Toshinari Maeda

Marquess
Maeda Toshinari
General Maeda Toshinari
Born5 June 1885
Tokyo, Japan
Died5 September 1942(1942-09-05) (aged 57)
off Bintulu, Sarawak
Allegiance Empire of Japan
Service/branch Imperial Japanese Army
Years of service1905–1942
Rank General (posthumous)
UnitImperial Guard
Commands heldIJA 8th Division
Japanese 37th Army
Battles/warsPacific War
AwardsOrder of the Rising Sun

Marquess Toshinari Maeda (前田利為侯爵, Maeda Toshinari Kōshaku, 5 June 1885 – 5 September 1942), was a Japanese general and the first commander of the Japanese forces in northern Borneo (Sarawak, Brunei, Labuan, and North Borneo) in World War II.


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