Gensui (Imperial Japanese Navy)

Template:Nihongo, formal rank designations: Template:Nihongo was the highest rank in the Imperial Japanese Navy.<ref name="t784">Template:Cite book</ref> The term {{#invoke:Lang|lang}} 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. It was similar to Admiral of the Fleet in the Royal Navy and Fleet admiral in the United States Navy.

List of Kaigun-gensui

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

Name Template:Small	Appointed	Retired	Origin	Template:Abbr
Marquess Saigō Tsugumichi Template:Small	20 January 1898	1898	Kagoshima
Count Itō Sukeyuki Template:Small	31 January 1906	16 January 1914 †
Viscount Inoue Yoshika Template:Small	31 October 1911	22 March 1929 †
Marquess Tōgō Heihachirō Template:Small	21 April 1913	30 May 1934 †		<ref name="w189">Template:Cite book</ref>
Prince Arisugawa Takehito Template:Small	7 July 1913	10 July 1913 †	Imperial Family
Baron Ijūin Gorō Template:Small	26 May 1917	13 January 1921 †	Kagoshima
Prince Higashifushimi Yorihito Template:Small	27 June 1922 (posthumous)		Imperial Family
Baron Shimamura Hayao Template:Small	8 January 1923 (posthumous)		Kōchi
Baron Katō Tomosaburō Template:Small	23 August 1923	24 August 1923 †	Hiroshima
Prince Fushimi Hiroyasu Template:Small	27 May 1932	1945	Imperial Family
Yamamoto Isoroku Template:Small	18 April 1943 (posthumous)		Nagaoka
Nagano Osami Template:Small	21 June 1943	1945	Kōchi	<ref name="p805">Template:Cite book</ref>
Koga Mineichi Template:Small	31 March 1944 (posthumous)		Arita