User:Izanami

The goddess of Creation and Death; Aki here ready to ban you.

I run Yamatai and Dai Hoa, and co-run Shojin and Masuka with my best friend from the other side of the world, Kol. I'm also a moderator of Ordis, so if you have any questions or concerns feel free to contact me. It'll probably be better than me contacting you. In Ordis's FT canon, I run everything in the Southern Sphere, but mainly the New Greater Empire. Because I only know how to run Asian nations, in Ordis's oft-forgotten FanT canon I run the Emerald Empire of the Kobolds.

Current record holder for most canon created ever (check out the category page for Yamatai) and longest RP post ever (27,000 words) -sunglasses emoji-. Massive weeaboo who doesn't watch much anime, j-pop idol fanatic, visited Japan in 2018 and 2019 and dreaming of going again once we beat the virus and the russkies. Former arch- of the Army artillery and current history undergraduate from a humid island 5,000 km away from Japan.

Star Wars fan, forever an Imperial loyalist. Ciena Ree is named Ree because that is what we loyalists say when she inevitably started harbouring seditious thoughts against her Empire.

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Work Pages

 * User:Izanami/Uchuu Senkan: FT Work Zone
 * User:Izanami/Banzai: 2EVW Stuff
 * User:Izanami/Project YUI: Muv Luv RP with Meridon Zone.
 * User:Izanami/Project MOMOTA: Alien invasion AU RP lore creation zone.

Old Page Archive

 * User:Izanami/Archive
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 * User:Izanami/NavyWebsite
 * User:Izanami/Project MIZUKI

To Do

 * The concept of "Akitsukuni High Culture" should be replaced with "Harukuni High Culture".
 * When Hijiriyama erupted, the capital was shifted to Yuki, but then back again.
 * There was no shift in capital to Koya. Heian was the first and only shift in the capital.
 * Hinomoto new timeline whereby they are less useless - colonies in Dep Dao, Sahil, the islands off Arshavat
 * Daebudo new plan
 * Statue of Okudera Gunzo: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Takehara_Welfare_Center_2021-03_ac_(3).jpg
 * The pass linking the Thom River area with the Kuulong will be called the Năm Chùa Valley (five pagodas). Accordingly, province no. 4 is "north of pagoda" and no. 38 is "west of pagoda". Province 7 is named after the highest mountain there, peak of the Western Highlands, Sừng Trời.

Yaumantai
suddenly realised 有問題 in cantonese sounds just like yamatai lmfao

Dai Hoa
Masuka started threatening the Song Republic (and they probably may have been able to do so) which was one of the reasons HECO assented to Dai Hoa invading it.

Union
The state is actually called the Democratic Republic of the Union of Dai Hoa. This is because the various components of Dai Hoa are actually considered semi-independent states like the CCCP or Arshavat. This is because they initially modelled themselves on Arshavat prior to the ideological split.

Each of the States has its own legislature, official language, and whatever. However, the national official languages are Songese and Tampan.

Basically we need a "Daic State" and a "Kambu State" as well. These can be squeezed in the eastern coast, kinda like afterthoughts. The people there mostly speak Songese anyway.

Province 32-36 are the Daic State. Kambu State is the rest.

The states are literally called Land of the Songan, Land of the Tampan, Land of the Daic, Land of the Kambu. It's a big union of the brotherhood of races after all.

Hinoan Civil War
After the Yamataian Civil War, and the loss of the powerful financiers (the Botsuhan), the Nakanoin Clan was weakened severely. The Fukumura Clan believed it was time to stake their claim for power.

Katsumoto Neitan

Clans
Daimyos are called Daimyos.

Samurai are called Samurai cos no imagination.

Yam clan leaders are called Ariake instead.

Hinoan Elections

 * 1974 - Democratic
 * 1979 - Democratic
 * 1984 - TLP
 * 1990 - TLP (Snap election to capitalise on the Dual 10 Accords achievement)
 * 1995 - TLP
 * 2000 - TLP
 * 2005 - Hinomoto United
 * 2010 - Hinomoto United
 * 2015 - TLP
 * 2020 - Hinomoto United

Dual 10 Accords

 * End to violence
 * All groups must disarm and inform the government of their weapons dumps
 * Any fighting after this point will be prosecuted as terrorism
 * Formation of the New Congress of Parties
 * 30 seats in the Gikai reserved for the independence movements
 * Socialists excluded
 * For obvious reasons, due to Yamataian pressure
 * Since nobody supported them anyway the guerrillas agreed
 * Since nobody supported them anyway the guerrillas agreed

Copypasta
>tfw you are hinomoto

>always the forgotten 3rd yashiman sibling despite being the origin of like 90% of yashiman culture

>underhanded 900 IQ move lets you become the CEO of the sussy western islands which are like 5x your size

>invades the mainland to unify all yashimans once and for all

>loses to a bunch of hairy barbarians

>gets invaded by the hairy barbarians, forced to move to the sussy islands, but still CEO so w/e

>reclaim the homeland but this pisses off all the sussy island noobs so they rebel (kinda sus)

>kicked back to the homeland, forgotten 3rd yashiman sibling again

>w/e at least you can still play age of empires III the asian dynasties. exe

>doing pretty well, islands near arshavat, island off nanyokuni, masukan outpost

>drop to 4th place in colonial race after sussy islanders suddenly grab the whole nanyokuni and some gimbap-eaters in the south grab a huge chunk of valeya

>hairy mainland barbarians crush your shitty navy with ironclads and take the masukan island

>deletethegame. png

>siddhists and the siddhist clan with the biggest army start agitating for democratic republic

>EMERGENCY MEETING

>literally no other noble wants democracy

>literally no fking army to fight the rebels (imba wtf)

>merge with the sussy islanders for a safe and secure society, nobles get to stay nobles, taikun gets to stay in control

>plot twist: taikun does not get to stay in control

>20th century dawns, snug and safe under sussy blanket

>invaded by the mainlanders, 2-year trench war turns everything into mud

>the =sussy_islanders= (your clan) won so you should be safe

>invaded by mainlanders again. 9-month war turns everything into mud

>occupied by mainlanders for 30 years, but they won this time so you benefit

>life is good

>handed back to the sussy islanders suddenly

>bunch of commies and nationalists start a 20-year insurgency

>insurgency ends

>forgotten 3rd yashiman sibling

>tourists mistake some bumfuck nowhere farm town in the sussy islands for your 2nd largest city

=Yamatai=

Yam Vidya
Yams are mostly PC gamers. Consoles are largely bought from Chisei. The only local consoles are the handhelds, the Game Friend and Gamen series, both made by Hakkodo.

Gacha games are banned by the government because they are considered a form of gambling.

Yokai Kinchaku - In a world where Yokai are real, Yokai Hunters go out in the world to tame wild Yokai and store them in magical Kinchaku pouches. These tamed yokai are then used to combat wild yokai to keep people safe, as well as in sporting tournaments.

Utopian Valley - Buryou Tougen no Tani - Social Simulator. Animal Crossing and Stardew merged because Yamataians can do things other than fighting sometimes.

Fantastic Dragon Kingdom (浮世竜王国 Ukiyo Ryuokoku) - A very long-running RPG series set in a Hinoan-inspired fantasy world with some Chiseian and Chanhan influences. Fantastic Dragon Kingdom: Eternal Quest is the MMORPG edition.

Meteoric Transformation - An action RPG series. (流星変身 Ryusei Henshin)

Red Tide - An action third-person RPG series set in an alternate universe where Arshavat won the Endwar and the Second Escar-Varunan War, causing a collie empire to stretch from Zusea to Yamatai. The first game had a 1950s setting in Arshavat-controlled Yamatai, where the player goes after and kills a major leader. This was one of the first successful third-person shooter games in the world. After that they started adding more and more high-tech stuff to the Arshavatis until a reboot in 2012 returned it to its gritty, realistic roots... Which wasn't popular. So the 2016 reboot of that reboot brought back the wacky Space Collies and the Arshavatis had lasers, a moon base, tesla suits, and all sorts of bizarre shit.

The 2012 reboot (just titled Red Tide) was a first-person shooter set in a modern-day invasion of Yamatai by Arshavat. It was panned as a shitty domestic knockoff of Soldier's Time and almost destroyed the franchise. The 2016 reboot, Red Tide: Revenge of the Radiant Sun returned to being a third-person tactical shooter and brought back all the old 60s-era post-Arshavati conquest setting that everyone loved.

Wings of Steel - Arcade-style combat flight simulation video game... Except the planes are anime girls.

Shattered Tomorrow - Deus Ex and CP2077 with GitS elements.

Red Tide: Revenge of the Radiant Sun
The 2016 reboot of

The final boss is Arshavati General Mustafa Bashir, who has been equipped with experimental nanomachines that harden in response to physical trauma. After Bashir is defeated, Munemoto kills the Chairman of the Yamataian Collective, Rajiv Singham, while he is giving a live propaganda telecast. This ignites the rebellion across Yamatai.

Jokohyo
The Information Exchange Standard (八島情報交換標準; Jokohyo) is an information technology standard for the consistent encoding, representation, and handling of text in many of the world's writing systems, with a focus on Western Escaric and some Central Escaric languages. Jokohyo codes represent text in computers, telecommunications equipment, and other devices. Jokohyo is one of the most widely-used character-encoding schemes in the world, primarily supporting information technology systems in Escar. The standard defines over 100,000 characters using multi-byte variable-length encodings as of the latest 5.0 version, as well as symbols, emoji, and non-visual control and formatting codes.

Daebudo
Daebudo and the Southern Islands are a crucial trade route between Yeongseon and the Naichi archipelago for hundreds of years, with neither power really laying claim to the region until Yeongseon took over Daebudo in the 12th century(?), installing a lord there and colonising the island. However, in the 14th century, the lord that oversees Daebudo becomes increasingly corrupt.

14th century: Pirates run the islands, largely based out of Daebudo, there lord who owns the islands harbours them and he gets a huge cut of he spoils. He's like a Pirate King so to speak, and basically forms his own little kingdom.

15th century: Yamatai has enough of this raiding bs and sails south, destroying the pirates and forcing the subjugation of the lord and ceding of most of the other southern islands to Yamatai. Yeongseon is too weak to do anything about it, and Yamatai is too powerful so they don't dare to provoke Yamatai (who could also have been selling them huge amounts of matchlocks?)

16th century: Yeongseon is unified. By this point, Daebudo pays tribute to Yamatai, Yeongseon still doesn't dare to interfere as they are still too weak. As the nation recovers, Daebudo and the other Southern Islands (which Yamatai by now is rapidly colonising with their people) remain crucial trade routes, except now firmly under Yamataian control.

19th century: As Yeongseon declines, people in the northern regions move to Daebudo seeking a better life that isn't so far away like Gyunghwa. Meanwhile, the Yamataians bring in large amounts of businessmen and settlers. In 1832, these businessmen launch an uprising against the lord, and Yamatai invades the island to restore order, annexing it officially. Yeongseon of course does nothing about it.

20th century: In the 2nd Escar-Varunan War, Yeongseon joins the allies at last to get a piece of the post-war pie and attempts to invade Daebudo. The attack is repelled by the Yamataians and Yeongseon does little else in the war

New Okabe Takeover Scheme
aka what the fk happens to end the war and what happens after that. I'm not really satisfied with this Imperial Grand Marshal Chaos period... And this weird idea that the Tokkeitai is the SS and doing some stuff is pretty strange as well.

Actually what is the situation that leads to the end of the war happening. It's not like there was opposition to the war because it was a pretty popular idea and basically everyone was on board with it.

Once the Allies started punitive bombing raids on fuckin' Naichi some leaders came to the conclusion that the war was lost and sought to save Yamataian pride by ending the war as soon as possible. There was also great concern that Arshavat would be able to spread collectivism to Nanyokuni if they did not stop them now, and fighting the Allies was really not conducive to stopping the Collies. The majority of Imperial leaders did not agree and wanted to continue fighting, because Steiner would attack and everything would be alright, though the anti-Arshavat idea did convince some of them.

So a gang of pro-ceasefire leaders carried out a full-on coup. Takagi Hidenori was straight-up murdered and fighting broke out between Imperial Army units as the pro-ceasefire leaders seized power by force in a scenario lasting about 3 days (the Heian Bloodbath). They convinced the Empress to appoint their guy Arasaka Eijiro as Grand Marshal. Then they met the Chiseians and did the Oyashima Ceasefire.

However things were not all good and were really unstable, especially after peace was attained with the Arshavatis, which greatly upset the faction that supported the ceasefire hoping that the temporary Yamatai-Chisei alliance could wreck the Arshavatis. Arasaka was straight-up murdered and Admiral Tanaka Hiroyuki took over, threatening to send the country back to war.

However, the Pro-Peace Faction was itself divided.

Okabe Nariakira: Originally a caretaker leader after the previous Grand Marshal was assassinated suddenly. There was initially low confidence in him as he was relatively unknown. However, he turned it all around, put down a coup attempt, and secured his position as a strongman. The coup attempt was why he made the decision to shift towards more democracy. The coup attempt was due to the privatisation plan he attempted to force through during his term as caretaker. Matsushita Takao

The normal procedure is for the Empress to appoint a new Grand Marshal based on recommendations by the Army and Navy.

June 1944: Takagi was the interim for the few months remaining in Tsukiyama's term after she randomly died, but he was confirmed by the Empress in June and remained in office. His term was to last from June 1944 to June 1948. All of the subsequent Grand Marshals until June 1948 were interims (due to the events often surrounding the handovers) technically serving out Takagi's remaining terms.

9 July 1944: Coup is launched by the Arasaka Faction. Takagi Hidenori and his close associates are murdered in the Heian Bloodbath. Fighting occurs between Imperial Army units. Eventually, the Empress is convinced of the peace plan and appoints Arasaka Eijiro as the interim Grand Marshal on the 13th (he can legally serve out the rest of Takagi's term). Plans for the ceasefire are immediately enacted and the Oyashima sets off to get the armistice signed.

15 July 1944: Oyashima Armistice. The unrest against Arasaka and his faction continues until the armistice is signed and the Empress herself orders all Yamataian military forces to cease combat operations.

Late 1944: The Arasaka faction splits between those who want a true peace and those who joined with the promise of redirecting all efforts against the Collectivist threat. Arasaka Eijiro manages to force through the Treaty of Haiphong plan, and is accused of hardliners of being a Chiseian stooge.

17 January 1945: the Treaty of Haiphong is signed, ending the war with Arshavat.

Unrest begins again, and Arasaka Eijiro is assassinated just a month later. Nagai Tetsuya is appointed as the interim Grand Marshal to serve out Takagi's term. He then retires for some reason and Matsushita Takao takes over until Enomoto gets the seat.

June 1948: The Empress selects Imperial Army General Enomoto Daichi as the new Imperial Grand Marshal. He is a strong pro-reconciliation leader with a well-entrenched support base in the Army leadership, but is generally not very popular among the regional leaders as he attempts to remove them, and is openly reviled by the Navy.

1949: Treaty of Eito signed - the crowning achievement of Enomoto Daichi's peace and reconciliation initiative.

However, Enomoto's domestic policies were still highly unpopular, and the Yamataian people were done with the confused leadership and increasingly unstable authoritarian government. On 27 June 1949, Enomoto and much of the Imperial High Council was assassinated when the Imperial General Headquarters was bombed by socialist revolutionaries. Subsequently, Tokkeitai Operations Chief Okabe Nariakira was designated the interim Imperial Grand Marshal until the end of Enomoto's term, when the Empress could make a decision from a list of candidates the military branches would provide her.

In the face of rising social unrest and discontent, he attempted to force through his privatisation campaign, which was not well received by the regional governors. A coup attempt was made by the Imperial Army, but Okabe had earlier made an ally of the Marshal of the Imperial Army and he was able to quickly shut down the coup, earning him great prestige and cementing his position as the real Imperial Grand Marshal, with Kiyono choosing him in 1952.

Note: Privatisation = Getting Rid of the Regional Leaders. The Regional Governors technically existed to coordinate the military resources within particular areas. By taking away their resources they would no longer have a purpose, and that was why they were so opposed to the idea. They were abolished in 1952 after Okabe was officially the Grand Marshal.

Money Money Money
Yamataian En: Peg to Japanese Yen.

Dai Hoa Vien: Peg to SGD. 1 SGD = 10,000 Vien.

Kayako Takeover Scheme
Princess Kayako was born as the second daughter and third child of Crown Princess Kaoruko. Kaoruko preferred Crown Princess Kuniko and her eldest son, and Imperial Consort Nishinomiya no Kobuin Nobuhiko preferred the third daughter, Kyoko. Kayako was quiet and withdrawn, but also rebellious.

At the same time, there is a growing movement against the Nanbunka and the remnants of feudalism, founded on the political treatise written by Hiraga Nakayuki. The strongest movement was the Senbonzakura Movement, which found lots of support among the outraged middle class (those who can't break the glass ceiling and are increasingly annoyed by the penetration of foreigners) and also some in the military. This movement was led by political agitator Itakura Morohiro. During her time at the Imperial College, Kayako became involved with the Senbonzakua Movement through her friend and agitator Takahashi Kisano (f). Kayako's membership split the Movement as the anti-monarchist elements left to form their own movement, but she proved to be extremely dedicated and became a propaganda icon for the movement.

This political participation and agitation was not appreciated by the Imperial Family. Kaoruko forbade Kayako from participating but she still did anyway. At this point the movement became increasingly divided between factions supporting a violent takeover and a peaceful one. The peaceful takeover faction was led by Sasaki Hidehisa, a General and one of the few soldiers who had been promoted to the position in Yamatai during that time, since the clans still held large control over the military leadership. On 11 March 1825, Itakura led a rebellion attempt in Yamato, but this failed and he was imprisoned. General Sasaki used this opportunity to launch a coup and declare martial law, imprisoning Itakura. By this point, Kaoruko's health was ailing and Kayako had become Crown Princess due to the death of Kuniko's only daughter. Kaoruko was fearful of Kayako becoming Empress.

In 1828, Kaoruko died and Kayako took over as Empress. She immediately legitimised the military regime.

Eventually, Takahashi Kisano took over leadership from Itakura Morohiro.

The core question if we're going to reform this canon actually is what exactly did Kayako change other than the military government. Is it appropriate for the Empress to have a role in politics?

Bring back this ancient name (Wakizashi Night) and concept huh. The name refers to the deaths of 200 people by 'suicide'.

The coup of the Imperial Court by the military's fascist factions, with the backing of Crown Princess Kayako. Lots of interesting political plays and the final vestiges of the samurai tradition get swept away.

Prior to this, the military were very loyal to the Empress and would not imagine a coup scenario. They were primarily made up of the loyal clans and still had ties to samurai traditions. However, Kayako was influenced by a political thinker (name him) and began to create a national movement seeking to strengthen Yamatai. She was not the crown princess and was second in line for the throne, but was not very popular within the family for her awkwardness and weird ideas (middle child syndrome). She thus began her movement in the Imperial College which spread into the military, and she had a faction of people loyal to her and her new ideas.

At some point, Kayako's movement gained critical mass and a coup occurred where the military was purged of the old samurai loyalists, creating a new egalitarian military in the Wakizashi Night. Then there was a crisis and the military declared a state of emergency, becoming the government.


 * The cast
 * The Crown Princess: Princess Kayako was the second daughter and third child of then-Crown Princess Kaoruko. She was sidelined as Kaoruko favoured Crown Princess Kuniko and her father favoured the third daughter, Princess Kyoko. Kayako felt neglected and withdrew into reading, coming into contact with the radical ideas of Funai Arata. She would develop Izoku Kyowa and the racialist ideologies. In her Imperial College days, she started participating in political agitation groups, which her parents and the government frowned upon naturally.
 * The mentor: He was thrilled when Kayako joined his party and contributed some things to her ideology but she later took over and he got sidelined
 * The ringleader: General Sakamura Masamitsu rose through the ranks to his position over the years, and had no aristocratic blood.
 * The sycophant: Vice-Admiral
 * The flamboyant aristocrat:
 * The aspiring writer and propagandist
 * The thug
 * The backroom organizer: Okimoto Daichi
 * The monster

Medical Staff

 * Kusama Sachiko
 * Yajima Ensai
 * Taniguchi Kinuko
 * Hajime

New Imperial Chaos Period
For much of her reign, Empress Kikuko had been very active in politics, and had constructed a byzantine system of fear and terror. Under her leadership, the Imperial Grand Marshal attained more and more power, and the military-government apparatus was expanded to cover basically everything, albeit under oversight from the Empress-loyal Tokkeitai (which the Kusakari Unit (草刈師団) had evolved into). Ever-paranoid about becoming sidelined like what happened on the mainland, Kikuko set about creating a system continually competing against itself that was simultaneously living in fear of each other and the Tokkeitai, which was itself internally policed by no less than three internal departments, all competing with each other too.

As a result of the 1EVW, the military government declared a state of emergency and imposed a system of military districts across Yamatai, bringing territories under the direct control of the military branches. At the same time, the zaibatsu-smashing law resulted in the military branches also gaining large economic power, making both the Army and Navy into quasi-state entities that were very independent from each other. The whole system was held together post-war due to a combination of Kikuko being a strong and respected Empress who played her part well and appointed Imperial Grand Marshals from a position above the political infighting.

Tsukiyama was the last Grand Marshal Kikuko appointed and was well-respected by all as she was a 1EVW hero, charismatic, from a prominent family, and had the backing of powerful figures in the Army, Navy, and industrial community alike. She had a massive web of political connections that she had formed over years. She was the perfect Imperial Grand Marshal to control this situation, but even then only barely.

However, after Kikuko died, opportunists started trying to influence young Kiyono, who was never ready to take over the role as her mother and older sister were the ones who were expected to become Empress. Tsukiyama put a stop to this by placing Kiyono under guard and essentially cutting her off from the apparatus, and began amassing a lot of power for herself. Many took this chance to deal with the Tokkeitai and amass power for themselves and their respective branches. The moment the 2EVW broke out, Tsukiyama spent a considerable amount of time blocking the Army and Navy from attempting to gain more political power. Then she suddenly died. Both the Army and Navy and their sub factions were suddenly free to do as they pleased, so chaos immediately began and the country essentially collapsed.

Tsukiyama's death caused everything to collapse due to the succession crisis, and the country briefly fell apart with apparently no central government. Takagi Hidenori was the official Imperial Grand Marshal but the Navy refused to recognise his authority due to various reasons and the Navy-controlled military districts essentially cut themselves off from the rest of the country. The fighting on Hinomoto continued under the Army's command, but the Army itself was also split between factions that wanted the war to end and those that wanted to continue.

Then one faction signed the Ceasefire and did the Kokkyo Incident, where the Empress recognised and promulgated the ceasefire. This threw the Army-controlled part of the country into chaos as some scrambled to interpret her order in increasingly creative ways, and in the end a civil war nearly broke out. Multiple governments existed in Yamatai at this period, most unrecognised, and the chain of command rapidly unravelled.

This lasted two years, until Okabe's Boss managed to seize control of the country by force and by arresting people. Okabe was the one in charge of arresting people. Because the Tokkeitai was always the closest to the Empress, they were able to get a lot of authority by having direct access to the Empress.

List of Prime Ministers

 * NSP: Okabe Nariakira I - 1 July 1957 - 30 June 1961
 * NSP: Okabe Nariakira II - 1 July 1961 - 18 August 1962
 * NSP: Tsutsui Masashi - 19 August 1962 - 23 September 1962
 * YRP: Okudera Gunzo I - 24 September 1962 - 19 September 1966
 * YRP: Okudera Gunzo II - 20 September 1966 - 19 September 1970
 * YRP: Okudera Gunzo III - 20 September 1970 - 30 March 1972
 * YRP: Sawada Mamoru I - 30 March 1972 - 19 September 1974
 * YRP: Sawada Mamoru II - 20 September 1974 - 1 August 1975
 * YRP: Ogawa Mikio - 2 August 1975 - 12 August 1975 (emergency)
 * YRP: Ogino Masashi - 12 August 1975 - 15 January 1977
 * YRP: Uno Katsuo I - 16 January 1977 - 19 September 1977
 * YRP: Uno Katsuo II - 20 September 1977 - 31 October 1981
 * DPY: Kodama Chiyo I - 1 November 1981 - 31 October 1984
 * DPY: Kodama Chiyo II - 1 November 1984 - 15 June 1985
 * DPY: Morishita Kazuo - 15 June 1985 - 31 October 1989
 * YRP: Kojima Toshihiko - 1 November 1989 - 15 February 1992
 * YRP: Kawamura Hideki I - 16 February 1992 - 31 October 1993
 * YRP: Kawamura Hideki II - 1 November 1993 - 4 September 1997
 * YRP: Yoshinaga Ayaka - 5 September 1997 - 30 November 1997
 * DPY: Watanabe Tadao I - 1 December 1997 - 30 November 2001
 * DPY: Watanabe Tadao II - 30 November 2001 - 18 May 2003
 * DPY: Mino Takahiro - 19 May 2003 - 30 November 2004
 * YRP: Morito Tatsuya - 1 December 2004 - 22 July 2006
 * YRP: Ishihara Junichiro I - 23 July 2006 - 30 November 2008
 * YRP: Ishihara Junichiro II - 1 December 2008 - 30 November 2012
 * YRP: Ishihara Junichiro III - 1 December 2012 - 30 November 2016
 * YRP: Yamamoto Hanako I - 1 December 2016 - 30 November 2020
 * YRP: Yamamoto Hanako II - 1 December 2020 - Present

Elections

 * 1961 General Election - National Stability Party; Okabe Nariakira - Okabe was assassinated in 1962. Tsutsui Masashi (NSP) served as an interim Prime Minister and called for a new general election in August 1962.
 * 1962 General Election - YRP; Okudera Gunzo I
 * 1966 General Election - YRP; Okudera Gunzo II
 * 1970 General Election - YRP; Okudera Gunzo III - Okudera retired in 1972. Sawada Mamoru became president of the YRP.
 * 1974 General Election - YRP; Sawada Mamoru - Sawada died in office from a heart attack. Ogino Masashi became PM. He retired due to a scandal. Uno Katsuo became new the leader of the YRP.
 * 1977 General Election - YRP; Uno Katsuo
 * 1981 General Election - DPY; Kodama Chiyo I (1st female PM) - DPY won due to war weariness among the public from the Kuijuan War.
 * 1985 General Election - DPY; Kodama Chiyo II - Kodama retired in 1986. Morishita Kazuo became PM.
 * 1989 General Election - YRP; Kojima Toshihiko - Kojima Toshihiko resigned in 1992 due to PTSD after the 1991 incident. Kawamura Hideki took over leadership of the YRP.
 * 1993 General Election - YRP; Kawamura Hideki - Kawamura and his cabinet resigned in 1997 after the mishandling of the earthquake incident. Yoshinaga Ayaka took over as PM.
 * 1997 General Election - DPY; Watanabe Tadao I
 * 2001 General Election - DPY; Watanabe Tadao II - In 2003, Watanabe and his cabinet resigned due to the Gokudo Scandal. Mino Takahiro (DPY) took over as PM.
 * 2004 General Election - YRP; Morito Tatsuya
 * 2008 General Election - YRP; Ishihara Shintaro I
 * 2012 General Election - YRP; Ishihara Shintaro II
 * 2016 General Election - YRP; Yamamoto Hanako I
 * 2020 General General Election - YRP; Yamamoto Hanako II

The DPY was tarnished by a stupid ass scandal they had involving Gokudo deals in 2003, if they have been rebuilding to become a credible threat to the YRP (likely because Yamamoto's nationalism maybe isn't that popular with the younger voters, and her opening of the borders maybe isn't that popular with the more conservative), this new scandal could be pretty great stuff

The YRP are more politically connected and most of their senior leadership have roots in the old military regime (and even farther back to samurai families), and most of their familial ties are with the military industrial complex. While the DPY is less "old money" and made up of more former/current businessmen and younger civilians who play the "hip cool liberal party" vibe but end up cutting deals with the fuckin gokudo

Companies

 * Panasonic: Matsumura
 * Toyota: Kuroda
 * Mitsubishi: Mitsuhishi
 * Honda: Onda
 * Kawasaki: Kawazaki
 * Fuji/Subaru: Aozora
 * Sumitomo: Shinomiya
 * Yamaha: Hamaya
 * Suzuki: Shimizu
 * Family Mart: KazokuMart
 * 7-11: Poppo

Finalised Empress Eras
1739 – Kanoko (Became Empress at 35 – died at 78 of health complications)


 * Katsuko born when Kanoko is 25, 1729.

1782 - Katsuko (Became Empress at 52)


 * Kaoruko born when Katsuko is 23, 1752.

1792 – Kaoruko (Became Empress at 40 – died at 75)


 * Kayako born when Kaoruko is 31, 1783. Lots of time for her to raise her Imperialist ideology and start her movement before 1828.

1828 – Kayako (Became Empress at 45 – Sakura Night Fever – Died of old age (87))


 * Kahori, was born when Kayako was 27, in 1810.

1870 - Kahori (Became Empress at 60 - Dies at age of 76)


 * Kikuko was born in 1856, when Kahori was 25.

1886 – Kikuko (Became Empress at 30 – Died of pneumonia (79))


 * Kanami was born in 1881. Kikuko was 25.


 * In 1933, Kanami and her oldest daughter were killed by a terror attack in Wanshu. This nearly caused war to break out but both sides managed to calm down the situation.


 * Kiyono was born 1913. Kanami was 32.

1935 – Kiyono (Became Empress at 22 – Died of old age in 2010 (97))
 * Kiyono is born in 1913, her first child (Keiko) is born in 1934 when she is 21 years old. She then has nothing but sons and gives up.


 * Keiko is born in 1934. She would be 76 in 2010 but she doesn't survive until then. She dies at 65 from a pulmonary embolism.

2010 – Kazuko (Became Empress at 47)
 * Kazuko is born in 1963 as the third child of Keiko. Keiko is 29 when she gives birth to Kazuko. Kazuko takes the throne directly from Kiyono.

Terms

 * Hokonin (奉公人): Servants. Until abolition of nobility, they were servants of the noble officers and acted both as admin staff and footsoldiers. After 1835 reforms, the term just came to mean general military admin staff.
 * Kuchitori (口取): Person who leads horses. They also cared for the horses in general. Along with the horses, they eventually faded away.
 * Ninpu (人夫): A general term for labourers. In the military context they were purely labour staff and were not expected to fight; many were just hired ad hoc from local areas and were not expected to follow the campaign. Ninpu became an official military role during the 2nd Civil War, where they were mainly lower-level admin and CQ staff (handling medicine, stores, cooking, laundry, etc). The rank eventually got abolished after the post-1970s reorganisation that made proper CQ companies and detachments.

IRL Sengoku

 * Te (手): 2+ Sonae. Led by Soutaisho (総大将).
 * Sonae (備): 300 to 800 men. Led by Taishou (大将). The sonae led by the Daimyo himself is the Honjin (本陣).
 * Kumi: Each led by Kumigashira (組頭).
 * HQ Unit
 * 1 samurai, 27 servants, 4 kuchitori (total of 32), 2 cavalry horses and 4 packhorses (total of 6 horses).
 * Teppo-gumi (鉄砲組): These were the ashigaru troops armed with firearms of various types, and later one mixed with them, archers.
 * Teppogumi Type 1 - 1 samurai, 5 servants, 36 foot soldiers, 11 laborers, 2 kuchitori (total of 55), 1 cavalry horse and 2 packhorses (total of 3 horses).
 * Teppogumi Type 2 - 1 samurai, 4 servants, 36 foot soldiers, 11 laborers, 2 kuchitori (total of 54), 1 cavalry horse and 2 packhorses (total of 3 horses).
 * Yumi-gumi (弓組): These were the ashigaru bow troops. At the beginning of the period, there were archers units on their own, but later on they were also deployed in the teppo-gumi.
 * 1 samurai, 4 servants, 19 foot soldiers, 5 laborers, 11 kuchitori (total of 30), 1 cavalry horse and 1 packhorse (total of 2 horses).
 * Nagae- or Yari-gumi (長柄組): These were the ashigaru pikemen.
 * 1 samurai, 2 servants, 30 foot soldiers, 3 laborers, 2 kuchitori (total of 38), 1 cavalry horse and 2 packhorses (total of 3 horses).
 * Kiba-tai (騎馬隊): These units were the Samurai cavalry and their direct retainers, so it was a mix between cavalry and heavy infantry.
 * 22 samurai, 58 servants (total of 80) and 22 cavalry horses (total of 22 horses).
 * Hata-gumi (旗組): These were the standard bearer; although they didn't participate in the fight as other units, they were essential for the communication.
 * 2 samurai, 5 hokonin (servants), 16 foot soldiers, 5 chugen (soldiers one rank below common soldiers), 4 ninpu (laborers), 1 kuchitori (a person who leads the horse) (33 total), 1 cavalry horse and 1 packhorse (total of 2 horses).
 * Konida (小荷駄): Logistic units; they had pack horses, several gears used in the campaign but also monks, priests and administrators. They were usually found in the headquarter, the Honjin sonae.
 * 1 samurai, 2 servants, 4 foot soldiers, 2 laborers, 8 kuchitori (total of 17), 1 cavalry horse and 8 packhorses (total of 9 horses). Konida of sonae composed prior to this counted 40 kuchitori and 40 packhorses.
 * Gunken (MP)
 * 3 samurai, 5 servants, 2 kuchitori (total of 9), 2 cavalry horses and 1 packhorse (total of 3 horses).
 * Drums Unit
 * 2 samurai, 3 laborers, 1 kuchitori (total of 6) and 1 packhorse (total of 1 horse).
 * Smaller Units were under the control of a Kogashira (小頭).

1st Civil War and Taikunate period
Basically every Ariake and Yomyo organised their forces differently. During the Taikunate period, guns proliferated. Sword and spear units essentially disappeared by the end of the Taikunate period.

2nd Civil War to First Chan-Yamataian War
With the mass proliferation of small arms during the Taikunate era, warfare quickly evolved into line warfare, with a focus on musket-armed infantry and cavalry. Unlike IRL western units, Yamataian formations were always somewhat self-sufficient combined-arms forces from the start, and small enough to live by foraging, allowing fewer supplies to be carried. Formations quickly became bigger especially as the rebel clans relied a lot on mass numbers of peasant levies, inflating numbers. The 2nd Yamataian Civil War would be one of the first and biggest showcases of line infantry warfare in the 18th Century.

(This organisation was largely complete by the end of the 2nd Civil War and the rest of the Imperial Army was then modelled on this for over a century)
 * Sonae; led by a Taishou
 * Taishogumi:
 * 1 Taishou (mounted)
 * Shimotaishou (下大将; ops officer/understudy) (mounted)
 * 26 hokonin (After 1835, these were transformed into regimental CQ, medical, etc units)
 * 4 kuchitori + 4 packhorses
 * Hatagumi: Standard bearer unit
 * 12x Teppogumi: Line infantry Kumi (6 before 1775 Nham Thin War)
 * 1 Kumigashira (mounted)
 * 36 riflemen (6 Sections
 * 7 Ninpu (CQ section led by an NCO)
 * 2 Kuchitori + 2 pack horses
 * 6x Kibi-Tai: Cavalry units
 * 6x Kibi-Tai: Cavalry units

Artillery also became widespread in Yashima after the 1784 Jantal War, and Artillery Gumis were added to Sonae after that conflict.

Rather than the units eventually getting specialised, it was the sub-units that got bigger and bigger. By the Chan War, the Teppogumi had reached a size of over 300 troops each, and the Sonae as a whole became a more strategic rather than tactical unit.

Post-Chan War to 1EVW Organisation
Minie Balls were invented. The First Chan-Yamataian War in 1868 showed that breech-loading rifles, which gave the individual shooter a greatly increased rate of fire, were greatly superior to muzzle loaded rifles. The Yams were still using muzzle loaders in this war. Also Yam infantry in line formation were constantly fucked by Chanhan skirmishers and cannons.

In the 1890 military reforms, the Sonae were renamed Shidan (師団).

In the 1EVW, the Imperial Army Shidan consisted of:
 * 3 infantry regiments
 * 1 cavalry regiment
 * 1 artillery regiment
 * 1 engineering battalion
 * 1 army service corps

2EVW Organisation
After the 1EVW, cavalry was entirely mechanised and became tank regiments.

Modern Organisation
Teppogumi had 36 men. Assuming 3-rank fire, one sub-unit will have 12 men (1 rank/buntai).

Kumi eventually became battalion equivalent by "bloating". Assuming the tactics remained largely the same, it stands to reason that the size of the base file should have stayed the same. Therefore, 1 section (buntai) will be 12 guys (eventually) led by a 3JO.

So firstly they added more buntai to the Teppogumi at some point, doubling the size, then tripling it. The original unit size of 36 men became a sub-unit called a Daitai, responsible for one section of the firing line. This later bloated again when more Daitai were added. Daitai were renamed Shotai and 3 Shotai make up 1 Daitai.

Therefore: Buntai = 12 men, Shotai = 36 men (3x Buntai); Daitai = 108 men (3x Shotai); Kumi = 324 men + support units (3x Daitai + Support Shotai).


 * Section (12 men) - Buntai - Led by 3JO, advised by 3LS.
 * I Team. 5.
 * Section Commander: 3JO: Arisaka Type-45.
 * Rifleman 1: Arisaka Type-45 with underbarrel GL.
 * Rifleman 2: Arisaka Type-45 + Manpack radio.
 * SAW Gunner: Morita Type-38.
 * AT 1: Arisaka Type-45 + KanaTomo Type-65 disposable AT rocket.
 * Ro Team. 4.
 * Section 2IC: 3LS: Arisaka Type-45 with underbarrel GL.
 * Rifleman 3: Arisaka Type-45 with underbarrel GL.
 * Rifleman 4: Designated Marksman; Arisaka Type-45 with 3x ACOG.
 * AT 2: Arisaka Type-45 + KanaTomo Type-65 disposable AT rocket.
 * Ha Team: Machine Gun Team. 3
 * Machine gunner: Sukimoto Type-27 GPMG (Sumitomo Type 62).
 * Section 3IC/MG commander: 1S/3LS; assistant gunner/spotter: Arisaka Type-45 with underbarrel GL.
 * Ammo Carrier: Arisaka Type-45 + GPMG ammo.


 * Platoon (36) - Shotai - Led by a 2JO, advised by a 2LS. The platoon is devoted entirely to fighting. There are no support elements until the Kumi level.
 * Section 1 / Dai Ichi Buntai
 * Section 2 / Dai Ni Buntai
 * Section 3 / Dai San Buntai


 * Company (108) - Daitai - Led by a 1JO, advised by a 1LS. It is common for the Kumi's support elements to be attached to the Daitai as required on a semi ad hoc basis. Different Kumi have different policies regarding this.
 * Platoon 1 / Dai Ichi Shotai
 * Platoon 2 / Dai Ni Shotai
 * Platoon 3 / Dai San Shotai


 * Battalion (324+) - Kumi - We finally see an organic support unit.


 * Regiment' - Daikumi/Rentai - The terminology is interchangeable, Daikumi is used by particularly old units as part of their heritage.
 * Almost every regiment is a combined arms regiment.


 * Brigade - Ryoudan


 * Division - Sho-Sonae


 * Army - Sonae
 * Can u imagine this shit used to be 300-800 men.


 * Area Army - Homen-Sonae
 * Largely defunct since the 2EVW. Today they are just the various Area Commands as well as the MGDF.

Military Ranks
Officers differ from Amphian ones in that they are basically the entire leadership force of the army, which is why they lead even at the section level. NCOs originated as the servants/assistants of these officers which is why every officer is paired with an NCO. NCOs function more as right-hand-men, advisors, subject matter experts, disciplinarians, etc than as any form of leadership personnel for the lower ranks, but after cultural exchange with Amphia maybe we're looking into letting NCOs do some leading roles in the recent years.

So basically every single tank commander would likely be 3JOs rather than a sergeant as in irl; part of this vast need for officers due to the way the system is structured is what led Yamatai to allow non-nobles to become officers eventually way back in the 1800s.

Kashikan and Hei do not salute Shikan; it will be senpai kouhai type relationship rather than having enlisted salute all officers equally. There are different degrees of bows for higher ranks etc.

Overview
The basic unit is the Kumi. A Kumi is a specialised company (Infantry, Armour, Artillery, etc) with organic support elements.

Kumi of similar types or units with synergy are grouped into Rentai, which can be combined arms or not (new creation 1860s).

Command of the Rentai are not based on units but rather based on location on the battle line; front, left flank, right flank, rearguard, reserves, and support. Therefore each of these positions is a massive combined-arms unit called a Shidan.

All the component Shidan comprise a Sonae, which are led by a Shoushou.

Multiple Sonae are grouped into a Te/Dai-Sonae. Led by a Taishou after 1860s reforms.

Multiple Dai-Sonae are grouped into a Homen-Sonae. Led by a Sou-Taishou.

Teppokumi
A teppokumi is an infantry kumi. The official translation for a teppokumi is Infantry Kumi. Modern teppokumi are entirely motorised or mechanised, but the vehicles are organised under a separate kumi called a yushatai.


 * Teppokumi
 * Teppokumi HQ - Commander: 3MO; CSM: 1LS
 * 1 Heitai - 28 men - Commander: 1JS; PSG: 2LS
 * I Buntai - 12 men
 * Ro Buntai - 12 men
 * Ha Buntai - 12 men
 * Buntai - Commander: 2/3JS; 2IC: 3LS; 3IC/MGIC: 1S/3LS; 9 troopers (3S-1S)
 * 2 Heitai
 * 3 Heitai

Jukumi
A Jukumi is a heavy weapons infantry kumi (重火器). The official translation for a jukumi is Heavy Weapons Kumi. The Heitai are equipped with heavy infantry weapons and are typically attached to the Teppokumi of the infantry Rentai as needed. Unlike Teppokumi, all Jukumi have organic vehicles. Jukumi originated during the 2nd Escar-Varunan War.


 * Jukumi
 * Jukumi HQ - Commander: 3MO; CSM: 1LS
 * 1 Heitai - 28 men; 120mm mortar - Commander: 1JS; PSG: 2LS
 * I Buntai - 12 men, 2 mortars (mortar team is 5 men), 2 vehicles (2 drivers)
 * Ro Buntai - ibid
 * Ha Buntai - ibid
 * 2 Heitai - 28 men; Morita Type 35 HMG
 * I Buntai - 12 men, 3 machine guns (MG team is 3 men), 3 vehicles (3 drivers)
 * Ro Buntai - ibid
 * Ha Buntai - ibid
 * 3 Heitai - 28 men; Anti-tank missile teams
 * I Buntai - 12 men, 3 missiles (missile team is 3 men), 3 vehicles (3 drivers)
 * Ro Buntai - ibid
 * Ha Buntai - ibid

Kibitai
A kibitai is a cavalry unit, and they are tank and armour units in the modern day. The official translation for a kibitai is Armoured Kumi.

There are 22 vehicles in a kibitai.


 * Kibitai
 * Kibitai HQ Vehicle - Tank or armoured command vehicle; 3MO assisted by a 1LS
 * 1 Heitai - 3 tanks
 * I Buntai - 1 commander's tank - 1JO assisted by a 2LS
 * Ro Buntai - 3 tank - Each vehicle commanded by a 2JO or 3JO
 * Ha Buntai - 3 tank - Each vehicle commanded by a 2JO or 3JO
 * Tank - Commander: 2/3JO, Gunner: 3S to 3LS, Driver 3S to 3LS
 * 2 Heitai - 7 tanks
 * 3 Heitai - 7 tanks

This mirrors the 22 horses in the original samurai-era kibitai. The infantry supporting the cavalry-era kibitai were split from them long ago.

Yushatai
A yushatai (輸車隊) is a motorised unit that operates transport vehicles. They work closely with teppokumi and are typically permanently attached to the infantry unit. The vehicles they operate can be trucks, APCs, IFVs, AAVs, etc.

Due to the size of a single infantry buntai being 12 men, typically a single buntai is spread across two vehicles, unless it is a truck yushatai, which are typically capable of carrying entire buntai or even multiple buntai.


 * Yushatai
 * Yushatai HQ Vehicle - 3MO assisted by a 1LS. Usually a utility vehicle or a Komatsu LAV if it is a truck yushatai. If the unit is an IFV unit, the vehicle will be an armoured command vehicle.
 * 1 Heitai - 6 vehicles
 * I Buntai - 2 vehicles
 * Ro Buntai - 2 vehicles
 * Ha Buntai - 2 vehicles
 * 2 Heitai - 6 vehicles
 * 3 Heitai - 6 vehicles

Hoheikumi
A hoheikumi is an artillery kumi. Each Heitai has 3 guns, for a total battery size of 9 guns. The hoheikumi comes in two types; Type A are typically gun howitzer batteries and generally operate on a rentai level for coordinated fires (during the 2EVW, hoheikumi were often attached to infantry rentai, but this hasn't been done since the 1960s). Type Ka are self-propelled howitzer batteries that can operate independently and can be shidan-level assets or attached to armoured rentai (for self-propelled howitzers). Type Sa are anti-tank missile batteries which are usually attached to infantry rentai. Type Ta are rocket and missile batteries that are typically sonae-level assets (as part of the Sonae Strike Component within the Reserve Shidan) or are independent anti-ship missile batteries.

Take note that Type Ta Hoheikumi are only artillery missile batteries, meaning surface-to-surface missiles. Anti-aircraft missile batteries are considered Yumikumi.

The official translation for hoheikumi is Artillery Battery.


 * Hoheikumi Type A (howitzer battery) - 9 guns
 * Hoheikumi HQ - 3MO assisted by a 1LS
 * Gun Position Cell - 1JO: Gun Position Officer assisted by a 2/3LS and the GPC team (3 soldiers including a signaller) (commands all guns)
 * Reconnaissance Cell - 1JO: Battery Recce Officer assisted by a 2/3LS and the recce team (2 soldiers including a signaller) (lays all guns)
 * 1 Heitai - 3 guns
 * I Hohei - 1x howitzer
 * Ro Hohei - 1x howitzer
 * Ha Hohei - 1x howitzer
 * 2 Heitai - 3 guns
 * 3 Heitai - 3 guns


 * Hoheikumi Type Ka (self-propelled howitzer battery) - 9 SPH
 * Hoheikumi HQ - 3MO assisted by a 1LS
 * Gun Position Cell - 1JO: Gun Position Officer assisted by a 2/3LS and the GPC team (3 soldiers including a signaller)
 * Reconnaissance Cell - 1JO: Battery Recce Officer assisted by a 2/3LS and the recce team (2 soldiers including a signaller)
 * 1 Heitai - 3 vehicles - Commander: 1/2JO who is operationally subordinate to the GPO. This guy is also the commander of I Hohei.
 * I Hohei - 1 vehicle
 * Ro Hohei - 1 vehicles
 * Ha Hohei - 1 vehicles
 * SPH - Commander: 2/3JO; Gunner/2IC: 1S/3LS; Loader: 1/2/3S; Driver: 1/2/3S.
 * 2 Heitai - 3 vehicles
 * 3 Heitai - 3 vehicles


 * Hoheikumi Type Sa (tank destroyer/anti-tank missile battery) - 6 launchers
 * Hoheikumi HQ - Battery commander: 3MO assisted by a 1LS
 * Battery Operations Cell - 1JO: Battery Operations Officer assisted by a 2/3LS (Directs fires of 1 and 2 Heitai, the launcher Heitai)
 * Battery Support Cell - 1JO: Battery Support Officer assisted by a 2/3LS (Commands 3 Heitai, the support Heitai)
 * 1 Heitai - 3 launchers - Commander: 1/2JO, Assistant: 2LS. Operationally subordinate to the Ops Officer. Typically has their own command vehicle.
 * I Yudosha - 1 launcher
 * Missile vehicle - Commander: 2/3JO; Gunner: 1S/3LS; Driver: 1/2/3S
 * Ro Yudosha - 1 vehicles
 * Ha Yudosha - 1 vehicles
 * 2 Heitai - 3 vehicles
 * 3 Heitai - 6x Ammunition resupply vehicles


 * Hoheikumi Type Ta (rocket/missile battery) - 6 launchers
 * Hoheikumi HQ - Battery commander: 3MO assisted by a 1LS
 * Battery Operations Cell - 1JO: Battery Operations Officer assisted by a 2/3LS (Directs fires of 1 and 2 Heitai, the launcher Heitai)
 * Battery Support Cell - 1JO: Battery Support Officer assisted by a 2/3LS (Commands 3 Heitai, the support Heitai)
 * 1 Heitai - 3 vehicles - Commander: 1/2JO, Assistant: 2LS. Operationally subordinate to the Ops Officer. Typically has their own command vehicle.
 * I Yudosha - 1 launcher
 * Missile vehicle - Commander: 2/3JO; Gunner: 2/3LS; Driver: 1/2/3S
 * Ro Yudosha - 1 launcher
 * Ha Yudosha - 1 launcher
 * 2 Heitai - 3 vehicles
 * 3 Heitai - 6x Ammunition resupply vehicles

Kouheikumi
A kouheikumi is a combat engineer kumi.

Hatakumi
A hatakumi used to be the standard-bearer unit. It is now a dedicated signals kumi. The heitai are usually subtasked to other kumi as required.

Konida
A konida is a combined support and logistics kumi. It typically includes all support heitai for a particular Rentai, which are subtasked to the other kumi as required. For example, the konida would have the maintenance heitai needed by the various vehicle kumi.

Yumikumi
A Yumikumi was originally an archer kumi. It has since become the terminology for an anti-aircraft kumi. The official translation for a Yumikumi is Anti-Aircraft Artillery Kumi.

Kasehoka-Kumi
A Kasehoka-Kumi is a CBRN kumi and is typically a shidan-level unit, the name originating from kagaku seibutsu hōshasei kaku (化学, 生物, 放射性, 核). The official translation of a Kasehoka-Kumi is CBRN Kumi.

Infantry Rentai
There are five types of infantry rentai. Type Ka are marine infantry, Type Ta are motorised infantry, Type Na are airborne infantry, Type Ha are mechanised infantry, and Type Ma are 'combined arms infantry', which is supposed to be a self-sufficient unit capable of acting as a blocking force. Type Ma rentai have organic artillery kumi support and anti-aircraft units. They are typically located in the Centre Shidan.

Historically, there were also a Type A and Type Sa infantry rentai, which were light infantry and mountain infantry, respectively. However, there have been no such rentai since the 1960s.

Type Ka Infantry Rentai - Marine infantry

The Type Ka Infantry Rentai only exists in one place in the Imperial Army: the 21st Imperial Guards Rentai, who are the only amphibious forces in the Army.


 * Rentai HQ
 * Infantry Kumi
 * Infantry Kumi
 * Heavy Weapons Kumi
 * Transport Kumi (AAV)
 * Mixed Artillery Kumi (Special case; 2 Heitai of self-propelled howitzers and 1 Heitai of SPAAG)
 * Signals Kumi
 * CBRN Kumi
 * Konida

Type Ta Infantry Rentai - Motorised Infantry

Probably the most numerous rentai in the Imperial Army, the motorised infantry are the bread and butter of the Imperial Army, but are being replaced by mechanised infantry since the 21st century.


 * Rentai HQ
 * Infantry Kumi
 * Infantry Kumi
 * Heavy Weapons Kumi
 * Transport Kumi (Truck)
 * Signals Kumi
 * CBRN Kumi
 * Konida

Type Na Infantry Rentai - Airborne Infantry

The airborne infantry rentai is probably the smallest rentai in the Imperial Army.


 * Rentai HQ
 * Infantry Kumi
 * Infantry Kumi
 * Infantry Kumi
 * Signals Kumi

Type Ha Infantry Rentai - Mechanised Infantry

Probably the second-most numerous rentai in the Imperial Army. The Mechanised Infantry operate with APCs, but are different from Armoured Infantry which have organic tanks and use IFVs.


 * Rentai HQ
 * Infantry Kumi
 * Infantry Kumi
 * Heavy Weapons Kumi
 * Transport Kumi (APC)
 * Transport Kumi (APC)
 * Signals Kumi
 * CBRN Kumi
 * Konida

Type Ma Infantry Rentai - Combined Arms Infantry - 21st century creation

After the 2010 Masukan War, an experimental new high-speed Infantry Rentai was created with organic anti-tank missiles in order to act as a block force in Chisei.


 * Rentai HQ
 * Infantry Kumi
 * Heavy Weapons Kumi
 * Transport Kumi (APC)
 * Artillery Kumi (Hoheikumi Type Sa (tank destroyer/anti-tank missile battery))
 * Signals Kumi
 * CBRN Kumi
 * Konida

Armoured Rentai
There are two types of armoured rentai. Type A is a tank rentai with only Kibitai, while Type Sa is an armoured infantry rentai, with tank kibitai, IFV yushatai, and infantry kumi. Both types of armoured rentai have organic artillery support in the form of a SPH kumi.

Historically, Type Ka rentai were amphibious tank rentai. These no longer exist.

Type A Armoured Rentai

Total number of tanks in the Rentai is 66, plus 9 SPH.


 * Rentai HQ
 * Kibitai
 * Kibitai
 * Kibitai
 * Hoheikumi Type Ka
 * Signals Kumi
 * Konida

Type Sa Armoured Infantry Rentai


 * Rentai HQ
 * Kibitai
 * Infantry Kumi
 * Infantry Kumi
 * Transport Kumi (IFV)
 * Transport Kumi (IFV)
 * Hoheikumi Type Ka
 * Signals Kumi
 * Konida

Artillery Rentai
Only one type of artillery rentai exists; the towed howitzer rentai, comprising of howitzer kumi, to provide coordination for massed gun fires.

Artillery Rentai

27 guns in total.


 * Rentai HQ
 * Hoheikumi Type A
 * Hoheikumi Type A
 * Hoheikumi Type A
 * Signals Kumi
 * Konida

Anti-Aircraft Artillery Rentai
Anti-Aircraft Artillery Rentai are comprised of a mixture of missile and gun system kumi.


 * Rentai HQ
 * Yumikumi SPAAG
 * Yumikumi SPAAG/Missile (varies)
 * Yumikumi Missile
 * Signals Kumi
 * Konida

Logistics Rentai
There are a massive amount of types of logistics rentai. Idk if I can be assed to develop them.

Rifles

 * 1543: Hinawajū matchlock rifles (Tanegashima matchlocks)
 * 1730: Torii Musket: Brown Bess Expy: One of the first standardised muskets in the world for the Imperial Army. Prior to this most muskets were handmade and varied widely in quality.
 * 1849: Chiseian Import/Copy (Minie Rifle)
 * 1873: Type-35 rifle (Murata rifle): One of the first metallic cartridge, bolt-action rifles
 * 1895: Type-9 rifle (Type-30 rifle)
 * 1902: Type-16 rifle (Type-35 rifle)
 * 1906: Type-20 rifle (Type-38 rifle)
 * 1933: Type-47 rifle (Type-99 rifle): Take note adopted early in the year when Kikuko was still Empress.
 * 1957: Type-22 automatic rifle (Howa Type-64)
 * 1989: Type-54 automatic rifle (Howa Type-89)
 * 1999: Type-64 assault rifle (SAR-21): Not adopted by the Yamataian military, but by the Songese military.
 * 2020: Type-10 assault rifle (Howa Type-20)

Submachine guns

 * 1920: Type-34 submachine gun (Experimental Model 2 SMG): Attained more widespread use than IRL due to the First Escar-Varunan War.
 * 1932: Type-46 submachine gun (Type-100 SMG): Attained more widespread use than IRL.
 * 1990: Type-55 submachine gun (Minebea PM-9)

Machine Guns

 * 1914: Type-28 heavy machine gun (Type-3 heavy machine gun)
 * 1922: Type-36 light machine gun (Type-11 light machine gun)
 * 1930: Type-44 light machine gun (Type-92 light machine gun)
 * 1930: Type-44 heavy machine gun (Type-92 heavy machine gun)
 * 1935: Type-99 light machine gun (Type-96 light machine gun): After Kiyono took over (Year 0 equipment is rendered as 99)
 * 1936: Type-1 light machine gun (Type-99 light machine gun)
 * 1937: Type-2 heavy tank machine gun (Type-97 heavy tank machine gun)
 * 1939: Type-4 heavy machine gun (Type-1 heavy machine gun)
 * 1942: Type-7 heavy machine gun (M2 Browning): Copied from captured Chiseian weaponry and used to the modern day.
 * 1962: Type-27 medium machine gun (Sumitomo Type-62)
 * 1982: Type-47 light machine gun (Ultimax 100): The Ultimax essentially replaces the Minimi in the Imperial Army and SNLF for IC purposes. Also used by Songthom.

Vehicles
Cho: Super Heavy tank O: Heavy tank Chi: Medium tank/MBT Ke: Light tank Te: Tankette Ho: Artillery of any kind Ka: Amphibious So: APC of any kind

Tanks

 * Type-33 Te-I (Initially I-Go) (Type 92 Heavy Armoured Car) - 1919 - The very first Yamataian tank ever made, in time for the 1EV
 * Type-31 Chi-I (Initially Ha-Go) (Type-87 Chi-I) - 1920 - A prototype
 * Type-32 Te-Ro (Initially Ro-Go) (Type 94 tankette) - 1921
 * Type-37 Chi-Ro (Type-89 I-Go) - 1923 - The first postwar tank of the experimental project that also created a medium tank
 * Type-37 Te-Ha (Type 97 Te-Ke) - 1923 - The change in designation occurred due to this project, and the creation of medium tanks
 * Type-40 Cho-I (Type-91 heavy tank) - 1926 - The first heavy tank experiment
 * Type-43 Cho-I 2 (Type-95 heavy tank) - 1929 - An upgraded O-I
 * Type-43 Ke-I (Type-95 Ha-Go) - 1929 - Famous Tank
 * Type-45 Te-Ha (Type 97 Te-Ke) - 1931
 * Type-45 Chi-Ha (Type-97 Chi-Ha) - 1931 - The OG medium tank of the IYA
 * Type-45 Chi-Ni (Type-97 Chi-Ni) - 1931 - Competitor to Chi-Ha, cancelled
 * Type-47 Ke-Ro (Type-98 Ke-Ni) - 1933
 * Type-47 Cho-I 3 (O-I Prototype) - 1933
 * Type-48 Chi-Ho (Type-98 Chi-Ho) - Early 1935 - Prototype, cancelled
 * Type-99 Chi-He (Type-1 Chi-He) - 1935
 * Type-10 Ke-Ha (Type-2 Ke-To) - 1936
 * Type-10 Ka-I (Type-2 Ka-Mi) - 1936 - Imperial Marines amphibious tank
 * Type-1 Cho-Ro super heavy tank (O-I) - 1936
 * Type-2 Cho-Ha (O-Ni) - 1937
 * Type-2 Cho-Ni (O-Ho) - 1937
 * Type-12 Chi-To (Type-4 Chi-To) - 1938
 * Type-12 Ka-Ro (Type-3 Ka-Chi) - 1938 - Developed to address shortcomings with the Ka-I
 * Type-4 Cho-Ho (Type 4) - 1939
 * Type-14 Chi-Ri (Type-5 Chi-Ri) - 1940
 * Type-15 Ke-Ni (Type-5 Ke-Ho) - 1941
 * Type-16 Chi-Nu (Type-3 Chi-Nu) - 1942
 * Type-7 Cho-He (Type 5) - 1942
 * Type-26 Chi-Ru (Type-61 Roku-Ichi) - 1961
 * Type-40 Chi-Wo (Type-74 Nana-Yon) - 1975
 * Type-55 Chi-Wa (Type-90 Kyu-Maru) - 1990
 * Type-74 Chi-Ka (Type-10 Hitomaru) - 2009
 * Type 6 Chi-Yo tank (Type-12 Burai) - 2016

Light Tanks
 * Type-43 Ke-I (Type-95 Ha-Go) - 1929 - Famous Tank
 * Type-47 Ke-Ro (Type-98 Ke-Ni) - 1933
 * Type-10 Ke-Ha (Type-2 Ke-To) - 1936
 * Type-15 Ke-Ni (Type-5 Ke-Ho) - 1941

Medium Tanks
 * Type-31 Chi-I (Initially Ha-Go) (Type-87 Chi-I) - 1920 - A prototype
 * Type-37 Chi-Ro (Type-89 I-Go) - 1923 - The first postwar tank of the experimental project that also created a medium tank
 * Type-45 Chi-Ha (Type-97 Chi-Ha) - 1931 - The OG medium tank of the IYA
 * Type-45 Chi-Ni (Type-97 Chi-Ni) - 1931 - Competitor to Chi-Ha, cancelled
 * Type-48 Chi-Ho (Type-98 Chi-Ho) - Early 1935 - Prototype, cancelled
 * Type-99 Chi-He (Type-1 Chi-He) - 1935
 * Type-12 Chi-To (Type-4 Chi-To) - 1938
 * Type-14 Chi-Ri (Type-5 Chi-Ri) - 1940
 * Type-16 Chi-Nu (Type-3 Chi-Nu) - 1942
 * Type-26 Chi-Ru (Type-61 Roku-Ichi) - 1961
 * Type-40 Chi-Wo (Type-74 Nana-Yon) - 1975
 * Type-55 Chi-Wa (Type-90 Kyu-Maru) - 1990
 * Type-74 Chi-Ka (Type-10 Hitomaru) - 2009
 * Type 6 Chi-Yo tank (Type-12 Burai) - 2016

Heavy Tanks
 * 1926: Type-40 Cho-I (Type-91 heavy tank) - 1926 - The first heavy tank experiment
 * 1929: Type-43 Cho-I 2 (Type-95 heavy tank) - 1929 - An upgraded Cho-I.
 * 1933: Type-47 Cho-I 3 (O-I Prototype) - A full redesign of the Cho-I albeit parked under the Cho-I name.
 * 1936: Type-1 Cho-Ro super heavy tank (O-I)
 * 1937: Type-2 Cho-Ha (O-Ni)
 * 1937: Type-2 Cho-Ni (O-Ho)
 * 1939: Type-4 Cho-Ho (Type 4)
 * 1942: Type-7 Cho-He (Type 5)

APCs

 * So-I (SB Swamp Vehicle) - 1935
 * So-Ro (Type-95 So-Ki) - 1935
 * So-Ha (Type 98 So-Da) - 1937
 * So-Ni (Type 1 Ho-Ha) - 1941
 * So-Ho (Type 1 Ho-Ki) - 1944
 * So-He (Type 4 Ka-Tsu) - 1944
 * So-To (Type-60) - 1960
 * So-Chi (Type-73) - 1972
 * So-Ri (Type-89) - 1989
 * So-Nu (Type-96) - 1996
 * So-Ru (Bionix) - 1997
 * 2000: So-Wo (Bronco) - 2000
 * 2004: So-Wa (Terrex) - 2004

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