Combined Fleet - Commanders of The IJN Combined Fleet

Commanders of The IJN Combined Fleet

Commander in chief

Rank Name From To
1 Vice Admiral Itoh Sukeyuki 18 July 1894 11 May 1895
2 Vice Admiral Arichi Shinanojo 11 May 1895 16 November 1895
3 Vice Admiral Togo Heihachiro 28 December 1903 20 December 1905
4 Vice Admiral Ijuin Goro 8 October 1908 20 November 1908
5 Vice Admiral Motaro Yoshimatsu 1 November 1915 13 December 1915
6 Vice Admiral Motaro Yoshimatsu 1 September 1916 14 October 1916
7 Admiral Motaro Yoshimatsu 1 October 1917 22 October 1917
8 Admiral Yamashita Gentaro 1 September 1918 15 October 1918
9 Admiral Yamashita Gentaro 1 June 1919 28 October 1918
10 Admiral Yamaya Tanin 1 May 1920 24 August 1920
11 Admiral Tochinai Sojiro 24 August 1920 31 October 1920
12 Admiral Tochinai Sojiro 1 May 1921 31 October 1921
13 Vice Admiral Takeshita Isamu 1 December 1922 27 January 1924
14 Admiral Suzuki Kantaro 27 January 1924 1 December 1924
15 Admiral Okada Keisuke 1 December 1924 10 December 1926
16 Vice Admiral Hiroharu Kato 10 December 1926 10 December 1928
17 Admiral Naomi Taniguchi 10 December 1928 11 November 1929
18 Vice Admiral Eisuke Yamamoto 11 November 1929 1 December 1931
19 Vice Admiral Seizo Kobayashi 1 December 1931 15 November 1933
20 Vice Admiral Nobumasa Suetsugu 15 November 1933 15 November 1934
21 Vice Admiral Sankichi Takahashi 15 November 1934 1 December 1936
22 Vice Admiral Mitsumasa Yonai 1 December 1936 2 February 1937
23 Admiral Osami Nagano 2 February 1937 1 December 1937
24 Vice Admiral Zengo Yoshida 1 December 1937 30 August 1939
25 Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto 30 August 1939 18 April 1943
26 Admiral Mineichi Koga 21 May 1943 31 March 1944
27 Admiral Soemu Toyoda 3 May 1944 29 May 1945
28 Vice Admiral Jisaburo Ozawa 29 May 1945 10 October 1945

Chief of staff

Rank Name From To
1 Captain Samejima Kazunori 19 July 1894 17 December 1894
2 Captain Dewa Shigeto 17 December 1894 25 July 1895
3 Captain Kamimura Hikonojo 25 July 1895 16 November 1895
4 Captain Shimamura Hayao 28 December 1903 12 January 1905
5 Rear Admiral Kato Tomosaburo 12 January 1905 20 December 1905
6 Rear Admiral Fujii Koichi 20 December 1905 22 November 1906
7 Captain Yamashita Gentaro 22 November 1906 10 December 1908
8 Captain Takarabe Takeshi 10 December 1908 1 December 1909
9 Rear Admiral Nomaguchi Kaneo 1 December 1909 11 March 1911
10 Captain Akiyama Saneyuki 11 March 1911 24 May 1912
11 Captain Isamu Takeshita 1 December 1912 24 May 1913
X X Vacant 23 May 1913 1 December 1913
12 Rear Admiral Satō Tetsutarō 1 December 1913 17 April 1914
13 Captain Kazuyoshi Yamaji 17 April 1914 1 December 1914
14 Rear Admiral Shibakichi Yamanaka 1 December 1914 13 December 1915
15 Rear Admiral Saburo Horiuchi 13 December 1915 1 December 1917
16 Rear Admiral Hanroku Saito 1 December 1917 1 December 1918
17 Rear Admiral Kajishiro Funakoshi 1 December 1918 1 December 1919
18 Rear Admiral Hansaku Yoshioka 1 December 1919 1 December 1921
19 Rear Admiral Kumazo Shirane 1 December 1921 1 December 1923
20 Rear Admiral Bekinari Kabayama 1 December 1923 10 November 1924
21 Captain Kanjiro Hara 10 November 1924 1 December 1925
22 Rear Admiral Naotaro Ominato 1 December 1925 1 November 1926
23 Rear Admiral Sankichi Takahashi 1 November 1926 1 December 1927
24 Rear Admiral Eijiro Hamano 1 December 1927 10 December 1928
25 Rear Admiral Ken Terajima 10 December 1928 30 October 1929
26 Rear Admiral Koichi Shiozawa 30 October 1929 1 December 1930
27 Rear Admiral Shigetarō Shimada 1 December 1930 1 December 1931
28 Rear Admiral Zengo Yoshida 1 December 1931 15 September 1933
29 Rear Admiral Soemu Toyoda 15 September 1933 15 March 1935
30 Rear Admiral Nobutake Kondō 15 March 1935 15 November 1935
31 Rear Admiral Naokuni Nomura 15 November 1935 16 November 1936
32 Rear Admiral Yasutaro Iwashita 16 November 1936 18 February 1937
33 Rear Admiral Jisaburo Ozawa 18 February 1937 15 November 1937
34 Rear Admiral Ibo Takahashi 15 November 1937 5 November 1939
35 Captain Shigeru Fukudome 5 November 1939 10 April 1941
36 Rear Admiral Seiichi Ito 10 April 1941 11 August 1941
37 Rear Admiral Matome Ugaki 11 August 1941 22 May 1943
38 Vice Admiral Shigeru Fukudome 22 May 1943 6 April 1944
39 Rear Admiral Ryunosuke Kusaka 6 April 1944 24 June 1945
40 Rear Admiral Shikazo Yano 24 June 1945 25 September 1945

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