Ranks of the Imperial Japanese Army

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Imperial Japanese Armed Forces
Administration
Imperial General Headquarters
Imperial Japanese Army (Dai Nippon Teikoku Rikugun)
Imperial Japanese Army Air Force Kempeitai Railways and Shipping Section Uniforms
Imperial Japanese Navy (Dai Nippon Teikoku Kaigun)
Imperial Japanese Navy Air Service Special Naval Landing Forces Tokkeitai Major battles List of ships List of aircraft Main admirals
Rank insignia
IJA rank insignia IJN rank insignia
History
Military History of Japan during World War II
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The Ranks of the Imperial Japanese Army were the rank insignia of the Imperial Japanese Army, used from its creation in 1868, until its dissolution in 1945 following the Surrender of Japan in World War II.

The officer rank names were used for both the Imperial Japanese Army and Imperial Japanese Navy, the only distinction being the placement of the word Rikugun (army) or Kaigun (navy) before the rank. Thus, for example, a captain in the navy shared the same rank designation as that of a colonel in the army: Taisa (colonel), so the rank of Rikugun Taisa denoted an army colonel, while the rank of Kaigun daisa denoted a naval captain.