List of important political and civil figures during World War II:
*Emperor Hirohito: Emperor of Japan
*Osachi Hamaguchi: Prime Minister
[Bix, Herbert P. ''Hirohito and the Making of Modern Japan''. Harper Perennial (2001). ]
*Tomeo Sagoya: the assassin of Prime Minister Osachi Hamaguchi. He was a member of Aikokusha (Love of Country Association)
*Wakatsuki Reijirō: Prime Minister
*Hara Takashi: Commoner and liberal thinker of the Seiyukai party, came to be Prime Minister
*Kaku Mori: a Parliamentary Vice-Minister of Foreign Affairs
*Yōsuke Matsuoka: Foreign Affairs Minister
*Fumimaro Konoe: Prime Minister, founder of Dobunkai Secret society
*Naotake Satō: himself realizing official duties, Manchukuo and China, some ambassador in Italy and last Ambassador in Soviet Union
*Kanji Kato: an important functionary in the Foreign affairs ministry
*Gotō Shinpei: ex-governor of Taiwan and important supporter of Manchukuo actions
*Noburo Ohtani: president of N.Y.K. Line
*Kishi Shinsuke: a nationalist, industrialist and merchant
*Yakichiro Suma: Spokesman of Foreign Affairs Ministry
*Nobofumi Ito: Chief of Information department
*Koh Ishii: Spokesman of Information department
*Saitō Takao (politician), Saitō Takao: Member of Diet of Japan, Diet, opposed to official policy
*Baron Takumo Dan: Chief of Mitsui Banking interest and United States friend
*Kazuo Taoka: nationalist and head of the Yamaguchi-gumi, the largest yakuza syndicate.
*Kenji Osano: Ultranationalist politician and kuromaku.
*Kōki Hirota: member of Genyosha and Black Dragon secret societies, also Foreign Minister, Prime Minister
*Kaoru Ogawa: another member of nationalist societies and right wing believer associated with organized crime
*Ryōhei Uchida: Ultranationalist, founder of Genyosha (Dark Ocean, also Black Ocean) secret society; too right-wing adviser and president of Dai Nippon Seisanto (Japan Production Party) nationalist party.
*Kuzuo Yoshihisa: Right-wing supporter, successor of Ryohei Uchida in leading of Black Dragon Society in 1937.
*Kotaro Hiraoka: another ultranationalist, also a Samurai. Another founder of the Genyosha Secret society.
*Mitsuro Toyama: chief of Black Dragon Society, also founder of Kenkokukai and Roninkai secret groups.
*Kosaburo Tachibana: right-wing follower, founder of Aikyojuku (Native-Land-Loving School) Secret society
*Kakuei Tanaka: Ultranationalist. Former Japanese Prime Minister
*Hisayuki Machii: Ethnic Korean and boss of Toa-kai
*Kakuji Inagawa: another right-wing follower and boss of Inagawa-kai yakuza syndicate.
*Fumio Gotō: chief of Showa Studies Society
*Dr. Shūmei Ōkawa: nationalist ideologist and instructor in Showa Studies Society
*Count Yoriyasu Arima: another "professor" in Showa Studies Society
*Fusanosuke Kuhara: ex-syndicalist, ideologist and right-wing spokesman
*Komakichi Matsuoka: syndicalist and leader of the Worker Federation of Japan industrial Syndicate during the 1940s
*Naoki Hoshino: right-wing and Army civil follower Ideologist
*Ichizō Kobayashi: President of Tokio Gasu Denky (Electric light and Gas Company of Tokyo) and Minister of Commerce and Industry
*Shōzō Murata: president of Osaka Shosen Kaisha, Minister of Communications
*Prince Saionji Kinmochi: last survivor of ancient Genrō, Genro group, related with Sumitomo Zaibatsu Clan
*Akira Kazami: Ministry of Justice
*Baron Hiranuma Kiichirō: Radical thinker, Home Minister
*Masatsune Ogura: Director of Sumitomo Empress and Finance Minister
*Chikao Fujisawa: member of Diet, supporte of State Shinto laws
*Prince Kan'in Kotohito, supporter of State
*Katsuko Tojo: Tojo's wife and supporter of the implementation of eugenics policies in Japan
*Yoshisuke Aikawa: Industrialist of Nissan Company, also Chief of Manchukuo Industrial Zaibatsu along Imperial Japanese Army, Japanese Army Establishment
*Toshio Shiratori: radical follower of the Axis Powers alliance, first adviser of the Foreign Affairs ministry and ambassador in Italy
*Count Kabayama: moderate and Capitalist diplomat, also United States friend
*Renzo Sawada: ex-ambassador in France
*Juji Kasai: Representative Chamber Member, another Pro-United States, American
*Kensuke Horinouchi: Ambassador in the United States for a short time
*Marquis Okuma: ex-Prime Minister
*Fuji Fujuzawa: Industrialist and foreign merchant in Scrap iron and nationalist government supporter
*Saburō Kurusu: new special ambassador in the United States
*Kaname Wakasugi: aide of Special Ambassador
*Yoshio Kodama: ultranationalist thinker and political personality related with Yakuza groups
*Ryoichi Sasakawa: a right-wing follower and ideology also linked with criminal societies
*Okinori Kaya: nationalist and merchant related with some Yakuza groups
Military figures in politics
*General Kazushige Ugaki: Prime Minister
*General Tanaka Giichi: Prime Minister
*General Hideki Tōjō: Prime Minister, War Minister and Home Minister
*General Sadao Araki: Radical ideologist, founder of Kodoha Party and Minister of Education
*Admiral Saitō Makoto, Makoto Saito: Prime Minister
*Colonel Kingoro Hashimoto: Leader of Imperial Young Federation, Imperial Aid Association and Imperial Farmers Association
*Admiral Mitsumasa Yonai: Prime Minister
*General Nobuyuki Abe: Foreign Affairs Minister
*Lieutenant General Heisuke Yanagawa: Ministry of Justice and leader of the Imperial Aid Association
*Admiral Teijirō Toyoda: Commerce & Industry and Foreign Affairs Minister
*Lieutenant General Seizo Sakonji: Commerce & Industry Minister
*General Kuniaki Koizo: Prime Minister and partidaire of State Shintoism policy
*Admiral Kichisaburō Nomura: military policy, proposed how special ambassador in agreements with the United States
*General Hachirō Arita: ex-Foreign Affairs Minister and military thinker
*Colonel Hideo Iwakuro: member of Army Staaff, right-winger, and diplomatic Army supporter
References
{{DEFAULTSORT:List Of Japanese Political Figures In Early Showa Period
Politics of the Empire of Japan