Editing Combined Fleet (section)

==Commander-in-Chief (司令長官, ''Shireichōkan'')==
{{Officeholder table start
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| image_title        = Portrait
| officeholder_title = Commander-in-Chief
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{{Officeholder table
| order             = 1
| image             = Itoh Sukeyuki.jpg
| military_rank     = Vice Admiral
| officeholder      = [[Itō Sukeyuki]]<br>伊藤祐亨
| officeholder_sort = Itō, Sukeyuki
| born_year         = 1843
| died_year         = 1914
| term_start        = 18 July 1894
| term_end          = 11 May 1895
| timeinoffice      = {{ayd|1894|07|18|1895|05|11}}
}}
{{Officeholder table
| order             = 2
| image             = Arichi Shinanojo.jpg
| military_rank     = Vice Admiral
| officeholder      = [[Arichi Shinanojō]]{{efn|Created Baron on 5 June 1896.}}<br>有地品之允 
| officeholder_sort = Arichi, Shinanojō
| born_year         = 1843
| died_year         = 1919
| term_start        = 11 May 1895
| term_end          = 16 November 1895{{efn|Forced into retirement on 21 October 1895 for boarding neutral vessels in search of [[Liu Yongfu]], the fugitive president of the [[Republic of Formosa]]; Fleet dissolved.}}
| timeinoffice      = {{ayd|1895|05|11|1895|11|16}}
}}
{{Officeholder table
| order             = 3
| image             = Togo Heihachiro in uniform.jpg
| military_rank     = Vice Admiral<br>{{Small|(when appointed)}} <br> Admiral<br>{{Small|(from 6 June 1904)}}
| officeholder      = [[Tōgō Heihachirō]]<br>東郷平八郎
| officeholder_sort = Tōgō, Heihachirō
| born_year         = 1848
| died_year         = 1934
| term_start        = 28 December 1903
| term_end          = 20 December 1905{{efn|Fleet dissolved.}}
| timeinoffice      = {{ayd|1903|12|28|1905|12|20}}
}}
{{Officeholder table
| order             = 4
| image             = Ijuin Goro.jpg
| military_rank     = Vice Admiral
| officeholder      = Baron [[Ijuin Gorō|Ijūin Gorō]]<br>伊集院五郎
| officeholder_sort = Ijūin, Gorō
| born_year         = 1852
| died_year         = 1921
| term_start        = 8 October 1908
| term_end          = 20 November 1908
| timeinoffice      = {{ayd|1908|10|08|1908|11|20}}
}}
{{Officeholder table
| order             = 5
| image             = Shigetarō Yoshimatsu.jpg
| military_rank     = Vice Admiral
| officeholder      = {{ill|Yoshimatsu Shigetarō|ja|吉松茂太郎}}<br>吉松茂太郎
| officeholder_sort = Yoshimatsu, Shigetarō
| born_year         = 1859
| died_year         = 1935
| term_start        = 1 November 1915
| term_end          = 13 December 1915
| timeinoffice      = {{ayd|1915|11|01|1915|12|13}}
}}
{{Officeholder table
| order             = (5)
| image             = Shigetarō Yoshimatsu.jpg
| military_rank     = Vice Admiral
| officeholder      = {{ill|Yoshimatsu Shigetarō|ja|吉松茂太郎}}<br>吉松茂太郎
| officeholder_sort = Yoshimatsu, Shigetarō
| born_year         = 1859
| died_year         = 1935
| term_start        = 1 September 1916
| term_end          = 14 October 1916
| timeinoffice      = {{ayd|1916|09|01|1916|10|14}}
}}
{{Officeholder table
| order             = (5)
| image             = Shigetarō Yoshimatsu.jpg
| military_rank     = Admiral
| officeholder      = {{ill|Yoshimatsu Shigetarō|ja|吉松茂太郎}}<br>吉松茂太郎
| officeholder_sort = Yoshimatsu, Shigetarō
| born_year         = 1859
| died_year         = 1935
| term_start        = 1 October 1917
| term_end          = 22 October 1917
| timeinoffice      = {{ayd|1917|10|01|1917|10|22}}
}}
{{Officeholder table
| order             = 6
| image             = Yamashita Gentaro.jpg
| military_rank     = Admiral
| officeholder      = [[Yamashita Gentarō]]<br>山下源太郎
| officeholder_sort = Yamashita, Gentarō
| born_year         = 1863
| died_year         = 1931
| term_start        = 1 September 1918
| term_end          = 15 October 1918
| timeinoffice      = {{ayd|1918|09|01|1918|10|15}}
}}
{{Officeholder table
| order             = (6)
| image             = Yamashita Gentaro.jpg
| military_rank     = Admiral
| officeholder      = [[Yamashita Gentarō]]<br>山下源太郎
| officeholder_sort = Yamashita, Gentarō
| born_year         = 1863
| died_year         = 1931
| term_start        = 1 June 1919
| term_end          = 28 October 1919
| timeinoffice      = {{ayd|1919|06|01|1919|10|28}}
}}
{{Officeholder table
| order             = 7
| image             = Yamaya Tanin.jpg
| military_rank     = Admiral
| officeholder      = [[Yamaya Tanin]]<br>山屋他人
| officeholder_sort = Yamaya, Tanin
| born_year         = 1866
| died_year         = 1940
| term_start        = 1 May 1920
| term_end          = 24 August 1920
| timeinoffice      = {{ayd|1920|05|01|1920|08|24}}
}}
{{Officeholder table
| order             = 8
| image             = Sojiro Tochinai.jpg
| military_rank     = Admiral
| officeholder      = {{ill|Tochinai Sojirō|ja|栃内曽次郎}}<br>栃内曽次郎
| officeholder_sort = Tochinai, Sojirō
| born_year         = 1866
| died_year         = 1932
| term_start        = 24 August 1920
| term_end          = 31 October 1920
| timeinoffice      = {{ayd|1920|08|24|1920|10|31}}
}}
{{Officeholder table
| order             = (8)
| image             = Sojiro Tochinai.jpg
| military_rank     = Admiral
| officeholder      = {{ill|Tochinai Sojirō|ja|栃内曽次郎}}<br>栃内曽次郎
| officeholder_sort = Tochinai, Sojirō
| born_year         = 1866
| died_year         = 1932
| term_start        = 1 May 1921
| term_end          = 31 October 1921
| timeinoffice      = {{ayd|1921|05|01|1921|10|31}}
}}
{{Officeholder table
| order             = 9
| image             = Isamu Takeshita.jpg
| military_rank     = Vice Admiral<br>{{Small|(when appointed)}} <br> Admiral<br>{{Small|(from 3 August 1923)}}
| officeholder      = [[Isamu Takeshita|Takeshita Isamu]]<br>竹下勇
| officeholder_sort = Takeshita, Isamu
| born_year         = 1870
| died_year         = 1949
| term_start        = 1 December 1922{{efn|Fleet recreated as permanent entity; given direct command over 1st Fleet.}}
| term_end          = 27 January 1924
| timeinoffice      = {{ayd|1922|12|01|1924|01|27}}
}}
{{Officeholder table
| order             = 10
| image             = Suzuki Kantaro.jpg
| military_rank     = Admiral
| officeholder      = [[Kantarō Suzuki]]<br>鈴木貫太郎
| born_year         = 1868
| died_year         = 1948
| term_start        = 27 January 1924
| term_end          = 1 December 1924
| timeinoffice      = {{ayd|1924|01|27|1924|12|01}}
}}
{{Officeholder table
| order             = 11
| image             = Keisuke Okada 2.jpg
| military_rank     = Admiral
| officeholder      = [[Keisuke Okada|Okada Keisuke]]<br>岡田啓介
| officeholder_sort = Okada, Keisuke
| born_year         = 1868
| died_year         = 1952
| term_start        = 1 December 1924
| term_end          = 10 December 1926
| timeinoffice      = {{ayd|1924|12|01|1926|12|10}}
}}
{{Officeholder table
| order             = 12
| image             = Kanji kato.jpg
| military_rank     = Vice Admiral<br>{{Small|(when appointed)}} <br> Admiral<br>{{Small|(from 1 April 1927)}}
| officeholder      = [[Katō Kanji|Katō Hiroharu]]<br>加藤寛治
| officeholder_sort = Katō, Hiroharu
| born_year         = 1870
| died_year         = 1939
| term_start        = 10 December 1926
| term_end          = 10 December 1928
| timeinoffice      = {{age in years|1926|12|10|1928|12|10}} years
}}
{{Officeholder table
| order             = 13
| image             = Naomi Taniguchi.jpg
| military_rank     = Admiral
| officeholder      = {{ill|Taniguchi Naomi|ja|谷口尚真}}<br>谷口尚真
| officeholder_sort = Taniguchi, Naomi
| born_year         = 1870
| died_year         = 1941
| term_start        = 10 December 1928
| term_end          = 11 November 1929
| timeinoffice      = {{ayd|1928|12|10|1929|11|11}}
}}
{{Officeholder table
| order             = 14
| image             = Yamamoto Eisuke.png
| military_rank     = Vice Admiral<br>{{Small|(when appointed)}} <br> Admiral<br>{{Small|(from 1 March 1931)}}
| officeholder      = {{ill|Yamamoto Eisuke|ja|山本英輔}}<br>山本英輔
| officeholder_sort = Yamamoto, Eisuke
| born_year         = 1876
| died_year         = 1962
| term_start        = 11 November 1929
| term_end          = 1 December 1931
| timeinoffice      = {{ayd|1929|11|11|1931|12|01}}
}}
{{Officeholder table
| order             = 15
| image             = Seizō Kobayashi.jpg
| military_rank     = Vice Admiral<br>{{Small|(when appointed)}} <br> Admiral<br>{{Small|(from 1 April 1933)}}
| officeholder      = [[Seizō Kobayashi|Kobayashi Seizō]]<br>小林躋造
| officeholder_sort = Kobayashi, Seizō
| born_year         = 1877
| died_year         = 1962
| term_start        = 1 December 1931
| term_end          = 15 November 1933
| timeinoffice      = {{ayd|1931|12|01|1933|11|15}}
}}
{{Officeholder table
| order             = 16
| image             = Suetsugu Nobumasa.jpg
| military_rank     = Vice Admiral<br>{{Small|(when appointed)}} <br> Admiral<br>{{Small|(from 30 March 1934)}}
| officeholder      = [[Suetsugu Nobumasa]]<br>末次信正
| officeholder_sort = Suetsugu, Nobumasa
| born_year         = 1880
| died_year         = 1944
| term_start        = 15 November 1933
| term_end          = 15 November 1934
| timeinoffice      = {{age in years|1933|11|15|1934|11|15}} year
}}
{{Officeholder table
| order             = 17
| image             = Full Admiral Takahashi Sankichi.jpg
| military_rank     = Vice Admiral<br>{{Small|(when appointed)}} <br> Admiral<br>{{Small|(from 1 April 1936)}}
| officeholder      = [[Sankichi Takahashi|Takahashi Sankichi]]<br>高橋三吉
| officeholder_sort = Takahashi, Sankichi
| born_year         = 1882
| died_year         = 1966
| term_start        = 15 November 1934
| term_end          = 1 December 1936
| timeinoffice      = {{ayd|1934|11|15|1936|12|01}}
}}
{{Officeholder table
| order             = 18
| image             = Yonai Mitsumasa.jpg
| military_rank     = Vice Admiral
| officeholder      = [[Mitsumasa Yonai|Yonai Mitsumasa]]<br>米内光政
| officeholder_sort = Yonai, Mitsumasa
| born_year         = 1880
| died_year         = 1948
| term_start        = 1 December 1936
| term_end          = 2 February 1937
| timeinoffice      = {{ayd|1936|12|01|1937|02|02}}
}}
{{Officeholder table
| order             = 19
| image             = Osami Nagano.jpg
| military_rank     = Admiral
| officeholder      = [[Osami Nagano|Nagano Osami]]<br>永野修身
| officeholder_sort = Nagano, Osami
| born_year         = 1880
| died_year         = 1947
| term_start        = 2 February 1937
| term_end          = 1 December 1937
| timeinoffice      = {{ayd|1937|02|02|1937|12|01}}
}}
{{Officeholder table
| order             = 20
| image             = Yoshida Zengo.jpg
| military_rank     = Vice Admiral
| officeholder      = [[Zengo Yoshida|Yoshida Zengo]]<br>吉田善吾
| officeholder_sort = Yoshida, Zengo
| born_year         = 1885
| died_year         = 1966
| term_start        = 1 December 1937
| term_end          = 30 August 1939
| timeinoffice      = {{ayd|1937|12|01|1939|08|30}}
}}
{{Officeholder table
| order             = 21
| image             = Portrait of Yamamoto Isoroku.jpg
| military_rank     = Vice Admiral<br>{{Small|(when appointed)}} <br> Admiral<br>{{Small|(from 15 November 1940)}}{{efn|[[Posthumous promotion|Promoted posthumously]] to [[Gensui (Imperial Japanese Navy)|Marshal Admiral]].}}
| officeholder      = [[Isoroku Yamamoto|Yamamoto Isoroku]]<br>山本五十六
| officeholder_sort = Yamamoto, Isoroku
| born_year         = 1884
| died_year         = 1943
| died              = y
| term_start        = 30 August 1939
| term_end          = [[Operation Vengeance|18 April 1943]]{{efn|1st Fleet separated from direct command on 11 August 1941.}}
| timeinoffice      = {{ayd|1939|08|30|1943|04|18}}
}}
{{Officeholder table
| order             = 22
| image             = Koga Mineichi 3.jpg
| military_rank     = Admiral{{efn|Promoted posthumously to Marshal Admiral.}}
| officeholder      = [[Mineichi Koga|Koga Mine'ichi]]<br>古賀峯一
| officeholder_sort = Koga, Mineichi
| born_year         = 1885
| died_year         = 1944
| died              = y
| term_start        = 21 May 1943
| term_end          = 31 March 1944{{efn|[[Killed in action]] when [[Kawanishi H8K]] ("Emily") flying boat crashed during a typhoon between [[Palau]] and [[Davao City|Davao]].}}
| timeinoffice      = {{ayd|1943|05|21|1944|03|31}}
}}
{{Officeholder table
| order             = 23
| image             = Toyoda Soemu.JPG
| military_rank     = Admiral
| officeholder      = [[Soemu Toyoda|Toyoda Soemu]]<br>豊田副武
| officeholder_sort = Toyoda, Soemu
| born_year         = 1885
| died_year         = 1957
| term_start        = 3 May 1944
| term_end          = 29 May 1945
| timeinoffice      = {{ayd|1944|05|03|1945|05|29}}
}}
{{Officeholder table
| order             = 24
| image             = Ozawa11.jpg
| military_rank     = Vice Admiral{{efn|Refused promotion to Admiral.}}
| officeholder      = [[Jisaburō Ozawa|Ozawa Jisaburō]]<br>小沢治三郎
| officeholder_sort = Ozawa, Jisaburō
| born_year         = 1886
| died_year         = 1966
| term_start        = 29 May 1945
| term_end          = 10 October 1945{{efn|Fleet surrendered.}}
| timeinoffice      = {{ayd|1945|05|29|1945|10|10}}
}}
{{Officeholder table end}}

===Timeline===
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 from: 18/07/1894 till: 11/05/1895 color:darkblue text:"[[Itō Sukeyuki]]"
 from: 11/05/1895 till: 16/11/1895 color:darkblue text:"[[Arichi Shinanojō]]"
 from: 28/12/1903 till: 20/12/1905 color:darkblue text:"[[Tōgō Heihachirō]]"
 from: 08/10/1908 till: 20/11/1908 color:darkblue text:"[[Ijuin Gorō|Ijūin Gorō]]"
 from: 01/11/1915 till: 13/12/1915 color:darkblue text:"[[Yoshimatsu Shigetarō]]"
 from: 01/09/1916 till: 14/10/1916 color:darkblue text:"Yoshimatsu Shigetarō"
 from: 01/10/1917 till: 22/10/1917 color:darkblue text:"Yoshimatsu Shigetarō"
 from: 01/09/1918 till: 15/10/1918 color:darkblue text:"[[Yamashita Gentarō]]"
 from: 01/06/1919 till: 28/10/1919 color:darkblue text:"Yamashita Gentarō"
 from: 01/05/1920 till: 24/08/1920 color:darkblue text:"[[Yamaya Tanin]]"
 from: 24/08/1920 till: 31/10/1920 color:darkblue text:"[[Tochinai Sojirō]]"
 from: 01/05/1921 till: 31/10/1921 color:darkblue text:"Tochinai Sojirō"
 from: 01/12/1922 till: 27/01/1924 color:darkblue text:"[[Isamu Takeshita|Takeshita Isamu]]"
 from: 27/01/1924 till: 01/12/1924 color:darkblue text:"[[Kantarō Suzuki]]"
 from: 01/12/1924 till: 10/12/1926 color:darkblue text:"[[Keisuke Okada|Okada Keisuke]]"
 from: 10/12/1926 till: 10/12/1928 color:darkblue text:"[[Katō Kanji|Katō Hiroharu]]"
 from: 10/12/1928 till: 11/11/1929 color:darkblue text:"[[Taniguchi Naomi]]"
 from: 11/11/1929 till: 01/12/1931 color:darkblue text:"[[Yamamoto Eisuke]]"
 from: 01/12/1931 till: 15/11/1933 color:darkblue text:"[[Seizō Kobayashi|Kobayashi Seizō]]"
 from: 15/11/1933 till: 15/11/1934 color:darkblue text:"[[Suetsugu Nobumasa]]"
 from: 15/11/1934 till: 01/12/1936 color:darkblue text:"[[Sankichi Takahashi|Takahashi Sankichi]]"
 from: 01/12/1936 till: 02/02/1937 color:darkblue text:"[[Mitsumasa Yonai|Yonai Mitsumasa]]"
 from: 02/02/1937 till: 01/12/1937 color:darkblue text:"[[Osami Nagano|Nagano Osami]]"
 from: 01/12/1937 till: 30/08/1939 color:darkblue text:"[[Zengo Yoshida|Yoshida Zengo]]"
 from: 30/08/1939 till: 18/04/1943 color:darkblue text:"[[Isoroku Yamamoto|Yamamoto Isoroku]]"
 from: 21/05/1943 till: 31/03/1944 color:darkblue text:"[[Mineichi Koga|Koga Mine'ichi]]"
 from: 03/05/1944 till: 29/05/1945 color:darkblue text:"[[Soemu Toyoda|Toyoda Soemu]]"
 from: 29/05/1945 till: 10/10/1945 color:darkblue text:"[[Jisaburō Ozawa|Ozawa Jisaburō]]"

}}