dibentuk pada 28 desember 1903, armada kedua dibentuk oleh markas besar angkatan laut kekaisaran jepang sebagai kesatuan penyerang bergerak berkekuatan kapal penjelajah (cruiser) dan kapal perusak (destroyer) untuk mengejar armada kapal penjelajah angkatan laut kekaisaran rusia yang berbasis di vladivostok, sementara armada jepang lainnya, yaitu armada kesatu, memblokade port arthur dengan harapan memancing kapal-kapal tempur (battleship) dari armada pasifik rusia untuk konfrontasi klasik di laut terbuka (line-of-battle).
panglima-panglima armada kedua ijn
panglima wendel, axis history database
pangkat nama masa tugas
1 admiral baron hikonojo kamimura 27 oktober 1903  20 desember 1905
2 admiral baron dewa shigeto 20 desember 1905  22 november 1906
3 fleet admiral baron ijuin gor 22 november 1906  26 mei 1908
4 admiral baron dewa shigeto 26 mei 1908  1 desember 1909
5 fleet admiral baron shimamura hayao 1 desember 1909  1 desember 1911
6 admiral yoshimatsu motaro 1 desember 1911  1 desember 1912
7 vice admiral ijichi suetaka 1 desember 1912  1 desember 1913
8 admiral baron kato sadakichi 1 desember 1913  5 februari 1915
9 admiral nawa matahachiro 5 februari 1915  13 desember 1915
10 admiral baron yashiro rokuro 13 desember 1915  1 desember 1917
11 fleet admiral prince higashifushimi yorihito 1 desember 1917  13 juni 1918
12 admiral yamaya tanin 13 juni 1918  1 desember 1919
13 fleet admiral prince fushimi hiroyasu 1 desember 1919  1 desember 1920
14 admiral baron suzuki kantaro 1 desember 1920  1 desember 1921
x x dibubarkan 1 desember 1921  1 desember 1922
15 vice admiral naoe nakano 1 desember 1922  1 juni 1923
16 admiral hiroharu kato 1 juni 1923  1 desember 1924
17 vice admiral hanroku saito 1 desember 1924  16 september 1925
18 admiral saburo hyakutake 16 september 1925  10 desember 1926
19 vice admiral yasuhira yoshikawa 10 desember 1926  16 mei 1928
20 vice admiral koshiro otani 16 mei 1928  10 desember 1928
21 admiral baron mineo sumi 10 desember 1928  11 november 1929
22 vice admiral nobutaro iida 11 november 1929  1 desember 1930
23 admiral ryozo nakamura 1 desember 1930  1 desember 1931
24 admiral nobumasa suetsugu 1 desember 1931  15 november 1933
25 admiral sankichi takahashi 15 november 1933  15 november 1934
26 admiral mitsumasa yonai 15 november 1934  2 desember 1935
26 admiral takayoshi kato 2 desember 1935  1 desember 1936
27 admiral zengo yoshida 1 desember 1936  1 desember 1937
28 admiral shigetar shimada 1 desember 1937  15 november 1938
29 admiral soemu toyoda 15 november 1938  21 oktober 1939
30 fleet admiral mineichi koga 21 oktober 1939  1 september 1941
31 admiral nobutake kond 1 september 1941  9 agustus 1943
32 vice admiral takeo kurita 9 agustus 1943  23 desember 1944
33 admiral seiichi ito 23 desember 1944  7 april 1945
x x kosong 7
april 1945  20 april 1945
pangkat nama masa tugas
1 fleet admiral viscount tomazaburo kato 28 desember 1903  12 januari 1905
2 admiral koichi fujii 12 januari 1905  20 desember 1905
3 admiral tanin yamaya 20 desember 1905  14 januari 1907
x x kosong 14 januari 1907  28 september 1907
4 admiral isamu takeshita 28 september 1907  17 desember 1907
5 admiral ryokitsu arima 17 desember 1907  20 november 1908
6 vice-admiral tatsuo matsumura 20 november 1908  1 februari 1909
x x kosong 1 februari 1908  1 desember 1909
7 rear admiral shichitaro takagi 1 desember 1909  22 januari 1911
8 vice-admiral kiyokaze yoshida 22 januari 1911  1 desember 1911
9 admiral baron kiyokazu abo 5 desember 1911  1 desember 1912
10 vice-admiral kiyokaze yoshida 1 desember 1912  1 februari 1915
11 admiral hiroharu kato 1 februari 1915  13 desember 1915
12 vice-admiral yasujiro nagata 13 desember 1915  1 desember 1916
13 vice-admiral nobutaro shimamura 1 desember 1916  15 september 1917
14 admiral saburo hyakutake 15 september 1917  10 november 1918
15 rear admiral shigeushi nakagawa 10 november 1918  1 desember 1919
16 vice admiral yasuhira yoshikawa 1 desember 1919  1 desember 1920
17 vice admiral kikuo matsumura 1 desember 1920  1 desember 1921
18 admiral ryozo nakamura 1 desember 1922  6 november 1923
19 vice admiral masataka ando 6 november 1923  1 desember 1924
20 vice admiral yukichi shima 1 desember 1924  1 desember 1925
21 admiral mitsumasa yonai 1 desember 1925  1 desember 1926
22 vice admiral shigeru matsuyama 1 desember 1926  1 desember 1927
23 vice admiral ken terajima 1 desember 1927  10 desember 1928
24 vice admiral teikichi hori 10 desember 1928  6 september 1929
25 admiral koichi shiozawa 6 september 1929  1 desember 1929
26 admiral shigetar shimada 1 desember 1929  1 desember 1930
26 rear admiral wasuke komaki 1 desember 1930  10 oktober 1931
27 vice admiral kamezaburo nakamura 10 oktober 1931  15 november 1933
28 vice admiral jugoro arichi 15 november 1933  15 november 1934
29 rear admiral taichi miki 15 november 1934  15 november 1935
30 vice admiral shunzo mito 15 november 1935  1 april 1936
31 vice admiral masaichi niimi 1 april 1936  1 desember 1936
32 vice admiral gunichi mikawa 1 desember 1936  15 november 1937
33 admiral seiichi ito 15 november 1937  15 november 1938
34 admiral takeo takagi 15 november 1938  1 november 1939
35 vice admiral yoshio suzuki 1 november 1939  30 agustus 1941
36 vice admiral kazutaka shiraishi 30 agustus 1941  2 juli 1943
37 vice admiral tomiji koyanagi 2 juli 1943  25 november 1944
38 rear admiral nobuei morishita 25 november 1944  20 april 1945