1897 Class

• Sadao Araki
  Sadao Araki
  Baron was a general in the Imperial Japanese Army before World War II. A charismatic leader and one of the principal nationalist right-wing political theorists in the late Japanese Empire, he was regarded as the leader of the radical faction within the politicized Japanese Army and served as...
  
  :- graduated from Military Academy, November 1897
• Jinsaburo Mazaki:- graduated from Military Academy, November 1897

1910 Class

• Toshizō Nishio
  Toshizo Nishio
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  :- graduated from War College, assigned to Military Affairs Bureau, November 1910
• Koiso Kuniaki:- graduated from War College, November 1910
• Gen Sugiyama:- graduated from War College, November 1910
• Shunroku Hata:- graduated from War College "with top scholarly rank", November 1910

1911 Class

• Yoshijirō Umezu:- graduated from War College, November 1911
• Tetsuzan Nagata
  Tetsuzan Nagata
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  :- graduated from War College, November 1911

1914 Class

• Rikichi Andō
  Rikichi Ando
  -See also:* Taiwan under Japanese rule...
  
  :- graduated from War College, December 1914
• Keisuke Fujie
  Keisuke Fujie
  - Notes :...
  
  :- graduated from War College, November 1914
• Naruhiko Higashikuni:- graduated from War College, 1914

1915 Class

• Hiroshi Ōshima
  Hiroshi Ōshima
  Baron was a general in the Imperial Japanese Army, Japanese ambassador to Nazi Germany before and during World War II — and unknowingly a major source of communications intelligence for the Allies. His role was perhaps best summed up by General George C...
  
  :- graduated from War College, 1915
• Isamu Yokoyama:- graduated from War College, December 1915
• Hideki Tōjō
  Hideki Tōjō
  Hideki Tōjō was a general of the Imperial Japanese Army , the leader of the Taisei Yokusankai, and the 40th Prime Minister of Japan during most of World War II, from 17 October 1941 to 22 July 1944...
  
  :- graduated from War College, December 1915
• Masaharu Homma
  Masaharu Homma
  was a general in the Imperial Japanese Army. He is noteworthy for his role in the invasion and occupation of the Philippines during World War II. Homma, who was an amateur painter and playwright, was also known as the Poet General.-Biography:...
  
  :- graduated from War College, December 1915
• Shōjirō Iida
  Shojiro Iida
  - Notes :...
  
  :- graduated from War College, December 1915
• Hitoshi Imamura
  Hitoshi Imamura
  -External links:...
  
  :- graduated from War College, December 1915
• Masakazu Kawabe
  Masakazu Kawabe
  was a general in the Imperial Japanese Army. He held important commands in the Imperial Japanese Army during the Second Sino-Japanese War, and during World War II in the Burma Campaign and defense of the Japanese homeland late in the war...
  
  :- graduated from War College, 1915

1916 Class

• Seishirō Itagaki:- graduated from War College, November 1916
• Tomoyuki Yamashita
  Tomoyuki Yamashita
  General was a general of the Japanese Imperial Army during World War II. He was most famous for conquering the British colonies of Malaya and Singapore, earning the nickname "The Tiger of Malaya".- Biography :...
  
  :- graduated from War College, November 1916
• Shizuichi Tanaka
  Shizuichi Tanaka
  - Notes :...
  
  :- graduated from War College, 1916
• Fusataro Teshima:- graduated from War College, November 1916
• Shigenori Kuroda
  Shigenori Kuroda
  Shigenori Kuroda was a general of the Japanese Imperial Army during World War II.-Biography:Kuroda was commissioned as an infantry officer in 1909. He graduated from War College in 1916 and became a military observer in Europe. It was during World War I. From 1935-1937, he served as military...
  
  :- graduated from War College, November 1916
• Heitarō Kimura:- graduated from War College, November 1916

1917 Class

• Renya Mutaguchi
  Renya Mutaguchi
  - Notes :...
  
  :- graduated from War College, November 1917
• Jun Ushiroku
  Jun Ushiroku
  - Notes :...
  
  :- graduated from War College, November 1917
• Teiichi Suzuki
  Teiichi Suzuki
  was a Japanese army general who helped plan Japan's economy in World War II and later was imprisoned as a war criminal, died of heart failure. He was 100 years old.Mr...
  
  :- graduated from War College, November 1917
• Kenryo Sato (Chief, Military Affairs Section, War Ministry; Chief, Military Affairs Bureau, same Ministry)
• Seizo Arisue (Chief,Second Bureau-Intelligence, Army General Staff)
• Tan Nukata (Chief, Third Bureau—Logistics, Army General Staff; Chief, General Affairs Bureau, do;Chief, Personnel Bureau, War Ministry)
• Goro Isoya (Chief, Third Bureau-Logistics, Army General Staff)

1918 Class

• Korechika Anami:- graduated from War College, November 1918
• Kiichiro Higuchi
  Kiichiro Higuchi
  -Notes:...
  
  :- graduated from War College, November 1918
• Kanji Ishiwara:- graduated from War College, November 1918
• Yoshio Kozuki:- graduated from War College, assigned to Army General Staff, August 1918

1919 Class

• Seiichi Kita:- graduated from War College, November 1919
• Kenzo Kitano:- graduated from War College, December 1919
• Hideyoshi Obata
  Hideyoshi Obata
  was a general in the Imperial Japanese Army in World War II.-Biography:Obata was a native of Osaka prefecture. He graduated from the 23rd class of the Imperial Japanese Army Academy in December 1911, and was commissioned as a lieutenant in the cavalry...
  
  :- graduated from War College, December 1919
• Ichiro Shichida:- graduated from War College, November 1919
• Michio Sugawara:- graduated from War College, 1919
• Sōsaku Suzuki:- graduated from War College, November 1919

1920 Class

• Yuitsu Tsuchihachi:- graduated from War College, November 1920
• Hidemitsu Nakano
  Hidemitsu Nakano
  was a senior officer in the Imperial Japanese Army. He was promoted as the Commanding Officer of the 51st Division in Manchuria on 16 November 1941. He was the commanding officer with the division in China, New Britain and New Guinea.-References:...
  
  :- graduated from War College, November 1920
• Kengo Noda:- graduated from War College, November 1920
• Kingoro Hashimoto
  Kingoro Hashimoto
  was a soldier in the Imperial Japanese Army and politician.-Early career:Hashimoto was born in Okayama City, and a graduate of the 23rd class of the Imperial Japanese Army Academy in 1911. He subsequently graduated from the Army Staff College in 1920. In April 1922, he was assigned to the Kwangtung...
  
  :- graduated from War College, 1920
• Mitsuo Nakazawa:- graduated from War College, December 1920
• Akira Mutō
  Akira Muto
  - Notes :...
  
  :- graduated from War College, November 1920

1921 Class

• Kumaichi Teramoto:- graduated from War College, December 1921
• Takuma Shimoyama:- graduated from War College, November 1921;
• Torashirō Kawabe
  Torashiro Kawabe
  - Notes :...
  
  :- graduated from war College, November 1921
• Kanji Nishihara:- graduated from War College, November 1921;
• Harukichi Hyakutake:- graduated from War College, December 1921

1922 Class

• Tasuku Okada:- graduated from War College, November 1922
• Kiyotake Kawaguchi
  Kiyotake Kawaguchi
  -Web:...
  
  :- graduated from War College, November 1922
• Hatazō Adachi
  Hatazo Adachi
  was a general in the Imperial Japanese Army during World War II.-Early career:Adachi was born into an impoverished samurai family in Ishikawa Prefecture in 1890...
  
  :- graduated from War College, November 1922
• Shiro Makino:- graduated from War College, November 1922
• Toshimichi Uemura:- graduated from War College, November 1922
• Takushiro Hattori
  Takushiro Hattori
  was an Imperial Japanese Army officer. He became head of the Operations Section of the Army General Staff, 1941–5, ranked as colonel. He worked with Colonel Masanobu Tsuji, on Japanese planning for some of the major battles of World War II....
  
   (Chief,Second Section operations, Army General Staff)
• Susumu Nishiura (Chief, Army Affairs Section, War Ministry)
• Akiho Ishii (Chief, Military Affairs Section, War Ministry)

1923 Class

• Kioji Tominaga:- graduated from War College, November 1923
• Tokumatsu Shigeta:- graduated from War College, November 1923
• Tadamichi Kuribayashi
  Tadamichi Kuribayashi
  General was a haiku poet, diplomat, and General of the Imperial Japanese Army General Staff. He is best known for being overall commander of the Japanese garrison during the Battle of Iwo Jima....
  
  :- graduated from War College, November 1923
• Sinichi Tanaka:- graduated from War College, December 1923
• Hong Sa-ik
  Hong Sa-ik
  - References :...
  
  :- graduated from War College, 1923
• Okitsugu Arao
  Okitsugu Arao
  Colonel Okitsugu Arao was one of the original plotters in a scheme to prevent the Emperor's declaration of surrender at the end of World War II...
  
   (Koko)(Chief, Shipping Section, Army General Staff; senior Staff Officer, Army Affairs Section, War Ministry; and Chief, Third Section—Organization and Mobilization, Army General Staff)
• Hiroo Sato (Chief, War Materiel Section, War Ministry; and an officer who, like Col Arao, had the confidence of War Minister Anami)
• Yozo Miyama (Chief, Third Section-Organization and Mobilization, Army General Staffs post which he held before the author assumed it; and Senior Adjutant, War Ministry)
• Makoto Matsutani (Chief, 20th Group-War Coordination, Army General Staff; Military Secretary to Prime Minister Suzuki)

1924 Class

• Sanji Okido:- graduated from War College, November 1924
• Rikishi Tsukada:- graduated from war College, November 1924

1925 Class

• Fukutaro Nishiyama:- graduated from War College, December 1925
• Tadasu Kataoka:- graduated from War College, November 1925
• Kenryo Sato:- graduated from War College, 1925;
• Shizuo Yokoyama
  Shizuo Yokoyama
  -External links:* - Notes :...
  
  :- graduated from War College, November 1925

1930 Class

• Takushiro Hattori
  Takushiro Hattori
  was an Imperial Japanese Army officer. He became head of the Operations Section of the Army General Staff, 1941–5, ranked as colonel. He worked with Colonel Masanobu Tsuji, on Japanese planning for some of the major battles of World War II....
  
  :- graduated from War College, November 1930
• Masutaro Nakai
  Masutaro Nakai
  Lieutenant General Masutaro Nakai was a senior officer of the Imperial Japanese Army during World War II. He led a brigade-sized formation, known as the Nakai Detachment, which had been detached from the 20th Division during the Finisterre Range campaign. He was later placed in command on the 20th...
  
  :- graduated from War College, December 1930

Graduates in Military Overseas Studies

• Shunroku Hata:- Military Student, Germany, March 1912
• Hisaichi Terauchi:- Military Student, Germany, February 1913
• Yoshijirō Umezu:- Military Student, Germany, April 1913
• Masaharu Homma
  Masaharu Homma
  was a general in the Imperial Japanese Army. He is noteworthy for his role in the invasion and occupation of the Philippines during World War II. Homma, who was an amateur painter and playwright, was also known as the Poet General.-Biography:...
  
  :- Military Student, England, August 1918 (and served as observer with British forces in France)
• Hitoshi Imamura
  Hitoshi Imamura
  -External links:...
  
  :- Military Student, England, April 1918; Assistant Military Attaché, England, October 1918
• Naruhiko Higashikuni:- Resident Officer, France, studying military tactics, April 1920
• Tomoyuki Yamashita
  Tomoyuki Yamashita
  General was a general of the Japanese Imperial Army during World War II. He was most famous for conquering the British colonies of Malaya and Singapore, earning the nickname "The Tiger of Malaya".- Biography :...
  
  :- Military Student. Germany, July 1921;
• Hideyoshi Obata
  Hideyoshi Obata
  was a general in the Imperial Japanese Army in World War II.-Biography:Obata was a native of Osaka prefecture. He graduated from the 23rd class of the Imperial Japanese Army Academy in December 1911, and was commissioned as a lieutenant in the cavalry...
  
  :- Military Student, England, April 1923; Major, March 1926
• Minoru Sasaki
  Minoru Sasaki
  -External links:- Translation of the official record by the Japanese Demobilization Bureaux detailing the Imperial Japanese Army and Navy's participation in the Southwest Pacific area of the Pacific War.-Notes:...
  
  :- Military Student, U.S.S.R., September 1927; same for Poland and U.S.S.R., August 1928;
• Torashirō Kawabe
  Torashiro Kawabe
  - Notes :...
  
  :- Resident Officer, Riga,Latvia (studying Soviet military affairs), January 1926-September 1928
• Okikatsu Arao:- student abroad, Soviet Union and Poland, August 1934

Students in Military Academy Preparatory School

• Shuichi Miyazaki:- Cadet Unit, Military Academy Preparatory School, February 1921
• Shihei Oba:- attached to Military Preparatory Academy, August 1924

Students in Army Cavalry School

• Kitsuju Ayabe:- Army Cavalry School (Equitation Student), October 1917

Graduates from Tokyo Foreign Language School

• Mitsuo Nakazawa:- graduated from Tokyo Foreign Language School (speciality German), March 1923

Graduates from Artillery and Engineering School

• Takeo Yasuda
  Takeo Yasuda
  was a general in the Imperial Japanese Army. While serving as director of the Army's Aviation Technology Research Institute during World War II, he was a key figure in scientific and technological development for the Imperial Japanese Army Air Force, most notably his involvement in the early...
  
  :- graduated from Artillery and Engineering School, July 1916

Graduates from the Imperial Japanese Naval Academy

Imperial Japanese Naval Academy

The was a school established to train officers for the Imperial Japanese Navy. It originally located in Nagasaki, moved to Yokohama in 1866, and was relocated to Tsukiji, Tokyo in 1869. It moved to Etajima, Hiroshima in 1888...

• Kantarō Suzuki
  Kantaro Suzuki
  Baron was an admiral in the Imperial Japanese Navy, member and final leader of the Taisei Yokusankai and 42nd Prime Minister of Japan from 7 April-17 August 1945.-Early life:...
  
  :- graduated from Naval Academy, 1887
• Mitsumasa Yonai
  Mitsumasa Yonai
  was an admiral in the Imperial Japanese Navy, and politician. He was the 37th Prime Minister of Japan from 16 January to 22 July 1940.-Early life & Naval career:...
  
  :- graduated from Naval Academy, 1901
• Shigetarō Shimada
  Shigetaro Shimada
  was an admiral in the Imperial Japanese Navy during World War II. He also served as Navy Minister-Biography:A native of Tokyo, Shimada graduated from the 32nd class of the Imperial Japanese Naval Academy in 1904...
  
  :- graduated from Naval Academy. November 1904

Graduates from the Naval War College

Naval War College (Japan)

The was the staff college of the Imperial Japanese Navy, responsible for training officers for command positions either on warships, or in staff roles....

• Kantarō Suzuki
  Kantaro Suzuki
  Baron was an admiral in the Imperial Japanese Navy, member and final leader of the Taisei Yokusankai and 42nd Prime Minister of Japan from 7 April-17 August 1945.-Early life:...
  
  :- graduated from Naval War College, 1898
• Shigetarō Shimada
  Shigetaro Shimada
  was an admiral in the Imperial Japanese Navy during World War II. He also served as Navy Minister-Biography:A native of Tokyo, Shimada graduated from the 32nd class of the Imperial Japanese Naval Academy in 1904...
  
  :- Naval War College (Class "A" Student), December 1913
• Mitsumasa Yonai
  Mitsumasa Yonai
  was an admiral in the Imperial Japanese Navy, and politician. He was the 37th Prime Minister of Japan from 16 January to 22 July 1940.-Early life & Naval career:...
  
  :- graduated from Naval war College, 1913