Lieutenant-General
* 7th of March 1889
† 3rd of July 1945
(佐野忠義)
(さの ただよし)
| 1933-08-01 | Colonel | 
| 1938-07-15 | Major-General | 
| 1941-03-01 | Lieutenant-General | 
| 1931-08-XX | – | 1933-01-XX | Attached to 4th Artillery Regiment | 
| 1933-01-XX | – | 1935-03-XX | Attached to 5th Division | 
| 1935-03-XX | – | 1935-12-XX | Commanding Officer 25th Field Artillery Regiment | 
| 1935-12-XX | – | 1936-03-XX | Attached to 12th Division | 
| 1936-03-XX | – | 1937-08-XX | Commanding Officer 25th Field Artillery Regiment | 
| 1937-08-XX | – | 1938-07-XX | Chief of Staff, 14th Division | 
| 1938-07-XX | – | 1940-08-01 | Commanding Officer 4th Heavy Field Artillery Brigade | 
| 1940-08-01 | – | 1941-06-20 | Commandant of the Field Artillery School | 
| 1941-06-20 | – | 1943-06-10 | General Officer Commanding 38th Division [Hong Kong - New Britain - Solomon Islands] | 
| 1943-06-10 | – | 1944-03-28 | Chief of Staff, General Defence Command | 
| 1944-03-28 | – | 1944-07-05 | Attached to the General Staff | 
| 1944-07-05 | – | 1945-01-12 | General Officer Commanding 34th Army [China - Manchuria] | 
| 1945-01-12 | – | 1945-07-03 | Attached to China Expeditionary Army | 
| 1945-07-03 | Died of illness |