# Training Fleet (Imperial Japanese Navy)

The Training Fleet (練習艦隊, Renshū Kantai) was a training unit of the Imperial Japanese Navy. Organized after the Russo-Japanese War, however, systematized in 1902 by the Training Detachment (練習枝隊, Renshū Shitai) in the Standing Fleet. This article handles Training Fleet and Training Detachment.

## Organizations of the Training Detachment

| Term | Commander | Vessels | Destinations |
| 2 November 1902 – 21 August 1903 | Rear-Admiral Hikonojō Kamimura | Cruiser Matsushima, Itsukushima, Hashidate | Southeast Asia, Australia |
| 17 December 1903 – 3 January 1904 | Rear-Admiral Masamichi Tōgō | Cruiser Matsushima, Itsukushima, Hashidate | Cruise was canceled and detachment was dissolved in halfway for war preparations. |

## Organizations of the Training Fleet

| Term | Commander | Vessels | Destinations |
| 15 February 1906 – 25 August 1906 | Rear-Admiral Hayao Shimamura | Cruiser Matsushima, Itsukushima, Hashidate | Australia, Southeast Asia |
| 31 January 1907 – 3 August 1907 | Rear-Admiral Sadayasu Tomioka | Cruiser Matsushima, Itsukushima, Hashidate | Hawaiian Islands, Australia, Southeast Asia |
| 25 January 1908 – 30 April 1908 | Rear-Admiral Motarō Yoshimatsu | Cruiser Matsushima, Itsukushima, Hashidate | Southeast Asia; cruise was canceled in halfway, because Matsushima was sunk in Magong. |
| 14 March 1909 – 7 August 1909 | Rear-Admiral Hikojirō Ijichi | Cruiser Aso, Sōya | Hawaiian Islands, North America |
| 1 February 1910 – 3 July 1910 | Rear-Admiral Hikojirō Ijichi | Cruiser Aso, Sōya | Australia, Southeast Asia |
| 16 October 1910 – 6 March 1911 | Rear-Admiral Rokurō Yashiro | Cruiser Asama, Kasagi | Hawaiian Islands, North America, Central America |
| 25 November 1911 – 28 March 1912 | Vice-Admiral Sadakichi Katō | Cruiser Aso, Sōya | Southeast Asia |
| 5 December 1912 – 21 April 1913 | Rear-Admiral Sōjirō Tochiuchi | Cruiser Azuma, Sōya | Southeast Asia, Australia |
| 20 April 1914 – 11 August 1914 | Rear-Admiral Teijirō Kuroi | Cruiser Azuma, Asama | Hawaiian Islands, North America |
| 20 April 1915 – 23 August 1915 | Rear-Admiral Tomojirō Chisaka | Cruiser Aso, Sōya | Southeast Asia, Australia |
| 20 April 1916 – 22 August 1916 | Rear-Admiral Tatsuo Matsumura | Cruiser Iwate, Azuma | Southeast Asia, Australia |
| 5 April 1917 – 17 August 1917 | Rear-Admiral Toshitake Iwamura | Cruiser Tokiwa, Yakumo | North America (West coast), Hawaiian Islands, South Pacific |
| 2 March 1918 – 6 July 1918 | Vice-Admiral Kantarō Suzuki | Cruiser Iwate, Asama | North America (West coast), Central America (West coast), Hawaiian Islands, South Pacific |
| 1 March 1919 – 26 July 1919 | Vice-Admiral Naoe Nakano | Cruiser Tokiwa, Azuma | Southeast Asia, Australia |
| 21 August 1920 – 2 April 1921 | Vice-Admiral Kajishirō Funakoshi | Cruiser Asama, Iwate | South America, Southern Africa |
| 20 August 1921 – 4 April 1922 | Vice-Admiral Hanroku Saitō | Cruiser Yakumo, Izumo | Europe |
| 26 June 1922 – 8 February 1923 | Vice-Admiral Naomi Taniguchi | Coast defence ship Iwate, Izumo, Asama | South America, Southern Africa |
| 7 November 1923 – 5 April 1924 | Vice-Admiral Shichigorō Saitō | Coast defence ship Iwate, Izumo, Asama | Southeast Asia, Australia |
| 10 November 1924 – 4 April 1925 | Vice-Admiral Saburō Hyakutake | Coast defence ship Yakumo, Asama, Izumo | North America (West coast) |
| 10 November 1925 – 6 April 1926 | Vice-Admiral Saburō Hyakutake | Coast defence ship Iwate | Southeast Asia, Australia |
| 30 June 1926 – 17 January 1927 | Vice-Admiral Eisuke Yamamoto | Coast defence ship Yakumo, Izumo | Mediterranean Sea |
| 30 June 1927 – 16 December 1927 | Vice-Admiral Osami Nagano | Coast defence ship Iwate, Asama | North America (East coast) |
| 23 April 1928 – 3 October 1928 | Vice-Admiral Seizō Kobayashi | Coast defence ship Yakumo, Izumo | Southeast Asia, Australia |
| 1 July 1929 – 27 December 1929 | Vice-Admiral Kichisaburō Nomura | Coast defence ship Iwate, Asama | North America (East coast) |
| 5 March 1931 – 15 August 1931 | Vice-Admiral Seizō Sakonji | Coast defence ship Yakumo, Izumo | Mediterranean Sea |
| 1 March 1932 – 14 July 1932 | Vice-Admiral Shinjirō Imamura | Coast defence ship Iwate, Asama | Southeast Asia, Australia |
| 6 March 1933 – 26 July 1933 | Vice-Admiral Gengo Hyakutake | Coast defence ship Iwate, Yakumo | North America (West coast), Central America (West coast) |
| 15 February 1934 – 26 July 1934 | Vice-Admiral Hajime Matsushita | Coast defence ship Iwate, Asama | Mediterranean Sea |
| 20 February 1935 – 22 July 1935 | Vice-Admiral Kamezaburō Nakamura | Coast defence ship Asama, Yakumo | Southeast Asia, Australia, Hawaiian Islands |
| 9 June 1936 – 20 November 1936 | Vice-Admiral Zengo Yoshida | Coast defence ship Yakumo, Iwate | North America (East coast) |
| 7 June 1937 – 19 October 1937 | Vice-Admiral Mineichi Koga | Coast defence ship Yakumo, Iwate | Mediterranean Sea |
| 6 April 1938 – 29 June 1938 | Rear-Admiral Shirō Takasu | Coast defence ship Yakumo, Iwate | Southeast Asia, South Pacific |
| 16 November 1938 – 30 January 1939 | Vice-Admiral Umatarō Tanimoto | Coast defence ship Yakumo, Iwate | Southeast Asia |
| 4 October 1939 – 20 November 1939 | Vice-Admiral Yorio Sawamoto | Coast defence ship Yakumo, Iwate | Hawaiian Islands, South Pacific |
| 7 August 1940 – 28 September 1940 | Vice-Admiral Mitsumi Shimizu | Cruiser Katori, Kashima | Sea of Japan, East China Sea |