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[[First Fleet (Japanese Navy)|First Fleet]] [http://{{SERVERNAME}}/wiki31/ja/index.php/%E7%AC%AC%E4%B8%80%E8%89%A6%E9%9A%8A_%28%E6%97%A5%E6%9C%AC%E6%B5%B7%E8%BB%8D%29 第一艦隊] ''Daiichi Kantai'', or 1F
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==Assignment==
===Commander-in-chief, First Fleet===
{| class="wikitable"
!no!!date of<br>appointment!!rank!!name!!class!!previous job!!next job!!note
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|1||28 Dec 1903||[[Vice Admiral (Japanese Navy)|VADM]]||[[Togo Heihachiro]]||||CinC, [[Readiness Fleet (Japanese Navy)|Readiness Fleet]]||[[Chief, Naval General Staff (Japanese Navy)|Chief, NGS]]||6 Jun 1904 [[Admiral (Japanese Navy)|ADM]]
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|2||20 Dec 1905||[[Vice Admiral (Japanese Navy)|VADM]]||[[Kataoka Shichiro]]||[[3rd class of Naval Academy (Japanese Navy)|3rd class, NA]]||CinC, [[Third Fleet (Japanese Navy)|3rd Fleet]]||Dir, [[Naval Shipping Command (Japanese Navy)|NSC]]||
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|3||22 Nov 1906||[[Vice Admiral (Japanese Navy)|VADM]]||[[Arima Shinichi]]||[[2nd class of Naval Academy (Japanese Navy)|2nd class, NA]]||CinC, [[Sasebo Naval District (Japanese Navy)|Sasebo District]]||Dir, [[Naval Education Command (Japanese Navy)|NEC]]||
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|4||26 May 1908||[[Vice Admiral (Japanese Navy)|VADM]]||[[Ijuin Goro]]||[[5th class of Naval Academy (Japanese Navy)|5th class, NA]]||CinC, [[Second Fleet (Japanese Navy)|2nd Fleet]]||[[Chief, Naval General Staff (Japanese Navy)|Chief, NGS]]||
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|5||1 Dec 1909||[[Vice Admiral (Japanese Navy)|VADM]]||[[Kamimura Hikonojo]]||[[4th class of Naval Academy (Japanese Navy)|4th class, NA]]||CinC, [[Yokosuka Naval District (Japanese Navy)|Yokosuka District]]||[[Military Councillor (Japan)|Military Councillor]]||1 Dec 1910 [[Admiral (Japanese Navy)|ADM]]
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|6||1 Dec 1911||[[Vice Admiral (Japanese Navy)|VADM]]||[[Dewa Shigetoo]]||[[5th class of Naval Academy (Japanese Navy)|5th class, NA]]||CinC, [[Sasebo Naval District (Japanese Navy)|Sasebo District]]||[[Military Councillor (Japan)|Military Councillor]]||9 Jul 1912 [[Admiral (Japanese Navy)|ADM]]
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|7||1 Dec 1913||[[Vice Admiral (Japanese Navy)|VADM]]||[[Kato Tomozaburo]]||[[7th class of Naval Academy (Japanese Navy)|7th class, NA]]||CinC, [[Kure Naval District (Japanese Navy)|Kure District]]||[[Minister of Navy (Japan)|Minister of Navy]]||
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|8||10 Aug 1915||[[Vice Admiral (Japanese Navy)|VADM]]||[[Fujii Koichi]]||[[7th class of Naval Academy (Japanese Navy)|7th class, NA]]||CinC, [[Sasebo Naval District (Japanese Navy)|Sasebo District]]||CinC, [[Yokosuka Naval District (Japanese Navy)|Yokosuka District]]||
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|9||23 Sept 1915||[[Vice Admiral (Japanese Navy)|VADM]]||[[Yoshimatsu Motaro]]||[[7th class of Naval Academy (Japanese Navy)|7th class, NA]]||CinC, [[Kure Naval District (Japanese Navy)|Kure District]]||[[Military Councillor (Japan)|Military Councillor]]||1 Dec 1916 [[Admiral (Japanese Navy)|ADM]]
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|10||1 Dec 1917||[[Vice Admiral (Japanese Navy)|VADM]]||[[Yamashita Gentaro]]||[[10th class of Naval Academy (Japanese Navy)|10th class, NA]]||CinC, [[Sasebo Naval District (Japanese Navy)|Sasebo District]]||[[Military Councillor (Japan)|Military Councillor]]||2 Jul 1918 [[Admiral (Japanese Navy)|ADM]]
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|11||1 Dec 1919||[[Admiral (Japanese Navy)|ADM]]||[[Yamaya Tanin]]||[[12th class of Naval Academy (Japanese Navy)|12th class, NA]]||CinC, [[Second Fleet (Japanese Navy)|2nd Fleet]]||CinC, [[Yokosuka Naval District (Japanese Navy)|Yokosuka District]]||
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|12||24 Aug 1920||[[Admiral (Japanese Navy)|ADM]]||[[Tochinai Sojiro]]||[[13th class of Naval Academy (Japanese Navy)|13th class, NA]]||[[Vice Minister of Navy (Japan)|Vice Minister of Navy]]||CinC, [[Sasebo Naval District (Japanese Navy)|Sasebo District]]||
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|13||27 Jul 1922||[[Vice Admiral (Japanese Navy)|VADM]]||[[Takeshita Isamu]]||[[15th class of Naval Academy (Japanese Navy)|15th class, NA]]||Member, [[Admirals' Committee (Japanese Navy)|Adms' Cmtee]]||CinC, [[Kure Naval District (Japanese Navy)|Kure District]]||3 Aug 1923 [[Admiral (Japanese Navy)|ADM]]
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|14||27 Jan 1924||[[Admiral (Japanese Navy)|ADM]]||[[Suzuki Kantaro]]||[[14th class of Naval Academy (Japanese Navy)|14th class, NA]]||CinC, [[Kure Naval District (Japanese Navy)|Kure District]]||[[Military Councillor (Japan)|Military Councillor]]||
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|15||1 Dec 1924||[[Admiral (Japanese Navy)|ADM]]||[[Okada Keisuke]]||[[15th class of Naval Academy (Japanese Navy)|15th class, NA]]||[[Military Councillor (Japan)|Military Councillor]]||CinC, [[Yokosuka Naval District (Japanese Navy)|Yokosuka District]]||
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|16||10 Dec 1926||[[Vice Admiral (Japanese Navy)|VADM]]||[[Kato Hiroharu]]||[[18th class of Naval Academy (Japanese Navy)|18th class, NA]]||CinC, [[Yokosuka Naval District (Japanese Navy)|Yokosuka District]]||[[Military Councillor (Japan)|Military Councillor]]||1927.04.01[[Admiral (Japanese Navy)|ADM]]
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|17||10 Dec 1928||[[Admiral (Japanese Navy)|ADM]]||[[Taniguchi Naomi]]||[[19th class of Naval Academy (Japanese Navy)|19th class, NA]]||CinC, [[Kure Naval District (Japanese Navy)|Kure District]]||CinC, [[Kure Naval District (Japanese Navy)|Kure District]]||
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|18||11 Nov 1929||[[Vice Admiral (Japanese Navy)|VADM]]||[[Yamamoto Eisuke]]||[[24th class of Naval Academy (Japanese Navy)|24th class, NA]]||CinC, [[Yokosuka Naval District (Japanese Navy)|Yokosuka District]]||[[Military Councillor (Japan)|Military Councillor]]||1 Apr 1931 [[Admiral (Japanese Navy)|ADM]]
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|19||1 Dec 1931||[[Vice Admiral (Japanese Navy)|VADM]]||[[Kobayashi Seizo]]||[[26th class of Naval Academy (Japanese Navy)|26th class, NA]]||[[Vice Minister of Navy (Japan)|Vice Minister of Navy]]||[[Military Councillor (Japan)|Military Councillor]]||30 Mar 1933 [[Admiral (Japanese Navy)|ADM]]
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|20||15 Nov 1933||[[Vice Admiral (Japanese Navy)|VADM]]||[[Suetsugu Nobumasa]]||[[27th class of Naval Academy (Japanese Navy)|27th class, NA]]||CinC, [[Second Fleet (Japanese Navy)|2nd Fleet]]||CinC, [[Yokosuka Naval District (Japanese Navy)|Yokosuka District]]||30 Mar 1934 [[Admiral (Japanese Navy)|ADM]]
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|21||15 Nov 1934||[[Vice Admiral (Japanese Navy)|VADM]]||[[Takahashi Sankichi]]||[[29th class of Naval Academy (Japanese Navy)|29th class, NA]]||CinC, [[Second Fleet (Japanese Navy)|2nd Fleet]]||[[Military Councillor (Japan)|Military Councillor]]||1 Apr 1936 [[Admiral (Japanese Navy)|ADM]]
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|22||1 Dec 1936||[[Vice Admiral (Japanese Navy)|VADM]]||[[Yonai Mitsumasa]]||[[29th class of Naval Academy (Japanese Navy)|29th class, NA]]||CinC, [[Yokosuka Naval District (Japanese Navy)|Yokosuka District]]||[[Minister of Navy (Japan)|Minister of Navy]]||
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|23||2 Feb 1937||[[Admiral (Japanese Navy)|ADM]]||[[Nagano Osami]]||[[28th class of Naval Academy (Japanese Navy)|28th class, NA]]||[[Minister of Navy (Japan)|Minister of Navy]]||[[Military Councillor (Japan)|Military Councillor]]||
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|24||1 Dec 1937||[[Vice Admiral (Japanese Navy)|VADM]]||[[Yoshida Zengo]]||[[32nd class of Naval Academy (Japanese Navy)|32nd class, NA]]||CinC, [[Second Fleet (Japanese Navy)|2nd Fleet]]||[[Minister of Navy (Japan)|Minister of Navy]]||
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|25||30 Aug 1939||[[Vice Admiral (Japanese Navy)|VADM]]||[[Yamamoto Isoroku]]||[[32nd class of Naval Academy (Japanese Navy)|32nd class, NA]]||[[Vice Minister of Navy (Japan)|Vice Minister of Navy]]||CinC, [[Combined Fleet (Japanese Navy)|Combined Fleet]]||15 Nov 1940 [[Admiral (Japanese Navy)|ADM]]
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|26||11 Aug 1941||[[Vice Admiral (Japanese Navy)|VADM]]||[[Takasu Shiro]]||[[35th class of Naval Academy (Japanese Navy)|35th class, NA]]||CinC, [[Fourth Fleet (Japanese Navy)|4th Fleet]]||Att, [[Naval General Staff (Japanese Navy)|NGS]]||
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|27||14 Jul 1942||[[Vice Admiral (Japanese Navy)|VADM]]||[[Shimizu Mitsumi]]||[[36th class of Naval Academy (Japanese Navy)|36th class, NA]]||Att, [[Naval General Staff (Japanese Navy)|NGS]]||Att, [[Naval General Staff (Japanese Navy)|NGS]]||
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|28||20 Oct 1943||[[Vice Admiral (Japanese Navy)|VADM]]||[[Nagumo Chuichi]]||[[36th class of Naval Academy (Japanese Navy)|36th class, NA]]||CinC, [[Kure Naval District (Japanese Navy)|Kure District]]||Att, [[Naval General Staff (Japanese Navy)|NGS]]|||25 Feb 1944 disbanded
|}

===Commander, First Fleet===
{| class="wikitable"
!no!!date of<br>appointment!!end of<br>appointment!!rank!!name!!class!!previous job!!next job!!note
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|||14 Jun 1905||20 Dec 1905||[[Rear Admiral (Japanese Navy)|RADM]]||[[Ogura Byoichiro]]||[[5th class of Naval Academy (Japanese Navy)|5th class, NA]]||Cdr, [[Task Fleet (Japanese Navy)|Task Fleet]]||Dir, Person Bu, [[Ministry of Navy (Japan)|MoN]]||
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|||20 Dec 1905||22 Nov 1906||[[Rear Admiral (Japanese Navy)|RADM]]||[[Yamada Hikohachi]]||[[5th class of Naval Academy (Japanese Navy)|5th class, NA]]||Cdr, [[7th Squadron (Japanese Navy)|7th Squadron]]||Cdr, [[Sasebo Torpedo Corps (Japanese Navy)|Sasebo Torpedo Corps]]||
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|||21 Oct 1907||28 Aug 1908||[[Rear Admiral (Japanese Navy)|RADM]]||[[Fujii Koichi]]||[[7th class of Naval Academy (Japanese Navy)|7th class, NA]]||CoS, [[Yokosuka Naval District (Japanese Navy)|Yokosuka District]]||Dir, [[Sasebo Naval Yard (Japanese Navy)|Sasebo NYd]]||
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|||28 Aug 1908||1 Dec 1909||[[Vice Admiral (Japanese Navy)|VADM]]||[[Yamada Hikohachi]]||[[5th class of Naval Academy (Japanese Navy)|5th class, NA]]||Cdr, [[Kure Torpedo Corps (Japanese Navy)|Kure Torpedo Corps]]||Cdr, [[Takeshiki Guard District (Japanese Navy)|Takeshiki Guard District]]||
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|||1 Dec 1909||13 Jun 1910||[[Rear Admiral (Japanese Navy)|RADM]]||[[Yashiro Rokuro]]||[[8th class of Naval Academy (Japanese Navy)|8th class, NA]]||Cdr, [[Yokosuka Reserve Fleet (Japanese Navy)|Yokosuka Reserve Fleet]]||Member, [[Kure Naval District (Japanese Navy)|Kure District]]||
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|||10 Aug 1913||15 Nov 1913||[[Rear Admiral (Japanese Navy)|RADM]]||[[Kamiizumi Tokuya]]||[[12th class of Naval Academy (Japanese Navy)|12th class, NA]]||Cdr, [[Yokosuka Torpedo Unit (Japanese Navy)|Yokosuka Torpedo Unit]]||Cdr, [[Sasebo Torpedo Unit (Japanese Navy)|Sasebo Torpedo Unit]]||
|}

===Chief of Staff===
{| class="wikitable"
!no!!date of<br>appointment!!rank!!name!!class!!previous job!!next job!!note
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|||20 Dec 1905||[[Rear Admiral (Japanese Navy)|RADM]]||[[Fujii Koichi]]||[[7th class of Naval Academy (Japanese Navy)|7th class, NA]]||CoS, [[Second Fleet (Japanese Navy)|2nd Fleet]]||CoS, [[Yokosuka Naval District (Japanese Navy)|Yokosuka District]]||
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|||22 Nov 1906
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|||10 Dec 1908||[[Captain (Japanese Navy)|CAPT]]||[[Takarabe Takeshi]]||[[15th class of Naval Academy (Japanese Navy)|15th class, NA]]||CO, [[Fuji (Japanese battleship, 1896)|Fuji]]||[[Vice Minister of Navy (Japan)|Vice Minister of Navy]]||
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|||1 Dec 1909
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|||1 Dec 1913||[[Rear Admiral (Japanese Navy)|RADM]]||[[Sato Tetsutaro]]||[[14th class of Naval Academy (Japanese Navy)|14th class, NA]]||Chief, Div4, [[Naval General Staff (Japanese Navy)|NGS]]||Chief, 1st Div, [[Naval General Staff (Japanese Navy)|NGS]]||
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|||17 Apr 1914
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|||1 Dec 1921||[[Rear Admiral (Japanese Navy)|RADM]]||[[Shirane Kumazo]]||[[24th class of Naval Academy (Japanese Navy)|24th class, NA]]||Att, [[Kure Naval District (Japanese Navy)|Kure District]]||Att, [[Naval General Staff (Japanese Navy)|NGS]]||
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|||1 Dec 1923
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|||1 Nov 1926||[[Rear Admiral (Japanese Navy)|RADM]]||[[Takahashi Sankichi]]||[[28th class of Naval Academy (Japanese Navy)|28th class, NA]]||Chief, Div2, [[Naval General Staff (Japanese Navy)|NGS]]||Att, [[Naval General Staff (Japanese Navy)|NGS]]||
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|||1 Dec 1927
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|||30 Nov 1929||[[Rear Admiral (Japanese Navy)|RADM]]||[[Shiozawa Koichi]]||[[32nd class of Naval Academy (Japanese Navy)|32nd class, NA]]||CoS, [[Second Fleet (Japanese Navy)|2nd Fleet]]||Cdr, [[First Expeditionary Fleet (Japanese Navy)|1st Exp Fleet]]||
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|||1 Dec 1930||[[Rear Admiral (Japanese Navy)|RADM]]||[[Shimada Shigetaro]]||[[32nd class of Naval Academy (Japanese Navy)|32nd class, NA]]||CoS, [[Second Fleet (Japanese Navy)|2nd Fleet]]||Supt, [[Naval Submarine School (Japanese Navy)|Submarine School]]||
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|||1 Dec 1931||[[Rear Admiral (Japanese Navy)|RADM]]||[[Yoshida Zengo]]||[[32nd class of Naval Academy (Japanese Navy)|32nd class, NA]]||Chief, 2nd Div, [[Naval General Staff (Japanese Navy)|NGS]]||Att, [[Naval General Staff (Japanese Navy)|NGS]]||
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|||1 Sept 1933
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|||15 Sept 1933||[[Rear Admiral (Japanese Navy)|RADM]]||[[Toyoda Soemu]]||[[33rd class of Naval Academy (Japanese Navy)|33rd class, NA]]||Chief, 2nd Div, [[Naval General Staff (Japanese Navy)|NGS]]||Dir, Edu Bu, [[Ministry of Navy (Japan)|MoN]]||
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|||15 Mar 1935||[[Rear Admiral (Japanese Navy)|RADM]]||[[Kondo Nobutake]]||[[35th class of Naval Academy (Japanese Navy)|35th class, NA]]||Chief Inst, [[Naval College (Japanese Navy)|Naval College]]||Att, [[Naval General Staff (Japanese Navy)|NGS]]||
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|||15 Nov 1935||[[Rear Admiral (Japanese Navy)|RADM]]||[[Nomura Naokuni]]||[[35th class of Naval Academy (Japanese Navy)|35th class, NA]]||Cdr, [[2nd Submarine Squadron (Japanese Navy)|2Ss]]||Att, [[Naval General Staff (Japanese Navy)|NGS]]||
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|||16 Nov 1936
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|||18 Feb 1937||[[Rear Admiral (Japanese Navy)|RADM]]||[[Ozawa Jisaburo]]||[[37th class of Naval Academy (Japanese Navy)|37th class, NA]]||Inst, [[Naval College (Japanese Navy)|Naval College]]||Cdr, [[8th Squadron (Japanese Navy)|8th Squadron]]||
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|||15 Nov 1937
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|||15 Nov 1939||[[Rear Admiral (Japanese Navy)|RADM]]||[[Fukudome Shigeru]]||[[40th class of Naval Academy (Japanese Navy)|40th class, NA]]||Att, [[Combined Fleet (Japanese Navy)|Combined Fleet]] HQ||Chief, 1st Bu, [[Naval General Staff (Japanese Navy)|NGS]]||
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|||10 Apr 1941||[[Rear Admiral (Japanese Navy)|RADM]]||[[Ito Seiichi]]||[[39th class of Naval Academy (Japanese Navy)|39th class, NA]]||Cdr, [[8th Squadron (Japanese Navy)|8th Squadron]]||Att, [[Naval General Staff (Japanese Navy)|NGS]]||
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|||11 Aug 1941||[[Captain (Japanese Navy)|CAPT]]||[[Kobayashi Kengo]]||[[42nd class of Naval Academy (Japanese Navy)|42nd class, NA]]||CO, [[Mutsu (Japanese battleship, 1920)|Mutsu]]||CoS, [[Kure Naval District (Japanese Navy)|Kure District]]||15 Oct 1941 [[Rear Admiral (Japanese Navy)|RADM]]
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|||6 Jan 1943||[[Rear Admiral (Japanese Navy)|RADM]]||[[Takayanagi Gihachi]]||[[41st class of Naval Academy (Japanese Navy)|41st class, NA]]||Att, [[Yokosuka Naval District (Japanese Navy)|Yokosuka District]]||DCdt, [[Naval Academy (Japanese Navy)|Naval Academy]]||25 Feb 1944 disbanded
|}

===Chief Engineer===
{| class="wikitable"
!no!!date of<br>appointment!!rank!!name!!class!!previous job!!next job!!note
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|||4 Nov 1905||[[Engineer Senior Master (Japanese Navy)|E-SrM]]||[[Nagamine Yoshimitsu]]||||Cdt, [[Naval Engineer Academy (Japanese Navy)|Naval Engineer Academy]]||Chief Eng, [[Maizuru Naval District (Japanese Navy)|Maizuru District]]||26 Jan 1906 [[Captain, Engineer (Japanese Navy)|CAPT(E)]]
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|||28 Sept 1907
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|||1 Dec 1920||[[Rear Admiral, Engineer (Japanese Navy)|RADM(E)]]||[[Ikeda Iwasaburo]]||[[3rd class of Naval Engineer Academy (Japanese Navy)|3rd class, NEA]]||Staff, Mach Bu, [[Ministry of Navy (Japan)|MoN]]||Chief, 3rd Div, [[Naval Education Command (Japanese Navy)|NEC]]||
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|||1 Dec 1921
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|||15 Nov 1926||[[Captain, Engineer (Japanese Navy)|CAPT(E)]]||[[Engo Kuro]]||[[12th class of Naval Engineer Academy (Japanese Navy)|12th class, NEA]]||Chief, Sect3, Edu Bu, [[Ministry of Navy (Japan)|MoN]]||Chief, Briq Div, [[Naval Fuel Factory (Japanese Navy)|Fuel Factory]]||
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|||1 Dec 1927
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|||15 Nov 1934||[[Captain, Engineer (Japanese Navy)|CAPT(E)]]||[[Asakuma Hikokichi]]||[[17th class of Naval Engineer Academy (Japanese Navy)|17th class, NEA]]||Chief Inst, [[Naval Engineering School (Japanese Navy)|Engineering School]]||Chief, [[Kure Naval Shipping Center (Japanese Navy)|Kure Shipping Center]]||
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|||15 Nov 1935
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|||21 Jan 1938||[[Captain, Engineer (Japanese Navy)|CAPT(E)]]||[[Obata Aiki]]||[[21st class of Naval Engineer Academy (Japanese Navy)|21st class, NEA]]||Chief Inst, [[Naval Engineering School (Japanese Navy)|Engineering School]]||Inst, [[Naval College (Japanese Navy)|Naval College]]||
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|||15 Nov 1939
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|||11 Aug 1941||[[Captain, Engineer (Japanese Navy)|CAPT(E)]]||[[Fukuchi Hideo]]||[[24th class of Naval Engineer Academy (Japanese Navy)|24th class, NEA]]||Att, [[Combined Fleet (Japanese Navy)|Combined Fleet]] HQ||Chief Inst, [[Naval Engineer Academy (Japanese Navy)|Engineer Academy]]||
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|||5 Oct 1942
|}

===Chief Surgeon===
{| class="wikitable"
!no!!date of<br>appointment!!rank!!name!!class!!previous job!!next job!!note
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|||30 Nov 1929||[[Captain, Surgeon (Japanese Navy)|CAPT(S)]]||[[Fusejima Tadao]]||[[Chiba College of Medical|Chiba Coll of Med]]||Chief, 1st Div, [[Yokosuka Naval Hospital (Japanese Navy)|Yokosuka NH]]||Chief, Med Div, [[Kure Naval Yard (Japanese Navy)|Kure NYd]]||
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|||1 Dec 1930
|}

==reference==
* [[:Category:Commander-in-chief, First Fleet (Japanese Navy)]]

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