Lieutenant-General
* 12th of June 1888
† 30th of November 1966
(天谷直次郎)
(あまや なおじろう)
| 1933-08-01 | Colonel |
| 1937-08-02 | Major-General |
| 1939-10-01 | Lieutenant-General |
| 1932-05-28 | – | 1933-08-01 | Commanding Officer 2nd Independent Defence Battalion |
| 1933-08-01 | – | 1935-03-15 | Commanding Officer Utsunomiya Regimental District |
| 1935-03-15 | – | 1937-08-02 | Commanding Officer 42nd Infantry Regiment |
| 1937-08-02 | – | 1938-07-15 | Commanding Officer 10th Infantry Brigade |
| 1938-07-15 | – | 1939-10-02 | Commandant of Sendai Army Training School |
| 1938-08-01 | – | 1939-10-02 | Commandant of Sendai Army Reserve Officers' Cadet School |
| 1939-10-02 | – | 1941-08-25 | General Officer Commanding 40th Division [Manchuria] |
| 1941-08-25 | – | 1941-10-15 | Attached to the General Staff |
| 1941-10-15 | – | 1941-12-02 | In reserve |
| 1941-12-02 | Retired |