Commanders-in-Chief of South Seas Detachment

• Korechika Anami:-General, to Southern Area Theater, where he directed operations in western New Guinea and Halmahera area
• Tomitaro Horii
  Tomitaro Horii
  was a major general in the Imperial Japanese Army during World War II.-Biography:Born in Hyōgo Prefecture, Horii became an infantry officer following his graduation from the 23rd class of the Imperial Japanese Army Academy in 1911....
  
  :-Commanding General, South Seas Detachment
• 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:...
  
  :-Commanding General, Nanto (Southeast) Detachment (New Georgia operations)

Chief of Staff in South Seas Detachment

• Takeshi Mori
  Takeshi Mori
  Takeshi Mori may refer to:*Takeshi Mori , commander of the Japanese Empire's First Imperial Guards Division, at the end of World War II*Takeshi Mori , anime director, storyboard artist, and script writer...
  
  :-Chief of Staff, Nineteenth Army (region north of Australia)
• 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...
  
  :-Chief of Staff, 20th Division, (arrived at Wewak, New Guinea)
• Suichi Miyazaki:-Chief of Staff, Seventeenth Army(Rabaul)

Commanders in Operative units, South Seas Detachment

• Kiyotake Kawaguchi
  Kiyotake Kawaguchi
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  :-participied how commander in general offensive on Guadalcanal Island.
• Atazo Adachi:-Eighteenth Army Commander (New Guinea),
• Tomitaro Horii
  Tomitaro Horii
  was a major general in the Imperial Japanese Army during World War II.-Biography:Born in Hyōgo Prefecture, Horii became an infantry officer following his graduation from the 23rd class of the Imperial Japanese Army Academy in 1911....
  
  :-55th Infantry Group Commander, (dispatched to Rabaul and New Guinea),
• Haruyoshi Hyakutate:- ranking Army general officer in the Papua and Solomons area until theEighth Area Army was activated; thereafter directed operations in Solomons region (Bougainville)
• Kiyonao Ichiki:-Regimental Commander,28th Infantry, killed in action on Guadalcanal
• 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....
  
  :-109th Division Commander (Ogasawara Group), combat action and killed in action, Iwo Jima,
• Suichi Miyazaki:-departed Rabaul for Seventeenth Army Command Post (Guadalcanal), withdrew from Guadalcanal, arrived Bougainville
• 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...
  
  :- 20th Infantry Group Commander (MajGen) (directed road construction in Finisterre Mountain Range, Nakai Detachment Commander, Kaiapit sector, (covered 51st Division's withdrawal from Lae; defended Finisterre Range); attacked Kesewi, covered withdrawal of 20th and 51st Divisions, Cape Gumbi), Commander, Sepic River Crossing Unit (when main army forces moved to Wewak sector); commanded advance unit of 20th Division, toward Aitape-Acting Division Commander, 20th Division, after Division Commander killed, defended But coast, LtGen, withdrew bulk of Division to sector south of mountains, engaged Australian forces,
• 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:...
  
  :-51st Division Commander, (engaged in Lae and Salamaua operations
• 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...
  
  :-Thirty-first Army Commander (Central Pacific), killed in action, Guam,
• Fusataro Teshima:-Second Army Commander (western New Guinea).
• Goro Mano:-Commander,41st Division, (Wewak)
• Takeo Ito,Commanding Officer 40th Independent Mixed Brigade, New Ireland
• Akisaburo Futami: Chief of Staff 17th Army, New Britain
• Kumaichi Teramoto:led the Fourth Air Army was composed of 6th and 7th Air Divisions in New Guinea and Admiraltly Archipielago
• Rikao Yamagata:Commander the Yamagata Detachment dispatched to the Buna area
• Minoru Sasaki: Commander of The Nanto (Southeast) Detachment was defending the airstrip at Munda
• Yoshikazu Harada : General Officer Commanding 2nd South Seas Detachment, Caroline Islands
• Keiji Igeta: Chief of Staff 31st Army, Marianas
• Kanenobu Ijuin: Commanding Officer 51st Independent Mixed Brigade, Caroline Islands
• Sadao Inoue: General Officer Commanding 14th Division,Palau Islands
• the Seventeenth Army,to be commanded by Haruyoshi Hyakutake in New Guinea
• Heisuke Abe:General Officer Commanding 41st Division, New Guinea
• Hatazo Adachi: General Officer Commanding 18th Army, New Guinea
• Korechika Anami: Commander in Chief 2nd Area Army, New Guinea
• Jusei Aoki: General Officer Commanding 20th Division, New Guinea
• Kikutaro Aotsu: Commanding Officer Infantry Group 41st Division, New Guinea
• Tomitaro Horii: General Officer Commanding South Sea Detachment, New Guinea
• Kiyonao Ichiki, who commanded the Ichiki Detachment dispatched to Guadalcanal
• Major-General Chiku: Commanding Officer Northern Section Elefante Area Bougainville,Solomon Islands
• Shunkichi Ikeda: General Officer Commanding 35th Division, New Guinea
• Tsutomi Akinaga: Chief of Staff 17th Army, Solomon Islands and General Officer Commanding 6th Division, Solomon Islands
• Seikichi Hyakutate: General Officer Commanding 17th Army, Solomon Islands
• Shun Iwasa: Commanding Officer Infantry Group 6th Division, Solomon Islands
• Hitoshi Imamura: Commander in Chief 8th Area Army, New Guinea-Solomons Island

Operative Units detached in New Guinea

• 27th Special Base Unit (Wewak)
• 18th Guard Unit (Manokwari)
• 19th Guard Unit (Biak)
• 90th Guard Unit (Hollandia)
• Nakai Detachment
• Sepic River Crossing Unit
• 55°Infantry Group
• 20th Division
• 51st Division
• Tank Company/222nd Infantry Regiment(Biak)-First Lieut. Iwasa
• Tank Unit/36th Division (Sarmi Area) -Captain Fujimura
• Tank Platoon/Kure 5th SNLF

Operative Units in Rabaul fortress-Solomon Islands

• 1st Base Unit (Buin)
• 82nd Guard Unit (Bougainville)
• 87th Guard Unit (Buka)
• 88th Guard Unit (Bougainville)
• Sasebo 6th SNLF (Bougainville)
• Kure 7th SNLF (Bougainville)
• 8th Base Unit (Rabaul)
• 14th Base Unit (Kavieng)
• 81st, 84th, 85th, 86th Guard Units (Rabaul)
• Yokosuka 8th SNLF (Rabaul)
• Ichiki Detachment (28th Infantry unit)
• 10th Independent Mountain Gun Regiment (3 batteries only) (Guadalcanal)-Lt. Col. Kitayama
• 20th Independent Mountain Gun Battalion(Guadalcanal)-Lt. Col. Kaji
• 4th Field Heavy Artillery Regiment(Guadalcanal)-Col. Akamatsu
• 2nd Battery/7th Field Heavy Artillery Regiment(Guadalcanal)-1st Lt. Tani
• 2nd Battery/21st Independent Field Heavy Artillery Battalion(Guadalcanal)-Captain Tanaka
• 2nd Field Artillery Regiment(Guadalcanal)-Col. Ishizaki
• 3 Batteries/38th Mountain Gun Regiment(Gudalcanal)
• 1st Independent Tank Company(Guadalcanal)-Captain Maeda
• 38th Division(Guadalcanal)-Tadayoshi Sano
  Tadayoshi Sano
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Air Squadrons in Rabaul Fortress-Solomon Islands

• Japanese Navy

• 204° Air Group
• 253rd Air Group
• Genzan Air Group
  Genzan Air Group
  was an aircraft and airbase garrison unit of the Imperial Japanese Navy Air Service during the Second Sino-Japanese War and Pacific campaign of World War II.-History:...
  
  
• Tainan Air Group
  Tainan Air Group
  was a fighter aircraft and airbase garrison unit of the Imperial Japanese Navy during the Pacific campaign of World War II. The flying portion of the unit was heavily involved in many of the major campaigns and battles of the first year of the war...
  
  
• Kanoya Air Group
• 11th Air Flotilla(hidro fighters)

See also

• Organization of Japanese fortifications in New Guinea area
  Organization of Japanese fortifications in New Guinea area
  -Japanese Invasion of the New Guinea sector:On the first of January 1942, Admiral Nagumo's Carrier Fleet departed from Hiroshima Bay, with four carriers: Akagi, Kaga, Shōkaku and Zuikaku to Southeast Asia to support Admiral Kajioka's invasion force in the New Guinea sector.Later supported by...