Kwantung Army Commanders (regular Army)
- Kōtoku Satō:- during Nomonhan Incident in 1939 he led the 2nd Sector Unit, 8th Border Garrison Unit (Hailar). Then a Major General, he replaced the wounded commanding general of the 23rd Infantry' Group on the Nomonhan battle front
- Michitarō Komatsubara:- Chief of 23d Division, and Japanese Commander in Nomonhan Incident
- Kitsuju Ayabe:- Chief of Staff, First Area Army (Manchuria), Kwantung Army, North China Detachment, Staff Officer, Third Army (Manchuria)
- Jo Iimura:- Commanding General, Fifth Army (Manchuria)
- Kenzo Kitano:- Hunchun Garrison Commander (Manchuria)
- Seiichi Kita:- Commanding General, First Area Army (Manchuria)
- Masutaro Nakai:- Commander assigned to Manchuria Independent Garrison Unit
- Korechika Anami:- Second Area Army Commander (Tsitsihar, Manchuria)
- Nobuyoshi Obata:- Chief of Staff, Forty-fourth Army (Manchuria)
- Jun Ushiroku:- Third Area Army Commander, Manchuria
- Otozō Yamada:- 12th Division Commander (Tungning, Manchuria), Commanding General, Third Army (Mutanchiang, Manchuria)
- Isamu Chō: Commanding Officer 74th Regiment, Manchuria
- Noritsune Shimizu:- Lieutenant General, commander of Fifth Army (Mutanchiang)
- Keisaku Murakami:- Commander in Third Army (Yenchi)
- Mikio Uemura:- Chief in Fourth Army (Tsitsihar)
- Shōjirō Iida:- Commander of Thirtieth Army (Hsinking)
- Yoshio Hongo:- Forty-Four Army (Liaoyuan)
- Kioji Tominaga:- 139th Division Commander (organized in Manchuria)
- Tomoyuki Yamashita:- Led First Area Army (with HQ in Mutanchiang)
- Yoshio Kozuki:- Commanded Second Army (Yenchi)
- Jo Iimura: General Officer Commanding 5th Army, Manchuria
- Shin Yoshida:- Led Mechanized Army with HQ in Ssupingchieh
- Kitsuju Ayabe: Deputy Chief of Staff 3rd Army, Manchuria, Chief of Staff Kwantung Army and Chief of Staff 1st Area Army, Manchuria
- Shōjirō Iida: General Officer Commanding 30th Army, Manchuria and General Officer Commanding 20th Army, Manchuria
- Masaki Honda: General Officer Commanding 8th Division, Manchuria
- Tamio Iwasaki: General Officer Commanding 111th Division, Manchuria
- Torajiro Iwai: General Officer Commanding 108th Division, Manchuria
- Sadao Inoue: General Officer Commanding 14th Division, Manchuria
- Shunkichi Ikeda: General Officer Commanding 35th Division, Manchuria
- Yoshio Hongo: General Officer Commanding 62nd Division, Manchuria and General Officer Commanding 44th Army, Manchuria
- Hidezo Hitomi: General Officer Commanding 12th Division, Manchuria
- Mamoru Hara: General Officer Commanding 9th Division, Manchuria
- Koichi Abe: General Officer Commanding 107th Division, Manchuria
- Shojikiro Amaya: General Officer Commanding 40th Division, Manchuria
- Tatsumi Amamiya: General Officer Commanding 24th Division, Manchuria
- Keiichi Arikawa: Commanding Officer Infantry Group 62nd Division, Manchuria
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