This is a list of fighter aces in World War II from Japan, as officially credited by the Imperial Japanese government. For other countries see List of World War II aces by country.

Abbreviations "KIA": Killed in action (dates are included where possible) "DOW": Died of wounds "KIFA": Killed in Flying Accident "MIA": Missing in action "POW": Prisoner of War "IJA": Imperial Japanese Army "IJN": Imperial Japanese Navy

A Portrait Name Kills Rank Service Awards Notes Kenichi Abe (阿部健市) 10 (five jointly) Chief Petty Officer IJN Survived World War II.Hata, p. 331 Takahide Aioi (相生高秀) 10 Commander IJN 5 of the victories during Second Sino-Japan War; later served as Vice Admiral in the JMSDFHata, p. 339 Sadaaki Akamatsu (赤松貞明) 27 Lieutenant Junior Grade IJN 11 of the victories during Second Sino-Japan WarHata, p. 252; Sakaida, pp. 176–178. Satoru Anabuki (穴吹智) 39 Sergeant Major IJA Later served as Lieutenant Colonel in the JGSDFSakaida, pp. 34–35. Katsumi Anma (安間 克巳) 27 IJA KIA 8 April 1942 Yoshitugu Aramaki (荒蒔 義次) 5 IJA Yoshisuke Arita (有田 義助) 5 IJN Mitsuzo Asai 7 IJA Jiro Asano (浅野 二郎) 10 IJA Tomita Atake (阿武 富太) 10 IJN

B Portrait Name Kills Rank Service Awards Notes Takeo Banno (阪野 隆雄) 10 IJN KIA 7 October 1943 Kisaji Beppu 5 IJA KIA 7 February 1942

C Portrait Name Kills Rank Service Awards Notes Jirō Chōno 7 Ensign IJN KIA 21 February 1941

E Portrait Name Kills Rank Service Awards Notes Yuichi Ema (江馬 友一) 6 IJN KIA 29 October 1944 Masuaki Endo (遠藤 桝秋) 14 IJN KIA 7 June 1943 Sachio Endo (遠藤 幸男) 8 IJN KIA 14 January 1945 Toyoki Eto (江藤 豊樹) 12+1 shared +4 probable IJA

F Portrait Name Kills Rank Service Awards Notes Iyōzō Fujita (藤田怡与蔵) 11 (42?) IJN Kihei Fujiwara (藤原 喜平) 5 IJN Sumio Fukuda (福田 澄夫) 11 IJN KIA 24 October 1944 Yoshio Fukui 11, 4 probable Lieutenant IJN Shigeo Fukumoto (福本 繁夫) 72 IJN Yonesuke Fukuyama 7 IJA Goro Furugori (古郡 吾郎) 25+ IJA KIA 3 November 1944 Haruyoshi Furukawa (古川 治良) 5+ IJA

G Name Kills Rank Service Awards Notes Hiroshi Gomi 7 IJA Kurakazu Goto 8 IJN KIA 9 September 1943

H Portrait Name Kills Rank Service Awards Notes Matsuo Hagiri (羽切 松雄) 13 IJN Tomio Hanada (花田 富男) 25 IJA Watari Handa 7 Lieutenant Junior Grade IJN Iwataro Hazawa (羽沢 岩太郎) 15 IJA KIA 14 January 1945 Kaname Harada (原田要)Kakesako, Gregg, K., "Zero Ace Recalls Missions Over Midway, Pearl Harbor", Honolulu Star-Bulletin, June 5, 2010. 9 Lieutenant Junior Grade IJN Died on 3 May 2016 Kichigoro Haraguchi (原口 吉五郎) 24 IJA Yoshiro Hashiguchi (橋口 嘉郎) 10 IJN KIA 25 October 1944 Kazuo Hattori (服部 一夫) 10 IJN KIA 10 March 1944 Sakuji Hayashi (林 作次) 6 IJN KIA 28 May 1945 Takeomi Hayashi (林 武臣) 7 IJA Yoshishige Hayashi (林 喜重) 5 IJN KIA 21 April 1945 Nobuji Negishi (根岸 延次) 6 IJA Hatsuo Hidaka 6 Lieutenant Junior Grade IJN Yoshimi Hidaka (日高 義巳) 20 IJN KIA 7.6.1943 Ichiro Higashiyama (東山 市郎) 9 IJN Yohei Hinoki (:ja:檜與平) 12 IJA Died 1991 Tomio Hirohata (広畑 富男) 14 IJA 22 April 1945 Yoshio Hirose (広瀬 吉雄) 7 IJA 22 December 1944 Minoru Honda (本田 稔) 17 IJN Toshiaki Honda (本田 敏秋) 5+ IJN 13 May 1942 Mitsuo Hori (堀 光雄) 11 IJN Isamu Hosono (細野 勇) 26 IJA 6 October 1943

I Name Kills Rank Service Awards Notes Chuichi Ichikawa (市川 忠一) 10+ IJA Bukochosho KIFA September 1954 Matao Ichioka (市岡 又夫) 11 IJN Fusata Iida (飯田 房太) 7 IJN Crashed after being hit at Pearl Harbor Masao Iizuka (飯塚 雅夫) 8 IJN Shigeo Iizuka ? Tomesaku Igarashi (五十嵐 留作) ~20 IJA KIA 17.6.1944 Fumisuke Ikuno (生野 文介) 6 IJA Hideaki Inayama (稲山 英明) 5+ IJA Misao Inoue (井上 操) 16 IJA KIFA 15.12.1944 Teigo Ishida (石田 真吾) 9 IJN KIA 16.5.1945 Susumu Ishihara (石原 進) 16 IJN Shizuo Ishii (石井 静夫) 29 IJN Isamu Ishii (石井 勇) 10 IJN Seiji Ishikawa (石川 清治) 5 IJN Tadashi Ishikawa (石川 正) 5 IJA Kanshi Ishikawa (石川 寛志) 19 IJA Chitoshi Isozaki 12 Lieutenant IJA Ishizuka Tokuyasu 15 IJA Kiyoshi Ito (伊藤 清) 18 & 14 damaged IJN Fujitaro Ito (伊藤 藤太郎) 13+ IJA Naoyuki Ito (伊藤 直之) 8 IJA Died 2010 Susumu Ito 5 IJN Tsutomu Iwai (岩井 勉) 11 IJN Yoshio Iwaki (岩城 芳雄) 8 IJN Tetsuzō Iwamoto (岩本 徹三) 80+ Lieutenant Junior Grade IJN Order of the Kite (5th Class), Order of the Rising Sun (7th Class) Iwahashi Jozo 20+ IJA KIA 23.4.1944 Hideo Izumi (和泉 秀雄) 9 IJN KIA 30.5.1942

J Portrait Name Kills Rank Service Awards Notes Ryotaro Jobo (:ja:上坊良太郎) 30 IJA Died 2012

K Portrait Name Kills Rank Service Awards Notes Susumu Kajinami 24 Enji Kakimoto 5 POW 27.8.1942, Suicide 5.8.1944 See Cowra breakout Morichiki Kamae 32 Teizo Kanamaru 8 KIA 24.12.1942 Keishu Kamihara Sumi Kamito 40+ presumed KIA 4.2.1945 Moritsugu Kanai Takeo Kanamaru 12 KIA 29.11.1944 Nobuo Kanazawa 10 Masao Kanbara 7 Saiji Kanda 9 KIA 19.6.1943 Masashi Kaneko Tadashi Kaneko 8 (3 in China) Commander IJN KIA 14.11.1942 Naoshi Kanno 25 presumed KIA 1.8.1945 Saiji Kani 9 KIA 29.6.1939, Battles of Khalkin Gol/Nomohan Tomkazu Kasai 10 Isamu Kashiide (:ja:樫出勇) 7+2 in China Captain IJA Bukochosho (2nd Class) Shirotaro Kashima 9 KIA 16.12.1944 Kanichi Kashimura 12 Ensign IJN Order of the Golden Kite (5th Class) KIA 6.3.1943 Katsue Kato 9 KIA 16.4.1945 Kenji Kato 9 KIA 5.12.1944 Kunimichi Kato 16 IJN Tateo Katō (加藤建夫) 18 Lieutenant ColonelMajor General (Posthumously) IJA Order of the Golden Kite (Posthumously) KIA 22.5.1942 Kiyomi Katsuki (:ja:甲木清実) 16 Warrant Officer IJN Floatplane ace, 7 victories by F1M2 Pete/A6M2-N Rufe/N1K1 Rex. Kosuke Kawahara 8+1 shared KIA 25.3.1938, Gui'de Airbase, Sino-Japanese War Akira Kawakita 5 KIA 26.10.1944 Koki Kawamoto 8 Bukochosho Masajiro Kawamoto Ichiro Kawamura (河村一郎) 5 Warrant Officer IJN Floatplane ace Masajiro Kawato 18 Tetsuo Kikuchi 12 KIA 19.6.1944 Takaji Kimura 26 Sadamitsu Kimura 8 Bukochosho KIA 17.4.1945 Katsuaki Kira 13+9 in China Saburo Kitahata 6+4 in China KIA 23.1.1943 Teruhiko Kobayashi 14 (or 5) Bukochosho KIFA 4.6.1957 Hohei Kobayashi 10 KIA 25.1.1944 Yoshinao Kodaira 9+2 in China IJN Died in 2008 Sada Koga 31 Kiyoto Koga 13 KIFA 1938 Fujikazu Koizumi 11+3 in China KIA 27.1.1944 Shizuo Kojima 6 Takeichi Kokubun 11 KIA 28.6.1944 Sadamu Komachi 18 Warrant Officer IJN Died 15.7.2012 Masaichi Kondō 13 Ensign IJN Kensui Kono 9 Kotaro Koyae 15 Osamu Kudō 7 Lieutenant Junior Grade IJN KIA 3.3.1942 Shigetoshi Kudō 10 Ensign IJN Highest-scoring night fighter ace in the Imperial Japanese Navy. All of his victories were achieved through J1N1-R and J1N1-S Irving. Juzo Kuramoto 5+4 in China KIA 11.10.1942 Yasuhiko Kuroe 49+2 in China Toshio Kuroiwa 13 Tameyoshi Kuroki 16 Seiichi Kurosawa 10 KIA 9.6.1945 Shiro Kurotori (:ja:黒鳥四朗) 6 Lieutenant Junior Grade IJN Died 4.2.2012 Yoshiro Kuwabara 13 KIA 14.3.1944

M Portrait Name Kills Rank Service Awards Notes Hideo Maeda 13 KIA 17.2.1944 Koichi Magara 8 KIA 14.9.1942 Akio Matsuba 16+2 in China Lieutenant Junior Grade IJN Jiro Matsuda 7+2 in China Masao Masuyama 17 Morio Matsui 21 KIA 18/05/44 Susumu Matsuki 6, 2 probable, 3 shared Momoto Matsumura 13 KIA 25.8.1944 Hidenori Matsunaga 16 KIA 23.4.1945 Eitoku Matsunaga 16 Hidenori Matsunaga KIA 23/4/45 Kagemitsu Matsuo 10 KIA 23.12.1943 Toshio Matsuura 5+10 in China KIA 2.12.1943 Yoshimi Minami 6+9 in China Lieutenant IJN KIA in Kamikaze attack 25.11.1944 Yoshijiro Minegishi 6+3 in China KIA 6.2.1944 Masoa Miyamaru ? Goro Miyamoto 26 Zenjiro Miyano 16 KIA 16.6.1943 Masahiro Mitsuda 16 Kazunori Miyabe 6 KIA 3.11.1943 Hideo Miyabe 12 Isamu Miyazaki 13 Died 2012 Gitaro Miyazaki 11+2 in China KIA 1.6.1942 Isamu Mochizuki 7 Lieutenant IJN KIA Feb 1944 in ground actions Mitsugu Mori 5+4 in China Lieutenant Junior Grade IJN Died 1960 Hideo Morinio 8+1 in China Yutaka Morioka 5 Toyoo Moriura 8 KIA 25.10.1942 Noboru Mune 14 KIA 19.11.1944 Kazuo Muranaka 7+1 in China Kaneyoshi Muto 23+5 in China Ensign IJN KIA 24.07.1945

N Portrait Name Kills Rank Service Awards Notes Yoshikazu Nagahama 10/13 IJN KIA 6.9.1943, became ace in a day during the Attack on Darwin Kiichi Nagano 19 KIA 6.11.1944 Yoshimitsu Naka 5 KIA 419/08/44 Yoshihiko Nakada 45 KIA 9.11.1943 Kenji Nakagawa 8 Tadashi Nakajima 75 Bunkichi Nakajima 16 6.10.1943 Kunimori Nakakariya 16 Wataru Nakamichi 15 Saburo Nakamura 20 KIA 6/10/44 Yoshio Nakamura 9 Matsumi Nakano 5 Bukochosho Katsujiro Nakano 7 KIA 4.5.1945 Tomoji Nakano 7 Masayuki Nakase 18+9 in China KIA 1/01/45 Yoshiichi Nakaya 16 Shigeru Nakazaki 16 KIA 23.1.1943 Kiyoshi Namai 16 Mochifumi Nangō 8 Lieutenant IJN KIA 18/7/1938 Shigeo Nango 15 KIA 25/1/1944 Yashiro Nashiguchi 11 Nobuji Negishi 6+7 damaged (all B-29) KIA 22/04/45 ? Nishikyo 5 Hannoshin Nishio 5 Shigetsune Nishioka 8 KIA 28/10/1944 Masaharu Nishiwaki 5 KIA 8/12/44 Hiroyoshi Nishizawa (西沢広義) 87 Lieutenant Junior Grade (Posthumously) IJN KIA 10/26/44, nicknamed "Devil of Rabaul", shot down by F6Fs while a passenger aboard a Ki-49 (aged 24), Mindoro, Philippines Yoshinori Noguchi 6 KIA 25/10/1944 Takeshi Noguchi 14 Akiyoshi Nomura 10

O Portrait Name Kills Rank Service Awards Notes Tsutae Obara 8 KIA 25/7/1945 Kiichi (Ki-ichi) Oda 5+4 in China Ensign IJN KIA 10/12/1944 Noritsura Odaka 12 Yojiro Ofusa 19 Koichi Ogata 7 KIA 8/08/44 Naoyuki Ogata 5 Bukochosho Makoto Ogawa 9 (7 x B-29s) Second Lieutenant IJA Bukochosho Nobuo Ogiya (:ja:荻谷信男) 24 KIA 13/2/1944 Mitsuo Ogura 16 Ryoji Ohara 16 (48?) Hideo Oishi 6 Yoshio Oishi 15 KIA 12/12/44 Kenji Okabe 15 Ensign IJN KIA September 1943 Takashi Okamoto 6 Juzo Okamoto 5+4 in China KIA 11/10/1942 Hiroshi Okano 19 Yoshio Oki 13+4 in China 16/06/43 Misao Okubu 8 Takeo Okumura 50+4 in China Chief Petty Officer IJN Ceremonial Sword KIA 22/9/1943 Shokichi Omori 9 Shigetaka Ōmori 13 Ensign IJN KIA 25/10/1942 Hiroshi Onazaki 14 6/09/45 Akira Onozaki 28 Megumu Ono 15 KIFA 1/2/1940 Satoru Ono 5+3 in China Lieutenant Junior Grade IJN Died 2001 Takeyoshi Ono 8 KIA 30/6/1943 Takashi Oshibuchi 6 Toshio Ota (太田敏夫) 34 Petty Officer 1st Class IJN KIA 21/10/1942 Kyushiro Otake 15 DOW in 1951 Nakakazu Ozaki (:ja:尾崎中和) 19, 12-14 damaged KIA 27/12/1943 Yukiharu Ozeki 14+ KIA 24/10/1944

R Name Kills Rank Service Awards Notes Shinobu Terada 8

S Portrait Name Kills Rank Service Awards Notes Shogo Saito 26 KIA 2/07/44 Chiyoshi Saito 7 KIA 2/7/1943 Saburo Saito 18 Toshio Sakagawa 49 KIFA 19/12/1944 Saburō Sakai (:ja:坂井三郎) ~28 Lieutenant Junior Grade IJN Died 22/9/2000 Iori Sakai 9 Takao Sakano 10 Junichi Sasai (:ja:笹井醇一) 26 Lieutenant Junior GradeLieutenant Commander (Posthumously) Order of the Golden Kite KIA 26/8/1942, nicknamed "Richthofen of Rabaul" Tomokazu Sasai 10 Yoshiichi Sasaki 6 Isamu Sasaki 38 Bukochosho (2nd Class) Masao Sasakibara 12 Ensign IJN Hitoshi Sato 8 KIA 11/11/1943 Gonnoshin Sato 5 KIA 11/04/45 Mitsugu Sawada 12, 1 shared KIA 5/3/1943 Eiji Seino 15 Hiroshi Sekiguchi 7+1 shared Kiyoshi Sekiya 11 KIA 24/06/44 Hiroshi Shibagaki 13 KIA 22/1/1944 Rikio (Rikia) Shibata 13+14 in China 18/12/1944 Sekizen Shibayama 13 Shigeru Shibukawa 15 Yoshio Shiga 6 Lieutenant Commander IJN Masami Shiga 6 Yasuhiro Shigematsu 10 KIA 8/7/1944 Katsuma Shigemi 8 KIA 4/2/1943 Kenji Shimada 27 MIA 15/9/1939 Masaaki Shimakawa 8, 12 shared Warrant Officer IJN Died 25/9/1997 Kiyoshi Shimizu 12 KIA 26/01/45 Kazuo Shimizu 18 Takeshi Shimizu 9 Yukio Shimokawa 19 Hiromichi Shinohara (:ja:篠原弘道) 58 Warrant OfficerSecond Lieutenant (Posthumously) IJA KIA 27/8/1939, nicknamed "Richthofen of the Orient" Toshio Shiozura 20 Yoshijiro Shirahama 11 Nagao Shirai 13 (including 11 x B-29) Toshihisa Shirakawa 9 KIA 22/9/1943 Ayao Shirane Naoharu Shiromoto Hironojo Shishimoto Tadashi Shono Tokuya Sudo Toshiyuki Sueda Kazuo Sugino (:ja:杉野計雄) Shigeo Sugio Shoichi Sugita (:ja:杉田庄一)70 Teruo Sugiyama Motonari Suho Tadao Sumi Bukochosho (1st Class) Goichi Sumino Minoru Suzuki 8| Hiroshi Suzuki Kiyonobu Suzuki 9 Warrant Officer IJN KIA 26.10.1942

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