List of Japanese ministers, envoys and ambassadors to Germany


The List of Japanese ministers, envoys and ambassadors to Germany started when Samejima Naonobu presented his credentials to the German government in 1870.

List

This is a chronological list of Japanese diplomats.
Inaugural dateOfficial position Official positionName Name
3.10.1870少弁務使Chargé d'affaires鮫島 尚信Samejima Naonobu
3. 5.1872中弁務使Minister resident鮫島 尚信Samejima Naonobu
14.10.1872弁理公使Minister resident鮫島 尚信Samejima Naonobu
22.11.1873特命全権公使Minister Plenipotentiary鮫島 尚信Samejima Naonobu
17.8.1874代理公使Chargé d'affaires青木 周蔵Aoki Shūzō
3.9.1874　特命全権公使Minister Plenipotentiary青木 周蔵Aoki Shūzō
24.8.1879臨時代理公使Chargé d'affaires ad interim三宮 義胤Sannomiya Yoshitane
22.5.1880特命全権公使Minister Plenipotentiary青木 周蔵Aoki Shūzō
9.12.1885臨時代理公使Chargé d'affaires ad interim小松原 英太郎Komatsubara Eitarō
13.3.1886特命全権公使Minister Plenipotentiary品川 弥二郎Shinagawa Yajirō
27.12.1886臨時代理公使Chargé d'affaires ad interim井上 勝之助Inoue Katsunosuke
4.6.1887特命全権公使Minister Plenipotentiary西園寺 公望Saionji Kinmochi
5.7.1891臨時代理公使Chargé d'affaires ad interim井上 勝之助Inoue Katsunosuke
27.1.1892特命全権公使Minister Plenipotentiary青木 周蔵Aoki Shūzō
23.7.1897臨時代理公使Chargé d'affaires ad interim宮岡 恒次郎Miyaoka Kōjirō
19.5.1898特命全権公使Minister Plenipotentiary井上 勝之助Inoue Katsunosuke
7.1.1906特命全権大使Ambassador井上 勝之助Inoue Katsunosuke
16.9.1907臨時代理大使Chargé d'affaires ad interim日置 益Eki Hioki
1.8.1908臨時代理大使Chargé d'affaires ad interim船越 光之丞Funakoshi Mitsunojō
5.10.1908特命全権大使Ambassador珍田 捨巳Chinda Sutemi
22.11.1911臨時代理大使Chargé d'affaires ad interim畑 良太郎Hata Ryōtarō
18.12.1911特命全権大使Ambassador杉村 虎一Sugimura Kōichi
22.8.1914臨時代理大使Chargé d'affaires ad interim船越 光之丞Funakoshi Mitsunojō
24.8.1914-First World War---
21.3.1920臨時代理大使Chargé d'affaires ad interim出淵 勝次Katsuji Debuchi
7.1.1921特命全権大使Ambassador日置 益Eki Hioki
20.8.1923臨時代理大使Chargé d'affaires ad interim大野 守衛Morie Ōno
6.2.1924特命全権大使Ambassador本多 熊太郎Kumatarō Honda
21.9.1925臨時代理大使Chargé d'affaires ad interim伊藤 述史Nobumi Itō
25.8.1926特命全権大使Ambassador長岡 春一Harukazu Nagaoka
6.5.1930臨時代理大使Chargé d'affaires ad interim東郷 茂徳Shigenori Tōgō
6.4.1931特命全権大使Ambassador小幡 酉吉Yūkichi Obata
16.1.1932臨時代理大使Chargé d'affaires ad interim七田 基玄Motoharu Shichida
19.11.1932臨時代理大使Chargé d'affaires ad interim東郷 茂徳Shigenori Tōgō
22.11.1932臨時代理大使Chargé d'affaires ad interim藤井 啓之助Keinosuke Fujii
3.4.1933特命全権大使Ambassador永井 松三Matsuzō Nagai
15.10.1934臨時代理大使Chargé d'affaires ad interim杉下 裕次郎Yūjirō Sugishita
28.12.1934特命全権大使Ambassador武者小路 公共Kintomo Mushakōji
3.7.1935臨時代理大使Chargé d'affaires ad interim井上 庚二郎Kōjirō Inoue
30.4.1936特命全権大使Ambassador武者小路 公共Kintomo Mushakōji
12.12.1937臨時代理大使Chargé d'affaires ad interim柳井 恒夫Hisao Yanai
24.12.1937特命全権大使Ambassador東郷 茂徳Shigenori Tōgō
29.10.1938特命全権大使Ambassador大島 浩Hiroshi Ōshima
29.10.1939臨時代理大使Chargé d'affaires ad interim宇佐美 珍彦Uzuhiko Usami
4.12.1939特命全権大使Ambassador来栖 三郎Saburō Kurusu
17.2.1941特命全権大使Ambassador大島 浩Hiroshi Ōshima
18.2.1945-Second World War---
15.3.1952在ボン在外事務所長Direktor des Auslandsbüros in Bonn寺岡 洪平Kōhei Teraoka
6.12.1953臨時代理大使Chargé d'affaires ad interim曾野 明Akira Sono
8.1.1954特命全権大使Ambassador加瀬 俊一Shunichi Kase
6.6.1956臨時代理大使Chargé d'affaires ad interim曾野 明Akira Sono
27.11.1956特命全権大使Ambassador大野 勝巳Katsumi Ōno
9.1.1957臨時代理大使Chargé d'affaires ad interim曾野 明Akira Sono
8.4.1957特命全権大使Ambassador武内 龍次Ryūji Takeuchi
19.12.1960臨時代理大使Chargé d'affaires ad interim竹内 春海Harumi Takeuchi
13.4.1961特命全権大使Ambassador成田 勝四郎Katsushirō Narita
11.4.1965臨時代理大使Chargé d'affaires ad interim兼松 武Takeshi Kanematsu
20.5.1965特命全権大使Ambassador内田 藤雄Fujio Uchida
10.1.1970臨時代理大使Chargé d'affaires ad interim吉岡 一郎Ichirō Yoshioka
11.3.1970特命全権大使Ambassador甲斐 文比古Fumihiko Kai
10.10.1972臨時代理大使Chargé d'affaires ad interim加藤 千幸Chisachi Katō
27.10.1972特命全権大使Ambassador曾野 明Akira Sono
5.9.1975臨時代理大使Chargé d'affaires ad interim宮沢 泰Yasushi Miyazawa
21.10.1975特命全権大使Ambassador上田 常光Tsuneaki Ueda
4.12.1977臨時代理大使Chargé d'affaires ad interim茂木 良三Ryōzō Moteki
1.2.1978特命全権大使Ambassador吉野 文六Bunroku Yoshino
28.3.1982臨時代理大使Chargé d'affaires ad interim山下 新太郎Shintarō Yamashita
30.3.1982特命全権大使Ambassador宮崎 弘道Hiromichi Miyazaki
8.1.1986臨時代理大使Chargé d'affaires ad interim中村 昭一Shōichi Nakamura
15.1.1986特命全権大使Ambassador宮沢 泰Yasushi Miyazawa
31.3.1989臨時代理大使Chargé d'affaires ad interim高島 有終Yūshū Takashima
8.4.1989特命全権大使Ambassador木村 敬三Keizō Kimura

In 2013, the head of the Japanese embassy in Berlin is Takeshi Nakane.