Gensui (Imperial Japanese Navy)

Kaigun-gensui (海軍元帥, Grand admiral), formal rank designations: Gensui-kaigun-taishō (元帥海軍大将, Marshal-admiral) was the highest rank in the prewar Imperial Japanese Navy. The term gensui was used for both the navy and the Imperial Japanese Army, and was a largely honorific title awarded for extremely meritorious service to the Emperor. In the Meiji period, the title was awarded to five generals and three admirals. In the Taishō period it was awarded to six generals and six admirals, and in the Shōwa period it was awarded to six generals and four admirals. Equivalent to a five-star rank (OF-10), it is similar to Admiral of the Fleet in the UK Royal Navy and Fleet admiral in the United States Navy.

Kaigun-gensui
海軍元帥
Gensui Badge
Country Japanese Empire
Service branch Imperial Japanese Navy
RankFive-star
NATO rank codeOF-10
Formation20 January 1898
Abolished1945
Next higher rankDai-gensui
Next lower rankAdmiral
Equivalent ranksGensui (Army)

Note that several were promoted the same year they died; these were posthumous promotions.

Marshal AdmiralName(Birth-Death)Origin
120 January 1898Marquis Saigo Tsugumichi(1843–1902)Kagoshima
231 January 1906Count Itō Sukeyuki(1843–1914)Kagoshima
331 October 1911Viscount Inoue Yoshika(1845–1929)Kagoshima
421 April 1913Marquis Togo Heihachiro(1847–1934)Kagoshima
57 July 1913Prince Arisugawa Takehito(1862–1913)Imperial Family
626 May 1917Baron Goro Ijuin(1852–1921)Kagoshima
727 June 1922Prince Higashifushimi Yorihito(1867–1922)Imperial Family
88 January 1923Baron Hayao Shimamura(1858–1923)Kochi
924 August 1923Baron Tomozaburo Kato(1861–1923)Hiroshima
1027 May 1932Prince Fushimi Hiroyasu(1876–1946)Imperial Family
1118 April 1943Isoroku Yamamoto(1884–1943)Niigata
1221 June 1943Osami Nagano(1880–1947)Kochi
1331 March 1944Mineichi Koga(1885–1944)Saga

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