Commanders of The IJN Combined Fleet
Commander in chief
| Rank | Name | From | To | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Vice Admiral | Itoh Sukeyuki | 18 July 1894 | 11 May 1895 |
| 2 | Vice Admiral | Arichi Shinanojo | 11 May 1895 | 16 November 1895 |
| 3 | Vice Admiral | Togo Heihachiro | 28 December 1903 | 20 December 1905 |
| 4 | Vice Admiral | Ijuin Goro | 8 October 1908 | 20 November 1908 |
| 5 | Vice Admiral | Motaro Yoshimatsu | 1 November 1915 | 13 December 1915 |
| 6 | Vice Admiral | Motaro Yoshimatsu | 1 September 1916 | 14 October 1916 |
| 7 | Admiral | Motaro Yoshimatsu | 1 October 1917 | 22 October 1917 |
| 8 | Admiral | Yamashita Gentaro | 1 September 1918 | 15 October 1918 |
| 9 | Admiral | Yamashita Gentaro | 1 June 1919 | 28 October 1918 |
| 10 | Admiral | Yamaya Tanin | 1 May 1920 | 24 August 1920 |
| 11 | Admiral | Tochinai Sojiro | 24 August 1920 | 31 October 1920 |
| 12 | Admiral | Tochinai Sojiro | 1 May 1921 | 31 October 1921 |
| 13 | Vice Admiral | Takeshita Isamu | 1 December 1922 | 27 January 1924 |
| 14 | Admiral | Suzuki Kantaro | 27 January 1924 | 1 December 1924 |
| 15 | Admiral | Okada Keisuke | 1 December 1924 | 10 December 1926 |
| 16 | Vice Admiral | Hiroharu Kato | 10 December 1926 | 10 December 1928 |
| 17 | Admiral | Naomi Taniguchi | 10 December 1928 | 11 November 1929 |
| 18 | Vice Admiral | Eisuke Yamamoto | 11 November 1929 | 1 December 1931 |
| 19 | Vice Admiral | Seizo Kobayashi | 1 December 1931 | 15 November 1933 |
| 20 | Vice Admiral | Nobumasa Suetsugu | 15 November 1933 | 15 November 1934 |
| 21 | Vice Admiral | Sankichi Takahashi | 15 November 1934 | 1 December 1936 |
| 22 | Vice Admiral | Mitsumasa Yonai | 1 December 1936 | 2 February 1937 |
| 23 | Admiral | Osami Nagano | 2 February 1937 | 1 December 1937 |
| 24 | Vice Admiral | Zengo Yoshida | 1 December 1937 | 30 August 1939 |
| 25 | Admiral | Isoroku Yamamoto | 30 August 1939 | 18 April 1943 |
| 26 | Admiral | Mineichi Koga | 21 May 1943 | 31 March 1944 |
| 27 | Admiral | Soemu Toyoda | 3 May 1944 | 29 May 1945 |
| 28 | Vice Admiral | Jisaburo Ozawa | 29 May 1945 | 10 October 1945 |
Chief of staff
| Rank | Name | From | To | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Captain | Samejima Kazunori | 19 July 1894 | 17 December 1894 |
| 2 | Captain | Dewa Shigeto | 17 December 1894 | 25 July 1895 |
| 3 | Captain | Kamimura Hikonojo | 25 July 1895 | 16 November 1895 |
| 4 | Captain | Shimamura Hayao | 28 December 1903 | 12 January 1905 |
| 5 | Rear Admiral | Kato Tomosaburo | 12 January 1905 | 20 December 1905 |
| 6 | Rear Admiral | Fujii Koichi | 20 December 1905 | 22 November 1906 |
| 7 | Captain | Yamashita Gentaro | 22 November 1906 | 10 December 1908 |
| 8 | Captain | Takarabe Takeshi | 10 December 1908 | 1 December 1909 |
| 9 | Rear Admiral | Nomaguchi Kaneo | 1 December 1909 | 11 March 1911 |
| 10 | Captain | Akiyama Saneyuki | 11 March 1911 | 24 May 1912 |
| 11 | Captain | Isamu Takeshita | 1 December 1912 | 24 May 1913 |
| X | X | Vacant | 23 May 1913 | 1 December 1913 |
| 12 | Rear Admiral | Satō Tetsutarō | 1 December 1913 | 17 April 1914 |
| 13 | Captain | Kazuyoshi Yamaji | 17 April 1914 | 1 December 1914 |
| 14 | Rear Admiral | Shibakichi Yamanaka | 1 December 1914 | 13 December 1915 |
| 15 | Rear Admiral | Saburo Horiuchi | 13 December 1915 | 1 December 1917 |
| 16 | Rear Admiral | Hanroku Saito | 1 December 1917 | 1 December 1918 |
| 17 | Rear Admiral | Kajishiro Funakoshi | 1 December 1918 | 1 December 1919 |
| 18 | Rear Admiral | Hansaku Yoshioka | 1 December 1919 | 1 December 1921 |
| 19 | Rear Admiral | Kumazo Shirane | 1 December 1921 | 1 December 1923 |
| 20 | Rear Admiral | Bekinari Kabayama | 1 December 1923 | 10 November 1924 |
| 21 | Captain | Kanjiro Hara | 10 November 1924 | 1 December 1925 |
| 22 | Rear Admiral | Naotaro Ominato | 1 December 1925 | 1 November 1926 |
| 23 | Rear Admiral | Sankichi Takahashi | 1 November 1926 | 1 December 1927 |
| 24 | Rear Admiral | Eijiro Hamano | 1 December 1927 | 10 December 1928 |
| 25 | Rear Admiral | Ken Terajima | 10 December 1928 | 30 October 1929 |
| 26 | Rear Admiral | Koichi Shiozawa | 30 October 1929 | 1 December 1930 |
| 27 | Rear Admiral | Shigetarō Shimada | 1 December 1930 | 1 December 1931 |
| 28 | Rear Admiral | Zengo Yoshida | 1 December 1931 | 15 September 1933 |
| 29 | Rear Admiral | Soemu Toyoda | 15 September 1933 | 15 March 1935 |
| 30 | Rear Admiral | Nobutake Kondō | 15 March 1935 | 15 November 1935 |
| 31 | Rear Admiral | Naokuni Nomura | 15 November 1935 | 16 November 1936 |
| 32 | Rear Admiral | Yasutaro Iwashita | 16 November 1936 | 18 February 1937 |
| 33 | Rear Admiral | Jisaburo Ozawa | 18 February 1937 | 15 November 1937 |
| 34 | Rear Admiral | Ibo Takahashi | 15 November 1937 | 5 November 1939 |
| 35 | Captain | Shigeru Fukudome | 5 November 1939 | 10 April 1941 |
| 36 | Rear Admiral | Seiichi Ito | 10 April 1941 | 11 August 1941 |
| 37 | Rear Admiral | Matome Ugaki | 11 August 1941 | 22 May 1943 |
| 38 | Vice Admiral | Shigeru Fukudome | 22 May 1943 | 6 April 1944 |
| 39 | Rear Admiral | Ryunosuke Kusaka | 6 April 1944 | 24 June 1945 |
| 40 | Rear Admiral | Shikazo Yano | 24 June 1945 | 25 September 1945 |
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Famous quotes containing the words combined and/or fleet:
“I am absurdly fearful about this voyage. Various little omens have combined to give me a dark feeling.... Perhaps we shall live to laugh at these. But in case of mishap I should perish with my husband and child, perhaps to be transferred to some happier state.”
—Margaret Fuller (1810–1850)
“They ... fleet the time carelessly, as they did in the golden world.”
—William Shakespeare (1564–1616)