5th Division (Imperial Japanese Army)

5th Division
5th Division
	5th Division HQ, Hiroshima.
Active	1888–1945
Country	Empire of Japan
Branch	Imperial Japanese Army
Type	Infantry
Size	Division
Garrison/HQ	Hiroshima City, Japan
Nickname(s)	"Carp Division"
Engagements	First Sino-Japanese War Boxer Rebellion Russo-Japanese War Russian Civil War Battle of Romanovka; World War II
Commanders
Notable; commanders	Ōshima Yoshimasa, Nozu Michitsura, Oku Yasukata, Ueda Arisawa, Aketo Nakamura, Terauchi Hisaichi, Seishirō Itagaki

The '5th Division' (第5師団, Dai-go shidan) was an infantry division of the Imperial Japanese Army. Its call sign was the Koi (Carp) Division (鯉兵団, Koihei-dan). The 5th Division was formed in Hiroshima in January 1871 as the Hiroshima Garrison (広島鎮台, Hiroshima chindai), one of six regional commands created in the fledgling Imperial Japanese Army. Its personnel were drafted from Hiroshima, Yamaguchi and Shimane.

5th Division (July 1937)
Parent unit	Japanese China Garrison Army
Components	9th Infantry Brigade (bicycle) 11th Infantry Regiment 41st Infantry Regiment 21st Infantry Brigade (bicycle) 21st Infantry Regiment 42nd Infantry Regiment 5th Mountain Artillery Regiment (motorized) 5th Cavalry Regiment 5th Engineer Regiment (motorized) 5th Transport and Logistics Regiment (motorized - 500 trucks total)

5th Division (December 1941)
Parent unit	25th Army
Components	11. Infantry regiment 21. Infantry regiment 42. Infantry regiment 5. Field artillery regiment 5. Reconnaissance regiment 5. Engineer regiment 5. Transport and logistics regiment 5. Signals company 5. Ordnance workshop company 5. Sanitation company 5/2. Field hospital 5/4 Field hospital 5. Accounting office