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Army Aircraft
 
Designation Type Manufacturer US Code Engines Intro * Built *   
Ki-1 Army Type 93 Bomber [71 Ki-1-I + 47 Ki-1-II] Mitsubishi   2 1933 118   
Ki-2 Army Type 93-2 Light Bomber [113 Ki-1-I + 61 Ki-1-II] Mitsubishi Louise 2 1933 61   
Ki-4 Army Type 94 Reconnaissance biplane Nakajima   2 1934 516   
Ki-9 Army Type 95-1 Primary Trainer Tachikawa Spruce 1 1935 2,618   
Ki-10 Army Type 95 Fighter Kawasaki Perry 1 1935 588   
Ki-15 Army Type 97 Command Reconnaissance [437 Ki-15-I + 52 Ki-15-II] Mitsubishi Babs 1 1936 489   
Ki-17 Army Type 95-3 Primary Trainer Tachikawa Cedar 1 1935 658   
Ki-20 Army Type 92 Heavy Bomber. In WWII used as cargo and transport plane (maximum load 5,000 kg).
(License-built Junkers G38 / K-51)		 Mitsubishi   4 1931 6   
Ki-21 Army Type 97 Heavy Bomber [782 Ki-21-I + 1282 Ki-21-II] Mitsubishi Sally 2 1941 2,064   
Ki-27 Army Type 97 Fighter Nakajima Nate 1 1938 3,387   
Ki-30 Army Type 97 Light Bomber Mitsubishi Ann 1 1938 704   
Ki-32 Army Type 98 Light Bomber Kawasaki Mary 1 1938 854   
Ki-34 Army Type 97 Transport (based on Douglas DC–2) Nakajima Thora 2 1937 351   
Ki-36 Army Type 98 Direct Cooperation (light bomber) Tachikawa Ida 1 1938 1,334   
Ki-43 Army Type 1 Fighter [729 Ki-43-I + 5178 Ki-43-II] Hayabusa, Nakajima Oscar 1 1941 5,907   
Ki-44 Army Type 2 Interceptor (fighter) [50 Ki-44-I + 1,175 Ki-44-II & -III] Shoki Nakajima Tojo 1 1941 1,225   
Ki-45 Army Type 2 Two-Seat Fighter Toryu ("Dragon Killer") Kawasaki Nick 2 1942 1,370   
Ki-46 Army Type 100 Command Reconnaissance Mitsubishi Dinah 2 1941 1,742   
Ki-48 Army Type 99 Light Bomber [557 Ki-48-I + 1,411 Ki-48-II] Kawasaki Lily 2 1940 1968   
Ki-51 Army Type 99 Ground Attack Bomber Mitsubishi Sonia 1 1940 2,338   
Ki-54 Army Type 1 Advanced Trainer Model A (Ki-54a)
Army Type 1 Operations Trainer Model B (Ki-54b)
Army Type 1 Transport Model C (Ki-54c) (8 passengers)
Army Type 1 Patrol Bomber Model D (Ki-54d)		 Tachikawa  Hickory 2 1941 1,368   
Ki-55 Army Type 99 Advanced Trainer Tachikawa  Ida 1 1939 1,389   
Ki-56 Army Type 1 Cargo (light transport aircraft: 2,400 kg cargo or 14 passengers)
(Lockheed Model 14-WG3B Super-Electra license-built by Kawasaki, with lengthened fuselage (by 1.4 meters), enabling the fitting of larger cargo doors.) 		Kawasaki  Thalia 2 1941 121   
Ki-57 Army Type 100 Transport, Models 1 & 2 (passenger transport: 11 passengers) [101 Ki-57-Ia + 406 Ki-57-II]
(Variant of the Ki-21 bomber)
Some Ki-57-I transferred to the Japanese navy, known there as L4M1.		 Mitsubishi Topsy 2 1940 507   
Ki-59 Army Type 1 Transport (light transport aircraft: 8 passengers) Kokusai Theresa 2 1941 59   
Ki-61 Army Type 2 Fighter Hien ("Swallow") [1,392 Ki-61-I + 1,274 Ki-61-I-KAI + 137 Ki-61-II-KAI]
[ Note: Not counted here are 275 Ki-61-II airframes used to manufacture Ki-100-Ia.] 		Kawasaki Tony 1 1942 2,803   
Ki-67 Army Type 4 Heavy Bomber Hiryu ("Flying Dragon") Mitsubishi Peggy 2 1944 698   
Ki-76 Army Type 3 Command Liaison Plane (liaison, artillery spotting, and light anti-submarine patrol aircraft) Kokusai Stella 1 1943 1,329   
Ki-79 Army Type 2 Advanced Trainer Mansyu 1 1942 937   
Ki-84 Army Type 4 Fighter Hayate ("Storm/Gale") Nakajima Frank 1 1943 3,514   
Ki-100 Army Type 5 Fighter Kawasaki 1 1945 396   
Ki-102 Army Type 4 Assault Plane
Army Type 4 Fighter		 Kawasaki Randy 2 1944
1945 		 215  
26   
Ki-109 Army Type 4 Heavy Bomber Hiryu ("Flying Dragon")
[Ki-67 equipped with a 75mm gun in the nose.]		 Mitsubishi Peggy 2 1945 22   
LO Army Type LO Transport
[Lockheed Model 14-WG3B Super-Electra license-built by Tachikawa]		 Tachikawa Thelma / Toby 2 1941 240 [1]
MC-20 Ki-57-I and K-57-II built for civil use with Japan Air Transport Company (NKYKK). (11 passengers) Mitsubishi Topsy 2 1940 56   
MC-21 Ki-21-Ia modified to serve as military transports for the Greater Japan Airways (DNKKK). (9 pasengers) Mitsubishi Sally 2 1941 18   
[1] An additional 30 Lockheed Model 14-WG3B were aircraft delivered for use by DNKKK (Greater Japan Airways Co. Ltd). These received the US code designation Toby
* Intro indicates first year introduced.
   Built indicates total number built, but not necessarily all by December 1941.
  DNKKK = Dai Nippon Koku Kabushiki Kaisha (Greater Japan Airways)
  NKYKK = Nihon Koku Yuso Kabushiki Kaisha (Japan Air Transport Company)

For an explanation of the identification systems see Designating Aircraft
 
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