List of graduates of the Japanese Imperial Military Academies
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This is a select list of graduates from the Japanese Imperial Military Academies (1891–1934). It is not complete.
[edit] Graduates from the Imperial Japanese Army Academy (Military Academy)
[edit] 1891 Class
- Kazushige Ugaki:- graduated from Military Academy, 1891
[edit] 1897 Class
- Sadao Araki:- graduated from Military Academy, November 1897
- Jinsaburo Mazaki:- graduated from Military Academy, November 1897
[edit] 1904 Class
- Tetsuzan Nagata:- graduated from Military Academy, October 1904
[edit] 1905 Class
- Michitarō Komatsubara:- graduated from Military Academy, 1905
[edit] 1906 Class
- Hiroshi Ōshima:- graduated from Military Academy, 1906
[edit] 1908 Class
- Naruhiko Higashikuni:- graduated from Military Academy, 1908
[edit] 1912 Class
- Torashirō Kawabe:- graduated from Military Academy, May 1912
[edit] 1915 Class
- Kitsuju Ayabe:- graduated from Military Academy, May 1915
[edit] 1921 Class
- Akira Mutō:- assigned to Military Academy, April 1921
[edit] 1921 Class
- Takushiro Hattori:- graduated from Military Academy, July 1922
[edit] 1923 class
[edit] Graduates from the Japanese Army War College
The following were notable graduates of the Army War College:
[edit] 1903 Class
- Hisaichi Terauchi:- graduated from War College, December 1903
[edit] 1909 Class
- Otozō Yamada:- entered War College, December 1909;
[edit] 1910 Class
- Toshizō Nishio:- graduated from War College, assigned to Military Affairs Bureau, November 1910
- Koiso Kuniaki:- graduated from War College, November 1910
- Gen Sugiyama:- graduated from War College, November 1910
- Shunroku Hata:- graduated from War College "with top scholarly rank", November 1910
[edit] 1911 Class
- Yoshijirō Umezu:- graduated from War College, November 1911
- Tetsuzan Nagata:- graduated from War College, November 1911
[edit] 1912 Class
- Kenji Doihara:- graduated from War College, November 1912
[edit] 1913 Class
- Yasuji Okamura:- graduated from War College, November 1913
[edit] 1914 Class
- Rikichi Andō:- graduated from War College, December 1914
- Keisuke Fujie:- graduated from War College, November 1914
- Naruhiko Higashikuni:- graduated from War College, 1914
[edit] 1915 Class
- Hiroshi Ōshima:- graduated from War College, 1915
- Hideki Tōjō:- graduated from War College, December 1915
- Masaharu Homma:- graduated from War College, December 1915
- Shōjirō Iida:- graduated from War College, December 1915
- Hitoshi Imamura:- graduated from War College, December 1915
- Masakazu Kawabe:- graduated from War College, 1915
[edit] 1916 Class
- Seishirō Itagaki:- graduated from War College, November 1916
- Tomoyuki Yamashita:- graduated from War College, November 1916
- Shizuichi Tanaka:- graduated from War College, 1916
- Shigenori Kuroda:- graduated from War College, November 1916
- Heitarō Kimura:- graduated from War College, November 1916
[edit] 1917 Class
- Renya Mutaguchi:- graduated from War College, November 1917
- Jun Ushiroku:- graduated from War College, November 1917
- Teiichi Suzuki:- graduated from War College, November 1917
- Kenryo Sato (Chief, Military Affairs Section, War Ministry; Chief, Military Affairs Bureau, same Ministry)[citation needed]
- Seizo Arisue (Chief,Second Bureau-Intelligence, Army General Staff)[citation needed]
- Tan Nukata (Chief, Third Bureau—Logistics, Army General Staff; Chief, General Affairs Bureau, do;Chief, Personnel Bureau, War Ministry)[citation needed]
- Goro Isoya (Chief, Third Bureau-Logistics, Army General Staff)[citation needed]
[edit] 1918 Class
- Korechika Anami:- graduated from War College, November 1918
- Kiichiro Higuchi:- graduated from War College, November 1918
- Kanji Ishiwara:- graduated from War College, November 1918
[edit] 1919 Class
- Hideyoshi Obata:- graduated from War College, December 1919
- Sōsaku Suzuki:- graduated from War College, November 1919
[edit] 1920 Class
- Hidemitsu Nakano:- graduated from War College, November 1920
- Kingoro Hashimoto:- graduated from War College, 1920
- Akira Mutō:- graduated from War College, November 1920
[edit] 1921 Class
- Torashirō Kawabe:- graduated from war College, November 1921
- Harukichi Hyakutake:- graduated from War College, December 1921
[edit] 1922 Class
- Kiyotake Kawaguchi:- graduated from War College, November 1922
- Hatazō Adachi:- graduated from War College, November 1922
- Takushiro Hattori (Chief,Second Section operations, Army General Staff)
- Susumu Nishiura (Chief, Army Affairs Section, War Ministry)[citation needed]
- Akiho Ishii (Chief, Military Affairs Section, War Ministry)[citation needed]
[edit] 1923 Class
- Tadamichi Kuribayashi:- graduated from War College, November 1923
- Hong Sa-ik:- graduated from War College, 1923
- Okitsugu Arao (Koko)(Chief, Shipping Section, Army General Staff; senior Staff Officer, Army Affairs Section, War Ministry; and Chief, Third Section—Organization and Mobilization, Army General Staff)
- Hiroo Sato (Chief, War Materiel Section, War Ministry; and an officer who, like Col Arao, had the confidence of War Minister Anami)[citation needed]
- Yozo Miyama (Chief, Third Section-Organization and Mobilization, Army General Staffs post which he held before the author assumed it; and Senior Adjutant, War Ministry)[citation needed]
- Makoto Matsutani (Chief, 20th Group-War Coordination, Army General Staff; Military Secretary to Prime Minister Suzuki)[citation needed]
[edit] 1925 Class
- Shizuo Yokoyama:- graduated from War College, November 1925
[edit] 1927 Class
- Takeshi Mori:- graduated from War College, December 1927
[edit] 1929
- Hiromichi Yahara. Returned as an instructor 1937-1940.
[edit] 1930 Class
- Takushiro Hattori:- graduated from War College, November 1930
- Masutaro Nakai:- graduated from War College, December 1930
[edit] 1931 Class
- Masanobu Tsuji:- graduated from War College, 1931
[edit] Graduates in Military Overseas Studies
- Shunroku Hata:- Military Student, Germany, March 1912
- Hisaichi Terauchi:- Military Student, Germany, February 1913
- Yoshijirō Umezu:- Military Student, Germany, April 1913
- Masaharu Homma:- Military Student, England, August 1918 (and served as observer with British forces in France)
- Hitoshi Imamura:- Military Student, England, April 1918; Assistant Military Attaché, England, October 1918
- Naruhiko Higashikuni:- Resident Officer, France, studying military tactics, April 1920
- Tomoyuki Yamashita:- Military Student. Germany, July 1921;
- Hideyoshi Obata:- Military Student, England, April 1923; Major, March 1926
- Minoru Sasaki:- Military Student, U.S.S.R., September 1927; same for Poland and U.S.S.R., August 1928;
- Torashirō Kawabe:- Resident Officer, Riga,Latvia (studying Soviet military affairs), January 1926-September 1928
[edit] Students in Army Cavalry School
- Kitsuju Ayabe:- Army Cavalry School (Equitation Student), October 1917
[edit] Graduates from Artillery and Engineering School
- Takeo Yasuda:- graduated from Artillery and Engineering School, July 1916
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- Kantarō Suzuki:- graduated from Naval Academy, 1887
- Mitsumasa Yonai:- graduated from Naval Academy, 1901
- Shigetarō Shimada:- graduated from Naval Academy. November 1904
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- Kantarō Suzuki:- graduated from Naval War College, 1898
- Shigetarō Shimada:- Naval War College (Class "A" Student), December 1913
- Mitsumasa Yonai:- graduated from Naval war College, 1913