List of Japanese ambassadors in Thailand
The embassy is located in Thanon Witthayu ( ถนน วิทยุ ) in Bangkok's Pathum Wan district .
| Appointment / accreditation | Surname | Japanese writing | Remarks | appointed during the reign of | accredited under the government of | Leave post |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Minister's resident | ||||||
| March 31, 1897 | Inagaki Manjirō | 稲 垣 満 次郎 | Matsukata Masayoshi | Chulalongkorn | ||
| Envoy | ||||||
| Oct 10, 1903 | Inagaki Manjirō | 稲 垣 満 次郎 | Katsura Taro | Chulalongkorn | ||
| July 10, 1907 | Matsukata Tadashi-saku | 松 方正 作 | Saionji Kimmochi | |||
| Aug 15, 1908 | Sakuya Yoshida | 吉田 作 弥 | (* May 13, 1859 - † December 26, 1929), Legation Secretary in Vienna until April 1898 |
Katsura Taro | ||
| Apr 7, 1915 | Nishi-gen Shiro | 西 源 四郎 | Ōkuma Shigenobu | Vajiravudh | ||
| Feb 25, 1921 | Masao Tokichi | 政 尾 藤 吉 | Takahashi Korekiyo | |||
| June 20, 1922 | Yada Chonosuke | 矢 田 長 之 助 | Katō Tomosaburō | |||
| Jan. 30, 1926 | Hayashi Kyujiro | 林 久 治郎 | (* July 23, 1964; † October 17, 1882), 1926–1938: envoy in Rio de Janeiro |
Wakatsuki Reijirō | ||
| July 28, 1928 | Yatabe Yasukichi | 矢 田 部 保 吉 | Tanaka Giichi | |||
| Oct 16, 1936 | Itaro Ishii | 石 射 猪 太郎 | Hirota Kōki | Phraya Phahon Phonphayuhasena | ||
| July 27, 1937 | Murai Kuramatsu | 村井 倉 松 | Hayashi Senjūrō | |||
| May 16, 1941 | Futami | 二 見 甚 郷 | (October 16, 1888; † November 17, 1968) | Konoe Fumimaro | Plaek Phibunsongkhram | |
| Aug 16, 1941 | Foreign representation upgraded to embassy | Konoe Fumimaro | ||||
| Embassies | ||||||
| 4th Sep 1941 | Tsubo-jo Teiji | 坪上 貞 二 | (June 1, 1884 - May 28, 1979), agreed on December 8, 1941 after a day of fighting with Plaek Phibunsongkhram, a transit agreement for the Japanese invasion of the Malay Peninsula . |
Konoe Fumimaro | Plaek Phibunsongkhram | |
| Sep 9 1944 | Yamamoto Kumaichi | 山 本 熊 一 | Koiso Kuniaki | Khuang Aphaiwong | June 15, 1946 | |
| Head of the overseas agency in Bangkok | ||||||
| March 22, 1951 | Koichi Suzuki | 鈴木 耕 一 | (* October 22, 1937 in Tokyo) | Yoshida Shigeru | Plaek Phibunsongkhram | |
| Embassies | ||||||
| Nov 15, 1952 | Ichiro Ota | 太 田一郎 | Yoshida Shigeru | Plaek Phibunsongkhram | Apr 28, 1952 | |
| May 9, 1956 | Shibusawa Shinichi | 渋 沢 信 一 | (October 11, 1898 - July 15, 1983), Deputy Foreign Minister |
Ishibashi Tanzan | Plaek Phibunsongkhram | |
| Apr 7, 1959 | Oe Akira | 大江 晃 | Kishi Nobusuke | Sarit Thanarat | ||
| Jan. 22, 1963 | Shimadzu Hisa-dai | 島 津 久 大 | Ikeda Hayato | Thanom Kittikachorn | ||
| Oct 23, 1964 | Kasuya Takao | 粕 谷 孝 夫 | Satō Eisaku | |||
| June 21, 1967 | Saburo Sekimori | 関 守 三郎 | Satō Eisaku | |||
| Apr 15, 1968 | Seraglio Toraro | 後宮 虎 郎 | (* April 22, 1914; † June 12, 1992), 1966–1968: Ambassador to The Hague, 1972–1975: Ambassador to Seoul |
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| Feb 25, 1972 | Fujisaki Wanli | 藤 崎 万里 | (December 16, 1914 - October 6, 2006) | Tanaka Kakuei | Thanom Kittikachorn | |
| Feb. 20, 1976 | Hitomi Hiroshi | 人 見 宏 | Fukuda Takeo | Seni Pramoj | ||
| Jan. 29, 1980 | Ogiso Honyu | 小木 曽 本 雄 | Suzuki Zenko | Prem Tinsulanonda | ||
| Oct. 30, 1983 | Tachibana Tadashi | 橘 正忠 | Nakasone Yasuhiro | |||
| Feb. 7, 1986 | Kiuchi Akiratane | 木 内 昭 胤 | ||||
| Nov 16, 1988 | Okazaki Hisahiko | 岡 崎 久 彦 | Takeshita Noboru | Chatichai Choonhavan | ||
| June 30, 1992 | Hiroaki Fujii | 藤井宏 昭 | Miyazawa Kiichi | Suchinda Kraprayoon | ||
| Jan. 30, 1994 | Onda Zong | 恩 田宗 | Murayama Tomiichi | |||
| 23 Sep 1996 | Hiroshi Ota | 太 田 博 | Hashimoto Ryūtaro | Chavalit Yongchaiyudh | ||
| Oct 18, 1999 | Nobutoshi Akao | 赤 尾 信 敏 | Obuchi Keizo | Chuan Leekpai | ||
| Dec 25, 2001 | Tokinoya Atsushi | 時 野 谷 敦 | Koizumi Jun'ichirō | Thaksin Shinawatra | ||
| Nov 11, 2005 | Hideaki Kobayashi | 小 林秀明 | Koizumi Jun'ichirō | |||
| Sep 20 2008 | Kyoji Komachi | 小 町 恭 士 | Asō Tarō | Samak Sundaravej | ||
| Oct 2010 | Seiji Kojima | 小島 誠 二 | Kan Naoto | Abhisit Vejjajiva | ||
| Sep 11 2012 | Shigekazu Sato | 佐藤 重 和 | Noda Yoshihiko | Yingluck Shinawatra | ||
| Apr. 2015 | Shiro Sadoshima | 佐渡 島 志 郎 | Shinzo Abe | Prayut Chan-o-cha | ||
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