This is a list of fighter aces in World War II from Japan , as officially credited by the Imperial Japanese government. For other countries see List of World War II aces by country . IJN = Imperial Japanese Navy . IJA = Imperial Japanese Army . KIA = killed in action.
A [ ] B [ ]
Name
Kills
Awards
Notes
Takeo Banno (阪野 隆雄)
10
IJN, KIA 7 October 1943
Kisaji Beppu
5
IJA
C [ ] E [ ]
Name
Kills
Awards
Notes
Yuichi Ema (江馬 友一)
6
IJN, KIA 29 October 1944
Masuaki Endo (遠藤 桝秋)
14
IJN, KIA 7 June 1943
Sachio Endo (遠藤 幸男)
8
IJN, KIA 14 January 1945
Toyoki Eto (江藤 豊樹)
10
IJA
F [ ]
Name
Kills
Awards
Notes
Iyozo Fujita (藤田怡与蔵)11
IJN
Kihei Fujiwara (藤原 喜平)
5
IJN
Sumio Fukuda (福田 澄夫)
11
IJN, KIA 24 October 1944
Yoshio Fukui 9
IJN
Shigeo Fukumoto (福本 繁夫)
72
IJN
Yonesuke Fukuyama
7
IJA
Goro Furugori (古郡 吾郎)
25 +
IJA, KIA 3 November 1944
Haruyoshi Furukawa (古河 春義)
5 +
IJA
G [ ]
Name
Kills
Awards
Notes
Hiroshi Gomi
7
IJA
Kurakazu Goto
8
IJN, KIA 9 September 1943
H [ ]
Name
Kills
Awards
Notes
Matsuo Hagiri (羽切 松雄)
13
IJN
Tomio Hanada (花田 富男)
25
IJA
Watari Handa 7
IJN
Iwataro Hazawa (羽沢 岩太郎)
15
IJA, KIA 14 January 1945
Kaname Harada (原田要)[ 5]
9
IJN
Kichigoro Haraguchi (原口 吉五郎)
24
IJA
Yoshiro Hashiguchi (橋口 嘉郎)
10
IJN, KIA 25 October 1944
Kazuo Hattori (服部 一夫)
10
IJN, KIA 10 March 1944
Sakuji Hayashi (林 作次)
6
IJN, KIA 28 May 1945
Takeomi Hayashi (林 武臣)
7
IJA
Yoshishige Hayashi (林 喜重)
5
IJN, KIA 21 April 1945
Nobuji Negishi (根岸 延次)
6
IJA
Hatsuo Hidaka 6
IJN
Yoshimi Hidaka (日高 義巳)
20
IJN
Ichiro Higashiyama (東山 市郎)
9
IJN
Yohei Hinoki (ja:檜與平 )
12
IJA
Tomio Hirohata (広畑 富男)
14
IJA, 22 April 1945
Yoshio Hirose (広瀬 吉雄)
7
IJA, 22 December 1944
Minoru Honda (本田 稔)
17
IJN
Toshiaki Honda (本田 敏秋)
5 +
IJN, 13 May 1942
Mitsuo Hori (堀 光雄)
11
IJN
Isamu Hosono (細野 勇)
26
IJA, 6 October 1943
I [ ]
Name
Kills
Awards
Notes
Chuichi Ichikawa (市川 忠一)
10 +
IJA
Matao Ichioka (市岡 又夫)
11
IJN
Fusata Iida (飯田 房太)
7
IJN
Masao Iizuka (飯塚 雅夫)
8
IJN
Shigeo Iizuka ?
Tomesaku Igarashi (五十嵐 留作)
16
IJA
Fumisuke Ikuno (生野 文介)
6
IJA
Hideaki Inayama (稲山 英明)
5 +
IJA
Misao Inoue (井上 操)
16
IJA
Teigo Ishida ? (石田 真吾)
9
IJN
Susumu Ishihara (石原 進)
16
IJN
Shizuo Ishii (石井 静夫)
29
IJN
Isamu Ishii (石井 勇)
10
IJN
Seiji Ishikawa (石川 清治)
5
IJN
Tadashi Ishikawa (石川 正)
5
IJA
Kanshi Ishikawa (石川 寛志)
19
IJA
Chitoshi Isozaki 12
IJA
Kiyoshi Ito (伊藤 清)
17
IJN
Fujitaro Ito (伊藤 藤太郎)
13 +
IJA
Naoyuki Ito (伊藤 直之)
8
IJA
Susumu Ito
5
IJN
Tsutomu Iwai (岩井 勉)
11
IJN
Yoshio Iwaki (岩城 芳雄)
8
IJN
Tetsuzo Iwamoto 80 +
IJN
Hideo Izumi (和泉 秀雄)
9
IJN
J [ ]
Name
Kills
Awards
Notes
Ryotaro Jobo (ja:上坊良太郎 )
30
K [ ] Susumu Kajinami (KIA 7/08/44)
Enji Kakimoto
Morichiki Kamae
Teizo Kamemaru
Keishu Kamihara
Sumi Kamito (KIA 4?02/45)
Moritsugu Kanai
Teizo Kanamaru
Takeo Kanamaru (KIA 29/11/44)
Nobuo Kanazawa
Masao Kanbara
Saiji Kanda
Masashi Kaneko
Tadashi Kaneko Naoshi Kanno (ja:菅野直 )
Tomkazu Kasai
Isamu Kashiide (ja:樫出勇 )Shirotaro Kashima
Kanichi Kashimura
Katsue Kato
Kenji Kato
Kunimichi Kato
Tateo Katō (加藤建夫)Kiyomi Katsuki
Kosuke Kawahara
Akira Kawakita
Koki Kawamoto
Masajiro Kawamoto
Masajiro Kawato
Tetsuo Kikuchi Takaji Kimura
Sadamitsu Kimura
Katsuaki Kira
Saburo Kitahata
Teruhiko Kobayashi
Hohei Kobayashi
Yoshinao Kodaira Sada Koga
Kiyoto Koga
Fujikazu Koizumi
Shizuo Kojima
Takeichi Kokubun (KIA 28/06/44)
Sadamu Komachi Masaichi Kondō Kensui Kono
Kotaro Koyae
Osamu Kudō Shigetoshi Kudo
Juzo Kuramoto
Shiro Kuratori
Yasuhiko Kuroe (ja:黒江保彦 )
Toshio Kuroiwa
Tameyoshi Kuroki
Seiichi Kurosawa (KIA 9/06/45)
Yoshiro Kuwabara M [ ] Hideo Maeda
Koichi Magara
Akio Matsuba Jiro Matsuda
Masao Masuyama
Morio Matsui (KIA 18/05/44)
Susumu Matsuki
Momoto Matsumura
Hidenori Matsunaga
Eitoku Matsunaga
Hidenori Matsunaga (KIA 23/4/45)
Kagemitsu Matsuo
Toshio Matsuura
Yoshimi Minami Yoshijiro Minegishi
Masoa Miyamaru
Goro Miyamoto
Zenjiro Miyano Masahiro Mitsuda
Kazunori Miyabe
Hideo Miyabe
Isamu Miyazaki (KIA 4/09/44)
Gitaro Miyazaki
Isamu Mochizuki Mitsugu Mori Hideo Morinio
Yutaka Morioka (KIA 25/12/44)
Toyoo Moriura
Noboru Mune (KIA 13/04/45)
Kazuo Muranaka
Kaneyoshi "Kinsuke" Muto (ja:武藤金義 )N [ ] Kiichi Nagano
Yoshimitsu Naka (KIA 419/08/44)
Yoshihiko Nakada
Kenji Nakagawa
Tadashi Nakajima (75)
Bunkichi Nakajima
Kunimori Nakakariya
Wataru Nakamichi
Saburo Nakamura (KIA 3/02/44)
Yoshio Nakamura
Matsumi Nakano
Katsujiro Nakano
Tomoji Nakano
Masayuki Nakase (KIA 1/01/45)
Yoshiichi Nakaya
Shigeru Nakazaki
Kiyoshi Namai
Mochifumi Nangō Shigeo Nango
Yashiro Nashiguchi
Nobuji Negishi (KIA 22/04/45)
? Nishikyo
Hannoshin Nishio
Shigetsune Nishioka
Masaharu Nishiwaki (KIA 8/12/44)
Hiroyoshi Nishizawa (西沢広義) (103)Yoshinori Noguchi
Takeshi Noguchi
Akiyoshi Nomura O [ ] Tsutae Obara
Kiichi (Ki-ichi) Oda Noritsura Odaka
Yojiro Ofusa
Koichi Ogata (KIA 8/08/44)
Naoyuki Ogata
Makoto Ogawa Nobuo Ogiya (ja:荻谷信男 )
Mitsuo Ogura
Ryoji Ohara
Hideo Oishi
Yoshio Oishi (KIA 12/12/44)
Kenji Okabe Takashi Okamoto
Juzo Okamoto
Hiroshi Okano
Yoshio Oki (4/05/45)
Misao Okubu
Takeo Okumura (奥村武雄)
Shokichi Omori
Shigetaka Ōmori Hiroshi Onazaki (6/09/45)
Akira Onozaki
Megumu Ono
Satoru Ono Takeyoshi Ono
Takashi Oshibuchi
Toshio Ota (Devil of Rabaul) (太田敏夫)
Kyushiro Otake
Nakakazu Ozaki (ja:尾崎中和 )
Yukiharu Ozeki R [ ]
Name
Kills
Awards
Notes
Shinobu RERADA
S [ ] Shogo Saito (KIA 21/09/44)
Chiyoshi Saito
Saburo Saito
Toshio Sakagawa
Saburo Sakai (ja:坂井三郎 )Iori Sakai
Takao Sakano
Junichi Sasai (ja:笹井醇一 )Tomokazu Sasai
Yoshiichi Sasaki
Isamu Sasaki
Masao Sasakibara Hitoshi Sato
Gonnoshin Sato (KIA 11/04/45)
Mitsugu Sawada
Eiji Seino
Hiroshi Sekiguchi
Kiyoshi Sekiya (KIA 9/07/44)
Hiroshi Shibagaki
Rikio (Rikia) Shibata
Sekizen Shibayama
Shigeru Shibukawa
Yoshio Shiga Masami Shiga
Yasuhiro Shigematsu
Katsuma Shigemi
Kenji Shimada
Masaaki Shimakawa Kiyoshi Shimizu (KIA 26/01/45)
Kazuo Shimizu
Takeshi Shimizu
Yukio Shimokawa
Hiromichi Shinohara (ja:篠原弘道 )Toshio Shiozura
Yoshijiro Shirahama
Nagao Shirai
Toshihisa Shirakawa
Ayao Shirane Naoharu Shiromoto
Hironojo Shishimoto
Tadashi Shono
Tokuya Sudo
Toshiyuki Sueda
Kazuo Sugino (ja:杉野計雄 )
Shigeo Sugio
Shoichi Sugita (ja:杉田庄一 )
Teruo Sugiyama
Motonari Suho
Tadao Sumi
Goichi Sumino
Minoru Suzuki
Hiroshi Suzuki
Kiyonobu Suzuki T [ ] Shigeru Takahashi
Kenichi Takahashi
Katsutaro Takahashi
Takeo Takahashi
Kaoru Takaiwa
Keiji Takamiya (KIA 5/08/44)
Toraichi Takatsuka
Shogo Takeuchi
Hiroshi Takiguchi (KIA 8/09/44)
Kuniyoshi Tanaka
Minpo Tanaka
Jiro Tanaka
Shinsaku Tanaka
Masao Taniguchi Takeo Tanimizu (谷水竹雄)
Mitsuyoshi Tarui(KIA 6/02/45)
Tadao Tashiro
Nobuo Tokushige
Yoshihisa Tokuji
Kosuke Tsubone
Ko Tsuchiya
Kazuo Tsunoda U [ ]
Name
Kills
Awards
Notes
Minoru UCHIDA
10
Sadao UEHARA
13
Kazushi 'Popo' UTO (ja:羽藤一志 )
19
KIA 13 September 1942
W [ ]
Name
Kills
Awards
Notes
Yoshio WAJIMA
11
KIA 23 February 1944
Yukiyoshi WAKAMATSU (ja:若松幸禧 )
20
KIA 18 December 1944
Hideo WATANABE
16
WATANABE
6
Y [ ]
Name
Kills
Awards
Notes
Bunichi YAMAGUCHI
19
Sadao YAMAGUCHI
12
KIA 4 July 1944
Fumikazu YAMAGUSHI
19
Akira Yamamoto 12
KIA 24 November 1944
Ichirō Yamamoto 11
KIA 19 January 1944
Tomezo YAMAMOTO
11
KIA 24 June 1944
Tadao YAMANAKA
9
Koshiro YAMASHITA
Sahei YAMASHITA
13
KIA 9 February 1943
Mitsuo YAMATO
8
Ichirobei YAMAZAKI
14
KIA 4 July 1943
Kenji YANAGIYA 8
Shigeru YANO
8
KIA 17 April 1942
Kozaburo YASUI
11
KIA 19 June 1944
Tamotsu YOKOYAMA (横山保)
5
Shokichi YONEKAWA
Tadayoshi YONEKAWA
6
KIFA
Katsuyoshi YOSHIDA
10
Mototsuna YOSHIDA
14
KIA 7 August 1942
Yoshio Yoshida 7
Hiroji YOSHIHARA
8
Keisaku YOSHIMURA
10
KIA 25 October 1942
Satoshi YOSHINO
15
KIA 9 June 1942
Yoshitaro YOSHIOKA
6
Tokushige YOSHIZAWA
9
KIA 6 January 1945
Yoshito YASUDA
Kozaburo YASUI
Abbreviations [ ] Notes [ ]
↑ Hata, p. 331
↑ Hata, p. 339
↑ Hata, p. 252; Sakaida, pp. 176–178.
↑ Sakaida, pp. 34–35.
↑ Kakesako, Gregg, K., "Zero Ace Recalls Missions Over Midway, Pearl Harbor", Honolulu Star-Bulletin , June 5, 2010.
References [ ] Hata, Ikuhiko; Yasuho Izawa, Don Cyril Gorham (translator) (1975 (original) 1989 (translation)). Japanese Naval Aces and Fighter Units in World War II . Annapolis, Maryland: Naval Institute Press. ISBN 0-87021-315-6 . Sakaida, Henry (2002). Aces of the Rising Sun, 1937–1945 . Great Britain: Osprey Publishing. ISBN 1-84176-618-6 .