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Parent topics

• Army Minister (Japan) [r]: Add brief definition or description
• Imperial Japanese Army [r]: From 1868 to 1945, the ground component of the Japanese military, with great autonomy and political influence from 1900 onwards ^[e]

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Incumbents

• Akihito Komatsu [r]: Add brief definition or description Chief of Staff (Imperial Japanese Army), (26 Jan 1895 - 20 Jan 1898)
• Aritomo Yamagata [r]: In the Meiji Restoration, architect of the Imperial Japanese Army, military commander and three-time Chief of Staff; Three-time President of the Privy Council; two-time Prime Minister of Japan and genro (elder statesman) of immense influence ^[e]
• Yoshimichi Hasegawa [r]: Add brief definition or description
• Iwao Oyama [r]: Imperial Japanese Army field marshal, commanding in the Russo-Japanese War; Chief of Staff (Imperial Japanese Army), (16 May 1899 - 20 Jun 1904), (20 Dec 1905 - 11 Apr 1906) ^[e]
• Misao Kawai [r]: Commanding general, Kwangtung Army, (6 Jan 1921 - 10 May 1922);Chief of Staff (Imperial Japanese Army), (17 Mar 1923 - 2 Mar 1926) ^[e]
• Soroku Kawakami [r]: Add brief definition or description Chief of Staff (Imperial Japanese Army), (20 Jan 1898 - 16 May 1899)
• Gentaro Kodama [r]: Imperial Japanese Army general and government official; chief of staff to the commander in the Russo-Japanese-War; Chief of Staff (Imperial Japanese Army), (11 Apr 1906 - 30 Jul 1906)--died suddenly in office ^[e]
• Kotohito Kanin [r]: (1865-1945) Prince, adopted son of Emperor Komei; Chief of Staff (Imperial Japanese Army), (23 Dec 1931 - 3 Oct 1940), followed by Hajime Sugiyama; key adviser to Emperor Hirohito and close adviser until his death ^[e]
• Iwao Oyama [r]: Imperial Japanese Army field marshal, commanding in the Russo-Japanese War; Chief of Staff (Imperial Japanese Army), (16 May 1899 - 20 Jun 1904), (20 Dec 1905 - 11 Apr 1906) ^[e]
• Takeo Ozawa [r]: Add brief definition or description Chief of Staff (Imperial Japanese Army), (14 May 1888 - 9 Mar 1889)
• Hajime Sugiyama [r]: Chief of Staff (Imperial Japanese Army), (3 Oct 1940 - 21 Feb 1944); Inspector General of Military Education {1 Aug 1936 - 9 Feb 1937) and {18 Jul 1944 - 22 Jul 1944) ^[e]
• Soroku Suzuki [r]: Chief of Staff (Imperial Japanese Army), (2 Mar 1926 - 19 Feb 1930) ^[e]
• Taruhito Arisugawa [r]: Add brief definition or description Chief of Staff (Imperial Japanese Army), (22 Dec 1885 - 14 May 1888), (9 Mar 1889 - 26 Jan 1895)
• Hideki Tojo [r]: General of the Imperial Japanese Army and Prime Minister of Japan 1941-1944; Chief of Staff (Imperial Japanese Army), (21 Feb 1944 - 18 Jul 1944); executed for war crimes in 1948 by order of the International Military Tribunal (Tokyo) ^[e]
• Isamu Uehara [r]: Chief of Staff (Imperial Japanese Army), (17 Dec 1915 - 17 Mar 1923) ^[e]
• Yoshijiro Umezu [r]: Add brief definition or description
• Yasukata Oku [r]: Add brief definition or description Chief of Staff (Imperial Japanese Army), (30 Jul 1906 - 19 Jan 1912)