Table 6.

Head of section level and above in the central navy.

Navy Ministry
February 1913January 1920
Navy ministerSaitō MakotoKatō Tomosaburō
Vice ministerTakarabe AkiraTochinai Sojirō
Chief, Bureau of Naval AffairsNomaguchi KaneoIde Kenji
 Head of the First SectionHyakutake SaburōYamanashi Katsunoshin
 Head of the Second SectionKomaki Shizen
Chief, Personnel BureauYamaya TaninTaniguchi Naomi
 Head of the First SectionMukai YaichiTosu Tamaki
 Head of the Second SectionUemura Nobuo
 Head of the Third SectionMaruo Tsuyoshi
Chief, Bureau of TrainingYoshimatsu ShigetarōArima Ryōkitsu
 Head of the First Section
 Head of the Second Section
February 1926July 1932
Navy ministerTakarabe AkiraOkada Keisuke
Vice ministerŌsumi MineoFujita Hisanori
Chief, Bureau of Naval AffairsKobayashi SeizōTerashima Ken
 Head of the First SectionYoshida ZengoSawamoto Yorio
 Head of the Second SectionSakano TsuneyoshiHara Kiyoshi
Chief, Personnel BureauSakonji SeizōAnno Kiyoshi
 Head of the First SectionIdemitsu ManbeiShimizu Mitsumi
 Head of the Second SectionHamada KichijirōOku Nobukazu
 Head of the Third Section
Chief, Bureau of TrainingNomura KichisaburōGotō Akira
 Head of the First SectionKikui NobuyoshiKatagiri Eikichi
 Head of the Second SectionTōrin IwajirōMiyata Giichi
Navy General Staff
February 1913January 1920
Chief of the General StaffIjūin GorōShimamura Hayao
Vice Chief of the General StaffFujii KōichiTakeshita Isamu
Chief, First DepartmentAkiyama SaneyukiAbo Kiyokazu
 Head of the First SectionSuetsugu Nobumasa
 Head of the Second SectionKomatsu Naomoto
Chief, Second DepartmentYamaji KazuyoshiNakazato Shigeji
 Head of the Third SectionYoshitake Sadasuke
 Head of the Fourth SectionKanna Kenwa
Chief, Third DepartmentTaniguchi NaomiTanaka Kōtarō
 Head of the Fifth SectionIde Mitsuteru
 Head of the Sixth Section
Chief, Fourth DepartmentSatō Tetsutarō
February 1926July 1932
Chief of the General StaffSuzuki KantarōFushiminomiya
Vice Chief of the General StaffSaitō ShichigorōTakahashi Sankichi
Chief, First DepartmentHara KanjirōOikawa Koshirō
 Head of the First SectionOikawa KoshirōKondō Nobutake
 Head of the Second SectionSuzuki GiichiNagumo Chūichi
Chief, Second DepartmentTakahashi SankichiToyota Soemu
 Head of the Third SectionIchikizaki KeiichiYamaguchi Minoru
 Head of the Fourth SectionKawano TōgoTakahashi Hideo
Chief, Third DepartmentNakamura RyōzōShimada Shigetarō
 Head of the Fifth SectionHirota MinoruMaeda Masaichi
 Head of the Sixth SectionArima YutakaSatō Osamu
Chief, Fourth Department
Navy Ministry
February 1913January 1920
Navy ministerSaitō MakotoKatō Tomosaburō
Vice ministerTakarabe AkiraTochinai Sojirō
Chief, Bureau of Naval AffairsNomaguchi KaneoIde Kenji
 Head of the First SectionHyakutake SaburōYamanashi Katsunoshin
 Head of the Second SectionKomaki Shizen
Chief, Personnel BureauYamaya TaninTaniguchi Naomi
 Head of the First SectionMukai YaichiTosu Tamaki
 Head of the Second SectionUemura Nobuo
 Head of the Third SectionMaruo Tsuyoshi
Chief, Bureau of TrainingYoshimatsu ShigetarōArima Ryōkitsu
 Head of the First Section
 Head of the Second Section
February 1926July 1932
Navy ministerTakarabe AkiraOkada Keisuke
Vice ministerŌsumi MineoFujita Hisanori
Chief, Bureau of Naval AffairsKobayashi SeizōTerashima Ken
 Head of the First SectionYoshida ZengoSawamoto Yorio
 Head of the Second SectionSakano TsuneyoshiHara Kiyoshi
Chief, Personnel BureauSakonji SeizōAnno Kiyoshi
 Head of the First SectionIdemitsu ManbeiShimizu Mitsumi
 Head of the Second SectionHamada KichijirōOku Nobukazu
 Head of the Third Section
Chief, Bureau of TrainingNomura KichisaburōGotō Akira
 Head of the First SectionKikui NobuyoshiKatagiri Eikichi
 Head of the Second SectionTōrin IwajirōMiyata Giichi
Navy General Staff
February 1913January 1920
Chief of the General StaffIjūin GorōShimamura Hayao
Vice Chief of the General StaffFujii KōichiTakeshita Isamu
Chief, First DepartmentAkiyama SaneyukiAbo Kiyokazu
 Head of the First SectionSuetsugu Nobumasa
 Head of the Second SectionKomatsu Naomoto
Chief, Second DepartmentYamaji KazuyoshiNakazato Shigeji
 Head of the Third SectionYoshitake Sadasuke
 Head of the Fourth SectionKanna Kenwa
Chief, Third DepartmentTaniguchi NaomiTanaka Kōtarō
 Head of the Fifth SectionIde Mitsuteru
 Head of the Sixth Section
Chief, Fourth DepartmentSatō Tetsutarō
February 1926July 1932
Chief of the General StaffSuzuki KantarōFushiminomiya
Vice Chief of the General StaffSaitō ShichigorōTakahashi Sankichi
Chief, First DepartmentHara KanjirōOikawa Koshirō
 Head of the First SectionOikawa KoshirōKondō Nobutake
 Head of the Second SectionSuzuki GiichiNagumo Chūichi
Chief, Second DepartmentTakahashi SankichiToyota Soemu
 Head of the Third SectionIchikizaki KeiichiYamaguchi Minoru
 Head of the Fourth SectionKawano TōgoTakahashi Hideo
Chief, Third DepartmentNakamura RyōzōShimada Shigetarō
 Head of the Fifth SectionHirota MinoruMaeda Masaichi
 Head of the Sixth SectionArima YutakaSatō Osamu
Chief, Fourth Department

Boldface represents the valedictorian of the Naval Academy.

★ indicates Naval War College graduates; ☆ specifically identifies the valedictorians.

Source: Hata (2005); Kaigun Giseikai (2003).

Table 6.

Head of section level and above in the central navy.

Navy Ministry
February 1913January 1920
Navy ministerSaitō MakotoKatō Tomosaburō
Vice ministerTakarabe AkiraTochinai Sojirō
Chief, Bureau of Naval AffairsNomaguchi KaneoIde Kenji
 Head of the First SectionHyakutake SaburōYamanashi Katsunoshin
 Head of the Second SectionKomaki Shizen
Chief, Personnel BureauYamaya TaninTaniguchi Naomi
 Head of the First SectionMukai YaichiTosu Tamaki
 Head of the Second SectionUemura Nobuo
 Head of the Third SectionMaruo Tsuyoshi
Chief, Bureau of TrainingYoshimatsu ShigetarōArima Ryōkitsu
 Head of the First Section
 Head of the Second Section
February 1926July 1932
Navy ministerTakarabe AkiraOkada Keisuke
Vice ministerŌsumi MineoFujita Hisanori
Chief, Bureau of Naval AffairsKobayashi SeizōTerashima Ken
 Head of the First SectionYoshida ZengoSawamoto Yorio
 Head of the Second SectionSakano TsuneyoshiHara Kiyoshi
Chief, Personnel BureauSakonji SeizōAnno Kiyoshi
 Head of the First SectionIdemitsu ManbeiShimizu Mitsumi
 Head of the Second SectionHamada KichijirōOku Nobukazu
 Head of the Third Section
Chief, Bureau of TrainingNomura KichisaburōGotō Akira
 Head of the First SectionKikui NobuyoshiKatagiri Eikichi
 Head of the Second SectionTōrin IwajirōMiyata Giichi
Navy General Staff
February 1913January 1920
Chief of the General StaffIjūin GorōShimamura Hayao
Vice Chief of the General StaffFujii KōichiTakeshita Isamu
Chief, First DepartmentAkiyama SaneyukiAbo Kiyokazu
 Head of the First SectionSuetsugu Nobumasa
 Head of the Second SectionKomatsu Naomoto
Chief, Second DepartmentYamaji KazuyoshiNakazato Shigeji
 Head of the Third SectionYoshitake Sadasuke
 Head of the Fourth SectionKanna Kenwa
Chief, Third DepartmentTaniguchi NaomiTanaka Kōtarō
 Head of the Fifth SectionIde Mitsuteru
 Head of the Sixth Section
Chief, Fourth DepartmentSatō Tetsutarō
February 1926July 1932
Chief of the General StaffSuzuki KantarōFushiminomiya
Vice Chief of the General StaffSaitō ShichigorōTakahashi Sankichi
Chief, First DepartmentHara KanjirōOikawa Koshirō
 Head of the First SectionOikawa KoshirōKondō Nobutake
 Head of the Second SectionSuzuki GiichiNagumo Chūichi
Chief, Second DepartmentTakahashi SankichiToyota Soemu
 Head of the Third SectionIchikizaki KeiichiYamaguchi Minoru
 Head of the Fourth SectionKawano TōgoTakahashi Hideo
Chief, Third DepartmentNakamura RyōzōShimada Shigetarō
 Head of the Fifth SectionHirota MinoruMaeda Masaichi
 Head of the Sixth SectionArima YutakaSatō Osamu
Chief, Fourth Department
Navy Ministry
February 1913January 1920
Navy ministerSaitō MakotoKatō Tomosaburō
Vice ministerTakarabe AkiraTochinai Sojirō
Chief, Bureau of Naval AffairsNomaguchi KaneoIde Kenji
 Head of the First SectionHyakutake SaburōYamanashi Katsunoshin
 Head of the Second SectionKomaki Shizen
Chief, Personnel BureauYamaya TaninTaniguchi Naomi
 Head of the First SectionMukai YaichiTosu Tamaki
 Head of the Second SectionUemura Nobuo
 Head of the Third SectionMaruo Tsuyoshi
Chief, Bureau of TrainingYoshimatsu ShigetarōArima Ryōkitsu
 Head of the First Section
 Head of the Second Section
February 1926July 1932
Navy ministerTakarabe AkiraOkada Keisuke
Vice ministerŌsumi MineoFujita Hisanori
Chief, Bureau of Naval AffairsKobayashi SeizōTerashima Ken
 Head of the First SectionYoshida ZengoSawamoto Yorio
 Head of the Second SectionSakano TsuneyoshiHara Kiyoshi
Chief, Personnel BureauSakonji SeizōAnno Kiyoshi
 Head of the First SectionIdemitsu ManbeiShimizu Mitsumi
 Head of the Second SectionHamada KichijirōOku Nobukazu
 Head of the Third Section
Chief, Bureau of TrainingNomura KichisaburōGotō Akira
 Head of the First SectionKikui NobuyoshiKatagiri Eikichi
 Head of the Second SectionTōrin IwajirōMiyata Giichi
Navy General Staff
February 1913January 1920
Chief of the General StaffIjūin GorōShimamura Hayao
Vice Chief of the General StaffFujii KōichiTakeshita Isamu
Chief, First DepartmentAkiyama SaneyukiAbo Kiyokazu
 Head of the First SectionSuetsugu Nobumasa
 Head of the Second SectionKomatsu Naomoto
Chief, Second DepartmentYamaji KazuyoshiNakazato Shigeji
 Head of the Third SectionYoshitake Sadasuke
 Head of the Fourth SectionKanna Kenwa
Chief, Third DepartmentTaniguchi NaomiTanaka Kōtarō
 Head of the Fifth SectionIde Mitsuteru
 Head of the Sixth Section
Chief, Fourth DepartmentSatō Tetsutarō
February 1926July 1932
Chief of the General StaffSuzuki KantarōFushiminomiya
Vice Chief of the General StaffSaitō ShichigorōTakahashi Sankichi
Chief, First DepartmentHara KanjirōOikawa Koshirō
 Head of the First SectionOikawa KoshirōKondō Nobutake
 Head of the Second SectionSuzuki GiichiNagumo Chūichi
Chief, Second DepartmentTakahashi SankichiToyota Soemu
 Head of the Third SectionIchikizaki KeiichiYamaguchi Minoru
 Head of the Fourth SectionKawano TōgoTakahashi Hideo
Chief, Third DepartmentNakamura RyōzōShimada Shigetarō
 Head of the Fifth SectionHirota MinoruMaeda Masaichi
 Head of the Sixth SectionArima YutakaSatō Osamu
Chief, Fourth Department

Boldface represents the valedictorian of the Naval Academy.

★ indicates Naval War College graduates; ☆ specifically identifies the valedictorians.

Source: Hata (2005); Kaigun Giseikai (2003).

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