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.

Top Ranked

  1. Isoroku Yamamoto — Japanese Officer (1884–1943) , ranked #4723
  2. Tōgō Heihachirō — Japanese Officer (1848–1934) , ranked #9609
  3. Nogi Maresuke — Japanese Militar (1849–1912) , ranked #17709
  4. Takeda Shingen — Japanese Samurai (1521–1573) , ranked #18931
  5. Tadamichi Kuribayashi — Japanese Militar (1891–1945) , ranked #19862
  6. Mitsuo Fuchida — Japanese Militar (1902–1976) , ranked #20878
  7. Sadao Araki — Japanese Officer (1877–1966) , ranked #21767
  8. Hiroo Onoda — Japanese Militar (1922–2014) , ranked #24020
  9. Akechi Mitsuhide — Japanese Officer (1526–1582) , ranked #25768
  10. Takasugi Shinsaku — Japanese Samurai (1839–1867) , ranked #25785
  11. Iwane Matsui — Japanese Officer (1878–1948) , ranked #29015
  12. Masaharu Homma — Japanese Militar (1887–1946) , ranked #29974
  13. Toyotomi Hideyori — Japanese Samurai (1593–1615) , ranked #37976
  14. Soemu Toyoda — Japanese Officer (1885–1957) , ranked #39527
  15. Shirase Nobu — Japanese Army (1861–1946) , ranked #43949
  16. Masanobu Tsuji — Japanese Army (1901–1961) , ranked #44287
  17. Taira no Masakado — Japanese Samurai (903–940) , ranked #46848
  18. Takijirō Ōnishi — Japanese Militar (1891–1945) , ranked #48055
  19. Shoichi Yokoi — Japanese Militar (1915–1997) , ranked #49629
  20. Hiroshi Ōshima — Japanese Militar (1886–1975) , ranked #50799