Major-General
* 1st of January 1899
† 17th of January 1989
(小沼治夫)
(こぬま はるお)
| 1940-08-01 | Colonel |
| 1944-08-01 | Major-General |
| 1940-12-02 | – | 1942-09-15 | Chief of Strategy & Tactics Branch, 4th Section, General Staff |
| 1941-10-15 | – | 1942-09-15 | Chief of Military History Branch, 4th Section, General Staff |
| 1942-09-15 | – | 1943-05-XX | Chief of Staff, 17th Army [Solomon Islands] |
| 1943-05-XX | – | 1944-07-18 | Instructor at the War College |
| 1944-07-28 | – | 1944-10-05 | Chief of Staff, 14th Area Army [Philippines] |
| 1944-12-11 | – | 1945-06-16 | Deputy Chief of Staff, 14th Area Army [Philippines] |
| 1945-08-05 | – | 1945-11-01 | Deputy Chief of Staff, 12th Area Army |