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Japanese Aces

Rank	Name	Kills	Branch	Units
Lt (jg)^1,4	Iwamoto, Tetsuzo^1,2 Iwamoto, Tetsuzō⁴	~80⁴, 202^1,2	Navy^1,2,4	12th Air Group¹, Saiki Air Group¹, Zuikaku¹, 253rd Air Group¹, 203rd Air Group¹
CPO^1,4	Sugita, Shoichi^1,2 Sugita, Shō-ichi⁴	~70⁴, 120+^1,2	Navy^1,2,4	204th Air Group¹, 263rd Air Group¹, 201st Air Group¹	KIA¹
WO^1,4	Nishizawa, Hiroyoshi^1,2,4	86^1,2, 87⁴	Navy^1,2,4	4th Air Group¹, Tainan Air Group¹, 253rd Air Group¹, 201st Air Group¹	KIFA¹
WO¹	Fukumoto, Shigeo^1,2	72^1,2	Navy^1,2
Ens¹, Lt JG⁴	Sakai, Saburo^1,2 Sakai, Saburō⁴	60+², 60¹, 64⁴	Navy^1,2,4	12th Air Group¹, Tainan Air Group¹, Yokosuka Air Group¹, 343rd Air Group¹	WIA¹
WO³	Shinohara, Hiromichi^2,3	58^2,3	Army^2,3	11th Sentai³	KIA³
CPO^1,4	Okumura, Takeo^1,2,4	54^1,2,4	Navy^1,2,4	14th Air Group¹, Ryojo¹, 201st Air Group¹	MIA¹
Lt (jg)^1,4	Sasai, Junichi¹ Sasai, Jun-ichi⁴	27⁴, 54¹	Navy^1,4	Tainan Air Group¹	KIA¹
MSgt³	Anabuki, Satoshi^2,3	51^2,3	Army^2,3	50th Sentai³
Maj³	Kuroe, Yashiko^2,3	51^2,3	Army^2,3	59th Sentai³, 64th Sentai³
WO¹, LT⁴	Kanno, Naoshi^1,4	25⁴, 50¹	Navy^1,4	343rd Air Group¹, 201st Air Group¹	KIFA¹
WO¹, Ens⁴	Okabe, Kenji^1,4	15⁴, 50¹	Navy^1,4	12th Air Group¹, Shokaku¹, Omura Air Group¹, 601st Air Group¹
Maj³	Sakagawa, Toshio^2,3	49+^2,3	Army^2,3
Lt¹	Kanno, Naoshi¹	48¹	Navy¹
WO^1,4	Ohara, Ryoji¹ Ohara, Ryōji⁴	16⁴, 48¹	Navy^1,4	6th Air Group¹, 204th Air Group¹, Yokosuka Air Group¹
WO³	Nakada, Yoshihiko^2,3	45^2,3	Army^2,3
Lt Cdr^1,4	Fujita, Iyozoh^1,4	11⁴, 42¹	Navy^1,4	Soryu¹, Hiyo¹, 301st Air Group¹
WO³	Kamito, Sumi³	40+³	Army³
WO^1,4	Komachi, Sadamu^1,4	18⁴, 40¹	Navy^1,4	Shokaku¹, 204th Air Group¹, 253rd Air Group¹, Yokosuka Air Group¹
Capt³	Shimada, Kenji^2,3	40^2,3	Army^2,3	11th Sentai³	MIA³
WO³	Sasaki, Isamu³	38+³	Army³	50th Sentai³
1Lt³	Tarui, Mitsuyoshi³	38³	Army³
Ens^1,4	Muto, Kaneyoshi^1,4	28⁴, 35¹	Navy^1,4	Omura Air Group¹, 12th Air Group¹, 3rd Air Group¹, 252nd Air Group¹, Yokosuka Air Group¹, 343rd Air Group¹	KIA¹
PO1/c^1,4	Ota, Toshio¹ Ōta, Toshio⁴	34^1,4	Navy^1,4	12th Air Group¹, Tainan Air Group¹	KIA¹
Capt³	Kashiide, Isamu³	33³	Army³	1st Air Regiment³, 59th Sentai³, 4th Sentai³
Capt³	Anma, Katsumi³	32³	Army³
1Lt³	Kanai, Moritsugu³	32³	Army³	11th Sentai³, 87th Sentai³, 25th Sentai³
WO^1,4	Sugino, Kazuo^1,4	32^1,4	Navy^1,4
WO^1,4	Tanimizu, Takeo^1,4	18⁴, 32¹	Navy^1,4	Shokaku¹, Tainan Air Group¹, 203rd Air Group¹
1Lt³	Koga, Sada³	31³	Army³
Ens^1,4	Ishihara, Susumu^1,4	16⁴, 30+¹	Navy^1,4
Capt³	Jobo, Ryotaro³	30+³	Army³	64th Sentai³, 33rd Sentai³
Capt³	Takeuchi, Shogo³	30+³	Army³	64th Sentai³, 68th Sentai³	KIA³
2Lt³	Aoyagi, Yutaka³	28³	Army³
CPO^1,4	Ishii, Shizuo^1,4	28¹, 29⁴	Navy^1,4
Lt (jg)^1,4	Akamatsu, Sadaaki^1,4 Akamatsu, Sada-aki⁴	27^1,4	Navy^1,4	Akagi¹, Ryujo¹, Kaga¹, 13th Air Group¹, Soryu¹, 3rd Air Group¹, 331st Air Group¹, 302nd Air Group¹
WO³	Shibata, Rikio³	27³	Army³
Capt³	Sumino, Goichi³	27³	Army³
2Lt³	Saito, Shogo³	26+³	Army³	24th Sentai³	KIA³
1Lt³	Hosono, Isamu³	26³	Army³
Maj³	Kimura, Takaji³	26³	Army³
MSgt³	Miyamoto, Goro³	26³	Army³
WO³	Furugori, Goro³	25+³	Army³
MSgt³	Hanada, Tomio³	25³	Army³
MSgt³	Yoshiyama, Bunji³	25³	Army³	11th Sentai³	MIA³
MSgt³	Haraguchi, Kichigoro³	24³	Army³
Sgt³	Kajinami, Susumu³	24³	Army³	246th Sentai³, 68th Sentai³
WO^1,4	Ogiya, Nobuo^1,4	24^1,4	Navy^1,4
2Lt³	Saito, Chiyoji³	24³	Army³
WO³	Ishizuka, Tokuyasu³	23³	Army³
WO³	Kato, Shoji³	23³	Army³
Capt³	Asano, Hitoshi³	22³	Army³
Capt³	Hasegawa, Tomoari³	22³	Army³
MSgt³	Otsuka, Zenzaburo³	22³	Army³
Maj³	Togo, Saburo³	22³	Army³
Maj³	Iwahashi, Jyozo³	21³	Army³	11th Sentai³, 22nd Sentai³	KIA³
WO³	Kira, Katsuaki³	21³	Army³	24th Sentai³, 200th Sentai³, 103rd Sentai³
MSgt³	Matsui, Morio³	21+³	Army³
WO³	Shiromoto, Naoharu³	21³	Army³
CPO¹	Hidaka, Yoshimi¹	20¹	Navy¹
MSgt³	Sudo, Tokuya³	20³	Navy³
Lt (jg)^1,4	Sugio, Shigeo^1,4	20¹, 20+⁴	Navy^1,4
Maj³	Ishikawa, Kanshi³	19³	Army³
MSgt³	Kimura, Saburo³	19³	Army³
CPO^1,4	Nagano, Kiichi¹ Nagano, Ki-ichi⁴	19^1,4	Navy^1,4
WO³	Ofusa, Yojiro³	19³	Army³	50th Sentai³
WO^1,4	Okano, Hiroshi^1,4	19^1,4	Navy^1,4	Tainan Air Group¹, 201st Air Group¹, 331st Air Group¹, 343rd Air Group¹
Capt³	Ozaki, Nakakazu³	19³	Army³
PO3/c^1,4	Uto, Kazushi¹ Utō, Kazushi⁴	19^1,4	Navy^1,4
WO³	Yamaguchi, Bunichi³	19³	Army³	11th Sentai³, 204th Sentai³
WO³	Ishii, Takeo³	18³	Army³
Lt Col³	Kato, Tateo³	18³	Army³	6th Hiko Rentai³, 5th Hiko Rentai³, 64th Sentai³	KIA³
Lt (jg)^1,4	Matsuba, Akio^1,4	18^1,4	Navy^1,4
PO1/c^1,4	Nakase, Masayuki^1,4	18^1,4	Navy^1,4
CPO^1,4	Oki, Yoshio¹ Ōki, Yoshio⁴	17⁴, 18¹	Navy^1,4
Ens^1,4	Saito, Saburo¹ Saitō, Saburō⁴	18⁴, 18+¹	Navy^1,4
WO³	Shimizu, Kazuo³	18³	Army³	59th Sentai³
CPO⁴	Kawato, Masajriō⁴	18⁴	Navy⁴
Capt³	Wakamatsu, Yukiyoshi³	18+³	Army³	85th Sentai³	KIA³
WO³	Hanada, Mamoru³	17³	Army³
Ens^1,4	Honda, Minoru^1,4	17+^1,4	Navy^1,4	Kanoya Air Group¹, 343rd Air Group¹
WO^1,4	Ito, Kiyoshi¹ Itō, Kiyoshi⁴	17^1,4	Navy^1,4
Lt (jg)^1,4	Kamihara, Keishu¹ Kamihira, Keishū⁴	17^1,4	Navy^1,4
CPO^1,4	Masuyama, Masao^1,4	17^1,4	Navy^1,4
1Lt³	Suzuki, Shoichi³	17³	Army³
WO³	Takagaki, Haruo³	17³	Army³
1Lt³	Takamiya, Keiji³	17³	Army³
Ens^1,4	Tanaka, Kuniyoshi^1,4	17^1,4	Navy^1,4
Sgt³	Igarashi, Tomesaku³	16³	Army³
WO³	Inouye, Misao³	16³	Army³
WO³	Ito, Riichi³	16³	Army³
CPO^1,4	Kato, Kunimichi¹ Katō, Kunimichi⁴	16^1,4	Navy^1,4
WO¹	Katsuki, Kiyomi¹	16+¹	Navy¹	Chitose¹, 452nd Air Group¹, 934th Air Group¹
1Lt³	Kuroki, Tameyoshi³	16³	Army³
CPO¹	Matsunaga, Eitoku¹	16¹	Navy¹
CPO¹	Matsunaga, Hidenori¹	16¹	Navy¹
Lt^1,4	Miyano, Zenjiro¹ Miyano, Zenjirō⁴	16^1,4	Navy^1,4	12th Air Group¹, 3rd Air Group¹, 6th Air Group¹, Junyo¹, Zuiho¹, 204th Air Group¹	KIA¹
MSgt³	Motojima, Muneyoshi³	16³	Army³
CPO¹	Nakajima, Bunkichi¹	16¹	Navy¹
Ens^1,4	Nakakariya, Kunimori^1,4	16^1,4	Navy^1,4
WO^1,4	Nakaya, Yoshiichi¹ Nakaya, Yoshi-ichi⁴	16^1,4	Navy^1,4
Maj³	Namai, Kiyoshi³	16³	Army³
WO³	Ogura, Mitsuo³	16³	Army³
Ens^1,4	Shiga, Masami^1,4	16^1,4	Navy^1,4
MSgt³	Shimokawa, Yukio³	16³	Army³	5th Sentai³, 50th Sentai³	WIA³
WO^1,4	Takesuka, Toraichi¹ Takesuka, Tora-ichi⁴	16^1,4	Navy^1,4
WO^1,4	Watanabe, Hideo^1,4	16^1,4	Navy^1,4	Chitose Air Group¹, 204th Air Group¹	WIA¹
1Lt³	Yajima, Yoshihiko³	16³	Army³
Maj³	Yonaga, Hyoe³	16³	Army³
WO³	Hazawa, Iwataro³	15³	Army³
CPO¹	Koyae, Kotaro¹	15¹	Navy¹
2Lt³	Masuzawa, Masatoshi³	15³	Army³	1st Sentai³, 39th KFR (training squadron)³
WO³	Matsuura, Toshio³	15³	Army³
Ens^1,4	Minami, Yoshimi^1,4	15^1,4	Navy^1,4
WO^1,4	Nakamichi, Wataru^1,4	15^1,4	Navy^1,4
Capt³	Nakamura, Saburo³	15³	Army³
Capt³	Nango, Shigeo³	15³	Army³	33rd Sentai³, 59th Sentai³	KIA³
MSgt³	Ono, Megumu³	15³	Army³
MSgt³	Otake, Kyushiro³	15³	Army³
Maj³	Sakai, Iwori³	15³	Army³	64th Sentai³
WO³	Seino, Eiji³	15³	Army³
WO^1,4	Shibukawa, Shigeru^1,4	15^1,4	Navy^1,4
Lt Cdr^1,4	Suho, Motonari¹ Suhō, Motonari⁴	15^1,4	Navy^1,4
WO^1,4	Tanaka, Minpo^1,4	15^1,4	Navy^1,4
WO^1,4	Yoshino, Satoshi^1,4	15^1,4	Navy^1,4	Soryu¹, 4th Air Group¹, Tainan Air Group¹	KIA¹
PO1/c^1,4	Endo, Masuaki¹ Endō, Masuaki⁴	14^1,4	Navy^1,4	Tainan Air Group¹, 251st Air Group¹	KIA¹
MSgt³	Hirohata, Tomio³	14³	Army³
WO³	Minami, Takaaki³	14³	Army³
Capt³	Motomura, Koji³	14³	Army³
WO³	Mune, Noboru³	14³	Army³
WO³	Noguchi, Takashi³	14³	Army³
Corp³	Okuda, Jiro³	14³	Army³
Capt³	Onozaki, Hiroshi³	14³	Army³	59th Sentai³
WO^1,4	Ozeki, Yukiharu^1,4	14^1,4	Navy^1,4
Sgt³	Shono, Tadashi³	14³	Army³
WO^1,4	Takahashi, Kenichi¹ Takahashi, Ken-ichi⁴	14^1,4	Navy^1,4
Ens^1,4	Taniguchi, Masao^1,4	14^1,4	Navy^1,4
PO1/c^1,4	Yamazaki, Ichirobei¹ Yamazaki, Ichirōbei⁴	14^1,4	Navy^1,4
PO2/c^1,4	Yoshida, Mototsuna^1,4	14^1,4	Navy^1,4
Lt (jg)^1,4	Hagiri, Matsuo^1,4	13^1,4	Navy^1,4	Soryu¹, 12th Air Group¹, 204th Air Group¹	WIA¹
Lt (jg)^1,4	Handa, Watari^1,4	13^1,4	Navy^1,4	Ryujo¹, Kaga¹, 15th Air Group¹
Capt³	Ito, Fujitaro³	13+³	Army³	5th Sentai³
WO^1,4	Koga, Kiyoto^1,4	13^1,4	Navy^1,4	13th Air Group¹, Yokosuka Air Group¹	KIFA¹
Lt (jg)^1,4	Koizumi, Fujikazu^1,4	13^1,4	Navy^1,4
Ens^1,4	Kondo, Masaichi¹ Kondō, Masa-ichi⁴	13^1,4	Navy^1,4
WO^1,4	Kuroiwa, Toshio^1,4	13^1,4	Navy^1,4	Kaga¹, 12th Air Group¹	MIA¹
Capt³	Kurono, Shoji³	13³	Army³
Capt³	Kuwabara, Yoshiro³	13³	Army³
WO^1,4	Maeda, Hideo^1,4	13^1,4	Navy^1,4
WO^1,4	Matsumura, Momoto^1,4	13^1,4	Navy^1,4
WO^1,4	Miyazaki, Gitaro^1,4	13^1,4	Navy^1,4	12th Air Group¹, Tainan Air Group¹	KIA¹
Ens^1,4	Miyazaki, Isamu^1,4	13^1,4	Navy^1,4	252nd Air Group¹, 343rd Air Group¹
PO1/c^1,4	Omori, Shigetaka^1,4	13^1,4	Navy^1,4
Sup Sea^1,4	Shibagaki, Hiroshi^1,4	13^1,4	Navy^1,4
WO^1,4	Shibayama, Sekizen^1,4	10⁴, 13¹	Navy^1,4	201st Air Group¹, 253rd Air Group¹
2Lt³	Shindo, Norio³	13³	Army³
Capt³	Shirai, Nagao³	13³	Army³	244th Sentai³
WO³	Takahashi, Takeo³	13³	Army³
CPO¹	Uehara, Sadao¹	13¹	Navy¹	Tainan Air Group¹
Ens^1,4	Yamamoto, Akira^1,4	13^1,4	Navy^1,4
WO^1,4	Yamashita, Sahei^1,4	13^1,4	Navy^1,4
Maj³	Eto, Toyoki³	12³	Army³
Maj³	Hinoki, Yohei³	12³	Army³	64th Sentai³, 111th Sentai³	WIA³
Lt^1,4	Isozaki, Chitoshi^1,4	12^1,4	Navy^1,4	Ryojo¹, Kaga¹, 12th Air Group¹, 251st Air Group¹, 204th Air Group¹, 201st Air Group¹, 302nd Air Group¹, 343rd Air Group¹
WO³	Iwase, Koichi³	12³	Army³
WO^1,4	Kanamaru, Takeo^1,4	12^1,4	Navy^1,4
WO^1,4	Kashimura, Kanichi¹ Kashimura, Kan-ichi⁴	12^1,4	Navy^1,4	13th Air Group¹, Yokosuka Air Group¹ , 582nd Air Group¹	KIA¹
CPO^1,4	Kikuchi, Tetsuo^1,4	12^1,4	Navy^1,4
Maj³	Miyabe, Hideo³	12+³	Army³	5th Sentai³, 64th Sentai³
2Lt³	Nishihara, Goro³	12³	Army³
PO1/c¹	Odaka, Noritsura¹	12¹	Navy¹
Ens^1,4	Sasakibara, Masao^1,4	12^1,4	Navy^1,4
PO1/c^1,4	Shimizu, Kiyoshi^1,4	12^1,4	Navy^1,4
Lt^1,4	Yamaguchi, Sadao¹ Yamaguchi, Sada-o⁴	12^1,4	Navy^1,4
PO1/c^1,4	Yoshimura, Keisaku^1,4	12^1,4	Navy^1,4
Lt^1,4	Fukuda, Sumio^1,4	11^1,4	Navy^1,4
Maj³	Fukuda, Tokuro³	11³	Army³
Lt (jg)^1,4	Hidaka, Hatsuo^1,4	11^1,4	Navy^1,4
WO^1,4	Hori, Hitsuo¹ Hori, Mitsuo⁴	11^1,4	Navy^1,4
PO2/c^1,4	Ichioka, Matao^1,4	11^1,4	Navy^1,4
WO³	Ishizawa, Koji³	11+³	Army³
Lt (jg)^1,4	Iwai, Tsutomu^1,4	11^1,4	Navy^1,4
2Lt³	Kanbara, Daisuke³	11³	Army³
Ens^1,4	Kodaira, Yoshinao¹ Kodaira, Yoshina-o⁴	11^1,4	Navy^1,4
Sgt³	Kodama, Takayori³	11³	Army³
PO3/c^1,4	Kokubun, Takeichi^1,4	11^1,4	Navy^1,4
WO^1,4	Oishi, Yoshio¹ Ōishi, Yoshio⁴	11^1,4	Navy^1,4
Maj³	Sawada, Mitsugu³	11³	Army³
CPO^1,4	Sekiya, Kiyoshi^1,4	11^1,4	Navy^1,4
CPO^1,4	Shirahama, Yoshijo¹ Shirahama, Yoshijirō⁴	11^1,4	Navy^1,4
Capt³	Shishimoto, Hironojo³	11³	Army³
MSgt³	Suzuki, Eisaku³	11³	Army³
Lt (jg)^1,4	Wajima, Yoshio^1,4	11^1,4	Navy^1,4
WO^1,4	Yamamoto, Ichiro¹ Yamamoto, Ichirō⁴	11^1,4	Navy^1,4
CPO^1,4	Yamamoto, Tomezo¹ Yamamoto, Tomezō⁴	11^1,4	Navy^1,4
Ens^1,4	Yamashita, Koshiro¹ Yamashita, Koshirō⁴	11^1,4	Navy^1,4
WO^1,4	Yasui, Kozaburo¹ Yasui, Kōzaburō⁴	11^1,4	Navy^1,4
CPO^1,4	Abe, Kenichi¹ Abe, Ken-ichi⁴	10^1,4	Navy^1,4
Cdr^1,4	Aioi, Takahide^1,4	10^1,4	Navy^1,4
MSgt³	Asano, Jiro³	10³	Army³
WO^1,4	Atake, Tomita^1,4	10^1,4	Navy^1,4
PO2/c^1,4	Banno, Takao^1,4	10^1,4	Navy^1,4
CPO^1,4	Hashiguchi, Yoshio¹ Hashiguchi, Yoshirō⁴	10+^1,4	Navy^1,4
Ldg Sea^1,4	Hattori, Kazuo^1,4	10+^1,4	Navy^1,4
Capt³	Ichikawa, Chuichi³	10³	Army³	9th Sentai³, 78th Sentai³, 244th Sentai³
CPO^1,4	Ishii, Isamu^1,4	10^1,4	Navy^1,4
Ens^1,4	Kagemitsu, Matsuo^1,4	10+^1,4	Navy^1,4
Sgt³	Kanazawa, Nobuo³	10+³	Army³
WO^1,4	Kitahata, Saburo¹ Kitahata, Saburō⁴	10+^1,4	Navy^1,4
Lt^1,4	Kobayashi, Hohei¹ Kobayashi, Hōhei⁴	10+^1,4	Navy^1,4
MSgt³	Kobayashi, Taro³	10³	Army³
PO2/c^1,4	Kurosawa, Seiichi¹ Kurosawa, Sei-ichi⁴	10⁴, 10+¹	Navy^1,4
CPO^1,4	Nagahama, Yoshikazu^1,4	10+^1,4	Navy^1,4
WO³	Nomura, Akiyoshi³	10³	Army³
PO1/c¹	Sakano, Takao¹	10¹	Navy¹
CPO^1,4	Sasai, Tomokazu^1,4	10^1,4	Navy^1,4
Lt^1,4	Shigematsu, Yasuhiro^1,4	10+^1,4	Navy^1,4
1Lt³	Shimamura, Miyoshi³	10³	Army³
WO^1,4	Sugiyama, Teruo^1,4	10^1,4	Navy^1,4
Ens^1,4	Takahashi, Shigeru^1,4	10^1,4	Navy^1,4
CPO^1,4	Tanaka, Jiro¹ Tanaka, Jirō⁴	10^1,4	Navy^1,4
CPO^1,4	Tanaka, Shinsaku^1,4	10^1,4	Navy^1,4
WO³	Tsubone, Kosuke³	10+³	Army³	64th Sentai³
WO³	Tsubone, Kosuke³	10³	Army³
WO³	Yasuda, Yoshito³	10+³	Army³
WO^1,4	Yoshida, Katsuyoshi^1,4	10^1,4	Navy^1,4
Lt^1,4	Fukui, Yoshio^1,4	9^1,4	Navy^1,4
Lt (jg)^1,4	Harada, Kaname^1,4	9^1,4	Navy^1,4
WO³	Hayashi, Takeomi³	9³	Army³
Lt (jg)^1,4	Higashiyama, Ichiro^1,4	9^1,4	Navy^1,4
Maj³	Hirose, Yoshio³	9³	Army³
WO³	Ina, Akira³	9³	Army³
CPO^1,4	Ishida, Teigo^1,4	9^1,4	Navy^1,4
PO2/c^1,4	Izumi, Hideo^1,4	9^1,4	Navy^1,4
PO2/c^1,4	Kanda, Saji^1,4	9^1,4	Navy^1,4
Capt³	Kani, Saiji³	9³	Army³
WO¹	Kato, Katsue¹	9¹	Navy¹	381st Air Group¹, 153rd Air Group¹, 153rd Air Group¹, 343rd Air Group¹	KIA¹
Sgt³	Kato, Kenji³	9³	Army³
1Lt³	Kawahara, Kosuke³	9³	Army³
WO³	Kimura, Yutaka³	9³	Army³
Capt³	Kono, Kensuii³	9³	Army³
Ens^1,4	Kudo, Shigetoshi¹ Kudō, Shigetoshi⁴	9^1,4	Navy^1,4	Tainan Air Group¹, Yokosuka Air Group¹	WIFA¹
Lt (jg)^1,4	Matsuda, Jiro¹ Matsuda, Jirō⁴	9^1,4	Navy^1,4
PO3/c^1,4	Matsuki, Susumu^1,4	9^1,4	Navy^1,4
Lt (jg)^1,4	Mochizuki, Isamu^1,4	9^1,4	Navy^1,4
Lt (jg)^1,4	Mori, Mitsugu^1,4	9^1,4	Navy^1,4
Lt (jg)^1,4	Morinio, Hideo^1,4	9^1,4	Navy^1,4
WO^1,4	Nakamura, Yoshio^1,4	9^1,4	Navy^1,4
1Lt³	Nakazaki, Shigeru³	9³	Army³
WO^1,4	Oda, Kiichi¹ Oda, Ki-ichi⁴	9^1,4	Navy^1,4
2Lt³	Ogawa, Makoto³	9³	Army³	70th Sentai³
PO1/c^1,4	Okamoto, Juzo¹ Okamoto, Jūzō⁴	9^1,4	Navy^1,4
WO³	Shimizu, Takeshi³	9³	Army³
PO1/c^1,4	Shirakawa, Toshihisa^1,4	9^1,4	Navy^1,4
L Cdr^1,4	Shirane, Ayao¹ Shirane, Aya-o⁴	9^1,4	Navy^1,4	12th Air Group¹, Akagi¹, Zuikaku¹, Yokosuka Air Group¹, 341st Air Group¹	KIA¹
WO^1,4	Sueda, Toshiyuki^1,4	9^1,4	Navy^1,4
PO1/c^1,4	Suzuki, Kiyonobu^1,4	9^1,4	Navy^1,4
2Lt³	Takahashi, Katsutaro³	9³	Army³
1Lt³	Takiguchi, Hiroshi³	9³	Army³
Maj³	Takiyama, Yamato³	9³	Army³
Lt (jg)^1,4	Tsunoda, Kazuo^1,4	9^1,4	Navy^1,4
Ens^1,4	Yamanaka, Tadao^1,4	9^1,4	Navy^1,4
CPO^1,4	Yoshizawa, Tokushige^1,4	9^1,4	Navy^1,4
WO^1,4	Ema, Yuichi¹ Ema, Yū-ichi⁴	8^1,4	Navy^1,4
Lt^1,4	Endo, Yukio¹ Endō, Yukio⁴	8⁴, 8+¹	Navy^1,4	251st Air Group¹, 302nd Air Group¹, 352nd Air Group¹	KIA¹
PO1/c^1,4	Goto, Kurakazu¹ Gotō, Kurakazu⁴	8^1,4	Navy^1,4
WO³	Hida, Hitoshi³	8³	Army³
Lt^1,4	Iizuka, Masao^1,4	8^1,4	Navy^1,4
Capt³	Ito, Naoyuki³	8³	Army³
PO1/c^1,4	Iwaki, Yoshio^1,4	8^1,4	Navy^1,4
Lt Cdr^1,4	Kaneko, Tadashi^1,4	8^1,4	Navy^1,4
2Lt³	Kanemaru, Teizo³	8³	Army³
Maj³	Kawamoto, Koki³	8+³	Army³
2Lt³	Kimura, Sadamitsu³	8³	Army³	4th Sentai³	KIA³
PO1/c^1,4	Magara, Koichi¹ Magara, Kō-ichi⁴	8^1,4	Navy^1,4
Capt³	Miyamaru, Masao³	8³	Army³
PO3/c^1,4	Moriura, Toyoo^1,4	8^1,4	Navy^1,4
Ens^1,4	Muranaka, Kazuo^1,4	8^1,4	Navy^1,4
Lt¹	Nakagawa, Kenji¹	8¹	Navy¹
Lt^1,4	Nango, Mochifumi¹ Nangō, Shigefumi⁴	8^1,4	Navy^1,4	13th Air Group¹	KIA¹
Sgt³	Nishioka, Shigetsune³	8³	Army³
Capt³	Obara, Tsutae³	8³	Army³
MSgt³	Okubo, Misao³	8³	Army³
Lt (jg)^1,4	Ono, Satoru^1,4	8^1,4	Navy^1,4
Lt (jg)^1,4	Ono, Takeyoshi¹ Ōno, Takeyoshi⁴	8^1,4	Navy^1,4
WO^1,4	Shigemi, Katsuma^1,4	8^1,4	Navy^1,4
WO¹	Shimakawa, Masaaki¹	8¹	Navy¹	Tainan Air Group¹, Kaga¹, 204th Air Group¹
CPO^1,4	Suzuki, Hiroshi^1,4	8^1,4	Navy^1,4
PO1/c^1,4	Takaiwa, Kaoru^1,4	8^1,4	Navy^1,4
WO³	Tashiro, Tadao³	8³	Army³
2Lt³	Terada, Shinobu³	8³	Army³
WO^1,4	Tokuji, Yoshihisa^1,4	8^1,4	Navy^1,4
Capt³	Tsuchiya, Takashi³	8³	Army³
MSgt³	Yamato, Mitsuo³	8³	Army³
WO¹	Yanagiya, Kenji¹	8¹	Navy¹	204th Air Group¹	WIA¹
PO1/c^1,4	Yano, Shigeru^1,4	8^1,4	Navy^1,4
CPO¹	Yoshihara, Hiroji¹	8¹	Navy¹
1Lt³	Fukuyama, Yonesuke³	7³	Army³
1Lt³	Gomi, Hiroshi³	7³	Army³
Ens¹	Nakano, Katsujiro¹	7¹	Navy¹
1Lt³	Sekiguchi, Hiroshi³	7³	Army³
WO¹	Hayashi, Sakuji¹	6¹	Navy¹
Capt³	Ikuno, Fumisuke³	6³	Army³
Lt (jg)¹	Kurotori, Shiro¹	6¹	Navy¹	Yokosuka Air Group¹
Sgt³	Negishi, Nobuji³	6³	Army³	244th Sentai³, 18th Sentai³, 53rd Sentai³
Sgt³	Noguchi, Yoshinori³	6³	Army³
Lt¹	Oshibuchi, Takashi¹	6¹	Navy¹
CPO¹	Sasaki, Yoshiichi¹	6¹	Navy¹
Lt Cdr¹	Shiga, Yoshio¹	6¹	Navy¹
WO³	Sumi, Tadao³	6³	Army³	244th Sentai³, 56th Sentai³
A1/c¹	Yonekawa, Tadayoshi¹	6¹	Navy¹
Capt³	Yoshida, Yoshio³	6³	Army³	70th Sentai³
1Lt³	Yoshioka, Yoshitaro³	6³	Army³
PO1/c¹	Arita, Yoshisuke¹	5¹	Navy¹
Lt¹	Hayashi, Yoshishige¹	5¹	Navy¹
Capt³	Inayama, Hideaki³	5+³	Army³
CPO¹	Ishikawa, Seiji¹	5¹	Navy¹
Maj³	Ishikawa, Tadashi³	5³	Army³
PO2/c¹	Kakimoto, Enji¹	5¹	Navy¹		POW¹, Suicide¹
WO³	Kawakita, Akira³	5³	Army³
Maj³	Kobayashi, Teruhiko³	5³	Army³	45th Sentai³, 66th Sentai³, 244th Sentai³
PO¹	Mitsuda, Masahiro¹	5¹	Navy¹
Lt¹	Morioka, Yutaka¹	5¹	Navy¹	302nd Air Group¹
CPO¹	Naka, Yoshimitsu¹	5¹	Navy¹
Sgt³	Nakano, Matsumi³	5³	Army³
2Lt³	Nishio, Hannoshin³	5³	Army³
Lt¹	Nishiwaki, Masaharu¹	5+¹	Navy¹
1Lt³	Ogata, Naoyuki³	5³	Army³
WO³	Sato, Gonnoshin³	5³	Army³
Capt³	Takanashi, Tatsuo³	5³	Army³
WO¹	Takenaka, Yoshihiko¹	5¹	Navy¹
PO1/c¹	Tsujinoue, Toyomitsu¹	5¹	Navy¹
Lt¹	Yokoyama, Tamotsu¹	5¹	Navy¹

KIA: Killed In Action
KIFA: Killed In Flying Accident
POW: Prisoner Of War
WIA: Wounded In Action
WIFA: Wounded In Flying Accident

Sources:

Imperial Japanese Navy Aces 1937-45, Henry Sakaida, 1998
Aircraft of the Aces Legends of World War 2, Tony Holmes, 2000
Japanese Army Air Force Aces 1937-45, Henry Sakaida, 1997
Japanese Naval Aces and Fighter Units in World War II, Ikuhiko Hata, Yasuho Izawa, 1989

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