# Japanese military attachés in foreign service

List of Japanese military attachés in foreign service

## Austria-Hungary

* Shizuo Matsuoka: military attaché, Austria-Hungary, September 1909
* Hisaichi Terauchi: assistant military attaché, Austria-Hungary, December 1911
* Tomoyuki Yamashita: military attaché (Lt. Col.), Austria—Hungary, February 1927

## Belgium

* Yuitsu Tsuchihashi: military attaché, France — and, concurrently, Belgium, August 1937

## Canada

* Tadamichi Kuribayashi: military attaché, Canada, April 1930

## China

* Shigeru Honjō: military attaché to China
* Seiichi Kita: resident officer, China, February 1921, Resident Officer, China, May 1927
* Kenji Doihara: official duty, China, December 1922
* Teiichi Suzuki: assistant military attaché, China, December 1929
* Yuitsu Tsuchihashi: concurrently military attaché, China, December 1940. Spelled as "Tsuchiachi" in French literature.

## Denmark

* Tetsuzan Nagata: language officer, Denmark, June 1915;

## England

* Masaharu Homma: resident officer, also military student, England, August 1918 (and served as observer with British forces in France)
* Hitoshi Imamura: assistant military attaché, England, October 1918
* Ando Rikichi: resident officer, England, January 1919
* Shizuichi Tanaka: resident officer, England, March 1919
* Seiichi Kita: resident officer, England, September 1927
* Shigenori Kuroda: resident officer, England, January 1922

## France

* Keisuke Fujie: assistant military attaché, France, August 1917
* Naruhiko Higashikuni: resident officer, France, studying military tactics, April 1920
* Kanji Nishihara: resident officer, France, February 1926
* Korechika Anami: official duty, France, August 1927
* Ishiro Shichida: resident officer, France, May 1931
* Takushiro Hattori: resident officer, France, June 1934; observer, Italo-Ethiopian War, October 1935
* Yuitsu Tsuchihashi: military attaché, France—and, concurrently, Belgium, August 1937. Spelled as "Tsuchiachi" in French.

## Germany

* Toshizō Nishio: language officer, Germany, August 1912
* Tetsuzan Nagata: language officer, Germany, October 1913
* Hideki Tōjō: official duty, Germany, July 1921;
* Yoshio Kozuki: language officer, Germany, November 1921
* Heitarō Kimura: resident officer, Germany, January 1922
* Kenzo Kitano: resident officer, Germany, September 1922
* Kanji Ishiwara: language officer, Germany, July 1922
* Takeo Yasuda: resident officer, Germany, January 1922;
* Mitsuo Nakazawa: resident officer, Germany, July 1923;
* Sōsaku Suzuki: resident officer, Germany, March 1923
* Isamu Yokoyama: resident officer, Germany (Major), August 1924
* Takuma Shimoyama: resident officer, Germany, March 1925
* Masakazu Kawabe: military attaché Germany, August 1929
* Kioji Tominaga: official duty, Germany, December 1935
* Hiroshi Ōshima: stationed in Berlin as military attaché working for alliance between Japan and Nazi Germany (Anti-Comintern Pact, 1937; Tripartite Alliance, 1940); Ambassador to Germany, 1940
* Kitsuju Ayabe: member, Military Observer Mission to Germany and Italy (under LtGen Yamashita), December 1940-July 1941

## India

* Gen Sugiyama: military attaché India, February 1915
* Masaharu Homma: resident officer, India, August 1922
* Hitoshi Imamura: resident officer, India, April 1927
* Rikichi Andō: military attaché, India, August 1925
* Hideyoshi Obata: resident officer, India, November 1927
* Shigenori Kuroda: military attaché, India, August 1935

## Italy

* Shigetarō Shimada: assistant naval attaché Italy, August 1936; naval attaché, same country, December 1917

## Manchukuo

* Otosaburo Yano: Japanese military attaché, Hsinking, Manchukuo
* Tadashi Hanaya: (head) Japanese military attaché, Hsinking, Manchukuo
* Shun Akifusa: (head) Harbin military attaché mission, Manchukuo

## Mexico

* Shizuichi Tanaka: military attaché, Mexico, May 1926

## Philippines

* Gen Sugiyama: official duty, Philippines, February 1912
* Masafumi Yamauchi: official tor to the Philippines, 1934–1935

## Poland

* Kiichiro Higuchi: military attaché, Japanese legation, Poland, May 1925
* Harukichi Hyakutake: resident officer, Poland, December 1925
* Okikatsu Arao: assistant military attaché, Poland, March 1936
* Masataka Yamawaki: military attaché to Warsaw, 1934–1935

## Singapore

* Gen Sugiyama: official duty, Singapore, October 1912

## Soviet Union

* Sadao Araki: language officer, Russia, November 1909; Military Attaché, Russia, May 1913
* Mitsumasa Yonai: resident naval officer, Russia, 1915
* Kioji Tominaga: assistant military attaché, USSR, December 1928
* Torashirō Kawabe: resident officer, Riga, Latvia (studying Soviet military affairs), January 1926, Military Attaché, U.S.S.R., February 1932 April 1934
* Saburo Hayashi: served in the Soviet Union during 1938 as a language officer, later in 1939 was Assistant Military Attaché in Moscow.
* Michitake Yamaoka: military attaché to the Soviet Union (1940–1943)

## Sweden

* Tetsuzan Nagata: military attaché, Sweden, June 1921

## Switzerland

* Masakazu Kawabe: resident officer, Switzerland, April 1918
* Hideki Tōjō: official duty, Switzerland, August 1919
* Yoshijirō Umezu: military attaché, Switzerland, November 1919
* Kioji Tominaga: member, Japanese Delegation to General Disarmament Conference, Geneva, December 1931
* Kanji Ishiwara: member, Japanese Delegation to Geneva Conference, October 1932
* Keisuke Fujie: member of Japanese Delegation, General Disarmament Conference, Geneva, August 1931

## Turkey

* Jo Iimura: military attaché, Turkey, January 1930;
* Kingoro Hashimoto: attaché duty, Japanese Embassy, Turkey

## United States

* Hisakazu Tanaka: language officer, United States, 1923-1924
* Isoroku Yamamoto: military attaché, United States, 1925-1928
* Tadamichi Kuribayashi: resident officer, United States, September 1927
* Kumaichi Teramoto: assistant military attaché, United States, December 1928
* Shizuichi Tanaka: military attaché, United States, May 1932
* Joichiro Sanada: official duty, United States, September 1936-September 1937
* Hideo Iwakuro: special duty, United States, 1941

## Military attaches in Diplomatic missions
### Concurrent Mission to Europe

* Shizuo Yokoyama: official duty, Europe, September 1934
* Joichiro Sanada: official duty, Europe, September 1936-September 1937
* Hitoshi Imamura: official duty, Europe, August 1920
* Shunroku Hata: official duty, Europe, December
* Kenji Doihara: official duty, Europe, May 1921
* Rikichi Andō: official duty, Europe, September 1921

### Assistant to Peace Conference February 1919

* Jo Iimura: member, Plenipotentiary's Suite, Peace Conference, February 1919
* Shunroku Hata: member, Plenipotentiary's Suite, Peace Conference, February 1919

### Assistant to Mission to League of Nations,1920-23

* Heisuke Yanagawa: member of the Japanese Military Mission to League of Nations during 1920-23 period

### Assistant to London Conference 1929-May 30

* Torashirō Kawabe: member, Japanese delegation, London Conference, 1929-May 1930
* Heitarō Kimura: member, Japanese delegation, London Conference, 1929-May 1930

### Assistant to General Disarmament Conference,Geneva 1931-32

* Keisuke Fujie: member of Japanese delegation, General Disarmament Conference, Geneva, August 1931
* Kioji Tominaga: member, Japanese delegation to General Disarmament Conference, Geneva, December 1931
* Kanji Ishiwara: member, Japanese delegation to Geneva Conference, October 1932

### Assistant to Ho-Umezu Agreement June 1935

* Yoshihiro Umezu: commanding general, China Garrison Army, March 1934 (Ho-Umezu Agreement, June 1935);

### Member in Yamashita s Mission to Europe(Germany and Italy),December 1940-July 1941

* Kitsuju Ayabe: member, military observer Lt. Gen. Yamashita's diplomatic mission to Germany and Italy in December 1940 - July 1941

### Special Military Attaché in Germany

* Kazuo Otani: special military Attaché in Germany, official representative for buying armaments, also heavy supporter and liaison with the Nazis

### Army attaché in Matsuoka's mission to Europe and Russia

* Yatsuji Nagai: Army attaché in Matsuoka's Diplomatic Mission to Europe and Russia

### Army diplomatic support to Washington diplomatic mission

* Hideo Iwakuro: Army foreign affairs officer, provided diplomatic support to the Washington mission

### Special aide to Nomura Mission to Washington

* Kaname Wakasugi: special aide to Nomura Mission to Washington