Organization of Japanese forces in Southeast Asia

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Organization of Japanese forces in Southeast Asia during World War II

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[edit] Southern Army Command(Indochina Hq)

  • Hisaichi Terauchi Commander of Southern Army
  • Seiichi Aoki: Assistant Chief of Staff Southern Army
  • Kitsuju Ayabe: Vice Chief of Staff Southern Army
  • Masazumi Inada: Vice Chief of Staff Southern Army
  • Jo Iimura: Chief of Staff Southern Army

[edit] Japanese Forces in Hong-Kong

  • Takeo Ito: Commanding Officer Infantry Group 38th Division, Hong Kong
  • Rensuke IsogaiGovernor-General of Hong Kong
  • Major-General Ichiki: Head Secretariat to Governor-General of Hong Kong
  • Juro Adachi: General Officer Commanding Hong Kong Defence Unit
  • Major-General Arisue: Chief of Staff 23rd Army, China-Hong Kong

[edit] Conformation of Indochina Army Garrison

[edit] Commanders-in-Chief Indochina Army Garrison

  • Yuitsu Tsuchiashi:- Commanding General, Indo-China Garrison Army
  • Hisaichi Terauchi:- Commander-in-Chief, Southern Army, Field Marshal; formally surrendered his command, Saigon, was moved to Malaya, died at his quarters, Johore Bahru, of cerebral hemorrhage

[edit] Chief of Staff Indochina Army Garrison

  • Shinichi Tanaka:- Chief of Staff, Inspectorate General, LOC; inspection tour, French Indo-China, LtGen, inspection tours of French Indo-China, Thailand, Malaya, Philippines

[edit] Staff officers, Indochina Army Garrison

  • Masutaro Nakai:- Staff Officer, French Indo-China Expeditionary Army

[edit] Commander of Transportation regiment Imperial Guards, Indochina detachment

  • Nobuyoshi Obata:- Commanding Officer, Transportation Regiment, Imperial Guard Division, (Tokyo; French Indo-China; Malaya; Sumatra)

[edit] Commanders of Regular Armies, Indochina Army Garrison

  • Yuitsu Tsuchiashi:- Commanding General, Thirty-eighth Army (Indo-China)
  • Lieutenant-General Chijisima: Governor-General of Indo-China
  • Shojiro Iida: General Officer Commanding 25th Army, Indo-China

[edit] Unit in Indochina

  • 11th Base Unit (Saigon)
  • Fifteenth Army Detachment
  • Imperial Guard Division in South French Indo-China
  • 55th Division headquarters were in French Indo-China

[edit] Air Squadrons in Indochina area

  • Japanese Navy units:
    • Genzan Air Unit
    • Mihoro Air Unit
  • Japanese Army units:
    • 64th Sentai
    • 3rd Sentai:- about 430 planes, In South French Indo-China


  • Kiyotake Kawaguchi, command the Kawaguchi Expeditionary Detachment struck at British Borneo.
  • Utata Fukunaga : Commanding Officer 16th Field Transport Command, Malaya
  • Lieutenant-General Inoue: General Officer Commanding 94th Division, Malaya
  • Teizo Ishiguro Led the Twenty-ninth Army (with 94th Division, etc.): Malay Peninsula

[edit] Structures of Japanese forces in Penang Region

  • Masakichi Itami: Governor-General of Penang Region

[edit] Organization of Japanese forces in Philippines

[edit] Operative Commanders in Philippine Campaign

  • Masaharu Homma:- Fourteenth Army Commander, (Philippines Campaign)
  • Kenzo Kitano:- 4th Division Commander, from Shanghai to Philippines campaign
  • Makino Shiro:- 16th Division Commander (Leyte)
  • Sosako Suzuki:- Thirty-fifth Army Commander (Central and Southern Philippines), killed in action
  • Yuitsu Tsuchiashi:- 48th Division Commander (Philippines operation)
  • Tadasu Kataoka:- 1st Division Chief
  • Tsuyuo Yamagata:- 26th Division Commander
  • Shigenori Kuroda:- Fourteenth Army Commander
  • Shinpei Fukuei:- led the 102nd Division
  • Shizuo Yokoyama:- led the 8th Division (Shinbu Group)
  • Rikichi Tsukada:- command the 10th Division and 1st Raiding Group (Kenbu Group)
  • Fourteenth Area Army (Shobu Group)
  • Tomoyuki Yamashita:- Twenty-fifth Army Commander, (took Singapore, conquered Bataan and Corregidor), also Fourteenth Area Army Commander, arrived Manila, directed Philippines Campaign, surrendered, Baguio

[edit] Army Units in Philippines

  • Yoshiharu Iwanaka: General Officer Commanding 2nd Armored Division, Philippines
  • Torao Ikuta: Commandant Manila Garrison
  • Masaharu HonmaGeneral Officer Commanding 14th Army, Philippines
  • Takichi Hojo: Commanding Officer 54th Independent Mixed Brigade, Philippines
  • Lieutenant-General Igatu: General Officer Commanding Prisoner of War Camps Philippines
  • Masatsugu Araki: Commanding Officer 79th Brigade, Philippines
  • Isamu Cho: Southern Army Liaison Officer to 14th Army, Philippines
  • Shinpei Fukei: General Officer Commanding 102nd Division, Philippines and General Officer Commanding 102nd Division, Philippines
  • Jiro Harada: General Officer Commanding 10th Division and General Officer Commanding 100th Division, Philippines
  • Yoshihide Hayashi: Director-General of Military Administration Philippines

[edit] Commanders of Army Air Force, during Philippines Campaign

  • Kioji Tominaga:- Fourth Air Army Commander; arrived Manila--engaged in Philippines Campaign

[edit] Commanders of Japanese Army Airborne units, Philippines Campaign

  • Rikishi Tsukada:- Commanding General, 1st Airborne Raiding Group, moved to Luzon-participated in battle for Clark Field

[edit] Units in Philippines

  • 31st Special Base Unit (Manila)
  • 32nd Special Base Unit (Davao)
  • 33rd Special Base Unit (Cebu)
  • 18th Division (Leyte Island
  • 102d Division (Visayas)
  • 100th Division Davao (Mindanao)
  • 30th Division Cagayan (Mindanao)
  • 54th Independent Mixed Brigade Zamboanga (Mindanao)
  • 55th Independent Mixed Brigade (Jolo Island)
  • 4th Tank Regiment - Lieut. Colonel Kumagaya
  • 7th Tank Regiment - Colonel Sonoda
  • 7th Independent Tank Company - Captain Kono
  • 1st Independent Tank Company - Captain Uchida
  • 2nd Independent Tank Company - Captain Kurobe
  • Itoh SNLF Tank Company - Major Itoh
  • 2nd Tank Division - Lieut. General Iwanaka
  • 8th Independent Tank Company - 1st Lt. Matsumoto
  • 9th Independent Tank Company - 1st Lt. Nakajima
  • Iwashita Independent Tank Company - Captain Iwashita
  • Sumi Independent SP Gun Company - Captain Sumi
  • 3rd Tank Brigade - Brigadier General Shigemi
  • 6th Tank Regiment - Colonel Ida
  • 10th Tank Regiment - Colonel Harada
  • 4th Tank Brigade
  • 11th Tank Regiment

[edit] Air Squadrons in Philippines

  • Japanese Navy
    • First Air Fleet
    • Tainan Air Group
    • Takao Air Group
    • 204th Air Group
    • 1st Air Group

[edit] Organization of Japanese units in Singapore

[edit] Commander in Chief, Seventh Area Army

[edit] Deputy Chief of Staff, Singapore Units

  • Kitsuju Ayabe:- Deputy Chief of Staff, Southern Army (Singapore)

[edit] Officers attached to Seventh Area Army HQ

  • Kitsuju Ayabe:- assigned to Seventh Area Army Headquarters (Singapore)

[edit] Chief of Staff, Seventh Area Army

  • Kitsuju Ayabe:- Chief of Staff, Seventh Area Army, till end of War

[edit] Chiefs of Unit 9420, Singapore

  • Rioichi Naito:- founder of Oka Unit (Unit 9420)
  • Masataka Kitagawa:- Commander of Unit 9420

[edit] Commanders of regular Armies, Malay Peninsula

  • Twenty-ninth Army Commander, Teizo Ishiguro
  • 94th Division, Commander Teizo Ishiguro (HQ in Malay Peninsula)
  • Bin Kinoshita:Commander of Third Air Army was assigned to Singapore,where it controlled the 5th, 7th, and 9th Air Divisions, etc.
  • Major-General Arimina: Commandant Changi Jail, Singapore
  • Kitsuju Ayabe: Chief of Staff 7th Area Army, Singapore
  • Shinpei Fukei: Commandant Prisoner of War Camps, Singapore
  • Kenji Doihara : Commander in Chief 7th Area Army, Singapore
  • Masazumi Inada: Commanding Officer 3rd Shipping Transport Command, Singapore
  • Kiyotake Kawaguchi, command the Kawaguchi Expeditionary Detachment struck at British Borneo.
  • Utata Fukunaga : Commanding Officer 16th Field Transport Command, Malaya
  • Lieutenant-General Inoue: General Officer Commanding 94th Division, Malaya
  • Teizo Ishiguro Led the Twenty-ninth Army (with 94th Division, etc.): Malay Peninsula

[edit] Structures of Japanese forces in Penang Region

  • Masakichi Itami: Governor-General of Penang Region

[edit] Operative units in Malaya area

  • 1st Tank Regiment - Colonel Mukaida
  • 6th Tank Regiment - Colonel Kawamura
  • 14th Tank Regiment - Colonel Kita

[edit] Chiefs of Regular Armies, Singapore Campaign

  • Tomoyuki Yamashita:- Twenty-fifth Army Commander, (took Singapore, conquered Bataan and Corregidor)

[edit] Japanese Units in Singapore, Andaman and Malaya

  • 10th Special Base Unit (Singapore)
  • 12th Special Base Unit (Andaman)
  • 15th Base Unit (Penang)
  • Seventh Area Army (Singapore) - Kenji Doihara
  • Sixteenth Army
  • Twenty-fifth Army
  • Twenty-ninth Army

[edit] Japanese Army organization in Andaman/Nicobar Islands

  • Yoshisuke Inoue :Commanding Officer 35th Independent Mixed Brigade, Andaman Islands
  • Major-General Isoda :Japanese Liaison Officer to Indian National Army
  • Toshio Itsuki : Commanding Officer 36th Independent Mixed Brigade, Nicobar Islands
  • Hideo Iwakuro : Japanese Liaison Officer to Indian National Army

[edit] Japanese Air Force Commanders in Singapore

  • Bin Kinoshita:- Chief of Third Air Army (HQ in Singapore)

[edit] Air Units in Malaya, Singapore

  • Japanese Navy
    • Kanoya Air Group
    • Genzan Air Group
    • 22nd Koku Sentai

[edit] Organization of Burmese Army Detachment

[edit] Commanders-in-Chief, Burma Area Army

[edit] Chief of Staff, Burma Area Army

  • Shinichi Tanaka:- Chief of Staff, Burma Area Army

[edit] Commanders in regular Armies, Burma Area

  • Shinichi Tanaka:- 18th Division Commander (Burma)
  • Masakazu Kawabe led the (Burma Area Army)
  • Shozo Sakurai Commanded the Twenty-eighth Army
  • Kotoku Sato command the 31st Division
  • Yuzo Matsuyama 56th Division, commanded by Lieutenant General .
  • Masabumi Yamauchi led the 15th Division
  • Renya Mutaguchi, who had command of the Fifteenth Army
  • Hideo Iwakuro: Chief of Staff 55th Division, Burma and Chief of Staff 28th Army, Burma
  • Takeakira Isomura: Deputy Chief of Staff Burma Area Army, Burma
  • Haruki Isayama, : Chief of Staff 15th Army, Burma
  • Shojiro Iida: General Officer Commanding 15th Army, Thailand-Burma
  • Masaki Honda: General Officer Commanding 33rd Army, Burma
  • Jiro Ichida : Vice Chief of Staff Burma Area Army
  • Tuyoji Hirano,: Commanding Officer Kempeitai 25th Army, Sumatra
  • Toshiji Aida : Commanding Officer Infantry Group 18th Division, Burma
  • Iwaichi Fujiwara: Chief of Intelligence 15th Army, Burma
  • Tadashi Hanaya: General Officer Commanding 55th Division, Burma
  • Yoshihide Hayashi: Commanding Officer 24th Independent Mixed Brigade, Burma and General Officer Commanding 53rd Division, Burma

[edit] Operative units in Burma

  • 1st Company/2nd Tank Regiment - First Lieut. Okada
  • 14th Tank Regiment - Lieut.Colonel Ueda

[edit] Air Units in Burma

  • Japanese Army units:
    • 81th Sentai
  • Japanese Navy units
    • Kanoya Air Group
    • Yamada Air Group
    • Toko Air Group
    • Seaplane tender Sagara Maru
    • 22nd Koku Sentai

[edit] Japanese Units in Thailand

[edit] Eighteenth Area Army Commander

  • Akito Nakamura:- Eighteenth Area Army Commander
  • Shihachi Katamura:- Fifteenth Army Commander
  • Shihachi Katamura: Command the Fifteenth Army
  • Akito Nakamura: Led The Eighteenth Area Army,was stationed in Thailand
  • Masachika Hirata: General Officer Commanding 22nd Division, Thailand
  • Tadashi Hanaya: Chief of Staff 18th Area Army, Thailand
  • Shojiro Iida: General Officer Commanding 15th Army, Thailand
  • Katsumi Adachi: General Officer Commanding 4th Special Railway Corps, Thailand
  • Hitoshi Hamada: Chief of Staff 39th Army, Thailand,: Deputy Chief of Staff 18th Area Army, Thailand and: Second Superintendent of Railways, Thailand

[edit] Conformation of Japanese forces in Dutch Indies

[edit] Commanders in Japanese forces detachment, Dutch Indies

  • Kenzo Kitano:- Nineteenth Army Commander (Headquarters: Amboina)
  • Yuichiro Nagano:- Commander Sixteenth Army and 48th Division (Headquarters: Java)
  • Moritake Tanabe:- Twenty-fifth Army and the Imperial Guard Division unit (Headquarters: Sumatra)
  • Fusataro Teshima:- Second Army Commander with leading of 5th, 32nd, 35th, and 36th Divisions comprised the heart of this army.

[edit] Commanders in Regular Armies, Dutch Indies Campaign

  • Kiyotake Kawaguchi:- Brigade Commander, 35th Infantry Brigade (MajGen), after outbreak of Pacific war, participated in Borneo invasion.
  • Shizuo Sakaguchi Commanded the Sakaguchi Detachment and built around three infantry battalions detached in the eastern coast of Borneo
  • Moritake Tanabe Commanding Twenty-fifth Army(with the Imperial Guard Division, etc.)Sumatra area.
  • Yuichiro Nagano Commander of Sixteenth Army (with 48th Division, etc.): Java area
  • Hitoshi Imamura: General Officer Commanding 16th Army, Dutch East Indies
  • Major-General Akashi : Commanding Officer 56th Independent Mixed Brigade, Borneo
  • Masao Baba General Officer Commanding 4th Division, Sumatra and General Officer Commanding 37th Army, Borneo
  • Shinichi Endo: Commanding Officer 57th Independent Mixed Brigade, Celebes
  • Kumachiki Hada :Commanding 16th Army, Java
  • Major-General Ishiri Commander in Moluccas Area
  • Takeo Ito, : Commanding Officer Ito Detachment, Timor
  • Shigeo Iwabe,Commanding Officer 28th Independent Mixed Brigade, Java
  • Jo Iimura:Commander in Chief 2nd Area Army, Celebes

[edit] Units in Dutch Indies

  • 21st Special Base Unit (Surabaya)
  • 22nd Special Base Unit (Balikpapan)
  • 23rd Special Base Unit (Makassar)
  • 25th Special Base Unit (Ambon)
  • Second Area Army (in the Celebes)
  • Thirty-seventh Army (in South Borneo) - Masao Baba
  • 4th Tank Regiment - Lieut.Colonel Kumagaya
  • 2nd Tank Regiment - Colonel Mori

[edit] Units in Halmahera island (Dutch Indies)

  • Imperial Army detachment
    • 32nd Division-Lieutenant-General Yoshiho Ishii
    • 128th Independent Mixed Brigade
  • Imperial Navy detachment
    • 26th Special Base Force - Vice-Admiral Shinichi Ichinose. (It was disbanded in the late World War II)

[edit] Japanese Air Units in Dutch Indies

  • Japanese Navy
    • Genzan Air Group
    • Tainan Air Group
    • 934th Air Fleet
    • 36th Air Fleet
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