Gekitsuio - Japanese Aces of WW2

Moonlight Sortie: Iwo Jima by Ron Cole *

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Scores shown represent somewhat accepted totals attributed to each pilot. Sometimes a range is given (ie 54 - 27) meaning the total is probably somewhere in that range. The scores are also arbitrary, as Henry Sakaida points out, these numbers can represent whole, shared, probable, damaged, ground/water & imagined victories.

JNAF = Navy Air Force JAAF = Army Air Force

	"Devil of Rabaul" 西澤博義 * Hiroyoshi Nishizawa (JNAF)	(Killed 26oct44) (150 claimed by newspapers 147 he claimed to family) 87 -
	"Tetsu" 岩本哲三 Tetsuzo Iwamoto (JNAF)	(Died in 1955, he claimed 202) 80 + (14 pre-WW2)
	福本茂雄 Shigeo Fukumoto (JNAF)	72 (no info??)
	杉田正一 * Shoichi Sugita (JNAF)	(KIA 15apr45 claimed 110+) 70 -
	堺三郎 Saburo Sakai (JNAF)	(Died 26sep00) 64 -
	篠原弘道 * Hiromichi Shinohara (JAAF)	(KIA 27aug39) 58 - (all pre-WW2)
	奥村武雄 * Takeo Okumura (JNAF)	(KIA 22sep43, 98 by some counts) 54 - (10 in 1 day)
	笹井醇一 * Junichi Sasai (JNAF)	(KIA 26aug42 by Marion Carl) 54 - 27 *
	"Satoshi" 穴吹 ? Satoru Anabuki (JAAF)	51 - 30
	黒江保彦 Yasuhiko Kuroe (JAAF)	51 - 30 (2 pre-WW2)
	古郡吾郎 * Goro Furugori (JAAF)	(KIA 3nov43 or 44) 50 - 25 (20 pre-WW2)
	岡部健二 Kenji Okabe (JNAF)	50 - 15
	坂川俊夫 * Toshio Sakagawa (JAAF)	(KIFA 19dec44) 49 - 15
	菅野直志 * Naoshi Kanno (JNAF)	(KIA 1aug45) 48 - 25
	大原亮二 Ryoji Ohara (JNAF)	48 - 16
	中田義彦 * Yoshihiko Nakada (JAAF)	(KIA 9nov43) 45
	藤田怡与蔵 Iyozo Fujita (JNAF)	42 - 11
	Sumi Kamito (JAAF)	40+
	島田健二 * Kenji Shimada (JAAF)	(KIA 15sep39) 40 - 27 (all pre-WW2)
	小町 ? * Sadamu Komachi (JNAF)	(MIA ?) 40 - 18
	(changed Sasaki to Hirayama) 佐々木勇 Isamu Sasaki (JAAF)	38 - 32
	垂井光吉 * Mitsuyoshi Tarui (JAAF)	(KIA 18aug44) 38 (28 pre-WW2)
	"Kin-Chan""Kinsuke""Mutokin" 武藤かねよし * Kaneyoshi Muto (JNAF)	(KIA 24jul45) 35 - 28 (5 pre-WW2)
	太田俊夫 * Toshio Ota (JNAF)	(KIA 21oct42 by Frank Drury) 34
	樫出勇 Isamu Kashiide (JAAF)	33 - 26
	杉野計雄 Kazuo Sugino (JNAF)	32
	森次金井 Moritsugu Kanai (JAAF)	32 - 26 (7 pre-WW2)
	谷水竹雄 Takeo Tanimizu (JNAF)	32 - 18 *
	安間克巳 * Katsumi Anma (JAAF)	(KIA 8apr42) 32 - 13 (5+ pre-WW2)
	古賀佐田 Sada Koga (JAAF)	31
	石原進 Susumu Ishihara (JNAF)	30 - 16
	竹内正吾 * Shogo Takeuchi (JAAF)	(KIA 21dec43) 30 - 16
	上坊良太郎 Ryotaro Jobo (JAAF)	30 - 12

Ordeal in Vitiaz Strait by Jack Fellows

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	石井静夫 * Shizuo Ishii (JNAF)	(KIA 24oct43) 29 (3 pre-WW2)
	斎藤 ? * Chiyoshi (Chiyoji?) Saito (JAAF)	(KIA 2sep43) 28 - 24 (21 pre-WW2)
	青柳豊 * Yutaka Aoyagi (JAAF)	(KIA 23jun42) 28 - 12 (10 pre-WW2)
	"Temei" "Matsu-Chan" 赤松貞昭 Sadaaki Akamatsu (JNAF)	(claimed 350 drunk & 250 sober) 27 (11 pre-WW2)
	柴田力雄 * Rikio Shibata (JAAF)	(KIA 18dec44) 27 (14 pre-WW2)
	剛一角野 * Goichi Sumino (JAAF)	(KIA 6jun44) 27
	細野勇 * Isamu Hosono (JAAF)	(KIA 6oct43) 27 - 26 (21 pre-WW2)
	斎藤昌吾 * Shogo Saito (JAAF)	(KIA 2jul44) 26+ (25 pre-WW2)
	木村タカジ Takaji Kimura (JAAF)	26
	宮本五郎 Goro Miyamoto (JAAF)	26
	松永秀則 Hidenori (Eitoku?) Matsunaga (JNAF)	26 - 16
	花田富男 * Tomio Hanada (JAAF)	(KiFA 7oct39) 25
	吉山ブンジ * Bunji Yoshiyama (JAAF)	(KIA 15sep39) 25 - 20 (all pre-WW2)
	原口吉五郎 Kichigoro Haraguchi (JAAF)	24
	梶並進 Susumu Kajinami (JAAF)	24
	荻谷信男 * Nobuo Ogiya (JNAF)	(KIA 13feb44) 24
	本田敏秋 * Toshiaki Honda (JNAF)	(KIA 13may42) 23
	加藤商事 * Shoji Kato (JAAF)	(KiFA 6sep41) 23 (all pre-WW2)
	石塚 ? Tokuyasu Ishizuka (JAAF)	23 - 14 (12 pre-WW2)
	浅野仁 Hitoshi Asano (JAAF)	22 (all pre-WW2
	長谷川 ? Tomoari Hasegawa (JAAF)	22 (19 pre-WW2)
	トーゴ三郎 Saburo Togo (JAAF)	22 (all pre-WW2)
	大塚 ? * Zenzaburo Otsuka (JAAF)	(KIA 29jan42) 22 (all pre-WW2)
	松井守男 Morio Matsui (JAAF)	21+
	岩橋 ? * Jyozo (Djozo) Iwahashi (JAAF)	(KIA 21sep44) 22 - 21 (20 pre-WW2)
	家賃克昭 Katsuaki Kira (JAAF)	21 (9 pre-WW2)
	城本 ? Naoharu Shiromoto (JAAF)	21 (11 pre-WW2)
	日高義巳 Yoshimi Hidaka (JNAF)	20
	島川正明 Masaaki Shimakawa (JNAF)	20
	Toshio Shiozura (JNAF)	20
	杉尾茂雄 Shigeo Sugio (JNAF)	20
	中村三郎 * Saburo Nakamura (JAAF)	(KIA 6oct44) 20 - 15
	須藤 ? * Tokuya Sudo (JAAF)	(KIA 1sep39) 20 - 10 (all pre-WW2) *

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	石川漢詩 Kanshi Ishikawa (JAAF)	19
	木村三郎 * Saburo Kimura (JAAF)	(KIA 7aug39) 19 (all pre-WW2)
	長野喜一 * Kiichi Nagano (JNAF)	(KIA 6nov44) 19
	(changed name to Yohiro Higuchi) Yojiro Ofusa (JAAF)	19
	岡野宏 Hiroshi Okano (JNAF)	19
	尾崎 ? * Nakakazu Ozaki (JAAF)	(KIA 27dec43) 19
	宇土一志 "Popo" * Kazushi Uto (JNAF)	(KIA 13sep42) 19
	山口 ? Bunichi Yamaguchi (JAAF)	19
	若松幸義 * Yukiyoshi Wakamatsu (JAAF)	(KIA 18dec44) 18+
	松葉昭夫 Akio Matsuba (JNAF)	18 (2 pre-WW2) *
	斎藤三郎 Saburo Saito (JNAF)	18
	沖義雄 * Yoshio Oki (JNAF)	(KIA 16jun43) 18 - 17 (4 pre-WW2)
	加藤建男 * Tateo Kato (JAAF)	(KIA 22may42) 18 - 9 *
	中瀬雅之 * Masayuki Nakase (JNAF)	(KIA 9feb42) 18 - 9
	石井武雄 Takeo Ishii (JAAF)	18 (all pre-WW2)
	Kazuo Shimizu (JAAF)	18
	Minoru Honda (JNAF)	17+
	* Mamoru Hanada (JAAF)	(KIA 12jul39) 17 (all pre-WW2)
	(changed Ito to Kato) Kiyoshi Ito (JNAF)	17
	Keishu Kamihira (Kamihara?) (JNAF)	17 (4 pre-WW2)
	Masao Masuyama (JNAF)	17
	* Shoichi Suzuki (JAAF)	(KIA 29jul39) 17 (all pre-WW2)
	* Keiji Takamiya (JAAF)	(KIA 1feb44) 17
	Kuniyoshi Tanaka (JNAF)	17 (12 pre-WW2)
	* Haruo Takagaki (JAAF)	(KIA 15jul45) 17 (15 pre-WW2)
	Kunimichi Kato (JNAF)	16
	* Misao Inouye (JAAF)	(KIA 15dec44) 16 (8 pre-WW2)
	Riichi Ito (JAAF)	16 (all pre-WW2)
	* Kiyomi Katsuki (JNAF)	16 *
	Tameyoshi Kuroki (JAAF)	16 (3 pre-WW2) *
	* Zenjiro Miyano (JNAF)	(KIA 16jun43) 16
	Eitoku Matsunaga (JNAF)	16
	Hidenori Matsunaga (JNAF)	16
	* Muneyoshi Motojima (JAAF)	(KIA 4aug39) 16 (all pre-WW2)
	Kunimori Nakakariya (JNAF)	16
	* Bunkichi Nakajima (JNAF)	(KIA 6oct43) 16
	Yoshiichi Nakaya (JNAF)	16
	Kiyoshi Namai (JAAF)	16
	Mitsuo Ogura (JAAF)	16
	Masami Shiga (JNAF)	16
	* Toraichi Takatsuka (JNAF)	(KIA 13sep42) 16 (3 pre-WW2)
	Hideo Watanabe (JNAF)	16
	* Yoshihiko Yajima (JAAF)	(KIA 25aug39) 16 (all pre-WW2)
	Hyoe Yonaga (JAAF)	16 (all pre-WW2)
	* Tomesaku Igarashi (JAAF)	(KIA 17jun44) 16 - 15
	Yukio Shimokawa (JAAF)	16 - 15 (all pre-WW2)
	* Iwataro Hazawa (JAAF)	(KIA 14jan45) 15
	Kotaro Koyae (JNAF)	15
	* Toshio Matsuura (JAAF)	(KIA 2dec43) 15 (10 pre-WW2)
	* Yoshimi Minami (JNAF)	(KIA 25nov44) 15 (9 pre-WW2)
	Wataru Nakamichi (JNAF)	15
	* Shigeo Nango (JAAF)	(MIA 23jan44) 15
	* Megumu Ono (JAAF)	(KIA 1feb40) 15
	Kyushiro Otake (JAAF)	15
	Eiji Seino (JAAF)	15
	Shigeru Shibukawa (JNAF)	15
	Motonari Suho (JNAF)	15 (11 pre-WW2)
	Minpo Tanaka (JNAF)	15
	* Satoshi Yoshino (JNAF)	(KIA 9jun42) 15
	Masatoshi Masuzawa (JAAF)	15 - 13 (10 pre-WW2)
	Iwori (Iori?) Sakai (JAAF)	15 - 9 *

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	* Masuaki Endo (JNAF)	(KIA 7jun43) 14
	* Tomio Hirohata (JAAF)	(KIA 22apr45) 14
	Takaaki Minami (JAAF)	14
	* Koji Motomura (JAAF)	(KIA 22aug39) 14 (all pre-WW2)
	* Noboru Mune (JAAF)	(KIA 19nov44) 14
	Takeshi Noguchi (JAAF)	14
	* Jiro Okuda (JAAF)	(KIA 12aug39) 14 (all pre-WW2)
	(Akira?) Hiroshi Onozaki (JAAF)	14
	* Yukiharu Ozeki	(KIA 24oct44) 14 (3 pre-WW2)
	* Tadashi Shono (JAAF)	(KIA 29oct44) 14
	Kenichi Takahashi (JNAF)	14
	Masao Taniguchi (JNAF)	14
	* Ichirobei Yamazaki (JNAF)	(KIA 4jul43) 14
	* Mototsuna Yoshida (JNAF)	(KIA 7aug42) 14
	Fujitaro Ito (JAAF)	13+
	* Toshio Kuroiwa (JNAF)	(MIA 26aug44) 13.5 (all pre-WW2) *
	Masao Ashida	13 (all pre-W2)
	* Kiyoto Koga (JNAF)	(DOW 16sep38) 13 (all pre-WW2)
	* Yoshiro Kuwabara (JAAF)	(KIA 14mar44) 13
	* Hideo Maeda (JNAF)	(KIA 17feb44) 13
	* Gitaro Miyazaki (JNAF)	(KIA 1jun42) 13 (2 pre-WW2)
	Isamu Miyazaki (JNAF)	13
	* Shigetaka Omori (JNAF)	(KIA 26oct42) 13
	* Hiroshi Shibagaki (JNAF)	(KIA 22jan44) 13
	Nagao Shirai (JAAF)	13
	* Takeo Takahashi (JAAF)	(KIA 13nov44) 13
	* Sadao Uehara (JNAF)	(KIFA 27aug88) 13
	* Sahei Yamashita (JNAF)	(KIA 9feb43) 13
	* Akira Yamamoto (JNAF)	(KIA 24nov44) 13 (1 pre-WW2) *
	* Fujikazu Koizumi (JNAF)	(KIA 27jan44) 13 (2 pre-WW2)
	"Mustachio" Matsuo Hagiri (JNAF)	(Died 15jan97) 13 (7 pre-WW2)
	Watari Handa (JNAF)	(Died 1948) 13 (6 pre-WW2)
	Masaichi Kondo (JNAF)	13 (6 pre-WW2) *
	Shoji Kurono (JAAF)	13 (12 pre-WW2)
	* Momoto Matsumura (JNAF)	(KIA 25oct44) 13 (10 pre-WW2)
	Norio Shindo (JAAF)	13 (all pre-WW2)
	Sekizen Shibayama (JNAF)	13 - 10
	Hideo Miyabe (JAAF)	12+
	Toyoki Eto (JAAF)	12 (2 pre-WW2) *
	Yohei Hinoki (JAAF)	12
	Chitoshi Isozaki (JNAF)	12
	Takeo Kanamaru (JNAF)	12
	* Kanichi Kashimura (JNAF)	(MIA 6mar43) 12 (10 pre-WW2)
	* Tetsuo Kikuchi (JNAF)	(KIA 19jun44) 12
	Goro Nishihara (JAAF)	12 (all pre-WW2)
	Noritsura Odaka (JNAF)	12
	Masao Sasakibara (JNAF)	12
	* Kiyoshi Shimizu (JNAF)	(KIA 26jan44) 12
	* Sadao Yamaguchi (JNAF)	(KIA 4jul44) 12
	* Keisaku Yoshimura (JNAF)	(KIA 25oct42 by Joe Foss) 12
	Koichi Iwasi	12 - 10 (10 pre-WW2)

A6M5 "Zero on the Loose" by fukuto

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	Koji Ishizawa (JAAF)	11+ (all pre-WW2)
	* Sumio Fukuda (JNAF)	(KIA 24oct44) 11
	* Tokuro Fukuda (JAAF)	(KIA 5mar43) 11 (all pre-WW2)
	Hatsuo Hidaka (JNAF)	11 (5 pre-WW2) *
	Mitsuo Hori (JNAF)	11
	* Matao Ichioka (JNAF)	(KIA 9apr44) 11
	Tsutomu Iwai (JNAF)	11 (3 pre-WW2)
	Yoshinao Kodaira (JNAF)	11 (2 pre-WW2)
	* Takayori Kodama (JAAF)	(KIA 1sep39) 11 (all pre-WW2)
	* Takeichi Kokubun (JNAF)	(KIA 2sep42) 11
	* Yoshio Oishi (JNAF)	(KIA 4may45) 11
	* Kiyoshi Sekiya (JNAF)	(KIA 24jun44) 11
	Yoshijiro Shirahama (JNAF)	11
	Hironojo Shishimoto (JAAF)	11
	* Eisaku Suzuki (JAAF)	(KIA 25aug39) 11 (all pre-WW2)
	* Yoshio Wajima (JNAF)	(KIA 23feb44) 11
	* Ichiro Yamamoto (JNAF)	(KIA 19jan44) 11
	* Tomezo Yamamoto (JNAF)	(KIA 24jun44) 11
	* Koshiro Yamashita (JNAF)	(KIA 30mar44) 11 (all pre-WW2) *
	* Kozaburo Yasui (JNAF)	(KIA 19jun44) 11
	* Yoshiro Hashiguchi (JNAF)	(KIA 25oct44) 11 - 10
	Daisuki Kanbara (JAAF)	11 / 3 / 0 (all pre-WW2?)
	Mitsugu Sawada (JAAF)	11 - 5 (6 pre-WW2?) *
	* Kazuo Hattori (JNAF)	(KIA 30mar44) 10+
	* Kagemitsu Matsuo (JNAF)	(KIA 23dec43) 10+
	Nobuo Kanazawa (JAAF)	10+
	* Saburo Kitahata (JNAF)	(KIA 23jan43) 10+ (4 pre-WW2)
	* Hohei Kobayashi (JNAF)	(KIA 25oct44) 10+
	* Yoshikazu Nagahama (JNAF)	(KIA 6sep43) 10+
	* Yasuhiro Shigematsu (JNAF)	(KIA 8jul44) 10+
	Kosuke Tsubone (JAAF)	10+
	Yoshito Yasuda (JAAF)	10+
	Kenichi Abe (JNAF)	10
	Takahide Aioi (JNAF)	10 (5 pre-WW2)
	Jiro Asano (JAAF)	10
	Tomita Atake (JNAF)	10
	* Takao Banno (JNAF)	(KIA 7oct43) 10
	Chuichi Ichikawa (JAAF)	10
	* Isamu Ishii (JNAF)	(KIA 11may45) 10
	Taro Kobayasho	(KIA 5aug39) 10 (all pre-WW2)
	* Seiichi Kurosawa (JNAF)	(KIA 6aug43) 10
	Akiyoshi Nomura (JAAF)	10
	Takao Sakano (JNAF)	10
	Tomokazu Sasai (JNAF)	10
	* Teruo Sugiyama (JNAF)	(KIA 4feb44) 10
	Shigeru Takahashi (JNAF)	10
	* Jiro Tanaka (JNAF)	(KIA 10dec42) 10
	* Shinsaku Tanaka (JNAF)	(KIA 12sep44) 10
	Katsuyoshi Yoshida (JNAF)	10
	Miyoshi Shimamura (JAAF)	10 - 9 (8 pre-WW2)

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	Yoshio Fukui (JNAF)	9 (6 pre-WW2) *
	Kaname Harada (JNAF)	9
	Takeomi Hayashi (JAAF)	9 (2 pre WW2)
	* Ichiro Higashiyama (JNAF)	(KIA 8jul44) 9 (6 pre-WW2)
	* Yoshio Hirose (JAAF)	(KIA 22dec44) 9 (2 pre-WW2) *
	Noguchi Hisashichi (JAAF)	9 (all pre-WW2)
	Akira Ina (JAAF)	9 (all pre-WW2)
	* Teigo Ishida (JNAF)	(KIA 16apr or may45) 9
	* Hideo Izumi (JNAF)	(KIA 30may42) 9
	* Saji Kanda (JNAF)	(KIA19jun43) 9
	* Saiji Kani (JAAF)	(KIA 29jul39) 9 (all pre-WW2)
	* Shirotaro Kashima (JAAF)	(KIA 16dec44) 9
	* Katsue Kato (JNAF)	(KIA 16apr45) 9
	* Kenji Kato (JAAF)	(KIA 2dec44) 9
	Yutaka Kimura (JAAF)	9 (all pre-WW2)
	Kensui Kono (JAAF)	9
	Shigetoshi Kudo (JNAF)	9 (Night Fighter)
	Jiro Matsuda (JNAF	9 (2 pre-WW2)
	* Susumu Matsuki (JNAF)	(KIA 3sep42) 9
	* Isamu Mochizuki (JNAF)	(KIA 6feb44) 9 (all pre-WW2)
	Mitsugu Mori (JNAF)	9 (4 pre-WW2)
	Hideo Morinio (JNAF)	9 (1 pre-WW2)
	Yoshio Nakamura (JNAF)	9
	* Shigeru Nakazaki (JAAF)	(KIA 23jan43) 9
	* Kiichi Oda (JNAF)	(KIA 10dec44) 9 (4 pre-WW2)
	Makoto Ogawa (JAAF)	9
	* Juzo Okamoto (JNAF)	(KIA 11oct42) 9 (4 pre-WW2)
	Shokichi Omori (JAAF)	9
	Takeshi Shimizu (JAAF)	9 (4 pre-WW2)
	* Toshihisa Shirakawa (JNAF)	(KIA 22sep43 or 26nov44) 9
	* Ayao Shirane (JNAF)	(KIA 24nov44) 9 (1 pre-WW2)
	* Toshiyuki Sueda (JNAF)	(KIA 6oct43) 9 (1 pre-WW2)
	* Kiyonobu Suzuki (JNAF)	(KIA 26oct42) 9 (3 pre-WW2)
	* Katsutaro Takahashi (JAAF)	(KIA 24dec42) 9 (2 pre-WW2)
	* Hiroshi Takiguchi (JAAF)	(KIA 1nov44) 9
	Yamato Takiyama (JAAF)	9 (all pre-WW2)
	* Kazuo Tsunoda (JNAF)	9 (1 pre-WW2)
	Tadao Yamanaka (JNAF)	9
	* Tokushige Yoshizawa (JNAF)	(KIA 6jan45) 9
	Kosuke Kawahara (JAAF)	8.5 (all pre-WW2) *
	Yukio * Sachio Endo (JNAF)	(KIA 14jan45) 8 (+ 8 damaged)
	Koki Kawamoto (JAAF)	8+
	* Yuichi Ema (JNAF)	(KIA 29oct44) 8 (2 pre-WW2)
	* Kurakazu Goto (JNAF)	(KIA 9sep43) 8
	Hitoshi Hida (JAAF)	8 (7 pre-WW2)
	Teizo Kanamaru (JNAF)	8 (3 pre-WW2) *
	* Tadashi Kaneko (JNAF)	(KIA 14nov42) 8 (3 pre-WW2) *
	* Masao Iizuka (JNAF)	(KIA 15oct44) 8
	Naoyuke Ito (JAAF)	8
	* Yoshio Iwaki (JNAF)	(KIA 24aug42) 8
	Juzo Kuramoto (JNAF)	8 (Night Fighter)
	* Sadamitsu Kimura (JAAF)	(KIA 13/14jul45, claimed 22) 8 (all B-29s)
	* Koichi Magara (JNAF)	(KIA 14sep42) 8
	* Toyoo Moriura (JNAF)	(KIA 25oct42) 8
	Kazuo Muranaka (JNAF)	8 (1 pre-WW2)
	Kenji Nakagawa (JNAF)	8
	* Mochifumi (Shigefumi?) Nango (JNAF)	(KIA 18jul38) 8
	* Shigetsune Nishioka (JAAF)	(KIA 28oct44) 8
	Tsutae Obara (JAAF)	8
	Misao Okubu (JAAF)	8
	Satoru Ono (JNAF)	8 (3 pre-WW2)
	* Takeyoshi Ono (JNAF)	(KIA 30jun43) 8
	* Hitoshi Sato (JNAF)	(KIA 11nov43) 8
	* Katsuma Shigemi (JNAF)	(KIA 4feb43) 8 (3 pre-WW2)
	* Hiroshi Suzuki (JNAF)	(KIA 13oct44) 8
	* Kaoru Takaiwa (JNAF)	(KIA 10feb44) 8
	* Tadao Tashiro (JAAF)	(KIA 4jan450) 8
	Shinobu Terada (JAAF)	8
	* Yoshihisa Tokuji (JNAF)	(KIA 19jun44) 8
	* Ko (Takashi?) Tsuchiya (JAAF)	(KIA 3sep44) 8
	Mitsuo Yamato (JAAF)	8
	Kenji Yanagiya (JNAF)	8
	* Shigeru Yano (JNAF)	(KIA 17apr42) 8
	Hiroji Yoshihara (JNAF)	8
	* Masoa Miyamaru (JAAF)	(KIA 29oct44) 8 - 7 (1 pre-WW2?)

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	* Mitsuzo Asai (JAAF)	7
	Hiroshi Gomi (JAAF)	7
	* Fusata Iida (JNAF)	(KIA 7dec41) 7
	Masao Kanbara (JNAF)	7
	* Osamu Kudo (JNAF)	(KIA 3mar42) 7
	* Katsujiro Nakano (JNAF)	(KIA 4may45) 7
	Tomoji Nakano (JNAF)	7
	Koichi Ogata (JAAF)	7
	Hiroshi Sekiguchi (JAAF)	7 *
	Yoshio Yoshida (JAAF)	7 - 6
	Masao Sugawara	7 - 4
	Yonesuke Fukuyama (JAAF)	(all Bi-plane victories) 6.5 *
	Masao Watanabe (JAAF)	6.3
	* Sakuji Hayashi (JNAF)	(KIA 28may45) 6
	Fumisuke Ikuno (JAAF)	6
	* Shizuo Kojima (JNAF)	(KIA 25nov43) 6
	Shiro Kuratori (JNAF)	6
	* Yoshijiro Minegishi (JNAF)	(KIA 6feb44) 6
	* Kazunori Miyabe (JNAF)	(KIA 3nov43) 6
	Nobuji Negishi (JAAF)	6 (Night Fighter)
	Yoshinori Noguchi (JAAF)	6
	* Hideo Oishi (JNAF)	(KIA 12sep44) 6
	Takashi Okamoto (JNAF)	6
	Takashi Oshibuchi (JNAF)	6
	Yoshiichi Sasaki (JNAF)	6
	Yoshio Shiga (JNAF)	6
	Tadao Sumi (JAAF)	6 (5 B-29s)
	* Tadayoshi (Shokichi?) Yonekawa (JNAF)	(KIFA ?) 6
	Yoshitaro Yoshioka (JAAF)	6
	Yoshitugu Aramaki (JAAF)	5+
	? Furukawa (JAAF)	5+
	Hideaki Inayama (JAAF)	5+
	Masaharu Nishiwaki (JNAF)	5+
	* Nobuo Tokushige (JNAF)	(KIA 17aug42) 5+
	Yoshisuke Arita (JNAF)	5
	Kisaji Beppu (JAAF)	5
	Kihei Fujiwara (JNAF)	5
	* Yoshishige Hayashi (JNAF)	(KIA 21apr45) 5
	Seiji Ishikawa (JNAF)	5
	Tadashi Ishikawa (JAAF)	5
	Susumu Ito (JNAF)	5
	* Enji Kakimoto (JNAF)	(POW 27aug42, Suicide 5aug44) 5
	* Teizo Kanemaru (JAAF)	(KIA 24dec42) 5
	Akira Kawakita (JAAF)	5
	Teruhiko Kobayashi (JAAF)	5
	Masahiro Mitsuda (JNAF)	5
	Yutaka Morioka (JNAF)	5
	Yoshimitsu Naka (JNAF)	5 (Night Fighter)
	Matsumi Nakano (JAAF)	5
	? Nishikyo (JNAF)	5
	Hannoshin Nishio (JAAF)	5 (all B-29s)
	Naoyuki Ogata (JAAF)	5
	Gonnoshin Sato (JAAF)	5
	Minoru Suzuki (JNAF)	5
	Tatsuo Takanashi (JAAF)	5
	* Yoshihiko Takenaka (JNAF)	(KIA 19jun44) 5
	Toyomitsu Tsujinoue (JNAF)	5
	Tamotsu Yokoyama (JNAF)	5

Action Over Kiska by Marii Chernev

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Honorable Mentions

	Kenji Fujimoto	(all B-29s, 2 by ramming) 3
	Tadashi Nakajima (JNAF)	3
	Keizo Yamazaki (JNAF)	(all w/A6M2-N floatplane) 3
	"Mike" Masajiro Kawato	(POW 9mar45) 1.25 (claimed 19)
	Hiromichi Mizotaini	1+

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SOURCES

Japanese Naval Aces and Fighter Units in World War Two (Ikuhiko Hata & Yasuho Izawa, translated by Don Gorham)
(Also sold as: Japanese Naval Air Force Fighter Units and Their Aces)

Japanese Army Air Force Fighter Units and Their Aces - (Ikuhiko Hata, Yasuho Izawa & Christopher Shores)

Winged Samurai - Saburo Sakai & The Zero Fighter Pilots (Saburo Sakai & Henry Sakaida)

Osprey Aircraft of the Aces #13 Japanese Army Air Force Aces 1937-45 (Henry Sakaida)

Osprey Aircraft of the Aces #22 Imperial Japanese Navy Aces 1937-45 (Henry Sakaida)

Osprey Aviation Elite #5 B-29 Hunters of the JAAF (Koji Takaki & Henry Sakaida)

Hakan's Japanese Biplane Fighter Aces (See link below)

Magnus' Japanese Aces List (See link below)

and others

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Related Sites

	Magnus' Japanese Aces
Japanese Aircraft	Osprey Publishing
Japanese Bi-Plane Aces	j-aircraft.com
	ciel de gloire

the Guardians by Ross Buckland

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