Toshinari Shōji

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Toshinari Shōji

Toshinari (Toshishige) Shōji
Place of birth	Sendai, Miyagi Prefecture, Japan
Allegiance	Empire of Japan
Service/branch	Imperial Japanese Army
Rank	Major General
Commands held	230th Infantry Regiment
Battles/wars	World War II Netherlands East Indies campaign Guadalcanal campaign

In this Japanese name, the family name is Shōji.

Toshinari Shōji, also known as Toshishige Shōji (東海林俊成, Shōji Toshinari/Toshishige^?) was a Major General and a commander in the Imperial Japanese Army during the Pacific campaign in World War II. Beginning in 1941, he commanded the 230th Infantry Regiment, sometimes called the Shōji Detachment. From February through March 1942, he and his unit participated in the invasion of Java as part of the Netherlands East Indies campaign. In October 1942, he and his regiment were deployed to Guadalcanal as part of the strategically significant Guadalcanal Campaign. After participating to a minor degree in the Battle for Henderson Field, Shōji's regiment took heavy losses in the Koli Point action. Surviving the eventual Japanese defeat in the campaign and withdrawal from Guadalcanal, Shōji later commanded the army's Sendai District in Japan in 1945.

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Fuller, Richard (1992). Shokan: Hirohito's Samurai. New York: Arms and Armour Press. ISBN 1-85409-151-4.
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Rottman, Gordon L.; Dr. Duncan Anderson (consultant editor) (2005). Japanese Army in World War II: The South Pacific and New Guinea, 1942-43. Oxford and New York: Osprey. ISBN 1-84176-870-7.

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