Japanese Aircraft

By Manufacturer

Aichi
Fukuda
Hiro
Kasumiguara
Kawanishi
Kawasaki
Kayaba
Kokusai
Kyushu
Maeda
Mansyu
Mitsubishi
Mizuno
Nagoya-Sento
Nakajima
Nihon Kogata
Rikugun
Showa
Tachikawa
Tokyo  Koku
Watanabe
Yokoi
Yokosuka

Foreign Aircraft Tested 1930 - 1945
Includes received or acquired types and aircraft captured during war.

France

French aircraft Purchased

• Caudron C-600 Purchased as Caudron KXC Type C Trainer
• Dewoitine D.510J Purchased as Dewoitine AXD Type D Carrier Fighter
• Potez 542 Purchased as Potez HXP flying boat
• Potez 25 Purchased as Potez CXP for Diesel Engine Experiment

Licensed production

• Nieuport-Delage NiD 29 Licensed production as the Nakajima Ko-4
• Salmson 2A2 License production as the Army Type Otsu 1

Germany

• Arado AR196 Germany Navy Flown(?)
  
• Bücker Bü 131 Purchased as Bücker KXBu Type Bu Primary Trainer Bücker
• Dornier N License built as Kawasaki Type 87 bomber
• Dornier WAL Flying Boat (Modified) Germany Army/Navy In Service
  
• Focke-Wulf Fw 190A5 Tested
• Heinkel He 50A Purchased He 66 (export version of the He 50) license built by Aichi as the D1A1
• Heinkel He 70 Purchased as Heinkel LXHe Type He Transport
• Heinkel He 100D Purchased as Heinkel AXHe Type He Interceptor Fighter
• Heinkel He 112B-0 Purchased as the Heinkel A7He1 and as the Navy Type He Air Defense Fighter
• Heinkel He 116A Purchased V5 and V6
• Heinkel He 118V4 Purchased as Heinkel DXHe Type He Attack Plane
• Junkers F6 Germany Navy In Service
  
• Junkers F.13
• Junkers G 38 Licensed built as Mitsubishi Army Type 92 Heavy Bomber later reidentified as Ki-20
• Junkers Ju 86Z Five purchased for use by Manchukuo National Airways (Manchukuo was a Japanese puppet state)
• Junkers Ju 87A1 Tested
• Junkers Ju 160 Two examples purchased for commercial use
• Messerschmitt Bf 108
• Messerschmitt Bf 109E-3 and E-7 Tested
• Messerschmitt Me 210​

Italy

• Fiat BR.20 Purchased as Fiat Type I Heavy Bomber

United Kingdom

• Bristol Blenheim Mk I Captured
• Bristol Blenheim Captured Bristol Blenheim IV 
• ​Brewster Buffalo 339 Great Britain Army Captured
• Bristol Bulldog
• Hawker Hurricane Hawker Hurricane MkIIC Captured 
• Hawker Nimrod Purchased as Hawker AXH Type H Carrier Fighter

USA

• ​Beechcraft C17E Staggerwing 20 built under licence by Tachikawa
• Brewster Buffalo 339D Captured from Netherlands East Indies Air Force and Royal Air Force
• Boeing Model 100 Purchased as Boeing AXB Type B Carrier Fighter
• Boeing B-17C and E  Several captured
• Consolidated P2Y-1 Consolidated HXC Type C Flying boat
• Curtiss P-40E Captured
• Curtiss-Wright BT-32 Captured transport/bomber from China
• Curtiss Courtney Purchased as Curtiss-Wright LXC Type C Amphibious Transport
• Curtiss-Wright CW-21 Captured fighters from Netherlands East Indies
• Curtiss-Wright CW-22 Captured trainers from Netherlands East Indies
• Curtiss T-32 Condor II
• Douglas DF Two purchased as Douglas HXD Type D Flying boat boat
• Douglas DC-2 License built by Nakajima
• Douglas DC-3 License built by Showa and Nakajima as L2D2 thru L2D5 Type 0 transport
• Douglas DC-4E Purchased as Douglas LXD Type D Transport
• Douglas DC-5 Captured transport from Netherlands East Indies
• Douglas DB-7 Captured bomber from Netherlands East Indies
• Douglas DB-19 Purchased as Douglas DXD-1 Type D Attack Plane
• Douglas Boston III (A20) United States Navy Captured
  
• Fairchild 22 Fairchild 22 C-7A United States Army In Service
• Fairchild A-942B Purchased as Fairchild LXF Type F Amphibious Transport
• Fokker Super Universal License built as Nakajima Ki-6 and C2N1
• Grumman FF-1 Purchased Canadian Car and Foundry AXG Type G Carrier Fighter
• Grumman F6F Hellcat Captured (may not have been test flown)
• Grumman G-21 Goose purchased as Grumman LXG Amphibian Flying Boat
• Kinner Envoy Purchased as Kinner LXK Type K Transport
• Lockheed 10 Purchased as Lockheed KXL1 Type LO Twin-engined Trainer
• Lockheed 14 Purchased as Lockheed Type LO Transport
• Martin Bomber 128 (export version of US Army B10-B)
• Martin 139 Captured bombers from Netherlands East Indies
• North American NA-16-4R/NA-37 One purchased as North American KXA-1 Type A Intermediate Trainer
• North American NA-16-4RW/NA-47 One purchased as North American KXA-2 Type A Intermediate Trainer
• North American P-51 North American P51-C United States Army Captured
• Northrop Gamma 5A Purchased as Northrop BXN-1
• Northrop Gamma 5D Purchased as Northrop BXN-2
• Ryan STM-S2 Captured trainers from Netherlands East Indies
• Salmson 2A2 United States Army In Service
  
• Seversky 2PA-B3 Purchased as Seversky A8V-1 Navy Type S Two-Seat Fighter
• Vought V-65C Corsair Captured from China
• Vought O2U Corsair Produced under licence (with some modifications) in Japan as the Nakajima E4N Navy Type 90-2 Reconnaissance Seaplane
• Vought V-143 Purchased as Vought AXV Type V Interceptor Fighter
• Vought F4U Corsair Captured (may not have been test flown)

USSR

• Lavochkin LaGG-3 (8th Series) Soviet Union Army Captured
• Polikarpov I-15 Captured
• Polikarpov I-16 Captured
• Tupolev SB Captured

By Type

The Museums Japanese Aircraft Collection

Fighters
Mitsubishi A5M Type 96 "CLAUDE"
Mitsubishi A6M Type 0 "ZEKE"
Mitsubishi A6M3 Type 0 "HAMP"
Mitsubishi A7M Reppu "SAM"
Seversky A8V1 Type-S "DICK"
Nakajima AT-27 "GUS"
Nakajima J1N Gekko “IRVING” 
Mitsubishi J2M Raiden "JACK"
Kawanishi J3K1 Jinpu
Mitsubishi J4M1 Senden "LUKE"
Nakajima J5N1 Tenrai
Kawanishi J6K1 Jinpu
Kyushu J7W1 Shinden
Mitsubishi J8M Shusui
Nakajima J8N1
Nagoya-Sento KI-001 "BEN"
Kawasaki Ki.10 Type 95 "PERRY"
Nakajima Ki.27 "NATE"
Nakajima Ki.43 Hayabusa "OSCAR"
Nakajima Ki.44 Shoki "TOJO"
Kawasaki Ki.45 Toryu "NICK"
Nakajima Ki.58
Kawasaki Ki.60 
Kawasaki Ki.61 Hien "TONY"
Nakajima Ki.62
Nakajima Ki.63
Kawasaki Ki.64 "ROB"
Mansyu Ki.65
Mitsubishi Ki.73 "STEVE"
Kawasaki Ki.78
Mitsubishi Ki.83
Nakajima Ki.84 Hayate "FRANK"
Nakajima Ki.87
Kawasaki Ki.88
Tachikawa Ki.94
Kawasaki Ki.96
Mansyu Ki.98
Kawasaki Ki.100
Kawasaki Ki.102 "RANDY"
Tachikawa Ki.106
Kawasaki Ki 108
Mitsubishi Ki.109
Mansyu Ki. 116
Nakajima Ki 201 Karyu
Rikugun Ki.202 
Nakajima Kikka
Kawanishi N1K1-J Shiden "GEORGE"
Kawanishi N1K2-J Shiden Kai "GEORGE"
Kawanishi N1K1 Kyofu "REX"
Aichi S1A Denko
Mitsubishi T.K.4 Type 0 "HARRY"
Mitsubishi Type 1 Fighter "RAY"

Bombers
Mitsubishi B-97 Darai "DORIS"
Mitsubishi G3M Type 96 "NELL"
Mitsubishi G4M Type 1 "BETTY"
Nakajima G5N Shinzan "LIZ"
Nakajima G8N Renzan "RITA"
Nakajima G10N1 Fugaku
Mitsubishi Ki.2 Type 93 "LOUISE"
Nakajima Ki 19
Mitsubishi Ki.21 Type 97 "SALLY"
Mitsubishi Ki.30 Type 97 "ANN"
Kawasaki Ki.32 Type 98 "MARY"
Kawasaki Ki.48 Type 99 "LILLY"
Nakajima Ki.49 Donryu "HELEN"
Mitsubishi Ki.67 Hiryu "PEGGY"
Tachikawa Ki.74 "PATSY/PAT"
Kawasaki Ki 91
Kawasaki Ki 119
Yokosuka P1Y Ginga “FRANCES”
Showa SHO-98 Type 98
Kawasaki Type 97 "JULIA"
Mitsubishi Type 97 "NORMA"

Attack
Kawanishi Baika
Kawanishi J3K1 Jinpu
Kawanishi J6K1 Jinpu
Mitsubishi Ki.51 Type 99 "SONIA"
Rikugun Ki.93
Mansyu Ki 98
Mizuno Shinryu
Nakajima Ki 115 Tsurugi
Yokosuka MXY8 Ohka "BAKA" 
Yokosuka R2Y2 Keiun

Dive Bombers
Aichi B7A Ryusei "GRACE"
Aichi D1A2 Type 96 "SUSIE"
Aichi D3A Type 99 "VAL"
Yokosuka D3Y Myojo
Yokosuka D4Y Suisei "JUDY"
Kawasaki Ki.66

Torpedo Bombers
Nakajima/Yokosuka B4Y1 Type 96 "JEAN"
Mitsubishi B5M1 Type 97-2 "MABEL"
Nakajima B5N Type 97 "KATE"
Nakajima B6N Tenzan "JILL"
Aichi B7A Ryusei "GRACE"

Cargo/Transport
Nakajima (Douglas) DC-2 "TESS"
Mitsubishi Ki-33 Type 96 "TINA"
Nakajima Ki.34 Type 97 "THORA"
Tachikawa Ki.54c "HICKORY"
Tachikawa Ki 55
Kawasaki Ki.56 Type 1 "THALIA"
Mitsubishi Ki.57 Type 100 "TOPSY"
Kokusai Ki.59 Type 1 "THERESA"
Kokusai Ki 105 Ohtori
Tachikawa Ki.110 "HICKORY"
Tachikawa Ki.111 "HICKORY"
Tachikawa Ki.114 "HICKORY"
Kokusai Ku-7 Manazura
Kokusai Ku.8 Type 4 "GANDER"
Nakajima L1N1"THORA"
Nakajima L2D Type 0 "TABBY"
Yokosuka L3Y "TINA"
Mitsubishi L4M1 Type 0 "TOPSY"
Kawasaki Type LO "THELMA"
Kawasaki-Lockheed 14 WG3 "TOBY"

Trainers
Nakajima A4N1 Type 95
Yokosuka D3Y Myojo
Yokosuka K2Y1 / K2Y2
Mitsubishi/Watanabe K3M3 Type 90-2 "PINE"
Yokosuka K4Y1
Yokosuka K5Y Type 93 "WILLOW"
Kyushu K9W1 Type 2 "CYPRESS"
Kyushu K10W1 Type 2  "OAK"
Kyushu K11W Shiragiku
Tachikawa Ki.9 Type 95-1 "SPRUCE"
Tachikawa Ki.17 Type 95-3 "CEDAR"
Tachikawa Ki.54 Type 1 "HICKORY"
Tachikawa/Kawasaki Ki.55 Type 99 "IDA"
Mansyu Ki.79
Kokusai Ki 86 Type 4 "CYPRESS"
Tokyo Koku Ki.107
Aichi M6A1-K Nanzan

Seaplanes
Nakajima A6M2-N Type 2 "RUFE"
Aichi AI-104 Type 98 "IONE"
Kawanishi E7K Type 94 "ALF"
Nakajima E8N Type 95 "DAVE"
Watanabe E9W1 Type 96 "SLIM"
Aichi EI0AI Type 96 "HANK"
Aichi E11A1 Type 98 "LAURA"
Aichi E13A Type 0 "JAKE"
Watanabe E13A Type 0 "JAKE"
Yokosuka E14Y1 Type 0 "GLEN"
Kawanishi E15K1 Shiun "NORM"
Aichi E16A1 Zuiun "PAUL"
Mitsubishi F1M2 Type 0 "PETE"
Aichi M6A Seiran
Kawanishi N1K1 Kyofu "REX"
Nakajima SKT-97 "ADAM"
Aichi Type 97 "BOB"

Flying Boats
Kawanishi H3K1 Type 90-2 "BELLE"
Yokosuka H5Y1 Type 99 "CHERRY"
Kawanishi H6K Type 97 "MAVIS"
Hiro/Yokosuka H7Y1 12-Shi "TILLIE"
Kawanishi H8K Type 2 "EMILY"
Aichi H9A

Anti-submarine
Kyushu Q1W1 Tokai  "LORNA"
Tachikawa Ki.54d "HICKORY"

Reconnaissance
Nakajima C3N1 Type 97
Mitsubishi C5M Type 98 "BABS"
Nakajima C6N Saiun "MYRT"
Mitsubishi Ki.15 Type 97 "BABS"
Mitsubishi Ki.46 Type 100 "DINAH"
Tachikawa Ki.70 "CLARA"
Mansyu Ki.71 "EDNA"
Tachikawa Ki.74 "PATSY/PAT"
Yokosuka R2Y1 Keiun

Observation
Kobe Army Type Te-Go
 
 Army Co-operation
Tachikawa/Kawasaki Ki.36 Type 98 "IDA"
 
Liason
Kokusai Ki.76 Type 3 "STELLA"

Communication a/c
Tachikawa Ki.77
Mitsubishi Ohtori "EVE / EVA"

Autogyros
Kayaba Ka-1 / Ka-2 

Achi Seiran

Mitsubishi Raiden

Nakajima J9N Kikka

​Yokosuka MXY7 Ohka model 11

Kyushu J7W1 Shinden