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List of Japanese supporters of the World War II period

The following is a list of Japanese supporters of the World War II period. The list includes both military and civilian supporters(in Manchukuo, Mengchiang and the Wang Jingwei Government, and elsewhere) who were foreign supporters of the Empire of Japan in World War II. It includes some members of Japanese local establishments, and certain native helpers in these lands, and some foreign believers and defenders of the Japanese cause.

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Manchukuo and Kwantung

  • Aisin Goro Puyi (Kangde Emperor and head of state in Manchukuo)
  • Wan Rong (also Prince Su) (Father of Kangde wife)
  • Li Tieh-Yu (personal chauffeur of the Kangde Emperor)
  • Zheng Xiaoxu (Reformer and first Prime Minister in the nation)
  • Ling Sheng (nation founder, also Hsingan Province Governor)
  • Zhangjing Hui (political figure, Prime Minister until 1945)
  • Luo Zhenyu (Japanese supporter with local groups and local adviser of Kangde Emperor)
  • Jade Years (second concubine of Kangde Emperor)
  • Liu Fengzhi (member of the native administration)
  • Xi-Xia (Xi Qia) (minister in the Manchu administration)
  • Prince Pujie (second in Manchu lineage, possible replacement in the administration and heir of Manchukouan Throne)
  • Puren (parent of Puyi, also served in national armed forces)
  • Rong Qi (relative of the Kangde Emperor, also member of Imperial Manchu Chivalry between national armed forces)
  • Empress Wang Rong or Elizabeth (Manchu empress and first wife of Kangde Emperor)
  • Jade Lute (a concubine of Kangde Emperor)
  • Little Rui (near relative of Kangde Emperor)
  • Old Yuan (Manchu Ambassador in Japan)
  • Big Li (Puyi personal servant and housekeeper of Palace)
  • Ma Wang (commander of Manchu forces, he escaped to Siberia and fought against Japanese and Manchu forces)
  • Liut. Uta (first commander of Manchoukuan Air Force)
  • Hideki Tojo (First chief of Kempeitai in Manchukuo)
  • Tomoyuki Yamashita (the "Malaysian Tiger") (first Kwantung Army Commander in Manchukuo)
  • Kenjiro Hayashide (second secretary in the Japanese Embassy, civil Adviser, author of "Epochal voyage to Nippon", a publication edited by the Intelligence agency in General Affairs of State Council of Manchukuo)
  • Tadayuki Furume (Chairman and President of General Affairs of State Council of Manchukuo State)
  • Hiro Saga (Japanese wife of Kangde Emperor's brother, also an eyewitness of the local situation)
  • Tanaka Giichi (Japanese politician, supposed author of Tanaka Memorial, exposing Japanese expansionist theories)
  • Kanji Ishiwara (Japanese thinker, proposer of the Manchuria operation)
  • Kenji Doihara (the "Lawrence of Manchuria", implicated in the Manchukuo plan, a Japanese intelligence member)
  • Masaiko Amakazu (Japanese secret agent chief and leader of the Manchu film industry)
  • Seishiro Itagaki (Japanese Army intelligence, with relations with Manchukuo foundation)
  • Yasunori Yoshioka (Japanese aide/adviser of Kangde Emperor between 1931-1945)
  • Komoto Daisaku (Japanese Army Intelligence officer implicated in the Mukden Incident)
  • Major Giga (Japanese Army Intelligence officer. Accused of installing explosives in the railway explosions during the Mukden incident)
  • Hisao Watari (High ranking Japanese officer, also a member of Japanese Establishment in Manchukuo)
  • General Honjo (commander of the Kwantung Army, also follower of Sadao Araki ideology)
  • Senjuro Hayashi (Chief of Kwantung Army. Himself a follower of Sadao Araki's ideals )
  • Saburo Shimamura (a Kempeitai officer in Manchukuo)
  • N.Imoto (Kwantung Army Frontier Guard officer in service in Hiriyahari detachment HQ, not far short of frontier point N° 25 in the upper Usachi River, in front at Komissarsky, on Soviet Side, Manchu-Russian frontier)
  • Captain Ohki (Commander, Artillery Unit/15th Border Guard Unit in Kotou Fortress located near the Ussuri River on the Soviet-Manchurian border. It was the strongest fortress among eight Japanese fortresses in Manchuria with the 15th Border Guard Unit guarding it. The 15th Border Garrison Unit had a supporting artillery unit. They had the 41cm Howitzer; the "Kotou Cannon" was the largest gun of the IJA and Type 90 24cm Railway Gun, the "Futtsu Cannon" was the only railway gun of the IJA.)
  • Ilasebe Riei (Commander, 8th Border Guards unit)
  • Toranosuke Hashimoto (Japanese first priest in Shintoist central temple in Hsinking, also leading the Cultural Japanese entity in Manchukuo)
  • Yoshisuke Aikawa (important industrialist, with next of Japanese Army. He guided the Manchukuoan Zaibatsu Industry.)
  • Naoki Hoshino (Japanese Right-wing ideologist and Japanese Army follower who traced the political and economical lines for foundation of Manchukuo)
  • Konstantin Vladimirovich Rodzaevsky (White Russian anticommunist leader)
  • General Kislistin (another White Russian anti-communist chief)
  • General Vrashevsky (White Russian anti-bolshevik leader, also contact with local Manchu Jew Movement)
  • General Lushkov (NKVD defector from Japanese army intelligence service)
  • Abraham Kaufman (Manchu Jewish leader, founder of the Far Eastern Jewish Council and Betarim Jew Zionists Movement)
  • General Higuchi (Japanese Army contact with Manchu Jewish anticommunist movement)
  • Ishii Shiro (founder of 371 Unit in Manchukuo)
  • Wakamatsu Yujiro (commander of Unit 100 in Changchung)
  • Captain Kamata (commander of Kwantung Army Hane Air Unit. This unit provided one squadron for escort to Prince Takeda on his flight from Chosen to Hsinking)
  • Prince Takeda (certain noble Member and Chosen Army Officer, he led some Kamikaze air missions taking off from Seoul against Russian Tanks in Tongliao, Manchukuo in the last days of war. Hane Air Unit completed the escort mission for himself (4 planes in suicide plunge) against Red Army)
  • Amleto Vespa (Italian citizen, Benito Mussolini admirer, and foreign eyewitness, forced Local agent of Japanese and Manchu secret service)
  • Hatazo Adachi (served in Kwantung Army in charge of Military Railroad services and leading some units and as general commander)
  • Korechika Anami (Second Area Army Commander in Manchuria for certain period, 109th Division Commander(china), Eleventh Army Commander (Central China), Second Area Army Commander (Manchuria)to Southern Theater (western New Guinea and Halmahera area))
  • Okikatsu Arao (attached to Kwantung Army Hq Staff)
  • Kitsuju Ayabe (served in Kwantung Army how Staff officer, also led the Third Army in Manchukuo. Engaged in the Chahar area operation as Staff Officer in the same unit)
  • Keisuke Fujie (Kwantung Army military police Commander and General Affairs Bureau in such unit)
  • Takushiro Hattori (Staff officer, Kwantung Army Headquarters)
  • Haruyoshi Hyakutate (attached to Headquarters, Kwantung Army)
  • Hitoshi Imamura (Deputy Chief of Staff, Kwantung Army)
  • Kanji Ishihara (Staff Officer, Kwantung Army and Central China Expeditionary Army Headquarters)
  • Masatane Kanda (Officer, Chosen Army, attached to Kwantung Army Headquarters)
  • Torashiro Kawabe (Staff Officer Operations and Intelligence in Kwantung Army)
  • Seiichi Kita (Staff Officer, Kwantung Army. Later officer in Shanghai Expeditionary Army)
  • Jiro Minami (Commanding General, Chosen detachment, General-Governor in province, also later Kwantung Army and concurrently Ambassador to Manchukuo)
  • Takeshi Mori (Staff Officer, Kwantung Army)
  • Renya Mutaguchi (Commanding Officer, Beijing Garrison Infantry Unit, later assigned to Kwantung Army Headquarters)
  • Akira Muto (staff officer, Kwantung Army)
  • General Muraoka the Commander-in-Chief of the Kwantung Army, during "Railroad Plot" when [[Chang-Tso Lin was assassinated, Manchu Warlord and Japanese aider. Between direct agents in success stay Kwantung Army's colonels, three Chinese, and Major Giga - the latter accused of installing the explosive in the train)
  • Hidemitsu Nakano (Staff officer headquarters, Kwantung Army, also attached to South China Area Army)
  • Toshio Nishio (Chief of Staff, Kwantung Army. Later led all Imperial expeditionary forces and central Army in China)
  • Nobuyoshi Obata (Chief, Harbin Special Intelligence Agency, Kwantung Army, Chief of Staff in this unit and the Forty-fourth Army in Manchukuo)
  • Yasuji Okamura (adviser to Sun Chuang-fang, Chinese military Pro-Japanese leader, Deputy Chief of Staff, Kwantung Army, formally surrendered his forces to Chinese General Ho Ying-chin)
  • Takuma Shimoyama (Kwantung Army Headquarters-Adviser, Manchukuoan Military Administration Bureau, later Commanding General in Fifth Air Army, stationed Seoul, Chosen)
  • Sosaku Suzuki (Staff Officer, Kwantung Army, later Deputy Chief of Staff, China Expeditionary Army)
  • Shizuichi Tanaka (Commander, Kwantung Army Military Police Units later leading Imperial Army, Military Police Forces)
  • Kyoji Tominaga (Staff Officer, Kwantung Army, also Commandant, Kungchuling Army Tank School (Manchukuo) and Division Commander in same lands)
  • Masanobu Tsuji (Staff Officer (Operations), Kwantung Army)
  • Yoshijiro Umezu (Staff Commanding and Commander-in-Chief of Kwantung Army)
  • Jun Ushiroku (Kwantung Government-General, Staff Officer, Kwantung Army Hq, also Third Area Army Commander in Manchukuo)
  • Otozo Yamada (Division Commander (Tungning, Manchukuo), Commanding General, Third Army (Mutanchiang, Manchukuo); leading The Central China Expeditionary Army and Commander-in-Chief, Kwantung Army)
  • Isamu Yokoyama (Attached to Kwantung Army Headquarters)
  • Shizuo Yokoyama (officer member and Commander, Railway Sector Hq, Kwantung Army, later assigned to Kwantung Army General Headquarters Staff. Also Staff Member Chosen Army Headquarters)
  • Kingoro Hashimoto (Chief in Japanese Army Special Service Agency, Hailar, Hsingan Manchukuo for certain period)
  • Captain Hyakutake (1st Special Tank Company chief in Manchurian incident)
  • Colonel Tamada (Commander, 4th Tank Regiment)
  • Michitaro Komatsubara (commander-in-chief of 23d Infantry Division in Nomonhan operation)
  • Masaomi Yasuoka (Commander, Yasuoka Task Force)
  • Colonel Yoshimaru (chief of 3rd Tank Regiment)
  • Col. Ise (command 13th Field Artillery Regiment)
  • Major Gen. Hata (Commander, 3rd Field Heavy Artillery Brigade HQ)
  • Col. Mishima (Commander, 1st Field Heavy Artillery Regiment)
  • Col. Takatsukasa (commanding 7th Independent Field Heavy Artillery Regiment)
  • Lt. Col. Someya (leading Muling Heavy Artillery Regiment)
  • Col. Miyao (1st Independent Field Artillery Regiment chief)
  • Aoyagi Kinichiro (Commander, 5th Company, 2/28th Battalion)
  • Azuma Shoji (Acting Commander, 71st Infantry Regiment)
  • Azuma Yaozo (Commander, Reconnaissance Element, 23d Division)
  • Kajikawa Romiji (Commander, 2/28th Battalion)
  • Morita Tetsuji (Commander, 71st Infantry Regiment)
  • Muranaka Shoichi (Aide-de-camp, Commander, 2/28th Battalion)
  • Nagano Eizo (Commander, 71st Infantry Regiment)
  • Nakano Tomiz (Commander, 1st Platoon, 6th Company, 2/28th Bn)
  • Nishinome Shogoro (Commander, 2d Platoon, 6th Company, 2/28th Bn)
  • Ogisu Rippei (Commander, 6th Army)
  • Sadakaji Tetsuzo (Commander, Machine Can Company, 2/28th Bn)
  • Saito Kiyokichi (Commander, 7th Company, 2/28th Bn)
  • Sano Shoji (Commander, id Platoon, 5th Company, 2/28th Bn)
  • Sawada Tetsuro (Commander, Weapons Platoon, 5th Company, 2/28th Bn)
  • Sumi Shinichiro (Commander, 26th Infantry Regiment, Relieved)
  • Suzuki Katsushi (Commander, 3d Platoon, 7th Company, 2/28th Bn)
  • Tahara Tamotsu (Commander, 1st Platoon, 5th Company, 2/28th Bn)
  • Tokushima Masao (Commander, 2d Platoon, 7th Company, 2/28th Bn)
  • Tsuji Kiichi (Commander, 6th Company, 2/28th Bn)
  • Tsuji Masanobu (Staff Officer, Kwantung Army)
  • Ueda Kenachi (Commander, Kwantung Army)
  • Yamagata Takemitsu (Commander, 64th Infantry Regiment)
  • Peter Fleming (British citizen, foreign observer, for a time living in the land and writing of the successes)
  • Joseph Kaspe (Jewish local resident, owner of Modern Hotel, also victim of criminal action with Japanese Army support)
  • Trebitsch Lincoln (a Hungarian, with parapsychological knowledge. Part of the Mukden incident and a founder of Manchuokuo. Curiously he too was an active participant in March 1920, in the Kapp Putsch in Berlin, in quality of "Propaganda Minister", along Ludendorff, Hitler and Röhm. He was a Japanese servant and secret agent in 1931-32. Later stay new under Japanese service, but in China Incident and is supposed to have undertaken secret missions in Beijing and Tien-Tsin in 1937-38)

Alaska and North Pacific

  • Boshiro Hosogaya (commander of Japanese Navy expedition group to conquer Alaska, and war vessel support group in Alaskan operation)
  • Matsutoshi Hozumi (commander of Hokkai (North Seas) Detachment with orders to occupy the islands of Attu, Kiska, and Adak along the navy detachments)
  • Juichiro Mineki (new commander of mentioned unit under the name of Hokkai Garrison Unit, under the operational control of the Commander-in-Chief of the Fifth Fleet).
  • Kakuji Kakuda (leader of Carrier squadron group in the Alaskan operation)
  • Shiro Takazu (commander of supplementary support force in the operation, to impede the American reinforced Alaskan groups)
  • Sentaro Oomori (chief of Japanese Navy Attu occupation unit)
  • Takeji Ono (chief of Japanese Navy Kiska occupation unit)
  • Shigeaki Yamazaki (leader of Submarine detachment in the Alaskan operation)
  • Tadayuki Koga (fighter pilot aboard Japanese Navy Carrier Ryūjō, between forces in Alaskan Operation, June 1942. Mitsubishi A6M2s are severely damaged by fire from American Consolidated PBY "Catalina" during strike against Dutch Harbor, Unalaska island. This pilot, attempted to make an emergency landing on Akutan Island, but was killed in the attempt. Later the plane was recovered by US Navy unit for evaluation)
  • Yasugo Yamazaki (commander of last Japanese Navy infantry group in Attu Japanese held island)

Karafuto & Kuriles

  • Kiichiro Kumagai (first Karafuto General-Governor)
  • Toshio Otsu (last Karafuto General-Governor)
  • Kiichiro Higuchi (Commanding General, Northern District Army, Nemuro and Sapporo, Hokkaidō)
  • Iwao Sugino (led 73rd Infantry Brigade, Shumushu, Kuril islands)
  • Fusai Tsutsumi (Commander, 91st Division HQ, Shumushu, Kuril Islands)
  • Seiji Sato (Commander, 74th Infantry Brigade, Shumushu, Kuril Islands)
  • Sueo Ikeda (Commander, 11th Tank Regiment and 4th Tank Company, Shumushu, Kuril Islands)
  • Colonel Ueda (directed 41 Mixed Brigade, Matsuwa, Kuril Islands)
  • Major Col. Niho (guided 129th Independent Mix. Brigade, Uruppu, Kuril Islands)
  • Lieutenant Col. Ogawa (commanded the 89th HQ, Etorofu, Kuril Islands)
  • Juichiro Mineki (leading the 88th Division, Toyohara, Karafuto)

Chosen (Korea)

  • Prince Gyn Rhee (Korean Prince, who led a Royal Korean faction in favour of the Japanese Establishment, chief of the Imperial Korean House, married to Japanese women. The prince served in the Japanese Army)
  • Hong Sa-ik (lieutenant general in the Imperial Japanese Army)
  • Kim Suk-won (major general in the Imperial Japanese Army)
  • Motojiro Akashi (Served in Chosen detachment as Chief of Staff)
  • Kiichiro Higuchi (Staff officer in the Chosen Detachment and later staff member in Kwantung Army)
  • Jo Iimura (Assigned to HQ, Chosen Detachment, with duties in Manchuria and Kwantung, later Chief of Staff, Kwantung Army)
  • Masakazu Kawabe (Chief of Staff, Central China Expeditionary Army; also took charge of Army air operations in homeland Korea and Ryu Kyus)
  • Prince Takeda (Nobility member, and Chosen Army member undertook one Kamikaze mission in his flight from Seoul to Hsinking, escorted by Hane Air Unit (Kwantung Army Air Unit) against Soviet land forces in near Tongliao, Manchukuo on 19 August, 1945, where one truck was destroyed and a Sherman Tank damaged.)
  • Kenzo Kitano (Chief of Staff, Chosen Detachment and Hunchun Garrison Commander in Manchukuo)
  • Hisaichi Terauchi (Chief of Staff, Chosen Army Commander in Formosa detachment, Commander-in-Chief, Southern Army)
  • Fusataro Teshima (Attached to Chosen Army Headquarters)
  • Kazushige Ugaki (Governor-General, Chosen Province and War Minister)
  • Kuniaki Koiso (Commanding General in Detachment, also for sometime Chosen General Governor and Commander-in-Chief, Volunteer Corps)
  • Kengo Noda (Staff officer in Chosen Army)
  • Takuma Shimoyama (Kwantung Army Headquarters-Adviser, Manchukuoan Military Administration Bureau, also later Commanding General in the Fifth Air Army, stationed Seoul, Chosen)
  • Shizuo Yokoyama (Officer and Commander, Railway Sector HQ, Kwantung Army, later assigned to Kwantung Army General Headquarters Staff. Also Staff Member Chosen Army Headquarters)
  • Kaneyama Shakugen (Major General, Imperial Japanese Army; encouraged Korean youths to volunteer to serve in Japan's military during World War II)
  • Okamoto Minoru (Lieutenant, Kwantung Army; participated in Japanese Army efforts to hunt down Korean independence fighters in Manchukuo)

Taiwan

  • Hisaichi Terauchi (Chief of Staff, Chosen Army Commander in Formosa detachment, Commander-in-Chief, Southern Army)
  • Shojiro Iida (Commanding General, Formosa Mixed Brigade)
  • Rikichi Ando (South China Area Army Commander, Commanding General in Formosa Army)
  • Hisaichi Tanaka (Chief of Staff, Formosa Army and leading the 23rd Army, Canton)

Mengjiang

  • Prince Demchugdongrub (Tew Wang) (Leader of Mongol nation)
  • Prince Su (An ancient local Japanese supporter)
  • Yoshiko Kawashima (East Jewel) (Certain Mongol princess, also Japanese supporter in Mengchiang period, and to Japanese in occupied Chinese lands as a secret agent)
  • Kanji Tsuneoka (Japanese adviser. He represented the real power in the local administration.)
  • Yoshio Kozuki (Commanding General, Mongolia Army and 17th Area Army Commander in Chosen)
  • Shinichi Tanaka (Staff Officer, Kwantung Army, later Chief of Mongolia Garrison Army)
  • Ichiro Shicida (Commanding General, Mongolia Garrison Army)
  • Major General Sakai (Commander, 1st Independent Mixed Brigade)
  • Toyonori Yamauchi :-political advisor on a mission to "inherit the great spirit of Genghis Khan and retake the territories that belong to Mongolia, completing the grand task of reviving the prosperity of the nationality".

North Chinese area

  • Kiyotake Kawaguchi (Staff Officer, Formosa Army attached to North China Area Army HQ)
  • Sanji Okido (Chief of Staff, North China Area Army)
  • Gen Sugiyama (North China Area Army Commander, also General in Chief, Mongolia Garrison Army)
  • Captain Takata (officer in Beijing, representing the Japanese Army in the area, but sent to the Shanghai operation)
  • Takayoshi Tanaka (Japanese Army officer. Served in Manchukuo and Beijing, but was assigned to Shanghai and Nanking intelligence operations, along with Yoshiko Kawashima, his intelligence comrade)
  • Captain Hyakutake (Commander 1st Special Tank Company)
  • Colonel Baba and Colonel Imada (Commanders 1st Tank Battalion)
  • Tadashi Nakajima (Japanese navy fighter pilot who led the 13th Air Corps from the carrier Kaga, distinguished in combat over Lake Dahu)
  • Sichio Yamashita (another commander of 13th Air Corps, based at Gon Da airfield, near Shanghai. Distinguished in air battles in northern China, Nanking and Shanghai)

Central China

  • Wang Jingwei (President and Head of State in the nation)
  • Chen Gongbo (President of Legislative Yuan)
  • Wu Peifu (older Warlord, personal friend of the Head of State, also Nation father)
  • Zhou Fohai (Vice-president and Finance minister in Executive Yuan)
  • Wang Buching (General of National Army)
  • Chu Minyi (National Ambassador in Yokohama, Japan)
  • Tao Liang (local landowner, also local Japanese server)
  • Chao Kung (Obscure person, a religious Buddhist leader)
  • Sun Zhuangfang (Chinese military Pro-Japanese leader)
  • Kumataro Honda (Japanese Ambassador in Nanking, also civil counselor of local government)
  • Teiichi Suzuki (charged with providing military "guidance" for Wang Ching-wei's new regime at Nanking)
  • Kaya Okinori (Japanese nationalist, merchant and opium dealer to the Chinese area)
  • Toshio Nishio (first commander in the Central Chinese Imperial Army and all Imperial Japanese forces in the China Mainland, also the highest authority in the land)
  • Neiji Okamura (new commander in the Central Chinese Imperial Army and all Japanese expeditionary forces, and new authority in the land)
  • Iwane Matsui (highest commander in Nanking Operation)
  • Kesago Nakajima (Direct operative commander in Nanking operation)
  • Prince Asaka (Hirohito's father, representing him in mentioned operations. Gives direct orders of Emperor)
  • Shunroku Hata (Led Central China Expeditionary Army for a certain period)
  • Naruhiko Higashikuni (Served in Central Chinese front as a commander in Second Army)
  • Toshimichi Uemura (Staff Officer, Formosa Army and Deputy Chief of Staff, Shanghai Expeditionary Army)
  • Captain Shigemi (Commander of 2nd Independent Tank Company in first Shanghai incident)
  • Colonel Hosomi (Commander of 5th Tank Battalion in second Shanghai incident)
  • Shigetaro Shimada (Japanese Navy Air commander of Central Naval Air Fleet in time)
  • Masayaki Nakase] (officer in 12°Air Group, Center Chinese front)
  • Kiichi Hasegawa (first commander in 12th Air Corps, Chinese central front)
  • Tamotsu Yokoyama (another leader in same unit)
  • Saburo Shindo (next chief in these air unit in Central Chinese front)
  • Saburo Kitahara (leader in 1°Chutai unit in Central Chinese front)
  • Kihei Fujiwara (pilot in such unit, shot-down enemy fighters in Chinese central front, claiming these as air victories)
  • Ayao Shirane (Commander in 2°Chutai, downing one enemy fighter in his first combat, Central Chinese front)
  • Tsutomu Iwai (Pilot claiming three enemy Chinese fighters)
  • Toraichi Takatsuka (Shot down three enemy planes)
  • Kazuki Mikami (Destroyed two Chinese fighters)
  • Masaharu Miramoto (In his first combat shot down one enemy Chinese aircraft)
  • Toshiyuki Sueda (Another fighter pilot who destroyed one enemy fighter in Central Chinese front)
  • Hatsuyama Yamaya (Downed two enemy fighters)
  • Koshiro Yamashita (Claimed the destruction of five enemy fighters in Chinese Central front)
  • Masayuki Mitsumasa (Downed two enemy planes in central Chinese front)
  • Eichi Kimura (Japanese air loss of 12° Air Corps in central Chinese front, himself was shot down by Chinese Anti-aircraft fire)
  • Kiichiro Kobayashi (another Japanese Air loss, due to Chinese Anti-aircraft fire over Lanchow)
  • Colonel Iwanaka (Commander, 1st Tank Battalion)
  • Colonel Imada (Commander, 2nd Tank Battalion)
  • Colonel Ishii (Commander, 5th Tank Battalion)
  • Lieut. Colonel Kusunose (Commander, 7th Tank Regiment)
  • Captain Yamada (Commander 7th Independent Tankette Company)
  • Major Gen. Sumita (Commander, 6th Field Heavy Artillery Brigade HQ)
  • Lt. Col. Okoshi (Commander, 13th Field Heavy Artillery Regiment)
  • Lt. Col. Maruyama (Commander, 14th Field Heavy Artillery Regiment)
  • Lt. Col. Nagaya (Commander, 10th Field Heavy Artillery Regiment)
  • Col. Horikawa (Commander, 15th Independent Field Heavy Artillery Regiment)
  • Lt. Col. Manba (Commander, 2nd Independent Heavy Artillery Battalion)
  • Lt. Col. Yamada (Commander, 101st Field Artillery Regiment)
  • Lt. Col. Morikawa (Commander, 3rd Independent Mountain Gun Regiment)
  • Lt. Col. Uga (Commander, 106th Field Artillery Regiment)
  • Major Matsumoto (Commander, 2nd Battalion/2nd Independent Mountain Gun Regiment)

Hong Kong

  • Sakai Takashi (leading units in Hong Kong's fight, and first Japanese administrator in the territory)
  • Masaichi Niimi (another commander in same area)
  • Rensuke Isogai (Japanese official governor of the territory)

Canton and South Chinese areas

  • Rikichi Ando (South China Area Army Commander, Commanding General in Formosa Army)
  • Hisaichi Tanaka (Chief of Staff, Formosa Army and leading 23rd Army, Canton)
  • Lieut. General Yamaji (Commander, 3rd Tank Division)

Sinkiang and Afghanistan

  • Ma Chung-ying (Local Uiguir leader. Maintained some contact with Japanese secret agents before and during wartime)
  • Jinzo Nomoto (Intelligence officer sent by a unit of the Imperial Japanese Army to Tibet and Sinkiang. He worked in Manchukuo and was a member of Mongolian section in Kwantung Army)
  • Sardar Mohammad Hashim Khan (Native Afghan Leader. He stayed in contact with Japanese and European Axis Powers advisers during wartime)

Southeast Asia

  • José P. Laurel (local Filipino pro-Japanese leader)
  • Emilio Aguinaldo (important Filipino national independent leader and pro-Japanese follower)
  • Ba Maw (native Burmese pro-Japanese chief)
  • U Aung San (native Burmese pro-Japanese leader, later opposed to Japanese politics in area)
  • Sultan of Johore (local Islamic Malayan leader in favour of Japanese cause)
  • Mohamad Atta (native Indonesian Islamic pro-Japanese follower)
  • Sukarno (native Indonesia Islamic pro-Japanese chief)
  • Tran Trong-kim (local Vietnamese leader, pro-Japanese cause)
  • Admiral Decoux (Vichy French Governor of Indochina, working in favour of Japanese cause)
  • Subhas Chandra Bose (Native pro-Japanese Hindu chief)
  • Plaek Phibunsongkhram (Thai Prime Minister)
  • Naito Ryoichi (organised Unit 9420 in Singapore)
  • Masataka Kitagawa (commander of Unit 9420)
  • Kitsuju Ayabe (Attached to Seventh Area Army Headquarters (Singapore), later its commander)
  • Masaharu Homma (Honma) (Fourteenth Army Commander, Philippines Campaign)
  • Tadasu Kataoka (1st Division Commander in Leyte, Philippines)
  • Masakazu Kawabe (Commanding General, Burma Area Army)
  • Heitaro Kimura (Commanding General, Burma Area Army)
  • Masutaro Nakai (Staff Officer, French Indo-China Expeditionary Army)
  • Shinichi Tanaka (attached to Southern Army Headquarters)
  • Hisaichi Terauchi (Commander-in-Chief, Southern Army)
  • Yuitsu Tsuchihashi (48th Division Commander (Philippines operation), Commanding General, Indo-China Garrison Army also led Thirty-eighth Army in same place)
  • Masanobu Tsuji (Served in Indochina area)
  • Rikichi Tsukada (Commanding General, 1st Airborne Raiding Group moved to Luzon)
  • Tomoyuki Yamashita (Hobun) (Previously served in Manchukuo, later Twenty-fifth Army Commander in the Malayan and Philippines campaigns)
  • Hiroyoshi Nishizawa (officer, and greatest Japanese Navy Air Ace, with 87 or 120 enemy shotdowns. He was decorated latterly in the Philippines)
  • Yoshiro Hashiguchi (Warrant Officer, 3th Air Corps, Kendari Base, Celebes)
  • Saburo Sakai (Petty Officer, Tainan Air Corps, Denpassar Base, Bali Island)
  • Col. Inoue (Commander, 4th Field Gun Regiment)
  • Col. Itoh (Commander, 22nd Field Gun Regiment)
  • Major Arima (Commander, 3rd Battalion/51st Mountain Gun Regiment)
  • Major Gen. Kitajima (Commander, 1st Artillery HQ)
  • Col. Irie (Commander, 1st Field Heavy Artillery Regiment)
  • Lt. Col. Takahashi (Commander, 8th Field Heavy Artillery Regiment)
  • Lt. Col. Takamori (Commander, 3rd Independent Mountain Gun Regiment)
  • Col. Hayakawa (Commander, 1st Heavy Artillery Regiment)
  • Lt. Col. Sugai (Commander, 9th Independent Heavy Artillery Battalion)
  • Captain Shinoda (Commander, 2nd Independent Heavy Artillery Company)
  • Lt. Col. Namimatsu (Commander, 2nd Independent Mortar Battalion)
  • Major Tanaka (Commander, 14th Independent Mortar Battalion)
  • Lt. Col. Yoshida (Commander, 15th Independent Mortar Battalion)
  • Colonel Mukaida (Commander, 1st Tank Regiment)
  • Colonel Kawamura (Commander, 6th Tank Regiment)
  • Colonel Kita (Commander, 14th Tank Regiment)
  • Lieut. Colonel Kumagaya (Commander, 4th Tank Regiment)
  • Colonel Sonoda (Commander, 7th Tank Regiment)
  • First Lieut.Okada (Commander, 1st Company/2nd Tank Regiment)
  • Lieut. Colonel Kumagaya (Commander, 4th Tank Regiment)
  • Colonel Mori (Commander, 2nd Tank Regiment)
  • Lieut. Colonel Ueda (Commander, 14th Tank Regiment)
  • Captain Kono (Commander, 7th Independent Tank Company)
  • Captain Uchida (Commander, 1st Independent Tank Company)
  • Captain Kurobe (Commander, 2nd Independent Tank Company)
  • Major Itoh (Commander, Itoh Tank detachment SNLF)
  • Lieut. General Iwanaka (Commander, 2nd Tank Division)
  • 1st Lt. Matsumoto (Commander, 8th Independent Tank Company)
  • 1st Lt. Nakajima (Commander, 9th Independent Tank Company)
  • Captain Iwashita (Commander, Iwashita Independent Tank Company)
  • Captain Sumi (Commander, Sumi Independent SP Gun Company)
  • Brigadier-General Shigemi (Commander, 3rd Tank Brigade)
  • Colonel Ida (Commander, 6th Tank Regiment)
  • Colonel Maeda (Commander, 7th Tank Regiment)
  • Colonel Harada (Commander, 10th Tank Regiment)
  • Lt. Yamane (Commander, 3rd Tank Company)

South Seas areas

  • Nobuhiro Sato (Navy thinker, credited with the Greater East Asia Co-Prosperity Sphere plan in relation to Japanese Navy plans in the Southern Area)
  • Mineo Osumi (member of the nobility, oldest member of Supreme War Council (Japan) and ex-Marine Minister, was an Asia expert and supporter of conquest plans for the Southern Seas and Southeast Asia countries)
  • Isoroku Yamamoto (Chief of Combined Pacific Fleet, masterminded the Hawaii Operation and directed the Navy forces during Pearl Harbor attack and early Pacific war. He conceived ambitious plans for a Japanese Navy invasion of Australia)
  • Kanyei Chuyo (Japanese Navy Admiral, led the 8th "Yashika" unit (Intelligence unit). This unit comprised the "Australian Department" ("Tokyo Gimusho"), between Japanese Navy General Staff. He would provide links with the administration of Australian occupied territoires by Japanese Navy in the event of invasion.)
  • Tomoyuki Yamashita (Hobun) (Previously served in Manchukuo, later Twenty-fifth Army Commander in Singapore and Philippines campaign. Knowledgeable about Japanese Navy plans for an Australian Invasion, he offered to personally lead the first wave of Japanese invasion forces to disembark on Australian territory)
  • Hatazo Adachi (Eighteenth Army Commander (New Guinea))
  • Tomitaro Horii (55th Infantry Group Commander, New Guinea, as Commanding General, South Seas Detachment)
  • Haruyoshi Hyakutate (Army general officer in Papua and Solomons area)
  • Kiyonao Ichiki (Regimental Commander, 28th Infantry, Guadalcanal)
  • Tadamichi Kuribayashi (109th Division Commander (Ogasawara Group))
  • Shigenori Kuroda (Chief of Staff, Southern Army)
  • Shuichi Miyazaki (Chief of Staff, Seventeenth Army, Rabaul, Seventeenth Army Command Post (Guadalcanal) Attached to Southern Army and Fourteenth Area Army (Manila))
  • Hideyoshi Obata (Thirty-first Army Commander (Central Pacific))
  • Sosaku Suzuki (Thirty-fifth Army Commander (Central and Southern Philippines))
  • Master Sergeant Kawai (officer detached in 11th Air Flotilla aboard the sea-plane tender "Kamikawa Maru", Shortland base in Salomom)
  • Master Sergeant Maruyama (officer detached in 11th Air Flotilla aboard the sea-plane tender "Kamikawa Maru", Shortland base in Salomom)
  • Tetsuzo Iwamoto (Warrant Officer, 253rd Air Corps, Rabaul Base, New Guinea)
  • Captain Yamane (Commander, Artillery Unit/47th Independent Mixed Brigade)
  • Lt. Col. Nakajima (Commander, 3rd Independent Mountain Gun Regiment)
  • Major Aikawa (Commander, Artillery Battalion/135th Infantry Regiment)
  • Major Yabuki (Commander, Artillery Battalion/136th Infantry Regiment)
  • Col. Kaidō (Commander, 2nd Mixed Brigade Artillery Group HQ)
  • Major Maeda (Commander, Artillery Unit/2nd Mixed Brigade)
  • Captain Matsuda (Commander, Artillery Battalion/145th Infantry Regiment)
  • Captain Mizutari (Commander, 20th Independent Mortar Battalion)
  • Major Nakao (Commander, 2nd Middle Infantry Mortar Battalion)
  • Major Kobayashi (Commander, 3rd Middle Infantry Mortar Battalion)
  • 1st Lt. Yokoyama (Commander, Rocket Artillery Company)
  • 1st Lt. Yamaki (Commander, 1st Independent Infantry Mortar Company)
  • 1st Lt. Kishi (Commander, Artillery Company/26th Tank Regiment)
  • Lt. Col. Kitayama (Commander, 10th Independent Mountain Gun Regiment)
  • Lt. Col. Kaji (Commander, 20th Independent Mountain Gun Battalion)
  • Col. Akamatsu (Commander, 4th Field Heavy Artillery Regiment)
  • 1st Lt. Tani (Commander, 2nd Battery/7th Field Heavy Artillery Regiment)
  • Captain Tanaka (Commander, 2nd Battery/21st Independent Field Heavy Artillery Battalion)
  • Col. Ishizaki (Commander, 2nd Field Artillery Regiment)
  • Captain Maeda (Commander, 1st Independent Tank Company)
  • Colonel Aso (Commander, 2nd Battalion/1st Sea-mobile Brigade)
  • First Lieut. Ichikawa (Commander, Tank Company/1st Sea-mobile Brigade)
  • First Lieut. Iwasa (Commander, Tank Company/222nd Infantry Regiment)
  • Colonel Goshima (Commander, 9th Tank Regiment)
  • First Lieut. Sikamura (Commander, Attached Tank Unit/18th Infantry Regiment)
  • First Lieut. Sachi (Commander, 1st Company/9th Tank Regiment)
  • Tsunenari Sato (Commander, 2nd Company/9th Tank Regiment)
  • Hideo Sato (Commander, Tank Unit/29th Division)
  • Captain Fujimura (Commander, Tank Unit/36th Division)
  • Captain Amano (Commander, Tank Unit/14th Division)
  • Lieut. Colonel Nishi (Commander, 26th Tank Regiment)
  • Lieut. Colonel Murakami (Commander, 27th Tank Regiment)
  • Michio Otani (In Iwo destroyed two American US Army M4 Sherman tanks by explosive charge. He got into the wrecked Sherman and fought with other Sherman tanks and destroyed another)
  • Haruyoshi Hyakutake (commander assigned to the Seventeenth Army, May 18, 1942. The unit had orders to capture strategic points on New Caledonia, Fiji, and Samoa, as well as the occupation of Port Moresby - all in co-operation with the Navy. The objective of these operations was to take possession of strategic island points, in order to intensify a cutoff in the contact between the United States and Australia, while squelching the Americans' and Australians' plans of counterattack from the same areas)

Other foreign supporters

  • British Brigade General F. H. Burnell-Nugent (spoke in favour of well perspectives in the Mukden Incident)
  • George Bronson Rea (American old sinologist, Sun-Yat Sen supporter who later wrote a book in favour of Japanese actions in Manchukuo)
  • Dr. Carlos Torriani (Chief of the commerce section of Foreign Affairs ministry of Argentina. He visited Japan, occupied China and Manchukuo)
  • Jose Pages Llergo (owner and director of the Mexican newspaper "Hoy", visited Japan, and nearby areas)
  • Isaac Diaz Araiza (member of magazine section of the "Hoy" Mexican newspaper, visited Japanese lands)