Northern District Army (Japan)

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The Northern District Army of the Imperial Japanese Army, during World War II, was the military command responsible for the defense of northern Honshū, Hokkaidō and the Kuril Islands, in Japan.

Commanders

Kiichiro Higuchi: Commanding General, Northern District Army; Commanding General, Fifth Area Army, with Headquarters in Sapporo, Hokkaidō

  • Shozo Terakura: commander of Twenty-Seventh Army (Kurils). The Twenty-Seventh Army was comprised of the 42nd Division and the 91st Division
  • Juichiro Mineki: Commander of 88th Division, Toyohara, Karafuto
  • Fusai Tsutsumi: Commander, 91st Division HQ, Shumushu, Kuril Islands
  • Toyojiro Inamura: Commanding Officer Karafuto Mixed Brigade
  • Iwao Sugino: Chief, 73rd Infantry Brigade, Shumushu, Kuril Islands
  • Seiji Sato: Chief, 74th Infantry Brigade, Shumushu, Kuril Islands
  • Sueo Ikeda: Commander, 11th Tank Regiment and 4th Tank Company, Shumushu, Kuril Islands
  • Colonel Ueda: Chief, 41st Mixed Brigade, Matsuwa, Kuril Islands
  • Major Col. Niho: Commander, 129th Independent Mixed Brigade, Uruppu, Kuril Islands
  • Lieutenant Col. Ogawa: Chief, 89th Brigade HQ, Etorofu, Kuril Islands


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