Hatazō Adachi:- Attached to HQ, Kwantung ArmyKenji Doihara:- Attached to HQ, Kwantung Army (MajGen)Kiichiro Higuchi:- Attached to HQ, Kwantung Army (MajGen)Harukichi Hyakutake:- Attached to HQ, Kwantung ArmyMasatane Kanda:- Attached to Kwantung Army HQ, Officer, Kwantung Army HQRenya Mutaguchi:- Assigned to Kwantung Army HQ (MajGen)Hidemitsu Nakano:- HQ, Kwantung ArmyTakuma Shimoyama:- Attached to Kwantung ArmyJun Ushiroku:- Attached to Kwantung Army HQIsamu Yokoyama:- Attached to Kwantung Army HQShizuo Yokoyama:- (Colonel), assigned to Kwantung Army HQSeishirō Itagaki:- Attached to same army (MajGen)Kwantung Army Railroad Service Commanders
Hatazō Adachi:- Commander, Kwantung Army Railroad CommandShizuo Yokoyama:- Member, Railway Sector HQ, Kwantung Army, Commander, same Sector HQSadao Araki:- Officer, Kwantung Government-GeneralKoiso Kuniaki:- Army Staff Officer, Kwantung GovernmentJun Ushiroku:- Assigned to Kwantung Government-GeneralKitsuju Ayabe:- Deputy Chief of Staff, Kwantung Army (MajGen)Hitoshi Imamura:- Deputy Chief of Staff, Kwantung ArmySeichiro Itagaki:- Deputy-Chief of Staff, same armyYasuji Okamura:- Deputy Chief of Staff, Kwantung ArmyHitoshi Imamura: Deputy Chief of Staff Kwantung Army, ManchuriaKanji Ishiwara: Deputy Chief of Staff Kwantung Army, ManchuriaHikosaburo Hata: Chief of Staff Kwantung Army, ManchuriaHeitarō Kimura:- Chief of Staff, Kwantung ArmyJo Iimura:- Chief of Staff, Kwantung ArmyKanji Ishiwara:- Chief of Staff, Kwantung ArmyKoiso Kuniaki:- General, Chief of Staff, Kwantung ArmyToshizō Nishio:- Chief of Staff, Kwantung ArmyRensuke Isogaya:- Chief of Staff, Kwantung ArmyHideki Tōjō:- Chief of Staff, Kwantung ArmyKitsuju Ayabe:- Staff Officer, Kwantung Army, engaged in Chahar area operationTakushiro Hattori:- Staff Officer (Operations), Kwantung Army Headquarters (LtCol)Kanji Ishiwara:- Staff Officer, Kwantung ArmySeishirō Itagaki:- Staff Officer, Kwantung ArmyTorashirō Kawabe:- Staff Officer (Operations; Intelligence), Kwantung ArmySeiichi Kita:- Staff Officer, Kwantung ArmyTakeshi Mori:- Staff Officer, Kwantung ArmyAkira Mutō:- staff officer, Kwantung ArmySōsaku Suzuki:- Staff Officer, Kwantung ArmySinichi Tanaka:- Staff Officer, Kwantung ArmyKioji Tominaga:- Staff Officer, Kwantung ArmyMasanobu Tsuji:- Staff Officer (Operations), Kwantung Army (Major), during Nomonhan IncidentRikichi Tsukada:- Staff Officer, Kwantung ArmyKwantung Army Commanders (regular Army)
Kōtoku Satō:- during Nomonhan Incident in 1939 he led the 2nd Sector Unit, 8th Border Garrison Unit (Hailar). Then a Major General, he replaced the wounded commanding general of the 23rd Infantry' Group on the Nomonhan battle frontMichitarō Komatsubara:- Chief of 23d Division, and Japanese Commander in Nomonhan IncidentKitsuju Ayabe:- Chief of Staff, First Area Army (Manchuria), Kwantung Army, North China Detachment, Staff Officer, Third Army (Manchuria)Jo Iimura:- Commanding General, Fifth Army (Manchuria)Kenzo Kitano:- Hunchun Garrison Commander (Manchuria)Seiichi Kita:- Commanding General, First Area Army (Manchuria)Masutaro Nakai:- Commander assigned to Manchuria Independent Garrison UnitKorechika Anami:- Second Area Army Commander (Tsitsihar, Manchuria)Nobuyoshi Obata:- Chief of Staff, Forty-fourth Army (Manchuria)Jun Ushiroku:- Third Area Army Commander, ManchuriaOtozō Yamada:- 12th Division Commander (Tungning, Manchuria), Commanding General, Third Army (Mutanchiang, Manchuria)Isamu Chō: Commanding Officer 74th Regiment, ManchuriaNoritsune Shimizu:- Lieutenant General, commander of Fifth Army (Mutanchiang)Keisaku Murakami:- Commander in Third Army (Yenchi)Mikio Uemura:- Chief in Fourth Army (Tsitsihar)Shōjirō Iida:- Commander of Thirtieth Army (Hsinking)Yoshio Hongo:- Forty-Four Army (Liaoyuan)Kioji Tominaga:- 139th Division Commander (organized in Manchuria)Tomoyuki Yamashita:- Led First Area Army (with HQ in Mutanchiang)Yoshio Kozuki:- Commanded Second Army (Yenchi)Jo Iimura: General Officer Commanding 5th Army, ManchuriaShin Yoshida:- Led Mechanized Army with HQ in SsupingchiehKitsuju Ayabe: Deputy Chief of Staff 3rd Army, Manchuria, Chief of Staff Kwantung Army and Chief of Staff 1st Area Army, ManchuriaShōjirō Iida: General Officer Commanding 30th Army, Manchuria and General Officer Commanding 20th Army, ManchuriaMasaki Honda: General Officer Commanding 8th Division, ManchuriaTamio Iwasaki: General Officer Commanding 111th Division, ManchuriaTorajiro Iwai: General Officer Commanding 108th Division, ManchuriaSadao Inoue: General Officer Commanding 14th Division, ManchuriaShunkichi Ikeda: General Officer Commanding 35th Division, ManchuriaYoshio Hongo: General Officer Commanding 62nd Division, Manchuria and General Officer Commanding 44th Army, ManchuriaHidezo Hitomi: General Officer Commanding 12th Division, ManchuriaMamoru Hara: General Officer Commanding 9th Division, ManchuriaKoichi Abe: General Officer Commanding 107th Division, ManchuriaShojikiro Amaya: General Officer Commanding 40th Division, ManchuriaTatsumi Amamiya: General Officer Commanding 24th Division, ManchuriaKeiichi Arikawa: Commanding Officer Infantry Group 62nd Division, ManchuriaKwantung Army Commander of Engineer Unit
Shozo Hirano: Commanding Officer 2nd Engineer Unit, ManchuriaCommander of 1st Special Tank Company in Harbin (1932) and Jehol (1933)
Captain Hyakutake:- Commander of 1st Special Tank Company during Harbin fight (Manchurian Incident) in 1932 and Jehol battle in 1933.Commander of Yasuoka Task Force (armored group) in Nomonhan Incident (1939)
Yasuoka Masaomi:- Commander of Yasuoka Task Force. Between your units stayed the 3rd Tank Regiment, led by Colonel Yoshimaru and 4th Tank Regiment led for Colonel TamadaCommander of 2nd Tank Group (Division) (Manchukuo)
Tasuku Okada:- Commander, 2nd Tank Group (Division) "Geki", ManchukuoCommander of 1st Tank Brigade and 1st Armored Division
Koreo Hosomi: Commanding Officer 1st Tank Brigade, ManchuriaToshimoto Hoshinato: General Officer Commanding 1st Armored Division, ManchuriaCommander of 1st Garrison Unit of Kwantung Army
Yoshio Ishino: Commanding Officer 1st Garrison Unit, ManchuriaNobuyoshi Obata:- Kwantung Army, Chief of Staff, Kwantung Defense ArmyTomoyuki Yamashita:- Commanding General, Kwantung Army Defense ArmyNobuyushi Muto: Commander in Chief Kwantung Army Defense ArmyKwantung Army Commander-in-Chief
Yoshinori Shirakawa: Commander in Chief Kwantung ArmyKenachi Ueda: Commander in Chief Kwantung ArmyTaka Hishikari: Commander in Chief Kwantung ArmyShigeru Honjō:- Commander of Kwantung ArmyYoshitake Muraoka:- Commander of Kwantung ArmyNobuyushi Muto: Commander in Chief Kwantung ArmySenjuro Hayashi:- Commander of Kwantung ArmyJirō Minami:- Commanding General, Kwantung ArmyKoiso Kuniaki:- Commander of Kwantung ArmyKenkichi Ueda:- Commander of Kwantung ArmyYoshijirō Umezu:- Commanding General, Kwantung Army, Commander-in-Chief, same armyOtozō Yamada:- Commander-in-Chief, Kwantung ArmyKwantung Army Commander of Port Arthur
Saburo Ando: Commandant of Port ArthurLieutenant-General Furuno: Quartermaster-General Kwantung Army, ManchuriaCommander of Kempeitai units, Kwantung Army
Keisuke Fujie:- Chief, General Affairs Bureau, Military Police, HQ, Kwantung Army, Commander, Kwantung Army Military PoliceShizuichi Tanaka:- Commander, Kwantung Army Military Police UnitsHideki Tōjō:- Commanding General, Military Police, Kwantung ArmySaburo Shimomura:- General of Japanese Gendarmerie section, Kempeitai detachment in HsinkingToranosuke Hashimoto: Commanding Officer Manchu Secret Police, Hsinking, Manchuria (as branch of Kempeitain Intelligence in Manchukuo)Yoshihide Hayashi, Chief of Staff Unit 82 (Strike South planning), ManchuriaIsamu Chō, Vice Chief of Staff Unit 82 (Strike South planning), ManchuriaCommander in Kwantung Special Intelligence Service
Prince Tsuneyoshi Takeda:- Occult Commander-in-Chief of Japanese Secret Services in Manchukuo; also Imperial Family Liaison with Kwantung Army and Kempeitai Intelligence Services in landTorashirō Kawabe:- Staff Officer (Operations; Intelligence), Kwantung ArmyKingoro Hashimoto:- Chief, Special Service Agency, Hailar, Kwantung ArmyMichitarō Komatsubara:- Chief of the Special Service Agency at Harbin, Kwantung ArmyKoiso Kuniaki:- concurrently Chief, Special Service Department, Kwantun ArmyNobuyoshi Obata:- Chief, Harbin Special Intelligence Agency, Kwantung ArmyTadashi Hanaya: Head of Special Services Agency Kwantung ArmySeikichi Hyakatuke: Head Harbin Special Services Agency, ManchuriaKenji Doihara: Head Special Service Agency Kwantung ArmyCommanders of the Imperial Japanese Army Air Service forces in the Kwantung Army
Torashirō Kawabe:- Commanding General, 7th Air Brigade (Manchuria), Commanding General, Second Air Army (Manchuria)Captain Kamata:- commander of Kwantung Army Hane Air Unit2nd Air Division2nd Air Brigade8th Air Brigade9th Air Brigade13th Air Brigade29th Air Brigade28th Independent Regiment15th Sentai104th Sentai25th Sentai81st SentaiHane Air Unit5th Sentai (with base in Hopei, fighting against Soviets probably in Chahar, Mengjiang area)101st Sentai4th Sentai13th Sentai22nd Sentai23rd Sentai26th Sentai42nd Sentai24th Sentai5th Sentai1st Air Group2nd Air Group3rd Air GroupTraining Air GroupChief and Instructors in Kwantung Army Training Schools
Kenzo Kitano:- Commandant, Kungchuling Army School (Manchuria)Kioji Tominaga:- Commandant, Kungchuling Army Tank School (Manchuria)1st Tank Army (Main Tank instruction unit)23rd Tank Regiment (Practice Tank unit)24th Tank Regiment (Practice Tank unit)Jirō Minami:- Kwantung Army - concurrently Ambassador to ManchukuoTaka Hishikari:- Kwantung Army - Ambassador to ManchukuoTadashi Hanaya:- Head, Japanese Military Mission ManchukuoShun Akifusa:- Head, Harbin Military MissionTakuma Shimoyama:-Headquarters-Adviser, Manchukuoan Military Administration BureauShun Akifusa: Commanding Officer 4th Border Garrison Unit ManchuriaN.Imoto:- Kwantung Army Frontier Guard officer in service in Hiriyahari detachment HQ, no far less of frontier point N°25 in upper lands of Usachi River, in front at Komissarsky, in Soviet Side, Manchu-Russian frontierCaptain Ohki:- Commander, Artillery Unit/15th Border Guard Unit in Kotou Fortress located near Ussuri River in the Soviet-Manchurian borderKōtoku Satō:- During Nomonhan Incident in 1939 he led the 2nd Sector Unit, 8th Border Garrison Unit (Hailar, Hsingan)Ilasebe Riei:- Commander, 8th Border Guards unitKōtoku Satō COL - During the Changkufeng Incident in 1938, commanded the 75th Infantry RegimentAoyagi Kinichiro CPT - Commander, 5th Company, 2/28th BattalionAzuma Shoji LTC - Acting Commander, 71st Infantry RegimentAzuma Yaozo LTC - Commander, Reconnaissance Element, 23d DivisionIlasebe Riei COL - Commander, 8th Border GuardsHattori Takushiro LTC - Staff Officer, Kwantung ArmyKajikawa Romiji MAJ - Commander, 2/28th BattalionKomatsubara Michitaro LTG - Commander, 23rd Infantry DivisionMorita Tetsuji COL - Commander, 71st Infantry RegimentMuranaka Shoichi 1LT - Aide-de-camp, Commander, 2/28th BattalionNagano Eizo COL - Commander, 71st Infantry RegimentNakano Tomizo 2LT - Commander, 1st Platoon, 6th Company, 2/28th BnNishinome Shogoro 2LT - Commander, 2nd Platoon, 6th Company, 2/28th BnOgisu Rippei LTG - Commander, 6th ArmySadakaji Tetsuo 1LT - Commander, Machine Can Company, 2/28th BtnSaito Kiyokichi 1LT - Commander, 7th Company, 2/28th BtnSano Shoji 2LT - Commander, id Platoon, 5th Company, 2/28th BtnSawada Tetsuro 1LT - Commander, Weapons Platoon, 5th Company, 2/ 28thSumi Shinichiro COL - Commander, 26th Infantry Regiment RelievedSuzuki Katsushi 2LT - Commander, 3rd Platoon, 7th Company, 2/28th EdTahara Tamotsu 2LT - Commander, 1st Platoon, 5th Company, 2/28th BnTokushima Masao 2LT - Commander, 2nd Platoon, 7th Company, 2/28th BnTsuji Kiichi CPT - Commander, 6th Company, 2/28th BnTsuji Masanobu MAJ - Staff Officer, Kwantung ArmyUeda Kenachi GEN - Commander, Kwantung ArmyYamagata Takemitsu COL - Commander, 64th Infantry RegimentYasuoka Masaomi LTG - Commander, Yasuoka Task ForceColonel Yoshimaru - Commander of 3rd Tank Regiment, in the Yasuoka Task ForceColonel Tamada - Commander of 4th Tank Regiment in the Yasuoka Task ForceCol. Ise - Commander of 13th Field Artillery RegimentMajor Gen. Hata - Commander of 3rd Field Heavy Artillery Brigade HQCol. Mishima - Commander of 1st Field Heavy Artillery RegimentCol. Takatsukasa - Commander of 7th Independent Field Heavy Artillery RegimentLt. Col. Someya - Commander of Muling Heavy Artillery RegimentCol. Miyao - Commander of 1st Independent Field Artillery Regiment1st Lt. Hitoshi Asano - twenty-two-victory IJAAF air ace against the Russians in NomonhanReferring to defensive fortifications on the Russian-Manchu frontier line, this organization was led from Hsinking Fortress Command in the Manchoukoan capital, under the command of the Kwantung Army Commander.
The Kwantung Army laid plans for a border defense system in 1934, but construction work did not begin until 1935. During the early period (to 1938), four zones were fortified in East Manchuria, plus three in the north and one in the west.
Manchouli fortified districtKotou fortified districtFuyuan fortified districtSungari fortified district and Japanese Army Sungari FlotillaHsinking fortified district/defense centerTuntsiang defense centerFutsing fortified district with five permanent emplacements, a munitions depot and six mortar batteriesSun’u fortified district with 20,000 Japanese officers and soldiersSansing fortified districtThese fortresses were in direct command of the Kwantung Army in the territory; also included Japanese Navy detachments in Dairen and Ryojun naval bases.
Port Arthur fortified district (now Liaoshun)Dairen fortified district (now Dalian)Ryojun fortified district (now Lushun)H.Ukita Commander of Ryojun Naval Guard District and Station; also the Japanese Navy's highest authority in Kwantung area, responsible for these units:Ryojun Naval Base HQRyojun Signal UnitRyojun Base Defense UnitRyojun Base Military PoliceRyojun Naval Barracks ServiceRyojun Port Duty UnitR.Kurosaki Commander of 50th Minesweeper Division (Ryojun); under his leadership were these units:Shanan Maru N 16? MaruCommanders and members of Unit 731
Ishii Shiro:-was founder of Unit 731 in ManchukuoRyoichi NaitoMasaji KitanoYoshio ShinozukaBarone OttavioCommander and members of Unit 100
Yujiro Wakamatsu:-commander of Unit 100 in ChangchungKazuo MitomoOfficer MatsuiOfficer HirazakuraOfficer KuwabaraOthers similar units under Japanese Army Command
Unit 516Unit 1855Unit 2646Unit 8604Unit 9420Unit Ei 1644January 1937 to July 1937:
1st, 2nd, 4th, 12th Divisions1st, 11th Independent Mixed Brigades1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 5th Independent Garrisonsthe Cavalry GroupIJA 3rd Cavalry BrigadeKwangtung Army Flight Group10th, 11th, 12th, 15th, 16th Air Regiments10th Infantry Division28th Infantry Division29th Infantry Division23rd Tank RegimentBotanko Artillery Regiment3rd Signal RegimentKwangtung Air Brigade9th Infantry Division12th Infantry Division57th Infantry Division1st Tank Brigade7th Artillery Command5th Separate Engineer Regiment9th Separate Engineer Regiment27th Separate Engineer Regiment33rd Truck Brigade49th Truck Brigade66th Truck Brigade67th Truck Brigade1st Infantry Division44th Truck Brigade68th Truck Brigade5th Army11th Infantry Division24th Infantry Division2nd Armored Brigade8th Artillery Brigade7th Separate Engineer Regiment22nd Separate Engineer Regiment23rd Separate Engineer Regiment69th Truck Regiment70th Truck Regiment14th Infantry Division23rd Infantry Division4th Signal Regiment47th Truck Brigade20th Army8th Infantry Division25th Infantry Division5th Artillery Brigade34th Truck Brigade64th Truck BrigadeNickname: "Taku" (Development)Formed in December 1941 in Poli, Manchuria. Renamed a Division in June 1942.
1st Tank Regiment3rd Tank Regiment5th Tank Regiment9th Tank RegimentNickname: "Geki" (Hit)Formed in December 1941 in Mutangchiang, Manchuria. Renamed a Division in June 1942.
6th Tank Regiment7th Tank Regiment10th Tank Regiment11th Tank Regiment 