# List of Japanese ministers, envoys and ambassadors to Germany

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.
| Inaugural date | Official position (Japanese) | Official position | Name (Japanese) | Name |
| October 3, 1870 | 少弁務使 | Chargé d'affaires | 鮫島 尚信 | Sameshima Naonobu |
| May 3, 1872 | 中弁務使 | Minister resident | 鮫島 尚信 | Sameshima Naonobu |
| October 14, 1872 | 弁理公使 | Minister resident | 鮫島 尚信 | Sameshima Naonobu |
| November 22, 1873 | 特命全権公使 | Minister Plenipotentiary | 鮫島 尚信 | Sameshima Naonobu |
| August 17, 1874 | 代理公使 | Chargé d'affaires | 青木 周蔵 | Aoki Shūzō |
| September 3, 1874 | 特命全権公使 | Minister Plenipotentiary | 青木 周蔵 | Aoki Shūzō |
| August 24, 1879 | 臨時代理公使 | Chargé d'affaires ad interim | 三宮 義胤 | Sannomiya Yoshitane |
| May 22, 1880 | 特命全権公使 | Minister Plenipotentiary | 青木 周蔵 | Aoki Shūzō |
| December 9, 1885 | 臨時代理公使 | Chargé d'affaires ad interim | 小松原 英太郎 | Komatsubara Eitarō |
| March 13, 1886 | 特命全権公使 | Minister Plenipotentiary | 品川 弥二郎 | Shinagawa Yajirō |
| December 27, 1886 | 臨時代理公使 | Chargé d'affaires ad interim | 井上 勝之助 | Inoue Katsunosuke |
| June 4, 1887 | 特命全権公使 | Minister Plenipotentiary | 西園寺 公望 | Saionji Kinmochi |
| July 5, 1891 | 臨時代理公使 | Chargé d'affaires ad interim | 井上 勝之助 | Inoue Katsunosuke |
| January 27, 1892 | 特命全権公使 | Minister Plenipotentiary | 青木 周蔵 | Aoki Shūzō |
| July 23, 1897 | 臨時代理公使 | Chargé d'affaires ad interim | 宮岡 恒次郎 | Miyaoka Kōjirō |
| May 19, 1898 | 特命全権公使 | Minister Plenipotentiary | 井上 勝之助 | Inoue Katsunosuke |
| January 7, 1906 | 特命全権大使 | Ambassador | 井上 勝之助 | Inoue Katsunosuke |
| September 16, 1907 | 臨時代理大使 | Chargé d'affaires ad interim | 日置 益 | Hioki Eki |
| August 1, 1908 | 臨時代理大使 | Chargé d'affaires ad interim | 船越 光之丞 | Funakoshi Mitsunojō |
| October 5, 1908 | 特命全権大使 | Ambassador | 珍田 捨巳 | Chinda Sutemi |
| November 22, 1911 | 臨時代理大使 | Chargé d'affaires ad interim | 畑 良太郎 | Hata Ryōtarō |
| December 18, 1911 | 特命全権大使 | Ambassador | 杉村 虎一 | Sugimura Kōichi |
| August 22, 1914 | 臨時代理大使 | Chargé d'affaires ad interim | 船越 光之丞 | Funakoshi Mitsunojō |
| August 24, 1914 | First World War | First World War | First World War | First World War |
| March 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 Nobumi |
| 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 Shigenori |
| November 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 Hiroshi |
| October 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 Saburō |
| February 17, 1941 | 特命全権大使 | Ambassador | 大島 浩 | Ōshima Hiroshi |
| May 8, 1945 | Surrender and end of the Third Reich. 1945-1952 no diplomatic relations | Surrender and end of the Third Reich. 1945-1952 no diplomatic relations | Surrender and end of the Third Reich. 1945-1952 no diplomatic relations | Surrender and end of the Third Reich. 1945-1952 no diplomatic relations |
| March 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 Akira |
| September 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.