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{{unreferenced, article, date=January 2008 A list of Imperial Army-Navy personnel with responsibility for military teaching and training of new recruits. Commandants and Directors in Army War College * Sadao Araki:- Commandant, War College, * Yaezo Akashiba:- Director War College * Shuichi Miyazaki:- Deputy Commandant, War College * Toshiro Obata:- Deputy Commandant, War College *
Jo Iimura was a general in the Imperial Japanese Army in the Pacific War. Biography A native of Ibaraki prefecture, Iimura graduated from the 21st class of the Imperial Japanese Army Academy in 1909, and was assigned to the Imperial Guards 3rd Regiment. ...
:- Deputy Commandant in War College * Tsunenori Kaya:- Commandant in War College Commandments and Directors in the Imperial Japanese Army Academy * Hideki Tōjō:- Commandant, Military Academy *
Kenzo Kitano is a common masculine Japanese given name. Possible writings Kenzō can be written using different kanji characters and can mean: *賢三, "wise, three" *健三, "healthy, three" *謙三, "humble, three" *健想, "healthy, concept" *建造, "bu ...
:- Commandant, Military Academy * Renya Mutaguchi:- Commandant, Military Academy *
Akira Mutō was a general in the Imperial Japanese Army during World War II. He was convicted of Japanese war crimes, war crimes and was executed by hanging. Mutō was implicated in both the Nanjing Massacre and the Manila massacre. Biography Mutō was a ...
:- assigned Direction in Military Academy Commander of the Naval War College * Chuichi Nagumo:- Commander of Naval War College President and Commander of the Naval War College * Nobutake Kondō:- President of the Japanese Naval War College * Sokichi Takagi:- Commander of the Japanese Naval War College Commandants and Directors in Army and Navy academies and school * Yoshikazu Nishi:- Commandant of the Field Artillery School * Masatake Yasuoka:- Commandant of the Army Tank School * Hitoshi Imamura:- Commandant, Narashino Army School * Jirō Minami:- direction of Cavalry School * Kyoji Tominaga:- Commandant, Kungchuling Army Tank School (Manchuria) * Michio Sugawara:- Commandant, Shimoshizu Army Air School, Commandant, Military Air Academy, Air Training Army Commander * Rikichi Tsukada:- Commanding General, Airborne Operations Training Unit * Jisaburo Ozawa:- President of the Japanese Naval Academy *
Shigetarō Shimada was an admiral in the Imperial Japanese Navy during World War II. He also served as Minister of the Navy. He was convicted of war crimes and sentenced to life imprisonment. Early life and education A native of Tokyo, Shimada graduated from t ...
:- Commandant, Imperial Navy Submarine School *
Kumaichi Teramoto was a Japanese Lieutenant General during World War II. Career Kumaichi Teramoto joined the Imperial Japanese Army in 1910, being commissioned into the infantry. In 1921, he graduated the Japanese War College and became a colonel in the IJA. Even ...
:- Director, Hamamatsu Army Air School *
Heisuke Yanagawa was a general in the Imperial Japanese Army in World War II. Japanese forces under Yanagawa's command committed the 1937 Nanking Massacre. Biography Born in what is now part of Nagasaki city, Nagasaki prefecture, Yanagawa was raised in Ōita Pr ...
:- Commandant of the Army Cavalry School *
Yoshitoshi Tokugawa 200px, Lieutenant General Baron Tokugawa Yoshitoshi Baron was a lieutenant general in the Imperial Japanese Army and one of the pioneers of military aviation in Japan. He is credited with having made the first flight in a powered aircraft in Ja ...
:- Commandant of Akeno Army Aviation School and Tokorozawa Army Aviation School Military Superintendents *
Rikichi Andō was a general in the Imperial Japanese Army and 19th and final Japanese Governor-General of Taiwan from 30 December 1944 to October 1945. Biography Early career Andō was a native of Miyagi Prefecture. He served as an instructor at the Army Wa ...
:- Superintendent, Toyama Army School *
Harukichi Hyakutake was a general in the Japanese Imperial Army in World War II. He is sometimes referred to as Haruyoshi Hyakutake or Seikichi Hyakutake. His elder brothers Saburō Hyakutake and Gengo Hyakutake were admirals in the Imperial Japanese Navy. Biograph ...
:- attached/Superintendent to Army Signal School, Superintendent, Hiroshima Military Prep School * Korechika Anami:- Superintendent, Tokyo Military Preparatory School *
Mitsuo Nakazawa Mitsuo (written: , , , , , , , , , or in hiragana) is a masculine Japanese given name. Notable people with the name include: * Mitsuo Aoki (1914–2010), American theologian *, Japanese naval aviator *Mitsuo Fujikura, Japanese mixed martial arti ...
:- Superintendent, Military Preparatory Academy *
Tasuku Okada was a Japanese officer during World War II. After the war he was put on trial during the Yokohama War Crimes Trials for ordering executions of captured American aircrew in 1945. Okada was found guilty, sentenced to death, and hanged in 1949. ...
:- Superintendent, Army Tank School * Ichiro Shichida:- Superintendent, Army School of Science, Superintendent, Toyama Army School * Sizuichi Tanaka:- Superintendent, War College *
Kumaichi Teramoto was a Japanese Lieutenant General during World War II. Career Kumaichi Teramoto joined the Imperial Japanese Army in 1910, being commissioned into the infantry. In 1921, he graduated the Japanese War College and became a colonel in the IJA. Even ...
:- Superintendent, Hamamatsu Army Air School *
Toshimichi Uemura Toshimichi is a masculine Japanese given name. Possible writings Toshimichi can be written using different combinations of kanji characters. Some examples: *敏道, "agile, way" *敏路, "agile, route" *敏通, "agile, pass through" *俊道, "t ...
:- Superintendent, Tokyo Army Preparatory School * Otozō Yamada:- Superintendent, Military Academy Military professors and instructors *
Heisuke Yanagawa was a general in the Imperial Japanese Army in World War II. Japanese forces under Yanagawa's command committed the 1937 Nanking Massacre. Biography Born in what is now part of Nagasaki city, Nagasaki prefecture, Yanagawa was raised in Ōita Pr ...
:- Instructor at the War College * Tsunenori Kaya:- Instructor at the War College * Yasuhiko Asaka:- Instructor at the Military Academy * Un Yi:- Instructor at Military Staff College * Haruhito Kanin:- Instructor Attached to Chiba Army Tank School and War College *
Kenzo Kitano is a common masculine Japanese given name. Possible writings Kenzō can be written using different kanji characters and can mean: *賢三, "wise, three" *健三, "healthy, three" *謙三, "humble, three" *健想, "healthy, concept" *建造, "bu ...
:- Commanding Officer, Senior-Course Cadet Unit *
Keisuke Fujie was a general in the Imperial Japanese Army in World War II. Fujie’s wife was the daughter of Prime Minister Kantarō Suzuki. Biography Fujie was born in Hyōgo prefecture and graduated from the 18th class of the Imperial Japanese Army Academ ...
:- Instructor (Military Academy) also Director, Field Artillery School, Superintendent, War College * Okikatsu Arao:- Instructor, Infantry School * Masaharu Homma:- Instructor, War College * Shōjirō Iida:- Instructor, Infantry School * Tomitaro Horii:- attached to 3rd Infantry Regiment-Training Officer, Waseda University *
Kanji Ishiwara was a general in the Imperial Japanese Army in World War II. He and Itagaki Seishirō were the men primarily responsible for the Mukden Incident that took place in Manchuria in 1931. Early life Ishiwara was born in Tsuruoka City, Yamagata Pref ...
:- Instructor, War College * Tadasu Kataoka:- Instructor, Army Cavalry School * Masakazu Kawabe:- Commanding Officer, Training Regiment, infantry School *
Torashirō Kawabe was a general and Deputy Chief of Staff of the Imperial Japanese Army General Staff during World War II. He was also the younger brother of General Masakazu Kawabe. Biography Born in Toyama prefecture, Kawabe graduated from the 24th class of the ...
:- Instructor (Tactics), War College, Hamamatsu Army Flying School *
Kiyotake Kawaguchi was a general in the Imperial Japanese Army during World War II. Biography A native of Kōchi Prefecture, Kiyotake graduated from the 26th class of the Imperial Japanese Army Academy in 1914, and from the 34th class of the Army War College (Japan ...
:- Instructor, Army Heavy Artillery School * Heitarō Kimura:- Instructor, War College, Artillery Department, Office of Military Training * Seiichi Kita:- Instructor, War College *
Koiso Kuniaki was a Japanese general in the Imperial Japanese Army, Governor-General of Korea and Prime Minister of Japan from 1944 to 1945. After Japan's defeat in World War II, he was convicted of war crimes and sentenced to life imprisonment. Early lif ...
:- Instructor, Military Academy *
Shiro Makino was a Japanese general, who commanded the 16th Division in the Battle of Leyte A battle is an occurrence of combat in warfare between opposing military units of any number or size. A war usually consists of multiple battles. In general, ...
:- Instructor, Military Academy also Senior Instructor/Superintendent, Military Preparatory Academy * Jinsaburo Mazaki:- Instructor, Training Unit Military Academy * Shuichi Miyazaki:- Instructor Cadet Unit, Military Academy Preparatory School, Military Instructor, War College, Deputy Commandant, War College * Takeshi Mori:- Instructor, Cavalry School; Instructor, War College *
Toshizō Nishio was a Japanese general, considered to be one of the Imperial Japanese Army's most successful and ablest strategists during the Second Sino-Japanese War, who commanded the Japanese Second Army during the first years after the Marco Polo Bridge In ...
:- Instructor, War College, Section Chief, Office of Military Training * Fukutaro Nishiyama:- Instructor, Military Academy * Tetsuzan Nagata:- Office of Military Training *
Masutaro Nakai was a general in the Imperial Japanese Army, commanding Japanese ground forces in the Southwest Pacific during the closing months of the war. He led a brigade-sized formation, known as the Nakai Detachment, which had been detached from the 20th D ...
:- Instructor, Military Academy (tactics) *
Mitsuo Nakazawa Mitsuo (written: , , , , , , , , , or in hiragana) is a masculine Japanese given name. Notable people with the name include: * Mitsuo Aoki (1914–2010), American theologian *, Japanese naval aviator *Mitsuo Fujikura, Japanese mixed martial arti ...
:- Instructor, War College, Superintendent, Military Preparatory Academy *
Kanji Nishihara are the logographic Chinese characters taken from the Chinese script and used in the writing of Japanese. They were made a major part of the Japanese writing system during the time of Old Japanese and are still used, along with the subsequent ...
:- concurrently Instructor, War College * Kengo Noda:- Instructor, Infantry School, Commanding Officer, Training Unit, Infantry School * Shihei Oba:- Commanding Officer, Infantry Unit, Toyohashi Reserve Officer School * Hideyoshi Obata:- Instructor, War College, Commandant, Akeno Army Air School *
Sanji Okido Sanji may refer to: * Changji or Sanji, city in Xinjiang, China * Sanji, Fujian, village in Nanping, Fujian, China * Sanji (director), Sanji Senaka, an American music video director * Sanji (given name), a masculine Japanese given name * Sanji ( ...
:- Instructor, War College, November * Ichiro Shichida:- Instructor, Infantry School, Superintendent, Military Preparatory Academy, Director, Military Academy, Superintendent, Army School of Science, Superintendent, Toyama Army School * Takuma Shimoyama:- Instructor, Military Academy, Office of Military Training, Instructor, War College *
Hisakazu Tanaka was a lieutenant general in the Imperial Japanese Army, and governor of Japanese-occupied Hong Kong in World War II. His name is occasionally transliterated "Tanaka Hisaichi". Biography Early career Tanaka was born in Hyōgo Prefecture to the K ...
:- Instructor, War College * Rikichi Tsukada:- Attached, Training Unit, Shimoshizu Army Air School, Instructor, Hamamatsu Army Air School and Commanding General, Airborne Operations Training Unit * Jun Ushiroku:- attached to Training Unit, Military Academy * Otozō Yamada:- Instructor, War College, Instructor, Cavalry School Chief, Army Signal School, Superintendent, Military Academy *
Takeo Yasuda was a lieutenant general in the Imperial Japanese Army. While serving as director of the Army's Aviation Technology Research Institute during World War II, he was a key figure in scientific and technological development for the Imperial Japanese A ...
:- Instructor, Artillery and Engineering School, Member, Research Branch, Army Signal School, LtCol, May Member, Research Branch, Army Signal School * Hitoshi Asano:- Instructor, Akeno and Narashino Air base * Ichiki Kioyonao:- Instructor, Army Infantry School * Sokichi Takagi:- instructor of the Naval Staff college *
Shigetarō Shimada was an admiral in the Imperial Japanese Navy during World War II. He also served as Minister of the Navy. He was convicted of war crimes and sentenced to life imprisonment. Early life and education A native of Tokyo, Shimada graduated from t ...
:- Instructor, Naval War College, Commandant, Imperial Navy Submarine School * Nobuo Fujita:- Instructor Japanese Navy Air force *
Saburō Sakai was a Japanese naval aviator and flying ace (''"Gekitsui-O"'', ) of the Imperial Japanese Navy during World War II. Sakai had 28–64 aerial victories, including shared ones, according to official Japanese records, but his autobiography, ''Samura ...
:- Instructor, Ohmura Navy Airbase * Hiroyoshi Nishizawa:- Instructor, Yokosuka Navy Airfield *
Tetsuzō Iwamoto Lieutenant Junior Grade was one of the top scoring aces among Imperial Japanese Navy Air Service (IJNAS) fighter pilots. He entered the Imperial Navy in 1934 and completed pilot training in December 1936. His first combat occurred over Chi ...
:- Instructor, Yokosuka and Tokushima Navy Airfield Technicians, researchers and experts in military sciences * Takushiro Hattori:- General Staff Headquarters-Army Tank School, Research Section, Army Engineer School, Research Section * Ichiki Kioyonao:- Member, Research Branch, Toyama Army School, Instructor, Army Infantry School *
Jo Iimura was a general in the Imperial Japanese Army in the Pacific War. Biography A native of Ibaraki prefecture, Iimura graduated from the 21st class of the Imperial Japanese Army Academy in 1909, and was assigned to the Imperial Guards 3rd Regiment. ...
:- Instructor and Deputy Commandant in War College, Member, Research Staff, War College; Chief, Total Warfare Research Institute, he made extensive trips throughout East Asia, to collect instructional materials and operative practices. *
Kanji Nishihara are the logographic Chinese characters taken from the Chinese script and used in the writing of Japanese. They were made a major part of the Japanese writing system during the time of Old Japanese and are still used, along with the subsequent ...
:- Director, Research Department, Infantry School Deputy Commandant, Narashino Army School, concurrently Instructor, War College *
Teiichi Suzuki was a lieutenant general in the Imperial Japanese Army, a minister of state, and member of the House of Peers. A close associate of Hideki Tojo, he helped to plan Japan's wartime economy. Military career The eldest son of a landowner in Chiba ...
:- Member, Research Division, War College *
Takeo Yasuda was a lieutenant general in the Imperial Japanese Army. While serving as director of the Army's Aviation Technology Research Institute during World War II, he was a key figure in scientific and technological development for the Imperial Japanese A ...
:- Member, Research Branch, Army Signal School * Michio Sugawara:- Major (Air Force); Section Chief, Army Aeronautical Department *
Kumaichi Teramoto was a Japanese Lieutenant General during World War II. Career Kumaichi Teramoto joined the Imperial Japanese Army in 1910, being commissioned into the infantry. In 1921, he graduated the Japanese War College and became a colonel in the IJA. Even ...
:- LtCol (Air Force), Officer attached; later Member in Army Aeronautical Department *
Takeo Yasuda was a lieutenant general in the Imperial Japanese Army. While serving as director of the Army's Aviation Technology Research Institute during World War II, he was a key figure in scientific and technological development for the Imperial Japanese A ...
:- Officer attached to Army Air Technical Laboratories (MajGen) *
Yoshitoshi Tokugawa 200px, Lieutenant General Baron Tokugawa Yoshitoshi Baron was a lieutenant general in the Imperial Japanese Army and one of the pioneers of military aviation in Japan. He is credited with having made the first flight in a powered aircraft in Ja ...
:- Director of the Research Department and Director of Technical Training Department, Tokorozawa Army Aviation School


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Rikugun Shikan Gakko The was the principal officer's training school for the Imperial Japanese Army. The programme consisted of a junior course for graduates of local army cadet schools and for those who had completed four years of middle school, and a senior course f ...
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