| Japanese Army and Navy air forces over China |
The first air to air combat took place in the Shanghai sector during the Sino-Japanese Feb-March 1932 confrontation.
JAAF and JNAF were involved in the 'Chinese Incident' or 1937-38 Sino-Japanese war.
Direct confrontation with Soviet forces occured in May-Sept 1939 in the so-called Nomonhan/Khalkin-Gol Incident.
| Claims and credits |
The scores were highly overestimated by the Japanese side or the VVS-Chinese side. The Kantoh-Gun archives reported 1260 Russian a/c destroyed during the Khalkin Gol Incident which exceeded the actual number of VVS a/c aligned. Moreover the Soviets have minimized their losses for propaganda and the newly avaible Soviet archives are unfortunaly incomplete. So the real figures will maybe never drawn up.
| The lists |
All the lists present the following data:
Name and (when known) first name are presented with arbitrary choice for the spelling (russian, german, arab names...).
RANK of the pilot: see the rank page for the meaning of the abbreviations and the equivalence.
According to the pages, COUNTRY, NATION for the nationality or ethnic origin, AIR_SERVICE for the air arm, are provided.
The number of victories represents usually the total of kills (individual plus shared). The shared kills are indicated when known under the form [indiv+shared]. The official score is indicated when different from the total (American and British scores of ww2 for example).
Authors of the SOURCES column are given; report to the bibliography page to find the books, articles, web pages in alphabetical order. The OTHER_SOURCES column presents the divergent scores with sometimes the author of the source.
The DETAIL column shows occasionally the type of kill, balloons, V-1s, ground kills, unconfirmed kills...
The NOTE column exposes different commentaries and for lack of space, abbreviations are used: report to the abbreviation page for their meaning.
| RANK | FIRST NAME | NAME | CHINA | WW2 | SOURCES | DETAIL | AIR SERVICE | UNITS | DEATH | NOTE | OTHER SOURCES |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Adj | Hiromichi | SHINOHARA | 58 | I. Hata-Y. Isawa | IJAAF | 11.Sentai | 27/08/1939 | Ki-27, Nomonhan best ace. KIA. | |||
| Lt | Mitsuyoshi | TARUI | 28 | 10 | I. Hata-Y. Isawa | IJAAF | 1.Sentai; 1.Sentai, 68.Sentai | 18/08/1944 | Ki-27 ace, Nomonhan incident. | 76 ? | |
| Maj | Kenji | SHIMADA | 27 | I. Hata-Y. Isawa | IJAAF | 11.Sentai | 15/09/1939 | Ki-27, Nomonhan. KIA. | 40 | ||
| SgtMaj | Tomio | HANADA | 25 | I. Hata-Y. Isawa | IJAAF | 11.Sentai | 07/10/1939 | Ki-27 ace, Nomonhan. KIA. | 17 (Koltelnikov) | ||
| 2ndLt | Shogo | SAITO | 25 | 1 | I. Hata-Y. Isawa | IJAAF | 24.Sentai; 24.Sentai, 78.Sentai | 03/07/1944 | Ki-27, Nomonhan Incident. | ||
| WO | Shoji | KATO | 23 | I. Hata-Y. Isawa | IJAAF | 11 Sentai | 06/09/1941 | Ki-27 ace, Nomonhan. KIFA. | |||
| Capt | Hitoshi | ASANO | 22 | I. Hata-Y. Isawa | IJAAF | 1.Sentai; 248.Sentai | Nomonhan Incident. | ||||
| WO | Zenzaburo | OHTSUKA | 22 | I. Hata-Y. Isawa | IJAAF | 11.Sentai | 29/01/1942 | Ki.27 ace, Nomonhan. Malaya 41. KIA. | |||
| Maj | Saburo | TOGO | 22 | I. Hata-Y. Isawa | IJAAF | 11 Sentai; 6. and 8.Kyo Hi | Ki-27 ace, Nomonhan. Instructor ww2. | ||||
| Lt | Isamu | HOSONO | 21 | 5 | I. Hata-Y. Isawa | IJAAF | 1.Sentai; 87.Sentai, 25.Sentai | 06/10/1943 | Ki-27 ace, Nomonhan. Ki-43, China. | 21+6 | |
| 2Lt | Chiyoji | SAITO | 21 | 7 | I. Hata-Y. Isawa | IJAAF | 24.Sentai | 20/08/1943 | Ki-27, Nomonhan. Ki-43, N.Guinea. KIA. | 3 ww2 (Sakaida) | |
| WO | Goro | FURUGORI | 20 | 10 | I. Hata-Y. Isawa | IJAAF | 11.Sentai; 22.Sentai | 03/11/1944 | Ki-27 ace, Nomonhan. | 5 ww2(Quinn); 6 | |
| Maj | Jozo 'Ganchan' | IWAHASHI | 20 | 1 | I. Hata-Y. Isawa | IJAAF | 11.Sentai, 22.Sentai | 21/09/1944 | Ki-27 ace, Nomonhan. Ki-84 ww2. KIA | 20+2 | |
| MSgt | Bunji | YOSHIYAMA | 20 | I. Hata-Y. Isawa | IJAAF | 11.Sentai | 15/09/1939 | Ki-27 ace, Nomonhan. KIA. | 25 (Sakaida) | ||
| Capt | Tomoari | HASEGAWA INO | 19 | 3 | I. Hata-Y. Isawa | IJAAF | 11.Sentai; 11.Sentai | Ki-27 ace, Nomonhan. | |||
| SMaj | Saburo | KIMURA | 19 | I. Hata-Y. Isawa | IJAAF | 11.Sentai | 07/08/1939 | Ki-27 ace, Nomonhan. KIA. | |||
| N. | OSAKI | 19 | IJAAF | 27/12/1943 | |||||||
| WO | Takeo | ISHII | 18 | I. Hata-Y. Isawa | IJAAF | 1.Sentai | Ki-27 ace, Nomonhan. | ||||
| Capt | Ryotaro | JOBO (KAMIBO?) | 18 | 12 | H. Sakaida | IJAAF | 33 Sentai; 1.Yasen Hoju Hik. | Ki-44 ace. | 12; 76 (Bueschel) | ||
| WO | Mamoru | HANADA | 17 | I. Hata-Y. Isawa | IJAAF | 11 Sentai | 12/07/1939 | Nomonhan Incident. DOW. | |||
| Capt | Shoichi | SUZUKI | 17 | I. Hata-Y. Isawa | IJAAF | 24.Sentai | 29/07/1939 | Ki-27 ace, Nomonhan. KIA. | |||
| SgtM | Takeo | IISHI | 16 | J.Quinn et al | IJAAF | Ki-27 ace. | |||||
| WO | Riichi | ITO | 16 | I. Hata-Y. Isawa | IJAAF | 11.Sentai | Ki-27 ace, Nomonhan. | ||||
| SgtMaj | Muneyoshi | MOTOJIMA | 16 | I. Hata-Y. Isawa | (more?) | IJAAF | 1.Sentai | 04/08/1939 | Nomonhan Incident. KIA. | 26 (Koltelnikov) | |
| 1Lt | Yoshihiko | YAJIMA | 16 | I. Hata-Y. Isawa | IJAAF | 1.Sentai | 25/08/1939 | Ki-27, Nomonhan Incident. KIA. | |||
| Maj | Hyoe | YONAGA | 16 | I. Hata-Y. Isawa | IJAAF | 24.Sentai; 24.Sentai, 101.Sentai | Ki.27 ace, Nomonhan. | ||||
| WO | Haruo | TAKAGAKI | 15 | 2 | I. Hata-Y. Isawa | IJAAF | 11.Sentai, 72.Sentai, 246.Sentai | 15/07/1945 | Ki-27 ace, Nomonhan. Ki-84 ww2. KIA. | ||
| Ens | Tetsuzo | IWAMOTO | 14 | 66 | I.Hata-Y.Izawa | IJNAF | 12 Ku; Zuikaku;281;204;253;252 & 203 Ku | A5M ace in China; A6M, Coral Sea, Rabaul | 182; 202 | ||
| WO | Toshio | KUROIWA | 14 | H. Gustavsson | IJNAF | Kaga, 13 Ku, 12 Ku | 25/08/1944 | A1N, 1st Japanese victory; A5N | |||
| WO | Takaaki | MINAMI | 14 | I. Hata-Y. Isawa | IJAAF | 11.Sentai | Ki-27 ace, Nomonhan. | ||||
| Capt | Koji | MOTOMURA | 14 | I. Hata-Y. Isawa | IJAAF | 2.Datai, 11.Sentai | 22/08/1939 | Ki-27 ace, Nomonhan. KIA. | |||
| Corp | Jiro | OKUDA | 14 | I. Hata-Y. Isawa | IJAAF | 11.Sentai | 12/08/1939 | Ki-27 ace, Nomonhan. KIA. | |||
| WO | Rikio | SHIBATA | 14 | 13 | I. Hata-Y. Isawa | IJAAF | 11.Sentai; 101.Sentai, 85.Sentai | 18/12/1944 | Ki-27, Nomonhan. Ki44 ace. KIA. | 21 (Ledet) | |
| WO | Masao | ASHIDA | 13 | I. Hata-Y. Isawa | IJAAF | 11.Sentai | 12/08/1939 | Ki-27 ace, Nomonhan, KIA. | |||
| WO | Kiyoto | KOGA | 13 | I.Hata-Y.Izawa | IJNAF | 13 Kokutai | 16/09/1938 | A5M ace, China, 1937. KIFA. | |||
| WO | Tokuyasu | ISHIZUKA | 12 | 2 | I. Hata-Y. Isawa | IJAAF | 11.Sentai; 11.Sentai, ?.Sentai | Ki-27 ace, Nomonhan. Ki-61, Ki-45 ww2. | 23 (Sakaida); 3 ww2 | ||
| SMaj | Koichi | IWASE | 12 | I. Hata-Y. Isawa | IJAAF | 11.Sentai | Ki-27 ace, Nomonhan. | 10 | |||
| Capt | Shoji | KURONO | 12 | 1 | I. Hata-Y. Isawa | IJAAF | 11.Rentai, 24.Sentai; 24.Sentai, 112.Sentai | Nomonhan Ki-27 ace. | |||
| 2Lt | Goro | NISHIHARA | 12 | I. Hata-Y. Isawa | IJAAF | 24.Sentai | Ki-27 ace, Nomonhan. | ||||
| Ens | Kuniyoshi | TANAKA | 12 | 5 | I.Hata-Y.Izawa | IJNAF | 13 Ku; Tainan Ku | A5M, China, 37-38. A6M, 41-42. | 12+8 | ||
| Ltjg | Sadaaki 'Matsu-chan' | AKAMATSU | 11 | 16 | I.Hata-Y.Izawa | IJNAF | 13 Ku; 3 Ku, 331 Ku, 302 Ku | A5M ace, China. A6M ace, 41-43. | 50? | ||
| Maj | Tokuro | FUKUDA | 11 | J.Quinn et al | IJAAF | 11 Sentai | 05/03/1943 | Ki-27 ace, Nomonhan. KIA. | |||
| WO | Koji | ISHIZAWA | 11 | I. Hata-Y. Isawa | (more?) | IJAAF | 24.Sentai, 105.Sentai | Nomonhan Ki-27 ace. Ki-43, Ki-61 ww2. | |||
| 2Lt | Daisuke | KANBARA | 11 | I. Hata-Y. Isawa | IJAAF | 11.Sentai | Ki-27 ace, Nomonhan. | 9 | |||
| Sgt | Takayori | KODAMA | 11 | I. Hata-Y. Isawa | IJAAF | 1.Sentai | 01/09/1939 | Ki-27 Nomonhan ace. KIA. | |||
| WO | Naoharu | SHIROMOTO | 11 | 10 | I. Hata-Y. Isawa | IJAAF | 11.Sentai, 1.Sentai; 1.Sentai, 52.Sentai, 11.Tr | Ki-27 Nomonhan. Ki-43, Solomons 42-43. | |||
| LtCdr | Motonari | SUHO | 11 | 4 | I.Hata-Y.Izawa | IJNAF | 12 Ku, 14 Ku; 252 Ku | A5M and A6M China. Solomons, Micronesia. | |||
| SgtMaj | Eisaku | SUZUKI | 11 | I. Hata-Y. Isawa | IJAAF | 11.Sentai | 25/08/1939 | Ki-27 ace, Nomonhan. KIA. | |||
| Ens | Koshiro | YAMASHITA | 11 | I.Hata-Y.Izawa | IJNAF | Ryujo, 12 Ku; 201 Ku | 30/03/1944 | First A6M ace, China. KIA. | 10 (Ehrengardt) | ||
| 2Lt | Yutaka | AOYAGI | 10 | 2 | I. Hata-Y. Isawa | (more?) | IJAAF | 11 Sentai | 23/06/1942 | Ki-27 ace, Nomonhan. KIFA. | 28 (Sakaida) |
| WO | Kanishi | KASHIMURA | 10 | 2 | I.Hata-Y.Izawa | IJNAF | 13 & 12 Ku, Yokosuka Ku, 582 Ku | 06/03/1943 | A5M ace, China, 1937. KIA 1943. | ||
| LtCol | Tateo 'Gunshi' | KATO | 10 | 8 | H. Gustavsson | IJAAF | 2.Datai; 64.Sentai | 22/05/1942 | Ki-10, Ki-27, China. Ki-43, Burma. KIA. | 9 and 9+1(Gustavson) | |
| MSgt | Taro | KOBAYASHI | 10 | I. Hata-Y. Isawa | IJAAF | 11 Sentai | 05/08/1939 | Ki-27 ace, Nomonhan. KIA. | |||
| 2Lt | Masatoshi | MASUZAWA | 10 | 5 | I. Hata-Y. Isawa | IJAAF | 1.Sentai, 39.FRK | Nomonhan ace. Ki-43, Solomons 1943. | 10+3 | ||
| WO | Momoto | MATSUMURA | 10 | 3 | I.Hata-Y.Izawa | IJNAF | 12, 13, 12 Ku; 6, 601 Ku | 25/10/1944 | A5M, China; A6M pilot and instructor. | ||
| WO | Toshio | MATSUURA | 10 | 5 | I. Hata-Y. Isawa | IJAAF | 1.Sentai; 1.Sentai | 02/12/1943 | Nomonhan. Ki-27, 1941. N.Guinea. KIFA. | ||
| SgtMaj | Tokuya | SUDO | 10 | I. Hata-Y. Isawa | IJAAF | 2.Daitai, 64.Sentai | 01/09/1939 | Ki-10, China; Ki-27, Nomonhan. KIA. | |||
| WO | Akira | INA | 9 | I. Hata-Y. Isawa | IJAAF | 11 Sentai | Ki-27 ace, Nomonhan. | ||||
| Saiji | KAJI | 9 | IJAAF | Nomonhan Incident. | |||||||
| Capt | Saiji | KANI | 9 | I. Hata-Y. Isawa | IJAAF | 24.Sentai | 29/07/1939 | Ki-27 ace, Nomonhan Incident. KIA. | |||
| WO | Shintaro | KASHIMA | 9 | 0 | I. Hata-Y. Isawa | (more?) | IJAAF | 11.Sentai; 200.Sentai | 16/12/1944 | Ki-27 Nomonhan ace. Ki-84 1944, KIA. | |
| Lt | Kosuke | KAWAHARA | 9 | I. Hata-Y. Isawa | IJAAF | 2.Datai, 64.Sentai | 25/10/1937 | Ki-10, China, IJAAF first ace. | 5 | ||
| WO | Yutaka | KIMURA | 9 | I. Hata-Y. Isawa | IJAAF | 24.Sentai; 59.Sentai | Nomonhan Ki-27 ace. Ki-43 ww2. | ||||
| WO | Katsuaki | KIRA | 9 | 13 | I. Hata-Y. Isawa | IJAAF | 24.Sentai; 200.Sentai, 103.Sentai | Nomonhan Incident. | 9+12, 25 | ||
| Ens | Yoshimi | MINAMI | 9 | 6 | I.Hata-Y.Izawa | IJNAF | 13 & 12 Ku; Shokaku, 601 Ku, 653 Ku | 25/11/1944 | A6M carrier ace. KIA special attack. | ||
| Ltjg | Isamu | MOCHIZUKI | 9 | I.Hata-Y.Izawa | IJNAF | 13 Ku; 281 Ku | 06/02/1944 | A5M ace, China. Ww2 as leader. KIA 44. | |||
| PO | Mazayuki | NAKASE | 9 | 9 | I.Hata-Y.Izawa | IJNAF | 14 Ku, 12 Ku; 3 Ku | 09/02/1942 | A5M ace, China, 41. A6M 1941, KIA. | ||
| Maj | Kyushichi | NOGUCHI | 9 | I. Hata-Y. Isawa | IJAAF | 11.Sentai, 1.Sentai; 22.Rensei Hikotai | Nomonhan Incident Ki-27 ace. | ||||
| Maj | Mitsugu | SAWADA | 9 | 3 | I. Hata-Y. Isawa | IJNAF | 2.Datai; 2.Datai, 85.Sentai, 1.Sentai | 05/03/1943 | Ki-10, Ki-27, China. Ki-43, Lae. KIA. | 7 and 5 | |
| Adc | Misao | INOUE | 8 | 8 | I. Hata-Y. Isawa | IJAAF | 15/12/1944 | Nomonhan Incident. | |||
| Lt | Mochifumi 'Gunshin' | NANGO | 8 | I.Hata-Y.Izawa | IJNAF | 13 Ku, Soryu carrier, 15 Ku | 18/07/1943 | A5M ace in China. KIA. | |||
| Maj | Iori | SAKAI | 8 | 1 | I. Hata-Y. Isawa | (1 B-29) | IJAAF | 2.Datai (5.Rentai), 64.Sentai | Ki-27 ace, Nomonhan. | ||
| 1Lt | Miyoshi | SHIMAMURA OKAMOTO | 8 | 1 | I. Hata-Y. Isawa | (1 B-29) | IJAAF | 1.Sentai; 85.Sentai | Nomonhan Incident. Ki-102, one B-29. | ||
| Sgt | Miyoshi | SHIMOMURA | 8 | 2 | J.Quinn et al | IJAAF | 1 Sentai | Ki-27 ace, Nomonhan, 1939. | |||
| Ens | Jiro | CHONO | 7 | H. Sakaida | IJNAF | Kaga Hi, 14 Ku | 21/02/1941 | A5M, China. KIA. | |||
| Capt | Yonesuke | FUKUYAMA | 7 | H. Gustavsson | IJNAF | 2.Datai | 14/04/1938 | Ki-10, China. DOW. | |||
| Ltjg | Matsuo 'Mustachio' | HAGIRI | 7 | 6 | I.Hata-Y.Izawa | IJNAF | 12 Ku; 204 Ku, Yokosuka Ku | ||||
| Hitoshi | HIDA | 7 | 1 | IJAAF | Nomonhan Incident. | ||||||
| Lt | Moritsugu | KANAI | 7 | 26 | I. Hata-Y. Isawa | IJAAF | 11.Sentai; 87. & 25.Sentai | Nomonhan ace. Ki-43 ace, China. | 34; 7+19; 25 ww2 Sakaida | ||
| Ltjg | Osamu | KUDO | 7 | 0 | I.Hata-Y.Izawa | IJNAF | 13 Ku, Kaga carrier; 3 Ku | 03/03/1942 | A5M ace, China. KIA. | ||
| WO | Hitoshi | TOBITA | 7 | 1 | I. Hata-Y. Isawa | IJAAF | 11.Sentai | Ki-27, Nomonhan. Malaya, 41-42. | |||
| Ens | Tadashi 'Hyuozo' | TORAKUMA (KIMOTO) | 7 | H. Sakaida | IJNAF | 13 & 12 Ku; Kanoya, 751, 253 Ku | 16/04/1943 | A5M ace, China, 1937. KIFA. | |||
| Lt | Yoshio | FUKUI | 6 | 3 | I.Hata-Y.Izawa | IJNAF | Ryujo & Kaga; Zuiho, 601 Ku, Zuikaku, 221, 352 Ku | A2N, A5M China, 1937-38. | |||
| Ltjg | Watari | HANDA | 6 | 7 | I.Hata-Y.Izawa | IJNAF | Kaga, 15 Ku; Tainan Ku, | A5M ace, China, 1937. A6M, 1942. | |||
| Ltjg | Ichiro | HIGASHIYAMA | 6 | 3 | I.Hata-Y.Izawa | IJNAF | Soryu carrier, 15 & 12 Ku; 261 Ku | 08/07/1944 | A5M ace, China. Marianas 1944, KIA. | ||
| Lt | Chikamasa | IGARASHI | 6 | I.Hata-Y.Izawa | IJNAF | Kaga Hi | |||||
| Ens | Masaichi | KONDO | 6 | 7 | I.Hata-Y.Izawa | IJNAF | Ryujo, Kaga, 15 & 12 Ku; Zuiho, Junyo | A2N, A5N and A6M carrier ace. | |||
| 1Lt | Hiroshi | SEKIGUCHI | 6 | 2 | H. Gustavsson | IJAAF | 'Kato'Chutai, 64.Sentai, 68.Sentai, 105.Sentai | Ki-10, China; Ki-27 Nomonhan; Ki-61. | 7 (Hata) | ||
| WO | Toshiyuki | SUEDA | 6 | 3 | I.Hata-Y.Izawa | IJNAF | 13, 12 & 14 Ku; 252 Ku | 06/10/1943 | Ace in China. A6M Solomons. MIA. | ||
| Maj | Yamato | TAKIYAMA | 6 | 3 | I. Hata-Y. Isawa | IJAAF | 11.Sentai, 87.Sentai, 104.Sentai | Ki-27 ace, Nomonhan. B-29 killer, 44-45. | 9 + 0 | ||
| Cdr | Takahide | AIOI | 5 | 5 | I.Hata-Y.Izawa | IJNAF | 12 Ku; Ryujo carrier, 3, 202, 601 Ku | A5M ace, China. A6M ace and leader WW2. | |||
| Capt | Katsumi | ANMA | 5 | 27 | I. Hata-Y. Isawa | IJAAF | 64.Sentai | 08/04/1942 | Nomonhan and Ki-43 Burma ace. KIA. | 12+ ww2 (Hata); 8; 34 | |
| Ltjg | Hatsuo | HIDAKA | 5 | 6 | I.Hata-Y.Izawa | IJNAF | Kaga, 15 Ku; 6 Ku, 204 Ku | A6M ace Rabaul 1942. | |||
| LtCdr | Shigeru | ITAYA | 5 | IJNAF | Hiryu | 24/07/1944 | Claude ace in China. | ||||
| Sgt | Y. | KOSIRO | 5 | A. Demin | IJNAF | A6M ace in a day, 1940. | |||||
| Ens | Kaneyoshi 'Kinsuke' | MUTO | 5 | 23 | I.Hata-Y.Izawa | (60 claims) | IJNAF | 13 Ku; 3, Genzan, 252, Yokosuka & 343 Ku | 24/09/1945 | A5M ace, China, 1937. | 25-30; 35 (Sakaida) |
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