No. |
Portrait |
Chairman of the Joint Staff Council | Took office | Left office | Time in office | Defence branch |
1 | | Hayashi, KeizōLieutenant General (December 1, 1962 promotion to General) Keizō Hayashi 林 敬三 (1907–1991) | 1 July 1954 | 13 August 1964 | 10 years, 43 days | Japan Ground Self-Defense Force |
2 | | Ichizo, SugieAdmiral Sugie Ichizo 杉江一三 (1908–1999) | 14 August 1964 | 29 April 1966 | 1 year, 258 days | Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force |
3 | | Yoshihide, AmanoGeneral Amano Yoshihide [ja] 天野良英 (1910–2001) | 30 April 1966 | 14 November 1967 | 1 year, 198 days | Japan Ground Self-Defense Force |
4 | | Muta, HirokuniGeneral Hirokuni Muta [ja] 牟田弘國 (1910–1987) | 15 November 1967 | 30 June 1969 | 1 year, 227 days | Japan Air Self-Defense Force |
5 | | Itaya, RyuichiAdmiral Ryuichi Itaya 板谷隆一 (1911–1991) | 1 June 1969 | 31 May 1971 | 1 year, 364 days | Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force |
6 | | Kinugasa, HayaoAdmiral Hayao Kinugasa 衣笠駿雄 (1915–2007) | 1 June 1971 | 31 January 1973 | 1 year, 214 days | Japan Ground Self-Defense Force |
7 | | Nakamura, RyuheiGeneral Ryuhei Nakamura [ja] 中村龍平 (1916–2008) | 1 February 1973 | 30 June 1974 | 1 year, 149 days | Japan Ground Self-Defense Force |
8 | | Shirakawa, MotoharuGeneral Motoharu Shirakawa [ja] 白川元春 (1918–2008) | 1 July 1974 | 15 March 1976 | 1 year, 258 days | Japan Air Self-Defense Force |
9 | | Samejima, HirokazuAdmiral Hirokazu Samejima [ja] 鮫島博一 (1918–2000) | 16 March 1976 | 19 October 1977 | 1 year, 217 days | Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force |
10 | | Kurisu, HiroomiGeneral Hiroomi Kurisu [ja] 栗栖弘臣 (1920–2004) | 20 October 1977 | 27 July 1978 | 280 days | Japan Ground Self-Defense Force |
11 | | Takae, TakehikoGeneral Takehiko Takae [ja] 高品武彦 (1922–2014) | 27 July 1978 | 31 July 1979 | 1 year, 4 days | Japan Ground Self-Defense Force |
12 | | Takeda, GoroGeneral Goro Takeda 竹田五郎 (1921–2020) | 1 August 1979 | 15 February 1981 | 1 year, 198 days | Japan Air Self-Defense Force |
13 | | Yada, KunioAdmiral Kunio Yada [ja] 矢田次夫 (1923–2012) | 16 February 1981 | 15 March 1983 | 2 years, 27 days | Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force |
14 | | Murai, SumioGeneral Sumio Murai [ja] 村井澄夫 (born 1925) | 16 March 1983 | 30 June 1984 | 1 year, 106 days | Japan Ground Self-Defense Force |
15 | | Watanabe, KeitaroGeneral Keitaro Watanabe [ja] 渡部敬太郎 (1927–1997) | 1 July 1984 | 5 February 1986 | 1 year, 219 days | Japan Ground Self-Defense Force |
16 | | Mori,Shigehiro[https://academiccommons.columbia.edu/doi/10.7916/D8C53TF2/download
][8]General Shigehiro Mori (general) [ja] 森繁弘 (born 1928) | 6 February 1986 | 10 December 1987 | 1 year, 307 days | Japan Air Self-Defense Force |
17 | | Masao, IshiiGeneral Ishii Masao [ja] 石井政雄 (1931–2007) | 11 December 1987 | 15 March 1990 | 2 years, 94 days | Japan Ground Self-Defense Force |
18 | | Terashima, TaizoGeneral Taizo Terashima [ja] 寺島泰三 (born 1933) | 16 March 1990 | 30 June 1991 | 1 year, 106 days | Japan Ground Self-Defense Force |
19 | | Sakuma, HajimeAdmiral Hajime Sakuma [ja] 佐久間一 (1935–2014) | 1 July 1991 | 30 June 1993 | 1 year, 364 days | Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force |
20 | | Nishimoto, TetsuyaGeneral Tetsuya Nishimoto [ja] 西元徹也 (born 1936) | 1 July 1993 | 24 March 1996 | 2 years, 267 days | Japan Ground Self-Defense Force |
21 | | Ban, SugiyamaGeneral Sugiyama Ban [ja] 杉山蕃 (born 1938) | 25 March 1996 | 12 October 1997 | 1 year, 201 days | Japan Air Self-Defense Force |
22 | | Natsukawa, KazuyaAdmiral Kazuya Natsukawa [ja] 夏川和也 (born 1940) | 13 October 1997 | 30 March 1999 | 1 year, 168 days | Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force |
23 | | Fujinawa, YujiGeneral Yuji Fujinawa (born 1941) | 31 March 1999 | 26 March 2001 | 1 year, 360 days | Japan Ground Self-Defense Force |
24 | | Takegochi, ShojiGeneral Shoji Takegochi [ja] 竹河内捷次 (born 1943) | 27 March 2001 | 27 January 2003 | 1 year, 306 days | Japan Air Self-Defense Force |
25 | | Ishikawa, ToruAdmiral Toru Ishikawa [ja] 石川亨 (born 1944) | 28 January 2003 | 29 August 2004 | 1 year, 214 days | Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force |
26 | | Massaki, HajimeGeneral Hajime Massaki [ja] 先崎一 (born 1944) | 30 August 2004 | 26 March 2006 | 1 year, 208 days | Japan Ground Self-Defense Force |