# List of East Asian leaders in the Japanese sphere of influence (1931–1945)

This is a list of some Asian leaders and politicians, with a commitment to the Japanese cause, in the Yen Block or Greater Asian Co-Prosperity Sphere Pan-Asian economic associations previous to and during the Pacific War period, between 1931–1945.

## Empire of Manchukuo

* Puyi, the Kangde Emperor (Monarch and Head of State)
* Zheng Xiaoxu (Prime Minister of Manchukuo)
* Zhang Jinghui (next Prime Minister until 1945)

## Jewish Far East Community in Manchukuo

* Dr.Abraham Kaufman (Local Harbin Zionist anticommunist leader)

## Chōsen

* Crown Prince Euimin (Yi Eun) (Korean Imperial House chief and local leader)
* Prince Imperial Ui (Gyn Rhee) (Korean Imperial House chief and supporter)

## White Russians Community in Manchukuo

* Konstantin Vladimirovich Rodzaevsky (White Russian anticommunist leader)
* General Kislitsin (another White Russian anti-Soviet chief)
* General Vrashevsky (White Russian anti-Stalinist leader, also Japanese follower)

## Provisional Government of the Republic of China (North China Political Council), Reformed Government of the Republic of China and the Wang Jingwei regime

* President Wang Kemin (Head of State of the Provisional Government, later Chairman of the North China Political Council and Minister of Internal Affairs for the Wang Jingwei regime)
* President Liang Hongzhi (Head of State of the Reformed Government, later Governor of Jiangsu Province and Chairman of the Legislative Yuan for the Wang Jingwei regime)
* President Wang Jingwei (First Head of State of the Wang Jingwei regime)
* President Chen Gongbo (Second Head of State of the Wang Jingwei regime, previously the Mayor of Shanghai)

## Mengjiang

* Demchugdongrub (Head of State)

## Malaya

* Sultan Ibrahim of Johor (local Malay Islamic leader)
* Sultan Musa Ghiatuddin Riayat Shah of Selangor (local Malay Islamic leader)
* Ibrahim Hj Yaacob – founder of Kesatuan Melayu Muda

## Second Philippine Republic

* José P. Laurel (President of the Japanese inaugurated Republic)
* Emilio Aguinaldo (former Philippine president, also supported Japanese cause for sometime)
* Benigno Aquino Sr. (former Speaker of the National Assembly of the Republic and leader of the pro-Japan KALIBAPI)

## Dutch East Indies-Indonesia

* Sukarno (native Indonesian Nationalist leader)
* Mohammad Hatta (local Indonesian Nationalist leader, with Sukarno as Dwitunggal)
* Radjiman Wediodiningrat (native Indonesian Islamic politic)

## French Indochina

* Admiral Jean Decoux (Vichy French governor)

## Empire of Vietnam

* Emperor Bảo Đại (Vietnamese Head of State)
* Trần Trọng Kim (Local Vietnamese leader)
* Trinh Minh The (Vietnamese nationalist and military leader)

## Kingdom of Kampuchea (Cambodia)

* Norodom Sihanouk (Cambodian Head of State and Head of Government; king and prime minister simultaneously)
* Son Ngoc Thanh (Native Cambodian leader, succeeded Sihanouk as prime minister)

## Kingdom of Laos

* Prince Phetxarāt (Laotian Political Chief)

## Thailand

* Field Marshal Plaek Phibunsongkhram (Head of Government and military strongman)
* Prince Wan Waithayakon (Diplomat and propagandist)

## State of Burma

* Ba Maw (local Burmese chief, and Head of State)
* U Aung San (local Burmese supporter for certain period)
* Bo Ne Win (native Burmese military supporter)

## Arzi Hukumat-e-Azad Hind (Free India)

* Subhas Chandra Bose (legendary Indian Freedom Struggle Hero. Head of State of Provisional Government of Free India)
* A. M. Sahay (another Indian leader and Japanese political follower)
* Rash Behari Bose (Indian pro-Japanese leader)
* Habib Hassan (Indian pro-Japanese leader)

## Afghanistan

* Sardar Mohammad Hashim Khan (native Afghan Islamic leader)

## First East Turkestan Republic

* Muhammad Amin Bughra (Emir)