The List of Japanese ministers, envoys and ambassadors to Germany started when Sameshima Naonobu presented his credentials to the German government in 1870.

List This is a chronological list of Japanese diplomats.Nihon Gaikoshi Jiten, appendix (1979). pp. 364-365.Nihon Gaikoshi Jiten, appendix (1992). pp. 77-78, 123.

Inaugural dateOfficial position (Japanese)Official positionName (Japanese)NameOctober 3, 1870 少弁務使Chargé d'affaires鮫島 尚信Sameshima NaonobuMay 3, 1872中弁務使Minister resident鮫島 尚信Sameshima NaonobuOctober 14, 1872弁理公使Minister resident鮫島 尚信Sameshima NaonobuNovember 22, 1873特命全権公使Minister Plenipotentiary鮫島 尚信Sameshima NaonobuAugust 17, 1874代理公使Chargé d'affaires青木 周蔵Aoki ShūzōSeptember 3, 1874特命全権公使Minister Plenipotentiary青木 周蔵Aoki ShūzōAugust 24, 1879臨時代理公使Chargé d'affaires ad interim三宮 義胤Sannomiya YoshitaneMay 22, 1880特命全権公使Minister Plenipotentiary青木 周蔵Aoki ShūzōDecember 9, 1885臨時代理公使Chargé d'affaires ad interim小松原 英太郎Komatsubara EitarōMarch 13, 1886特命全権公使Minister Plenipotentiary品川 弥二郎Shinagawa YajirōDecember 27, 1886臨時代理公使Chargé d'affaires ad interim井上 勝之助Inoue KatsunosukeJune 4, 1887特命全権公使Minister Plenipotentiary西園寺 公望Saionji KinmochiJuly 5, 1891臨時代理公使Chargé d'affaires ad interim井上 勝之助Inoue KatsunosukeJanuary 27, 1892特命全権公使Minister Plenipotentiary青木 周蔵Aoki ShūzōJuly 23, 1897臨時代理公使Chargé d'affaires ad interim宮岡 恒次郎Miyaoka KōjirōMay 19, 1898特命全権公使Minister Plenipotentiary井上 勝之助Inoue KatsunosukeJanuary 7, 1906特命全権大使Ambassador井上 勝之助Inoue KatsunosukeSeptember 16, 1907臨時代理大使Chargé d'affaires ad interim日置 益Hioki EkiAugust 1, 1908臨時代理大使Chargé d'affaires ad interim船越 光之丞Funakoshi MitsunojōOctober 5, 1908特命全権大使Ambassador珍田 捨巳Chinda SutemiNovember 22, 1911臨時代理大使Chargé d'affaires ad interim畑 良太郎Hata RyōtarōDecember 18, 1911特命全権大使Ambassador杉村 虎一Sugimura KōichiAugust 22, 1914臨時代理大使Chargé d'affaires ad interim船越 光之丞Funakoshi MitsunojōAugust 24, 1914 First World WarMarch 21, 1920臨時代理大使Chargé d'affaires ad interim出淵 勝次Debuchi Katsuji January 7, 1921特命全権大使Ambassador日置 益Hioki Eki August 20, 1923臨時代理大使Chargé d'affaires ad interim大野 守衛Ōno Morie February 6, 1924特命全権大使Ambassador本多 熊太郎Honda Kumatarō September 21, 1925臨時代理大使Chargé d'affaires ad interim伊藤 述史Itō Nobufumi August 25, 1926特命全権大使Ambassador長岡 春一Nagaoka Harukazu May 6, 1930臨時代理大使Chargé d'affaires ad interim東郷 茂徳Tōgō Shigenori April 6, 1931特命全権大使Ambassador小幡 酉吉Obata Yūkichi January 16, 1932臨時代理大使Chargé d'affaires ad interim七田 基玄Shichida Motoharu November 19, 1932臨時代理大使Chargé d'affaires ad interim東郷 茂徳Tōgō ShigenoriNovember 22, 1932臨時代理大使Chargé d'affaires ad interim藤井 啓之助Fujii Keinosuke April 3, 1933特命全権大使Ambassador永井 松三Nagai Matsuzō October 15, 1934臨時代理大使Chargé d'affaires ad interim杉下 裕次郎Sugishita Yūjirō December 28, 1934特命全権大使Ambassador武者小路 公共Mushakōji Kintomo July 3, 1935臨時代理大使Chargé d'affaires ad interim井上 庚二郎Inoue Kōjirō April 3, 1936特命全権大使Ambassador武者小路 公共Mushakōji Kintomo December 12, 1937臨時代理大使Chargé d'affaires ad interim柳井 恒夫Yanai Hisao December 24, 1937特命全権大使Ambassador東郷 茂徳Tōgō Shigenori October 29, 1938特命全権大使Ambassador大島 浩Ōshima HiroshiOctober 29, 1939臨時代理大使Chargé d'affaires ad interim宇佐美 珍彦Usami Uzuhiko December 4, 1939特命全権大使Ambassador来栖 三郎Kurusu SaburōFebruary 17, 1941特命全権大使Ambassador大島 浩Ōshima HiroshiMay 8, 1945 Surrender and end of the Third Reich. 1945-1952 no diplomatic relationsMarch 15, 1952在ボン在外事務所長Direktor des Auslandsbüros in Bonn寺岡 洪平Teraoka Kōhei December 6, 1953臨時代理大使Chargé d'affaires ad interim曾野 明Sono Akira January 8, 1954特命全権大使Ambassador加瀬 俊一Kase Shunichi June 6, 1956臨時代理大使Chargé d'affaires ad interim曾野 明Sono Akira November 27, 1956特命全権大使Ambassador大野 勝巳Ōno Katsumi January 9, 1957臨時代理大使Chargé d'affaires ad interim曾野 明Sono Akira April 8, 1957特命全権大使Ambassador武内 龍次Takeuchi Ryūji December 19, 1960臨時代理大使Chargé d'affaires ad interim竹内 春海 Takeuchi Harumi April 13, 1961特命全権大使Ambassador成田 勝四郎Narita Katsushirō April 11, 1965臨時代理大使Chargé d'affaires ad interim兼松 武Kanematsu Takeshi May 20, 1965特命全権大使Ambassador内田 藤雄Uchida Fujio January 10, 1970臨時代理大使Chargé d'affaires ad interim吉岡 一郎Yoshioka Ichirō March 11, 1970特命全権大使Ambassador甲斐 文比古 Kai Fumihiko October 10, 1972臨時代理大使Chargé d'affaires ad interim加藤 千幸Katō Chisachi October 27, 1972特命全権大使Ambassador曾野 明Sono AkiraSeptember 5, 1975臨時代理大使Chargé d'affaires ad interim宮沢 泰 Miyazawa Yasushi October 21, 1975特命全権大使Ambassador上田 常光Ueda Tsuneaki December 4, 1977臨時代理大使Chargé d'affaires ad interim茂木 良三Moteki Ryōzō February 1, 1978特命全権大使Ambassador吉野 文六Yoshino Bunroku March 28, 1982臨時代理大使Chargé d'affaires ad interim山下 新太郎Yamashita Shintarō March 30, 1982特命全権大使Ambassador宮崎 弘道Miyazaki Hiromichi January 8, 1986臨時代理大使Chargé d'affaires ad interim中村 昭一Nakamura Shōichi January 15, 1986特命全権大使Ambassador宮沢 泰Miyazawa Yasushi March 31, 1989臨時代理大使Chargé d'affaires ad interim高島 有終Takashima Yūshū April 8, 1989特命全権大使Ambassador木村 敬三Kimura Keizō

In 2013, the head of the Japanese embassy in Berlin is Nakane Takeshi.MOFA, 在外公館長名簿 (Diplomatic missions roster); retrieved 2013-5-9.

In 2024 the head of the Japanese Embassy in Berlin (Japan’s Ambassador to Germany) is Shino Mitsuko (志野 光子) and is the first woman to hold this post for Japan in Germany and the EU.

See also List of German ministers, envoys and ambassadors to Japan Japanese people in Germany Germany–Japan relations Diplomatic rank

References

Further reading Nihon Kingendaishi Jiten, "Dictionary of Modern and Present Japanese History" (Tōyō Keizai Shinpōsha, 1978) Nihon Gaikoshi Jiten, "Dictionary of Japanese Diplomatic History" (Tokyo: Okurasho Inseikyoku, 1979) Nihon Gaikoshi Jiten, "Dictionary of Japanese Diplomatic History" (Tokyo: Yamakawa Shuppansha, 1992) Website of the German embassy in Japan Website of the Japanese embassy in Germany