Japanese Aces of WW2

the "Devil of Rabaul"

* Hiroyoshi Nishizawa        

(150 claimed by newspapers
  147 he claimed to family)
87 - 36   (K 25oct44)

"Tetsu"

Tetsuzo Iwamoto

(he claimed 202
   Died in 1955)
80 - 30  (+ 14 pre ww2)

* Shoichi Sugita

70 - 30  (KIA 15apr45)

Saburo Sakai

64 - ?  (D 26sep2000)

* Takeo Okumura

(98 by some counts
   10 in 1 day)
54 - 30  (KIA 22sep43)

Satoshi Anabuki   

39

* Toshio Ota

(KIA 21oct42
   by Frank Drury)
34

"Temei" "Matsu-chan"

Sadaaki Akamatsu

(he claimed 350 when
  drunk & 250 sober)
30

* Mitsuyoshi Tarui

76-10 (KIA 18aug44)

Isamu Sasaki

75-27

Shigeo Fukumoto

72

Kazuo Sugino

64-32

Yasuhiko Kuroe

60-28

* Junichi Sasai

(KIA 26aug42
   by Marion Carl)
60-27

* Hiromishi Shinohara

58 (KIA 27aug39)

* Naoishi Kanno

53-25 (KIA 1aug45)

* Goro Furugori

50-25

Kenji Okabe

50-15

Ryoji Ohara

48-16

Yoshihiko Nakada

45

Yohei (johei) Hinoki

45-12

Iyozo Fujita

42-11

Sumi Kamito

40+

* Sadamu Komachi

40-18 (MIA ?)

* Kaneyoshi (Takeyoshi?) Muto

35-23 (KIA 24jul45)

Moritsugu Kanai

34-19

Morichiki Kamae

32

Isame Kashide

32

Takeo Tanimizu  *

32-18

Sada Koga

31

Susumu Ishihara

30-16

* Shogo Takeuchi

30-16 (KIA 21dec43)

* Shizuo Ishii

29-26 (KIA 24oct43)

Kenji Shimada

28-27

* Chiyoshi Saito

28-7 (KIA 2sep43)

Yunishi (Jun-ichi) Sasai

27

* Goichi Sumino

27 (KIA 6jun44)

* Isamu Hosono

27-26 (KIA 6oct43)

* Rikio (Rikia) Shibata

27-13 (KIA 18dec44)

Isamu Kashiide

26

Takaji Kimura

26

Goro Miyamoto

26

Shogo Saito

26-24 (KIA 2jul44)

Hidenori Matsunaga

26-16

Tomio Hanada

25

Naoshi Kano

25

Kichigoro Haraguchi

24

Susumu Kajinami

24

* Nobuo Ogiya

24 (KIA 13feb44)

* Toshiaki Honda

23 (KIA 13may42)

Morio Matsui

21+

Yoshimi Hidaka

20

* Saburo Nakamura

20 (KIA 6oct44)

Masaaki Shimakawa

20

Toshio Shiozura

20

Shigeo Sugio

20

Kanshi Ishikawa

19

Masajiro Kawamoto

19

* Kiichi Nagano

19 (KIA 6nov44)

Yojiro Ofusa

19

Hiroshi Okano

19

* Nakakazu Ozaki

19 (KIA 27dec43)

* Kazushi Uto

19 (KIA 13sep42)

Bunichi Yamaguchi

19

Saburo Saito

18+

* Tateo Kato

18-8 (KIA 22may42)

Kazuo Shimizu

18

* Yukiyoshi Wakamatsu         

18 (KIA 18dec44)

Akio Matsuba

18-16

* Yoshio Oki

18-13 (KIA 16jun43)

* Masayuki Nakase

18-9 (KIA 9feb42)

Minoru Honda

17+

Kiyoshi Ito

17

Keishu Kamihara

17

Masao Masuyama

17

* Keiji Takamiya

17 (KIA 1feb44)

Kuniyoshi Tanaka

17-5

Kunimichi Kato

16

Eitoku Matsunaga

16

Hidenori Matsunaga

16

* Zenjiro Miyano

16 (KIA 16jun43)

* Bunkichi Nakajima

16 (KIA 6oct43)

Kunimori Nakakariya

16

Yoshiichi Nakaya

16

Kiyoshi Namai

16

Mitsuo Ogura

16

Masami Shiga

16

Hideo Watanabe

16

Tameyoshi Kuroki

16-13

Toraichi Takatsuka

16-13

* Kiyomi Katsuki

16-9 (KIA 22may42)

* Iwataro Hazawa

15 (KIA 14jan45)

* Tomesaku Igarashi

15 (KIA 17jun44)

Kotaro Koyae

15

Wataru Nakamichi

15

* Shigeo Nango

15 (MIA 23jan44)

* Megumu Ono

15 (KIA 1feb40)

Kyushiro Otake

15

* Toshio Sakagawa

15 (KIFA 19dec44)

Eiji Seino

15

Shigeru Shibukawa

15

Yukio Shimokawa

15

Minpo Tanaka

15

* Satoshi Yoshino

15 (KIA 9jun42)

* Yoshimi Minami

15-6 (KIA 25nov44)

Motonari Suho

15-4

* Masuaki Endo

14 (KIA 7jun42)

* Tomio Hirohata

14 (KIA 22apr45)

* Noboru Mune

14 (KIA 19nov44)

Takeshi Noguchi

14

* Yukiharu Ozeki

14 (KIA 24oct44)

Akira Onozaki

14

Hiroshi Onazaki

14

* Tadashi Shono

14 (KIA 29oct44)

Kenichi Takahashi

14

Masao Taniguchi

14

* Ichirobei Yamazaki

14 (KIA 4jul43)

* Mototsuna Yoshida

14 (KIA 7aug42)

Fujitaro Ito

13+

* Kiyoto Koga

13 (DOW 16sep38)

* Toshio Kuroiwa

13 (MIA 26aug44)

* Yoshiro Kuwabara

13 (KIA 14mar44)

* Hideo Maeda

13 (KIA 17feb44)

Isamu Miyazaki

13

* Shigetaka Omori

13 (KIA 26oct42)

* Hiroshi Shibagaki

13 (KIA 22jan44)

Nagao Shirai

13

* Takeo Takahashi

13 (KIA 13nov44)

Sadao Uehara

13 (KIFA 27aug88)

* Sahei Yamashita

13 (KIA 9feb43)

* Akira Yamamoto

13-12 (KIA 24nov44)

* Fujikazu Koizumi

13-11 (KIA 27jan44)

* Gitaro Miyazaki

13-11 (KIA 1jun42)

Sekizen Shibayama

13-10

Watari Handa

13-7 (Died 1948)

Masaichi Kondo

13-7

Matsuo Hagiri

13-6 (D 15jan 1997)

* Momoto Matsumura            

13-3 (KIA 25oct44)

Ryotaro Jobo

12+

Hideo Miyabe

12+

Chitoshi Isozaki

12

Takeo Kanamaru

12

* Kanichi Kashimura

12 (MIA 6mar43)

* Tetsuo Kikuchi

12 (KIA 19jun44)

Katsuaki Kiro

12

Noritsura Odaka

12

Masao Sasakibara

12

* Kiyoshi Shimizu

12 (KIA 26jan44)

* Sadao Yamaguchi  

12 (KIA 4jul44)

Toyoki Eto

12-10

* Keisaku Yoshimura

(KIA 25oct42
   by Joe Foss)
12-9

Mitsugu Sawada

12-5

* Sumio Fukuda

11 (KIA 24oct44)

Mitsuo Hori

11

* Matao Ichioka

11 (KIA 9apr44)

* Takeichi Kokubun

11 (KIA 2sep42)

Yashiro Nashiguchi

11

* Yoshio Oishi

11 (KIA 4may45)

* Kiyoshi Sekiya

11 (KIA 24jun44)

Yoshijiro Shirahama

11

Hironojo Shishimoto

11

* Yoshio Wajima

11 (KIA 23feb44)

* Tomezo Yamamoto

11 (KIA 24jun44)

* Ichiro Yamamoto

11 (KIA 19jan44)

Koshiro Yamashita

11

* Kozaburo Yasui

11 (KIA 19jun44)

Yoshinao Kodaira

11-9

Tsutomu Iwai

11-8

Hatsuo Hidaka

11-6

* Yoshiro Hashiguchi

10+ (KIA 25oct44)

* Kazuo Hattori

10+ (KIA 30mar44

* Kagemitsu Matsuo

10+ (KIA 23dec43)

Nobuo Kanazawa

10+

* Hohei Kobayashi

10+ (KIA 25oct44)

* Yoshikazu Nagahama         

10+ (KIA 6sep43)

* Yasuhiro Shigematsu

10+ (KIA 8jul44)

Yoshito Yasuda

10+

Kenichi Abe

10

Jiro Asano

10

Tomita Atake

10

* Takao Banno

10 (KIA 7oct43)

Chuichi Ichikawa

10

* Isamu Ishii

10 (KIA 11may45)

Tomkazu Kasai

10

* Seiichi Kurosawa

10 (KIA 6aug43)

Akiyoshi Nomura

10

Takao Sakano

10

Tomokazu Sasai

10

Naoharu Shiromoto

10

Tokuya Sudo

10

* Teruo Sugiyama

10 (KIA 4feb44)

Shigeru Takahashi

10

* Jiro Tanaka

10 (KIA 10dec42)

* Shinsaku Tanaka

10 (KIA 12sep44)

Kosuke Tsubone

10

Katsuyoshi Yoshida

10

* Tateo Kato

10-8 (KIA 22may42)

* Saburo Kitahata

10-6 (KIA 23jan43)

Takahide Aioi

10-5

Kaname Harada

9

* Teigo Ishida

9 (KIA 16may45)

* Hideo Izumi

9 (KIA 30may42)

* Saiji Kanda

9 (KIA19jun43)

* Shirotaro Kashima

9 (KIA 16dec44)

* Katsue Kato

9 (KIA 16apr45)

* Kenji Kato

9 (KIA 2dec44)

* Tateo Kato

9 KIA 22may42)

Kensui Kono

9

Shigetoshi Kudo (Night Fighter)

9

* Susumu Matsuki

9 (KIA 3sep42)

Isamu Mochizuki

9

Yoshio Nakamura

9

* Shigeru Nakazaki

9 (KIA 23jan43)

Makoto Ogawa

9

Shokichi Omori

9

Iori Sakai

9

Takeshi Shimizu

9

* Toshihisa Shirakawa

9 (KIA 26nov44)

* Hiroshi Takiguchi

9 (KIA 1nov44)

Tadao Yamanaka

9

* Tokushige Yoshizawa

9 (KIA 6jan45)

* Hideo Morinio

9-8

* Kazuo Tsunoda

9-8

* Ayao Shirane

9-8 (KIA 24nov44)

* Toshiyuki Sueda

9-8 (KIA 6oct43)

* Yoshio Hirose

9-7 (KIA 22dec44)

Jiro Matsuda

9-7

* Kiyonobu Suzuki

9-6 (KIA 26oct42)

* Kiichi (Ki-ichi) Oda

9-5 (KIA 10dec44)

* Juzo Okamoto

9-5 (KIA 11oct42)

Mitsugu Mori

9-5

Yoshio Fukui

9-3

* Ichiro Higashiyama

9-3 (KIA 8jul44)

* Yukio Endo

8+ (KIA 14jan45)

Koki Kawamoto

8+

* Katsumi Anma

8 (KIA 8apr42)

* Yuichi Ema

8 (KIA 29oct44)

* Kurakazu Goto

8 (KIA 9sep43)

* Masao Iizuka

8 (KIA 150ct44)

* Misao Inouye

8 (KIA 15dec44)

Naoyuke Ito

8

* Yoshio Iwaki

8 (KIA 24aug42)

Masao Izuku

8

Teizo Kanamaru

8

Kosuke Kawahara

8 (bi-plane vics)

Juzo Kuramoto (Night Fighter)

8

* Sadamitsu Kimura

8 (all B-29s, KIA 10jul45)

* Juzo Kuramoto

8

* Koichi Magara

8 (KIA 14sep42)

* Toyoo Moriura

8 (KIA 25oct42)

Kenji Nakagawa

8

* Mochifumi Nango

8 (KIA 18jul38)

* Shigetsune Nishioka

8 (KIA 28oct44)

Tsutae Obara

8

Misao Okubu

8

* Takeyoshi Ono

8 (KIA 30jun43)

* Hitoshi Sato

8 (KIA 11nov43)

* Hiroshi Suzuki

8 (KIA 13oct44)

* Kaoru Takaiwa

8 (KIA 10feb44)

* Tadao Tashiro

8 (KIA 4jan450)

Shinobu Rerada

8

* Yoshihisa Tokuji

8 (KIA 19jun44)

* Ko Tsuchiya

8 (KIA 3sep44)

Mitsuo Yamato

8

Kenji Yanagiya

8

* Shigeru Yano

8 (KIA 17apr42)

Hiroji Yoshihara

8

Kazuo Muranaka

8-7

* Tadashi Kaneko

8-5 (KIA 14nov42)

Teruhiko Kobayashi

8-5

Satoru Ono

8-5

* Katsuma Shigemi

8-5 (KIA 4feb43)

* Mitsuzo Asai

7

Sachio Endo (Night Fighter)

7

Hiroshi Gomi

7

Watari Handa

7

Takeomi Hayashi

7

* Fusata Iida

7 (KIA 7dec41)

Masao Kanbara

7

* Osamu Kudo

7 (KIA 3mar42)

* Masoa Miyamaru

7 (KIA 29oct44)

* Katsujiro Nakano

7 (KIA 4may45)

Tomoji Nakano

7

Koichi Ogata

7

Hiroshi Sekiguchi

7

* Katsutaro Takahashi

7 (KIA 24dec42)

Yoshio Yoshida

7

? Watanabe

6.3

Yonesuke Fukuyama

6 (all Bi-plane victories)

Nobuji Hegishi (Night Fighter)

6

* Sakuji Hayashi

6 (KIA 28may45)

Fumisuke Ikuno

6

* Shizuo Kojima

6 (KIA 25nov43)

Shiro Kuratori

6

* Yoshijiro Minegishi

6 (KIA 6feb44)

* Kazunori Miyabe

6 (KIA 3nov43)

Nobuji Negishi

6

Yoshinori Noguchi

6

* Hideo Oishi

6 (KIA 12sep44)

Takashi Okamoto

6

Takashi Oshibuchi

6

Yoshiichi Sasaki

6

Yoshio Shiga

6

Tadao Sumi

6 (5 B-29s)

* Shokichi Yonekawa

6 (KIFA ?)

Tadayoshi Yonekawa

6

Yoshio Yoshida (Night Fighter)

6

Yoshitaro Yoshioka

6

Yoshitugu Aramaki

5+

? Furukawa

5+

Hideaki Inayama

5+

Masaharu Nishiwaki

5+

* Nobuo Tokushige

5+ (KIA 17aug42)

Yoshisuke Arita

5

Kisaji Beppu

5

Kihei Fujiwara

5

* Goro Furugori

5 (KIA 3nov43)

* Yoshishige Hayashi

5 (KIA 21apr45)

Seiji Ishikawa

5

Tadashi Ishikawa

5

Susumu Ito

5

Tsutomo Iwei

5

* Enji Kakimoto

5 (POW 27aug42, Suicide 5aug44)

* Teizo Kamemaru

5 KIA 24dec42)

Akira Kawakita

5

* Toshio Matsuura

5 (KIA 2dec42)

Masahiro Mitsuda

5

Yutaka Morioka

5

Yoshimitsu Naka (Night Fighter)

5

Matsumi Nakano

5

? Nishikyo

5

Hannoshin Nishio

5 (all B-29s)

Naoyuki Ogata

5

Gonnoshin Sato

5

Minoru Suzuki

5

Tatsuo Takanashi

5

* Yoshihiko Takenaka

5 (KIA 19jun44)

Shimizu Takeshi

5

Toyomitsu Tsujinoue

5

Tamotsu Yokoyama

5

Masajiro Kawato            

1.25  (claimed 18 (POW 9mar45)

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