Naval ranks of the Japanese Empire during World War II
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The following graphs present the rank insignia of the Japanese navy during World War II. These designs had been used between the years 1931 to 1945, but were discontinued after World War II, when the Imperial navy had been dissolved.
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Officer ranks
Enlisted ranks
All warrant and commissioned officer ranks had the same names as their army counterparts. For non-commissioned officers and enlisted, the naming changed in 1942. The first name is before, the second after that date. Both of them were different from the army names, but were equal in rank.
- Non-commissioned Officers or 下士官 (Kashikan) - selected from conscripts and given one year of training in sergeant's school.
- 一等兵曹 (Ittōheisō) / 上等兵曹 (Jōtōheisō)
- 二等兵曹 (Nitōheisō) / 一等兵曹 (Ittōheisō)
- 三等兵曹 (Santōheisō) / 二等兵曹 (Nitōheisō)
- enlisted/seamen or 兵 (Hei)
- 一等水兵 (Ittōsuihei) / 水兵長 (Suiheichō)
- 二等水兵 (Nitōsuihei) / 上等水兵 (Jōtōsuihei)
- 三等水兵 (Santōheihei) / 一等水兵 (Ittōsuihei)
- 四等水兵 (Yontōsuihei) / 二等水兵 (Nitōsuihei)
