Imperial Japanese Navy

The Imperial Japanese Navy (Kyûzitai: 大日本帝國海軍, Sinzitai: 大日本帝国海軍) or IJN, officially the Navy of the Greater Japanese Empire, was the naval force of Japan from 1869 to 1947, founded in the second year of the Meizi Era, dissolved in the twenty-second year of the Syôwa Era. By 1920 it was the third largest navy in the world behind the British Royal Navy and the United States Navy. It had an air arm (IJN Air Service), and a land force, (IJN Land Forces), which included marines, naval base forces, and naval construction batallions, among other land personnel. In the Call of Duty series it is an enemy faction, engaged Call of Duty: World at War in the Pacific War, though much less frequently than its counterpart, the Imperial Japanese Army.

Equipment

 * Type 100
 * Arisaka
 * Type 99 Rifle
 * Type 97 Hand Grenade
 * Type 96 25 mm AT/AA Gun
 * PT Boat
 * Type 0 Carrier-Based Fighter

Notable personnel

 * Syôwa (Shōwa, known to many English speakers and mentioned in game as Hirohito), Emperor of Japan from 1926 to 1989 (sixty-four years), Supreme Commander of the Navy and Army
 * Yonai Mitumasa (Mitsumasa Yonai), Admiral, Navy Minister from February 1937 to August 1939 and again from July 1944 to December 1945
 * Oikawa Kosirô (Koshirō Oikawa), Admiral, Navy Minister from September 1940 to October 1941
 * Simada Sigetarô (Shigetarō Shimada), Admiral, Navy Minister from October 1941 to July 1944
 * Nomura Naokuni (Naokuni Nomura), Admiral, Navy Minister in July 1944
 * Nagano Osami (Osami Nagano), Fleet Admiral, Navy Minister from March 1936 to February 1937, Chief of IJN General Staff from April 1941 to February 1944
 * Toyoda Soemu (Soemu Toyoda), Admiral, Chief of IJN General Staff from May 1945 to October 1945
 * Itô Seiiti (Seiichi Itō), Admiral, combined fleet commander during Operation Ten-gô
 * Aruga Kôsaku (Kōsaku Aruga), Vice Admiral, commander of Yamato-class battleship Yamato during Operation Ten-gô
 * Komura Keizô (Keizō Komura), Vice Admiral, commander of Agano-class cruiser Yahagi during Operation Ten-gô
 * Sibazaki Keizi (Keiji Shibazaki), Vice Admiral, commander of Japanese garrison at Betio
 * Yamamoto Isaroku (Isoroku Yamamoto) Marshal General, commander-in-chief of the combined fleet
 * Tukahara Nisizô (Nishizō Tsukahara), Admiral, commander of naval forces in the area of New Guinea and the Solomon Islands and the Eleventh Air Fleet
 * Kusaka Ziniti (Jinichi Kusaka), Vice Admiral, commander of the Eleventh Air Fleet at Guadalcanal