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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sits a fleet of small black ships,
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