Most Famous Japanese Military figures

Japan has produced 81 notable military figures throughout history, led by Isoroku Yamamoto. Rankings are drawn from a cross-verified academic dataset of 152,953 people.

Category All
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IY
Isoroku Yamamoto Japanese Officer 1884 – 1943
# 4,723
TH
Tōgō Heihachirō Japanese Officer 1848 – 1934
# 9,609
NM
Nogi Maresuke Japanese Militar 1849 – 1912
# 17,709
TS
Takeda Shingen Japanese Samurai 1521 – 1573
# 18,931
TK
Tadamichi Kuribayashi Japanese Militar 1891 – 1945
# 19,862
MF
Mitsuo Fuchida Japanese Militar 1902 – 1976
# 20,878
SA
Sadao Araki Japanese Officer 1877 – 1966
# 21,767
HO
Hiroo Onoda Japanese Militar 1922 – 2014
# 24,020
AM
Akechi Mitsuhide Japanese Officer 1526 – 1582
# 25,768
TS
Takasugi Shinsaku Japanese Samurai 1839 – 1867
# 25,785
IM
Iwane Matsui Japanese Officer 1878 – 1948
# 29,015
MH
Masaharu Homma Japanese Militar 1887 – 1946
# 29,974
TH
Toyotomi Hideyori Japanese Samurai 1593 – 1615
# 37,976
ST
Soemu Toyoda Japanese Officer 1885 – 1957
# 39,527
SN
Shirase Nobu Japanese Army 1861 – 1946
# 43,949
MT
Masanobu Tsuji Japanese Army 1901 – 1961
# 44,287
TN
Taira no Masakado Japanese Samurai 903 – 940
# 46,848
Takijirō Ōnishi Japanese Militar 1891 – 1945
# 48,055
SY
Shoichi Yokoi Japanese Militar 1915 – 1997
# 49,629
Hiroshi Ōshima Japanese Militar 1886 – 1975
# 50,799