Most Famous Japanese Military Figures

50 Japanese Military Figures in view out of 77

Isoroku Yamamoto Japanese Officer 1884 – 1943

#4,723 Wiki

TH

Tōgō Heihachirō Japanese Officer 1848 – 1934

#9,609 Wiki

Nogi Maresuke Japanese Militar 1849 – 1912

#17,709 Wiki

Takeda Shingen Japanese Samurai 1521 – 1573

#18,931 Wiki

Tadamichi Kuribayashi Japanese Militar 1891 – 1945

#19,862 Wiki

Mitsuo Fuchida Japanese Militar 1902 – 1976

#20,878 Wiki

Sadao Araki Japanese Officer 1877 – 1966

#21,767 Wiki

Hiroo Onoda Japanese Militar 1922 – 2014

#24,020 Wiki

Akechi Mitsuhide Japanese Officer 1526 – 1582

#25,768 Wiki

Takasugi Shinsaku Japanese Samurai 1839 – 1867

#25,785 Wiki

Iwane Matsui Japanese Officer 1878 – 1948

#29,015 Wiki

Masaharu Homma Japanese Militar 1887 – 1946

#29,974 Wiki

Toyotomi Hideyori Japanese Samurai 1593 – 1615

#37,976 Wiki

Soemu Toyoda Japanese Officer 1885 – 1957

#39,527 Wiki

Shirase Nobu Japanese Army 1861 – 1946

#43,949 Wiki

Masanobu Tsuji Japanese Army 1901 – 1961

#44,287 Wiki

Taira no Masakado Japanese Samurai 903 – 940

#46,848 Wiki

Takijirō Ōnishi Japanese Militar 1891 – 1945

#48,055 Wiki

Shoichi Yokoi Japanese Militar 1915 – 1997

#49,629 Wiki

Hiroshi Ōshima Japanese Militar 1886 – 1975

#50,799 Wiki

Amakusa Shirō Japanese Samurai 1621 – 1638

#51,442 Wiki

Kanji Ishiwara Japanese Militar 1889 – 1949

#51,627 Wiki

Kusunoki Masashige Japanese Samurai 1294 – 1336

#51,703 Wiki

Shunroku Hata Japanese Militar 1879 – 1962

#52,139 Wiki

Sasaki Kojirō Japanese Samurai 1583 – 1612

#56,851 Wiki

Ōmura Masujirō Japanese Militar 1824 – 1869

#58,871 Wiki

Jisaburō Ozawa Japanese Militar 1886 – 1966

#68,158 Wiki

Korechika Anami Japanese Officer 1887 – 1945

#72,969 Wiki

Kondō Isami Japanese Samurai 1834 – 1868

#73,326 Wiki

Seiichi Itō Japanese Admiral 1890 – 1945

#75,162 Wiki

Furuta Oribe Japanese Commander 1544 – 1615

#76,483 Wiki

MK

Masakazu Kawabe Japanese Militar 1886 – 1965

#83,914 Wiki

Tetsuzan Nagata Japanese Officer 1884 – 1935

#88,274 Wiki

YY

Yanagisawa Yoshiyasu Japanese Samurai 1658 – 1714

#90,979 Wiki

Ōtori Keisuke Japanese Militar 1833 – 1911

#95,276 Wiki

Sakae Ōba Japanese Militar 1914 – 1992

#106,204 Wiki

Mineichi Koga Japanese Officer 1885 – 1944

#117,060 Wiki

Jirō Minami Japanese Militar 1874 – 1955

#121,802 Wiki

Kazuo Sakamaki Japanese Soldier 1918 – 1999

#132,281 Wiki

Komatsu Kiyokado Japanese Samurai 1835 – 1870

#133,707 Wiki

Kirino Toshiaki Japanese Militar 1838 – 1877

#145,465 Wiki

NN

Nagai Naoyuki Japanese Samurai 1816 – 1896

#146,803 Wiki

Kamimura Hikonojō Japanese Militar 1849 – 1916

#155,771 Wiki

Nakaoka Shintarō Japanese Samurai 1836 – 1867

#156,138 Wiki

Egawa Hidetatsu Japanese Samurai 1801 – 1855

#157,643 Wiki

Kōsaku Aruga Japanese Militar 1897 – 1945

#162,224 Wiki

YR

Yashiro Rokurō Japanese Militar 1860 – 1930

#195,885 Wiki

OI

Okada Izō Japanese Samurai 1838 – 1865

#198,651 Wiki

Chūhachi Ninomiya Japanese Militar 1866 – 1936

#201,529 Wiki

Rinosuke Ichimaru Japanese Admiral 1891 – 1945

#208,408 Wiki

By the numbers

Inside Japan Military Figures

77 notable people in this slice of the dataset.

Through the Centuries

One face per century — the most globally famous japan military figures born in each.

Notable Births by Decade

Notable births among Japan Military Figures peaked in the 1880s with 12 people.

What Japan Military Figures Are Known For

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Biggest Most distinctive

Militar are Japan Military Figures's biggest group — 39% of all notables (30).

Japan Military Figures over-index on samurai — 1986.4× the global rate.

Militar3039%
Samurai2735%
Officer912%
Commander33.9%
Army22.6%
Admiral22.6%
Soldier22.6%
Flying Ace11.3%

Samurai271986.4×
Militar3019.9×
Officer910.6×

City Hot Spots

Cities that over-produce Japan Military Figures compared to the world average — multiplier shows how much more.