3× P1Y1 (attack); Allies ship south off Okinawa. * **Original unit; 762nd NAG (262nd AS, 501st AS) **7 April 1945 ***4× P1Y1 (attack); Allies ship off

Ryukyu Islands The , also known as the or the , are a chain of Japanese islands that stretch southwest from Kyushu to Taiwan: the Ōsumi, Tokara, Amami, Okinawa, and Sakishima Islands (further divided into the Miyako and Yaeyama Islands), with Yonaguni ...

. * **Original unit; 762nd NAG (262nd AS, 501st AS) **11 April 1945 ***5× P1Y1 (attack); Allies carrier task force south off Kikai Island. * **Original unit; 762nd NAG (262nd AS) **16 April 1945 ***8× P1Y1 (attack); Allies carrier task force south off Kikai Island. * **Original unit; 762nd NAG (406th AS) **16 April 1945 ***4× P1Y1 (attack); Allies carrier task force, TA 155°-50 nmi from Kikai Island. * **Original unit; 762nd NAG (406th AS) **17 April 1945 ***1× P1Y1 (attack); Allies carrier task force off Kikai Island. * **Original unit; 762nd NAG (406th AS, 501st AS) **11 May 1945 ***6× P1Y1 (attack); Allies ship south off Okinawa. * **Original unit; 752nd NAG (705th AS), 762nd NAG (406th AS) **25 May 1945 ***2× P1Y1 (attack); Allies ship off Okinawa. ***1× P1Y1 (attack); Allies ship east off Okinawa.

Kamikaze Special Attack Group "Sakigake Unit"

* **Original unit; Kitaura NAG **4 May 1945 ***2× E13A, 3× E7K2 (attack); Allies ship off Okinoerabujima. ***3× E7K2 (attack); Allies ship off Okinawa. * **Original unit; Kashima NAG **4 May 1945 ***1× E13A, 1× E7K (attack); Allies ship off Okinawa.

Kamikaze Special Attack Group "Kotohira Unit"

* **Original unit; Takuma NAG **29 April 1945 ***4×E13A, 16× E7K (attack); Allies ship off Okinawa. **4 May 1945 ***3× E13A, 12× E7K (attack); Allies ship off Okinawa. **10 May 1945 ***1× E13A (attack); Allies ship off Okinawa, mission failed and aircraft was return to base. **28 May 1945 ***1× E13A, 4× E7K (attack); Allies ship off Okinawa. * **Original unit; Fukuyama NAG **25 June 1945 ***5× F1M2 (attack); Allies ship off Okinawa. **27 June 1945 ***1× F1M2 (attack); Allies ship off Okinawa. **28 June 1945 ***1× F1M2 (attack); Allies ship off Okinawa.

Kamikaze Special Attack Group "Tokushima-Shiragiku Unit"

* **Original unit; Tokushima NAG **24 May 1945 ***11× K11W (attack); Allies ship off Okinawa. * **Original unit; Tokushima NAG, Kōchi NAG **27 May 1945 ***7× K11W (attack); Allies ship off Okinawa. * **Original unit; Tokushima NAG, Kōchi NAG **28 May 1945 ***4× K11W (attack); Allies ship off Okinawa. * **Original unit; Tokushima NAG **21 June 1945 ***3× K11W (attack); Allies ship off Okinawa. * **Original unit; Tokushima NAG, Kōchi NAG **25 June 1945 ***5× K11W (attack); Allies ship off Okinawa.

Kamikaze Special Attack Group "Ryūko Unit"

* **Original unit; 205th NAG ***8× K5Y; No sorties. * **Original unit; 205th NAG ***8× K5Y; No sorties. * **Original unit; 205th NAG **29 July 1945 ***6× K5Y (attack); U.S. ship in Kerama Islands.

Kamikaze Special Attack Group "Kikusui Corps"

* **Original unit; 762nd NAG (262nd AS), 801st NAG **11 March 1945 ***24× P1Y1 (attack), 3× H8K2 (guidance); U.S. aircraft carrier in Ulithi atoll under the ''

Operation Tan No. 2 Operation Tan No. 2 ( ja, 第二次丹作戰, ''Dainiji Tan Sakusen'') was a long-range ''kamikaze'' mission directed at the main Allies of World War II, Allied naval fleet anchorage at Ulithi Atoll in the western Pacific on March 11, 1945 duri ...

''. * **Original unit; 762nd NAG (262nd AS, 406th AS, 501st AS) **18 March 1945 ***9× P1Y1 (attack), 1× P1Y1 (radar); Allies carrier task fore east off Kyūshū. **19 March 1945 ***5× P1Y1 (attack); Allies carrier task fore east off Kyūshū. **20 March 1945 ***2× P1Y1 (attack); Allies carrier task fore east off Kyūshū. **21 March 1945 ***14× P1Y1 (attack); Allies carrier task fore east off Kyūshū. * **Original unit; 701st NAG (103rd AS, 105th AS) **18 March 1945 ***18× D4Y3 (attack), 3× A6M (escort); Allies carrier task fore east off Kyūshū. **19 March 1945 ***14× D4Y3 (attack); Allies carrier task fore east off Kyūshū. **20 March 1945 ***7× D4Y3 (attack), 2× A6M (escort); Allies carrier task fore east off Kyūshū. * **Original unit; 701st NAG (311th FS, 5th AS, 103rd AS, 105th AS) **27 March 1945 ***10× D4Y3 (attack); Allies carrier task fore off Okinawa. **29 March 1945 ***2× D4Y3 (attack); Allies carrier task fore south of 30 nmi from Tanegashima. **16 April 1945 ***3× D4Y3 (attack); Allies carrier task fore southeast of 50 nmi from Kikai Island. * **Original unit; 131st NAG (254th AS, 256th AS), 701st NAG (251st AS) **6 April 1945 ***10× B6N2 (attack); Allies carrier task fore off Okinawa. * **Original unit; 701st NAG (251st AS), 901st NAG **16 April 1945 ***7× B6N2 (attack); Allies ship off Okinawa. * **Original unit; 931st NAG (251st AS) **11 May 1945 ***10× B6N2 (attack); Allies ship off Okinawa. * **Original unit; Kōchi NAG **24 May 1945 ***8× K11W (attack); Allies ship off Okinawa. **25 May 1945 ***1× K11W (attack); Allies ship off Okinawa. **27 May 1945 ***9× K11W (attack); Allies ship off Okinawa. * **Original unit; Kōchi NAG **21 June 1945 ***5× K11W (attack); Allies ship off Okinawa. * **Original unit; Kōchi NAG **26 June 1945 ***1× K11W (attack); Allies ship off Okinawa.

Kamikaze Special Attack Group "Jinrai Corps"

* * * **Original unit; 721st NAG (306th FS, 307th FS, 711th AS) **21 March 1945 ***3× G4M2 (guidance), 15× G4M2E (MXY7 mothership), 15× MXY7 (attack), 32× A6M (escort); U.S. aircraft carrier southeast off 320 nmi from

Cape Toi is a cape located in Kushima, Miyazaki, Japan, on the Nichinan coast bordering the Pacific Ocean. The cape is renowned for its beauty and for the wild horses that roam freely. A strip of land in the heart of Cape Toi includes Mount Ōgi and Kom ...

. * **Original unit; 721st NAG (708th AS) **1 April 1945 ***6× G4M2E (MXY7 mothership), 6× MXY7 (attack); Allies carrier task force off Okinawa. * **Original unit; 721st NAG (708th AS) **12 April 1945 ***8× G4M2E (MXY7 mothership), 8× MXY7 (attack); Allies carrier task force off Okinawa. * **Original unit; 721st NAG (708th AS) **14 April 1945 ***7× G4M2E (MXY7 mothership), 7× MXY7 (attack); Allies carrier task force east off Tokunoshima. * **Original unit; 721st NAG (708th AS) **16 April 1945 ***6× G4M2E (MXY7 mothership), 6× MXY7 (attack); Allies ship off Okinawa. * **Original unit; 721st NAG **28 April 1945 ***4× G4M2E (MXY7 mothership), 4× MXY7 (attack); Allies ship off Okinawa. * **Original unit; 721st NAG (708th AS, 711th AS) **4 May 1945 ***7× G4M2E (MXY7 mothership), 7× MXY7 (attack); Allies ship off Okinawa. * **Original unit; 721st NAG (708th AS) **11 May 1945 ***4× G4M2E (MXY7 mothership), 4× MXY7 (attack); Allies ship off Okinawa. * * **Original unit; 721st NAG (708th AS) **25 May 1945 ***3× G4M2E (MXY7 mothership), 3× MXY7 (attack); Allies ship off Okinawa. * * **Original unit; 721st NAG (708th AS) **22 June 1945 ***6× G4M2E (MXY7 mothership), 6× MXY7 (attack); Allies ship off Okinawa. * **Original unit; 721st NAG **2 April 1945 ***30× A6M5 (attack); Allies ship off Okinawa. * **Original unit; 721st NAG **3 April 1945 ***22× A6M5 (attack); Allies carrier task force south off Amami Ōshima. * **Original unit; 721st NAG **6 April 1945 ***19× A6M5 (attack); Allies carrier task force, TA 190°-76 nmi from Kikai Island. * **Original unit; 721st NAG **7 April 1945 ***12× A6M5 (attack); Allies carrier task force south off Kikai Island. * **Original unit; 721st NAG **11 April 1945 ***13× A6M5 (attack); Allies carrier task force south off Kikai Island. * **Original unit; 721st NAG **14 April 1945 ***6× A6M5 (attack); Allies carrier task force east off Tokunoshima. * **Original unit; 721st NAG **16 April 1945 ***12× A6M5 (attack); Allies carrier task force, southeast of 55 nmi and south of 50 nmi from Kikai Island. * **Original unit; 721st NAG **16 April 1945 ***12× A6M5 (attack); Allies carrier task force, east of 50 nmi and south of 100 nmi from Kikai Island. * **Original unit; 721st NAG **29 April 1945 ***12× A6M5 (attack); Allies carrier task force, TA 120°-60 nmi and TA 90°-70 nmi from northern Okinawa Island. * **Original unit; 721st NAG **11 May 1945 ***4× A6M5 (attack); Search and attack Allies carrier task force off Okinawa. * **Original unit; 721st NAG **14 May 1945 ***5× A6M5 (attack); Search and attack Allies carrier task force east off Tanegashima. * **Original unit; 721st NAG (306th FS) **22 June 1945 ***7× A6M5 (attack); Allies ship off Okinawa. * **Original unit; 721st NAG (306th FS) **13 August 1945 ***2× A6M5 (attack); Allies ship off Okinawa.

Other Kamikazes

* **Original unit; 153rd NAG (812th FS), 765th NAG (804th FS) **28 December 1944 ***1× Nakajima J1N, J1N1-S (attack); U.S. convoy in Bohol Sea. **3 January 1945 ***1× J1N1-S (guidance); Guiding for ''Kongō Unit No. 30'', suicide attack after guiding. * **Original unit; 765th NAG (102nd AS) **3 January 1945 ***1× D4Y (attack); U.S. carrier task force in Bohol Sea. **5 January 1945 ***1× D4Y (attack); U.S. convoy off Iba. **6 January 1945 ***1× D4Y (attack); U.S. convoy west of Bohol Sea. ***1× D4Y (attack); U.S. aircraft carrier off Lingayen Gulf. **7 January 1945 ***1× D4Y (attack); U.S. ship in Lingayen Gulf. * **Original unit; 761st NAG (252nd AS) **6 January 1945 ***1× Nakajima B6N, B6N (attack); U.S. ship in Lingayen Gulf. **8 January 1945 ***1× B6N (attack); U.S. ship in Lingayen Gulf. * **Original unit; 221st NAG (317th FS) **21 January 1945 ***2× A6M (attack); U.S. carrier task force, TA 93°-93 nmi from Taitung. * **Original unit; 701st NAG (103rd AS) **24 March 1945 ***1× D4Y3 (attack); Allies carrier task force off Okinawa. **25 March 1945 ***1× D4Y3 (attack); Allies ship off Okinawa. * **Original unit; 765th NAG (102nd AS, 401st AS) **25 March 1945 ***3× P1Y1 (attack), 1× D4Y3 (escort); Allies carrier task force south off Okinawa. **6 April 1945 ***3× P1Y1 (attack); Allies ship off Okinawa. * **Original unit; 765th NAG (102nd AS) **1 April 1945 ***1× D4Y3 (attack); Allies carrier task force south off Ishigaki Island. **3 April 1945 ***1× D4Y3 (attack); Allies carrier task force south off Okinawa. **6 April 1945 ***3× D4Y3 (attack); Allies carrier task force south off Ishigaki Island. **16 April 1945 ***1× D4Y3 (attack); Allies carrier task force south off Ishigaki Island. **28 April 1945 ***1× D4Y3 (attack); Allies carrier task force east off Miyako-jima. **4 May 1945 ***1× D4Y3 (attack); Allies carrier task force south off Miyako-jima. **9 May 1945 ***1× D4Y3 (attack); Allies ship off Kadena, Okinawa, Kadena. ***1× D4Y3, 1× Aichi D1A, D1A2 (attack); Allies ship off Kerama Islands. **13 May 1945 ***7× D1A2 (attack); Allies ship off Kerama Islands. **15 May 1945 ***1× D4Y3 (attack); Allies ship off Kerama Islands. **17 May 1945 ***1× D1A2 (attack); Allies ship off Kerama Islands. * **Original unit; 210th NAG **6 April 1945 ***12× A6M (attack), 10× N1K1-J (escort); Allies carrier task force south of 80 nmi from Tokunoshima. **11 April 1945 ***3× A6M (attack); Allies carrier task force east off Okinawa. * **Original unit; 210th NAG **6 April 1945 ***13× D4Y3 (attack); Allies carrier task force, TA 91°-85 nmi from Okinawa Island. **11 April 1945 ***2× D4Y3 (attack); Allies carrier task force south off Tokunoshima. * **Original unit; 951st NAG **12 April 1945 ***1× D3A (attack); Allies ship west off Okinawa. * **Original unit; 763rd NAG (252nd AS) **3 May 1945 ***1× B6N2 (attack); Allies ship off Okinawa. * **Original unit; 12th AG, 331st NAG (253rd AS), 381st NAG, 765th NAG (102nd AS) **3 May 1945 ***1× B5N, 2× D3A2 (attack); Allies ship off Okinawa Island. **4 May 1945 ***1× D3A2 (attack); Allies ship off Okinawa. **9 May 1945 ***3× D3A2 (attack); Allies ship off Okinawa. **13 May 1945 ***1× B5N (attack); Allies ship off Okinawa. **15 May 1945 ***2× B5N (attack); Allies ship off Okinawa. **29 May 1945 ***2× B5N (attack); Allies ship off Okinawa. * **Original unit; Hyakurihara NAG **12 April 1945 ***6× B5N (attack); Allies ship off Okinawa. * **Original unit; Hyakurihara NAG **16 April 1945 ***4× B5N (attack); Allies ship off Kadena. * **Original unit; Amakusa NAG **24 May 1945 ***2× F1M2 (attack); Allies ship off Okinawa. **21 June 1945 ***5× F1M2 (attack); Allies ship off Okinawa. **25 June 1945 ***1× F1M2 (attack); Allies ship off Okinawa. **3 July 1945 ***1× F1M2 (attack); Allies ship off Okinawa. * **Original unit; Ōi NAG ***K11W; No sorties. * **Original unit; 903rd NAG ***5× E13A; No sorties, disbanded after the ''Operation Kikusui No. 1''. * **Original unit; 752nd NAG (5th AS, 102nd RS) ***B7A, C6N1; No sorties. * **Original unit; 723rd NAG ***C6N1; No sorties. * **Original unit; Mineyama NAG ***K5Y; No sorties. * **Original unit; Yamato NAG ***K5Y; No sorties. * **Original unit; Okazaki NAG ***K5Y; No sorties. * **Original unit; 631st NAG, 1st Submarine Flotilla (Submarine I-400 class submarine, ''I-400'', ''I-401'', Type AM submarine, ''I-13'' and ''I-14'') ***10× Aichi M6A, M6A1; at first. No sorties. * **Original unit; Ōtsu NAG ***7× E7K; No sorties. * **Original unit; Kashima NAG ***F1M2; No sorties.

Other Special Attack Unit

Jinmu Special Attack Group

* **Original unit; 1st Air Fleet, 1st Carrier Division (Aircraft carrier Japanese aircraft carrier Unryū, ''Unryū'' and Japanese aircraft carrier Amagi, ''Amagi'') ***Use for the at first. No sorties, all planes were incorporated to each ''Kamikaze Special Attack Group "Kongō Unit"''. *No name unit **Original unit; 1st Carrier Division (Aircraft carrier Japanese aircraft carrier Katsuragi, ''Katsuragi'') ***Use for the at first, scrapped plan in early 1945.

Others

* **Original unit; 762nd NAG (501st AS), Army 7th Flying Regiment ***6 January 1945; 5× P1Y1, 6× G4M, 4× Mitsubishi Ki-67, Ki-67 I (attack); U.S. carrier task force east off Taiwan. * **Original unit; 2nd Fleet (Imperial Japanese Navy), 2nd Fleet (Japanese battleship Yamato, Battleship ''Yamato'' and Japanese cruiser Yahagi (1942), cruiser ''Yahagi'') **3× E13A (attack); Allies ship off Okinawa. No sorties, because the ''Yamato'' and the ''Yahagi'' had been sunk. * **Original unit; Kasumigaura NAG ***20× A6M2-K; No sorties.

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