 
 
 
General
* 14th of September 1882
† 21st of July 1940
(古荘幹郎)
(ふるしょう もとお)
| 1920-08-10 | Lieutenant-Colonel | 
| 1923-08-06 | Colonel | 
| 1928-08-10 | Major-General | 
| 1933-03-18 | Lieutenant-General | 
| 1939-05-19 | General | 
| 1918-09-30 | – | 1921-02-08 | Staff Officer, Research Section, Army Infantry School | 
| 1921-02-08 | – | 1923-03-17 | Instructor at the War College | 
| 1923-03-17 | – | 1925-05-01 | Chief of 1st Section (Organization & Mobilization), 1st Section, General Staff | 
| 1925-05-01 | – | 1927-02-07 | Commanding Officer 2nd Imperial Guards Regiment | 
| 1927-02-07 | – | 1928-08-10 | Chief of Military Affairs Branch, Military Service Bureau, Ministry of War | 
| 1927-05-06 | – | 1927-07-26 | Chief of Military Administration Branch, Military Service Bureau, Ministry of War | 
| 1928-08-10 | – | 1929-08-01 | Commanding Officer 2nd Infantry Brigade | 
| 1929-08-01 | – | 1930-12-22 | Head of Personnel Bureau, Ministry of War | 
| 1930-12-22 | – | 1931-08-01 | Head of General Affairs Section, General Staff | 
| 1932-02-04 | – | 1934-08-01 | Head of 1st Section, General Staff | 
| 1934-08-01 | – | 1935-09-21 | General Officer Commanding 11th Division | 
| 1935-09-21 | – | 1936-03-23 | Vice Minister of War | 
| 1936-03-23 | – | 1936-08-01 | Attached to the Army Aviation Headquarters | 
| 1936-08-01 | – | 1937-08-02 | Head of Army Aviation Headquarters | 
| 1937-08-02 | – | 1938-09-08 | Commander in Chief Taiwan Army District | 
| 1937-12-08 | – | 1938-02-26 | General Officer Commanding 5th Army | 
| 1938-09-08 | – | 1938-11-09 | General Officer Commanding 21st Army | 
| 1938-11-09 | – | 1939-05-19 | Attached to the General Staff | 
| 1939-05-19 | – | 1940-07-21 | Member of Supreme War Council |