Japanese Aces by service and highest number of Kills
Japanese Aces by Name
Japanese Aces by Name (Japanese)

Japanese Aces by Name
Service Rank Name Kills Known Units, Fate and Notes.
JNAF WO Hiroyoshi Nishizawa 87 Units:4 Ku, Tainan Ku, 251 Ku, 253Ku, 203 Ku KIA: 25/10/1944 Notes: A6M New Guinea ace.
JNAF WO Shigeo Fukumoto 72 Units:253 Ku
JNAF CPO Shoichi Sugita 70 Units:6;263;201 & 343 Ku KIA: 15/04/1945 Notes: N1K, Mariannas.
JNAF Lt Tetsuzo Iwamoto 66 China:14 Units:12 Ku; Zuikaku;281;204;253;252 & 203 Ku Notes: A5M ace in China; A6M, Coral Sea, Rabaul
JNAF LtJg Saburo Sakai 62 China:2 Units:12Ku; Tainan Ku, Yokosuka Ku Notes: A6M, Solomons, New Guinea.
JNAF CPO Takeo Okumura 50 China:4 Units:Ryujo; Tainan Ku, 210 Ku KIA: 22/09/1943 Notes: Guadalcanal ace.
JNAF PO Toshio Ota 34 Units:Tainan Ku KIA: 21/10/1942 Notes: A6M ace.
JNAF WO Kazuo Sugino 32 Units:611; Shokaku; 253 & 634 Ku Notes: A6M, Rabaul, 1943-44.
JNAF LtJg Junishi Sasai 27 Units:Tainan Ku KIA: 26/08/1942
JNAF CPO Shizuo Ishii 26 China:3 KIA: 24/10/1943
JNAF Lt Naoshi Kanno 25 Units:343 & 201 Ku KIA: 1/8/1945
JNAF WO Nabuo Ogiya 24 Units:281;204 & 253 Ku KIA: 13/02/1944
JNAF Ens Kaneyoshi Muto 23 China:5 Units:3; Genzan; 252; Yokosuka & 343 Ku KIA: 24/09/1945 Notes: A5M ace, China, 1937.
JNAF CPO Yoshimi Hidaka 20  
JNAF   Toshio Shiozura 20  
JNAF Ltjg Shigeo Sugio 20 Units:3 Kokutai; Kuiko; Kaminoike & 201 Ku
JNAF CPO Kiichi Nagano 19 Units:2 & 203 Ku KIA: 6/11/1944
JNAF WO Hiroshi Okano 19 Units:1; Tainan;201;331;202 & 434 Ku
JNAF PO Kazushi 'Popo' Uto 19 Units:Tainan Ku KIA: 13/09/1942
JNAF CPO Masajiro Kawato 18 Units:253 Ku Notes: POW 1945.
JNAF WO Sadamu Komachi 18 Units:Shokaku;204 & 253 Ku Notes: A6M, Rabaul, 1943-44.
JNAF Ens Saburo Saito 18  
JNAF WO Takeo Tanimizu 18 Units:Shokaku, 253 Ku,203 Ku Notes: A6M, Rabaul, 1943-44.
JNAF Ens Minoru Honda 17 Units:Kanoya; 253;221 & 343 Ku
JNAF WO Kiyoshi Ito 17 Units:3 Ku, 202 Ku
JNAF WO Masao Masuyama 17 Units:3 Ku
JNAF Ltjg Sadaaki 'Matsu-chan' Akamatsu 16 China:11 Units:13 Ku, 15 Ku; 3 Ku, 331 Ku, 302 Ku Notes: A5M ace, China. A6M ace, 41-43.
JNAF Ens Susumu Ishihara 16 Units:Tainan;582; 204 Ku, 332 Ku Notes: A6M, Rabaul.
JNAF CPO Kunimichi Kato 16  
JNAF WO Kiyomi Katsuki 16 Notes: Seaplane ace, 1941-44. A6M, J2M.
JNAF Ltjg Akio Matsuba 16 China:2 Units:301 Ku; 341 Ku, 343 Ku Notes: A2N, China.
JNAF CPO Eitoku Matsunaga 16  
JNAF CPO Hidenori Matsunaga 16 Notes: Hydroplane ace.
JNAF Lt Zenjiro Miyano 16 KIA: 16/06/1943
JNAF CPO Bunkichi Nakajima 16 KIA: 6/10/1943
JNAF Ens Kunimori Nakakariya 16  
JNAF WO Yoshiichi Nakaya 16  
JNAF WO Ryoji Ohara 16 Units:Yokosuka Ku
JNAF Ens Masami Shiga 16 Units:Yokosuka Ku
JNAF WO Hideo Watanabe 16  
JNAF   Toshiaki Honda 15 KIA: 13/05/1942
JNAF CPO Kotaro Koyae 15  
JNAF WO Wataru Nakamichi 15  
JNAF WO Yoshio Oishi 15 KIA: 4/5/1945
JNAF Ens Kenji Okabe 15 Units:Shokaku
JNAF WO Shigeru Shibukawa 15  
JNAF WO Minpo Tanaka 15  
JNAF WO Satochi Yoshino 15 KIA: 9/6/1942
JNAF PO Masuaki Endo 14 Units:Tainan Ku KIA: 7/6/1943 Notes: A6M, Rabaul, 1942.
JNAF WO Kenichi Takahashi 14 Notes: A6M, Rabaul 1943-44.
JNAF Ens Masao Taniguchi 14  
JNAF PO Ichirobei Yamazaki 14 KIA: 4/7/1943
JNAF PO Mototsuna Yoshida 14 KIA: 7/8/1942
JNAF Ltjg Keishu Kamihira 13 China:4  
JNAF WO Hideo Maeda 13 Units:12 Ku; 204 Ku KIA: 17/02/1944 Notes: A6M ace, Rabaul 43. KIA Truk 1944.
JNAF Ens Isamu Miyazaki 13  
JNAF CPO Yoshio Oki 13 China:4 KIA: 16/06/1943
JNAF PO Shigetaka Omori 13 Units:13 Ku, 15 Ku (12?); KIA: 26/10/1942 Notes: A6M, Midway, Santa Cruz, 1942.
JNAF Sea Hiroshi Shibagaki 13 KIA: 22/01/1944
JNAF WO Toraichi Takatsuka 13 China:3 Units:12 Ku; Tainan Ku KIA: 13/09/1942 Notes: A6M, China 40, Pacific 41-42. MIA.
JNAF CPO Sadao Uehara 13  
JNAF WO Sahei Yamashita 13 KIA: 9/2/1943
JNAF Lt Chitoshi Isozaki 12  
JNAF WO Takeo Kanamaru 12  
JNAF CPO Tetsuo Kikuchi 12 Units:Akagi; Shokaku; Ryuho; Hiyo; Junyo & 652 Ku KIA: 19/06/1944
JNAF PO Noritsura Odaka 12  
JNAF Ens Masao Sasakibara 12  
JNAF PO Kiyoshi Shimizu 12 KIA: 26/01/1944
JNAF Lt Sadao Yamaguchi 12 Units:3 Ku, Yokosuka Ku KIA: 4/7/1944
JNAF Ens Akira Yamamoto 12 China:1 KIA: 24/11/1944
JNAF LtCdr Iyozo Fujita 11 Units:Soryu; 301 Ku
JNAF Lt Sumio Fukuda 11 KIA: 24/10/1944
JNAF WO Mitsuo Hori 11  
JNAF PO Matao Ichioka 11 KIA: 9/4/1944
JNAF Ltjg Fujikazu Koizumi 11 China:2 KIA: 27/01/1944
JNAF PO Takeichi Kokubun 11 KIA: 2/9/1942
JNAF WO Gitaro Miyazaki 11 China:2  
JNAF   Yashiro Nashiguchi 11  
JNAF WO Yukiharu Ozeki 11 China:3 KIA: 24/10/1944 Notes: A6M, Aleutians, 1942.
JNAF CPO Kiyoshi Sekiya 11 Units:Yokosuka Ku KIA: 24/06/1944
JNAF CPO Yoshijiro Shirahama 11  
JNAF Ltjg Yoshio Wajima 11 KIA: 23/02/1944
JNAF WO Ichiro Yamamoto 11 KIA: 19/01/1944
JNAF CPO Tomezo Yamamoto 11 KIA: 24/06/1944
JNAF WO Kozaburo Yasui 11 KIA: 19/06/1944
JNAF CPO Kenichi Abe 10  
JNAF WO Tomita Atake 10 Units:Yokosuka Ku
JNAF PO Takeo Banno 10 KIA: 7/10/1943
JNAF CPO Yoshiro Hashiguchi 10 Units:3 Ku KIA: 25/10/1944
JNAF Sea Kazuo Hattori 10 KIA: 10/3/1944
JNAF CPO Isamu Ishii 10 KIA: 11/5/1945
JNAF   Tomkazu Kasai 10  
JNAF CPO Tomokazu Kasai 10  
JNAF Lt Hohei Kobayashi 10 KIA: 25/10/1944
JNAF PO Seiichi Kurosawa 10 KIA: 6/8/1943
JNAF Ens Kagemitsu Matsuo 10 KIA: 23/12/1943
JNAF CPO Yoshikazu Nagahama 10 KIA: 6/9/1943
JNAF PO Takeo Sakano 10  
JNAF WO Sekizen Shibayama 10  
JNAF Lt Yasuhiro Shigematsu 10 KIA: 8/7/1944
JNAF WO Teruo Sugiyama 10 KIA: 4/2/1944
JNAF Ens Shigeru Takahashi 10  
JNAF CPO Jiro Tanaka 10 KIA: 10/12/1942
JNAF CPO Shinsaku Tanaka 10 KIA: 12/9/1944
JNAF WO Katsuyoshi Yoshida 10  
JNAF PO Keisaku Yoshimura 10 KIA: 25/10/1942
JNAF Ltjg Kaname Harada 9  
JNAF CPO Teigo Ishida 9 KIA: 16/05/1945
JNAF PO Hideo Izumi 9 KIA: 30/05/1942
JNAF PO Saji Kanda 9 KIA: 19/06/1943
JNAF Ens Yoshinao Kodaira 9 China:2  
JNAF Ens Shigetoshi Kudo 9 Units:251 Kokutai Notes: J1N1 night fighter ace.
JNAF PO Susumu Matsuki 9 KIA: 3/9/1942
JNAF WO Yoshio Nakamura 9  
JNAF PO Mazayuki Nakase 9 China:9 Units:12 Ku KIA: 9/2/1942 Notes: A5M ace, China, 41.
JNAF PO Toshihisa Shirakawa 9 KIA: 22/09/1943
JNAF Ens Tadao Yamanaka 9  
JNAF CPO Tokushige Yoshizawa 9 KIA: 6/1/1945
JNAF Lt Yukio (Sachio) Endo 8 Units:302 Ku KIA: 14/01/1945 Notes: Night fighter ace.
JNAF PO Kurakazu Goto 8 KIA: 9/9/1943
JNAF Lt Masao Iizuka 8 KIA: 15/10/1944
JNAF Ltjg Tsutomu Iwai 8 China:3  
JNAF PO Yoshio Iwaki 8 KIA: 24/08/1942
JNAF PO Koichi Magara 8 KIA: 14/09/1942
JNAF Ltjg Hideo Morinio 8 China:1  
JNAF PO Toyoo Moriura 8 KIA: 25/10/1942
JNAF Lt Kenji Nakagawa 8  
JNAF Ltjg Takeyoshi Ono 8 KIA: 30/06/1943
JNAF PO3c Hitoshi Sato 8 Units:12 Ku KIA: 11/11/1943 Notes: A6M1 ace, Solomons 43. KIA.
JNAF LtCdr Ayao Shirane 8 China:1 Units:Yokosuka Ku KIA: 24/11/1944 Notes: N1K1, Philippines 44. KIA.
JNAF CPO Hiroshi Suzuki 8 KIA: 13/10/1944
JNAF PO Kaoru Takaiwa 8 KIA: 10/2/1944
JNAF WO Yoshihisa Tokuji 8 KIA: 19/06/1944
JNAF Ltjg Kazuo Tsunoda 8 China:1 Units:12 Ku
JNAF WO Kenji Yanagiya 8  
JNAF PO Shigeru Yano 8 KIA: 17/04/1942
JNAF CPO Hiroji Yoshihara 8  
JNAF Ltjg Watari Handa 7 China:6 Units:Kaga, 15 Ku; Tainan Ku, Notes: A5M ace, China, 1937. A6M, 1942.
JNAF   Fusata Iida 7 KIA: 7/12/1941 Notes: China.
JNAF   Masao Kanbara 7  
JNAF Ens Masaichi Kondo 7 China:6 Notes: A2N ace, China, 1937.
JNAF Ltjg Osamu Kudo 7 KIA: 3/3/1942
JNAF Ltjg Jiro Matsuda 7 China:2  
JNAF Ens Kazuo Muranaka 7 China:1  
JNAF Ens Katsujiro Nakano 7 KIA: 4/5/1945
JNAF   Tomoji Nakano 7  
JNAF WO Yuichi Ema 6 China:2 KIA: 29/10/1944
JNAF Ltjg Matsuo 'Mustachio' Hagiri 6 China:7 Units:12 Ku; 204 Ku, Yokosuka Ku
JNAF WO Sakuji Hayashi 6 KIA: 28/05/1945
JNAF Ltjg Hatsuo Hidaka 6 China:5  
JNAF WO Saburo Kitahata 6 China:4 Units:12 Ku KIA: 23/01/1943 Notes: A5M, A6M, China, 37-40, Aleutians, 1942.
JNAF   Shizuo Kojima 6 KIA: 25/11/1943
JNAF   Yuzo Kuramoto 6 Units:Yokosuka Ku Notes: Gekko, B-29 killer, 1945.
JNAF Ltjg Shiro Kurotori 6 Units:Yokosuka Ku Notes: Gekko night fighter ace.
JNAF Ens Yoshimi Minami 6 China:9 KIA: 25/11/1944
JNAF   Yoshijiro Minegishi 6 China:3 KIA: 6/2/1944
JNAF   Kazunori Miyabe 6 KIA: 3/11/1943
JNAF PO1c Hideo Oishi 6 Units:Hosho, Soryu, Yokosuka Ku; KIA: 12/9/1944 Notes: A5M, A6M, China. MIA 1944.
JNAF   Takashi Okamoto 6  
JNAF CPO Yoshiichi Sasaki 6  
JNAF LtCdr Yoshio Shiga 6  
JNAF PO Kiyonobu Suzuki 6 China:3 Units:13 Ku KIA: 26/10/1942 Notes: A5M, China, 1937.
JNAF A1stC Tadayoshi Yonekawa 6 Units:Tainan Ku Notes: A6M, Rabaul, 1942. KIFA.
JNAF Cdr Takahide Aioi 5 China:5  
JNAF PO Yoshisuke Arita 5  
JNAF   Kihei Fujiwara 5  
JNAF Lt Yoshishige Hayashi 5 KIA: 21/04/1945
JNAF CPO Seiji Ishikawa 5 Units:Tainan Ku Notes: A6M, Rabaul, 1942.
JNAF   Susumu Ito 5 Units:302 Ku, 'Tatsumaki' Gp
JNAF PO Enji Kakimoto 5  
JNAF LtCdr Tadashi Kaneko 5 China:3 KIA: 14/11/1942 Notes: A2N, China, 1937.
JNAF PO Masahiro Mitsuda 5  
JNAF Ltjg Mitsugu Mori 5 China:4 Units:12 Ku; 13 Ku Notes: A5M, China 1938.
JNAF Lt Yutaka Morioka 5  
JNAF CPO Yoshimitsu Naka 5 Notes: Night fighter ace.
JNAF   Nishikyo 5  
JNAF Lt Masaharu Nishiwaki 5  
JNAF WO Kiichi Oda 5 China:4 KIA: 10/12/1944
JNAF PO Juzo Okamoto 5 China:4 Units:13thKokutai KIA: 11/10/1942 Notes: A5M, China, 1937.
JNAF Ltjg Satoru Ono 5 China:3  
JNAF LV Shinya Ozaki 5 Units:343K KIA: 19/06/1944 Notes: A6M5 ace, Guam 44. KIA.
JNAF   Mitsugu Sawada 5 China:7 Units:2 Hiko Datai; 2 Hiko Datai
JNAF WO Katsuma Shigemi 5 China:3 KIA: 4/2/1943
JNAF EV1 Minoru Suzuki 5 China:3 Units:202 Ku, 205 Ku
JNAF WO Yoshihiko Takenaka 5 KIA: 19/06/1944
JNAF Ens Kuniyoshi Tanaka 5 China:12 Units:13 Ku; Tainan Ku Notes: A5M ace, China, 1937-38.
JNAF   Nobuo Tokushige 5  
JNAF P0 Toyomitsu Tsujinoue 5  
JNAF Lt Tamotsu Yokoyama 5 Units:12 Ku, 3 Ku
JAAF Maj Yasuhiko Kuroe 49 China:2 Units:47 Chutai; 64 Sentai Notes: Nomonhan, Ki-43 ace.
JAAF Maj Toshio Sakagawa 49 Units:24 Sentai;47 Chu,25 Sentai,200 Sentai,22 Sentai KIA: 19/12/1944 Notes: Ki-27 ace China, Ki-44, 41-44.
JAAF WO Yoshihiko Nakada 45  
JAAF WO Sumi Kamito 40  
JAAF MSgt Satoshi Anabuki 39 Units:50 Sentai Notes: Burma.
JAAF WO Isamu Sasaki 38 (6 B-29s) Units:50 Sentai Notes: Burma.
JAAF   Morichiki Kamae 32  
JAAF Lt Sada Koga 31  
JAAF Adc Goro Furogori 30 China:20 Units:11 Sentai
JAAF Capt Ryotaro Jobo 30 Units:33 Sentai; 1 reserv Notes: Ki-44 ace.
JAAF Capt Shogo Takeuchi 30 Units:64 & 68 sentai KIA: 21/12/1943
JAAF Capt Katsumi Anma 27 China:5 Units:64 Sentai KIA: 8/4/1942 Notes: Nomonhan. Ki-43, Burma 1942. KIA.
JAAF Capt Goichi Sumino 27 Units:64 Sentai KIA: 31/12/1944 Notes: Burma.
JAAF Maj Takaji Kimura 26  
JAAF MSgt Goro Miyamoto 26  
JAAF Lt Moritsugu Kanai 25 China:7 Units:11 Sentai; 87 & 25 Sentai Notes: Ki-27 ace, Nomonhan.
JAAF MSgt Kichigoro Haraguchi 24  
JAAF Sgt Susumu Kajinami 24 Units:68 Sentai, 246 Sentai Notes: Ki-61 ace, New Guinea.
JAAF   Morio Matsui 21  
JAAF Cne Saburo Nakamura 20 Units:64 Sentai KIA: 6/10/1944
JAAF Mj Yukiyoshi Wakamatsu 20 Units:85 Sentai KIA: 18/12/1944 Notes: Ki-44 and Ki-84 ace, China.
JAAF   Kanshi Ishikawa 19  
JAAF ADC Yojiro Ofusa 19 Units:50 Sentai
JAAF Cne Chuwa Nakakazu Ozaki 19 (6 B-24s) Units:33 & 25 Sentai KIA: 27/12/1943
JAAF WO Bunichi Yamaguchi 19 (6 B-29s) Units:204 Sentai
JAAF ADC Fumikazu Yamagushi 19  
JAAF Adc Kazuo Shimizu 18 Units:59 Sentai
JAAF Lt Keiji Takamiya 17 Units:78 Sentai KIA: 1/2/1944
JAAF Sgt Tomesaku Igarashi 16 Units:50 Sentai KIA: 17/06/1944
JAAF   Kiyoshi Namai 16  
JAAF Mj Kiyoshi Narui 16  
JAAF   Tatsuo Nishikawa 16  
JAAF ADC Mitsuo Ogura 16 Units:24 Sentai
JAAF SC Yukio Shimokawa 16 Units:50 Sentai
JAAF ADC Iwataro Hanezawa 15 KIA: 14/01/1945
JAAF ADC Eiji Kiyono 15  
JAAF Cne Shigeo Nango 15 Units:59 Sentai KIA: 23/01/1944
JAAF   Megumu Ono 15 KIA: 1/2/1940
JAAF SC Kyushiro Otake 15 Units:10 Chutai & 25 Sentai
JAAF   Eiji Seino 15 Units:10 Chutai & 25 Sentai
JAAF   Toshio Tatsuura 15  
JAAF   Tomio Hirohata 14 KIA: 22/04/1945
JAAF Maj Teruhiko (Akihiko) Kobayashi 14 (10 B-29s) Units:244 Sentai Notes: Ki-61 ace, def.of Tokyo, 1944-45.
JAAF WO Noboru Mune 14 KIA: 19/11/1944
JAAF WO Takeshi Noguchi 14  
JAAF   Hiroshi Onazaki 14 Units:59 Sentai
JAAF Capt Hiroshi Onozaki 14 Units:59 Sentai
JAAF Sgt Tadashi Shono 14 KIA: 29/10/1944
JAAF MSgt Fujitaro Ito 13 Units:5 Sentai Notes: Ki-45 pilot, 1944.
JAAF WO Katsuaki Kira 13 China:9 Units:24, 200 & 103 Sentai Notes: Nomonhan Incident.
JAAF Lt Tameyoshi Kuroki 13 China:3 Units:33 Sentai Notes: Ki-10, Nomonhan; Ki-43, 1943-44.
JAAF Capt Yoshiro Kuwabara 13 Units:77 Sentai KIA: 14/03/1944 Notes: Ki-27 ace, 1941. KIA.
JAAF WO Rikio Shibata 13 China:14 Units:11 Sentai KIA: 18/12/1944 Notes: Ki-27, Nomonhan. Ki44 ace.
JAAF   Nagao Shirai 13 (11 B-29s) Units:244 Sentai
JAAF   Takeo Takahashi 13 KIA: 13/11/1944
JAAF Lt Yohei Hinoki 12 Units:64 Sentai, 111 Sentai
JAAF   Hideo Miyabe 12 Units:64 Sentai
JAAF Capt Hironojo Shishimoto 11  
JAAF   Jiro Asano 10  
JAAF Maj Toyoki Eto 10 China:2  
JAAF Capt Chuichi Ichikawa 10 (9 B-29s) Units:78 & 244 Sentai
JAAF   Nobuo Kanazawa 10  
JAAF   Susuru Koyama 10  
JAAF Adj Akiyoshi Nomura 10 Notes: Ki44 ace, China.
JAAF AdC Naoharu Shiromoto 10 China:11 Units:11 Sentai Notes: Ki-27 ace, Nomonhan.
JAAF Lt Mitsuyoshi Tarui 10 China:28 Units:1 Sentai KIA: 18/08/1944 Notes: Ki-27 ace, Nomonhan incident.
JAAF   Kosuke Tsubone 10 Units:13 & 64 Sentai
JAAF Sgt Minoru Uchida 10  
JAAF Lt Yoshito Yasuda 10 Units:64 Sentai
JAAF   Shirotaro Kashima 9 KIA: 16/12/1944
JAAF Sgt Kenji Kato 9 KIA: 5/12/1944
JAAF LtCol Tateo Kato 9 China:9 Units:2 Hiko Datai; 64 Sentai KIA: 22/05/1942 Notes: Ki-10, Ki-27, China. Ki-43, Burma. KIA.
JAAF   Kensui Kono 9  
JAAF   Shigeru Nakazaki 9 KIA: 23/01/1943
JAAF subLt Makoto Ogawa 9 (7 B-29s) Units:70 Sentai Notes: Ki-44 B-29-killer ace, 1944-45.
JAAF   Shokichi Omori 9  
JAAF   Takeshi Shimizu 9  
JAAF   Hiroshi Takiguchi 9 KIA: 1/11/1944
JAAF Adc Misao Inouye 8 China:8 KIA: 15/12/1944 Notes: Nomonhan Incident.
JAAF MSgt Naosuke Ito 8 Units:64 Sentai
JAAF   Koki Kawamoto 8  
JAAF   Sadamitsu Kimura 8 (8 B-29s) Units:4 Sentai KIA: 10/7/1945 Notes: B-29 killer ace.
JAAF   Shigetsune Nishioka 8 KIA: 28/10/1944
JAAF   Tsutae Obara 8  
JAAF Sgt Misao Okubo 8 Notes: Ki44 ace, China, 1943-44.
JAAF   Tadao Tashiro 8 KIA: 4/1/1945
JAAF   Shinobu Terada 8  
JAAF   Ko Tsuchiya 8 KIA: 3/9/1944
JAAF   Mitsuo Yamato 8  
JAAF   Mitsuzo Asai 7  
JAAF 1Lt Hiroshi Gomi 7  
JAAF   Takeomi Hayashi 7 China:2  
JAAF Cdt Yoshio Hirose 7 China:2 KIA: 22/12/1944
JAAF Capt Isamu Kashiide 7 China:2 Units:4 Sentai Notes: Ki-45 ace and 4-engine killer.
JAAF   Sada Kuroe 7  
JAAF   Masao Miyamaru 7 KIA: 29/10/1944
JAAF   Koichi Ogata 7  
JAAF MSgt Katsutaro Takahashi 7 China:2 Units:59 Sentai KIA: 24/12/1942 Notes: Ki-27, Nomonhan. KIA.
JAAF WO Hitoshi Tobita 7 Units:11.Sentai
JAAF Capt Yoshio Yoshida 7 (6 B-29s) Units:3 Chutai; 70 Sentai Notes: Ki-44 B-29-killer ace.
JAAF Capt Fumisuke Ikuno 6  
JAAF Sgt Nobuji Negishi 6 (6 B-29s) Units:244 Sentai; 18 & 53 Sentai Notes: Night fighter Ki-45 ace.
JAAF Sgt Yoshinori Noguchi 6  
JAAF WO Tadao Sumi 6 (5 B-29s) Units:244 Sentai Notes: B-29 killer ace.
JAAF Sgt Shigeru Takuwa 6 Units:64 Sentai
JAAF   Watanabe 6  
JAAF Lt Yoshitaro Yoshioka 6  
JAAF   Yoshitugu Aramaki 5  
JAAF WO Goro Furugori 5 China:20 Units:11 Sentai KIA: 3/11/1944 Notes: Ki-27 ace, Nomonhan.
JAAF   Furukawa 5  
JAAF Lt Isamu Hosono 5 China:21 Units:1 Sentai KIA: 6/10/1943 Notes: Ki-27 ace, Nomonhan.
JAAF Capt Hideaki Inayama 5 Units:87Sentai
JAAF Maj Tadashi Ishikawa 5  
JAAF Lt Teizo Kanamaru 5 China:3 Units:10.I.F.Chutai; 50.Sentai KIA: 24/12/1942 Notes: China. Ki-27, Philippines; P-43, Burma.
JAAF   Teizo Kanemaru 5 KIA: 24/12/1942
JAAF WO Akira Kawakita 5  
JAAF SLt Masatoshi Masuzawa 5 China:10 Units:1 Sentai Notes: Nomonhan Incident.
JAAF ADC Toshio Matsuhara 5 China:10 Units:1 Sentai KIA: 2/12/1943 Notes: Ki-27, Nomonhan.
JAAF Sgt Matsumi Nakano 5 Units:244Sentai Notes: Ki-61 B-29 killer, 1944-45.
JAAF subLt Hannoshin Nishio 5 (5 B-29s) Notes: B-29 hunter ace.
JAAF Lt Naoyuki Ogata 5  
JAAF Cdt Togo Saito 5 Units:85.Sentai Notes: Ki-44, China, 1943-44.
JAAF WO Gonnoshin Sato 5 Units:244 Sentai Notes: Ki-61, ramming specialist.
JAAF Capt Tatsuo Takanashi 5 Units:1 Sentai Notes: Ki-27 ace, Nomonhan.
JAAF   Shimizu Takeshi 5 China:4  
JAAF MSgt Rinpei Tanaka 5 Units:2 Daitai, 64 Sentai Notes: Ki-27, Nomonhan.

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