Taiwan Army was also known as the Formosa Army. Formed 20 August 1919. Renamed Formosa District Army 1 February 1945, command concurrent with 10th Area Army.
| Commanders | |
| General Jiro Akashi | (20 Aug 1919 - 26 Oct 1919) |
| General Goro Shiba | (1 Dec 1919 - 4 May 1921) |
| Lt. General Heitaro Fukuda | (4 May 1921 - 6 Aug 1923) |
| General Soroku Suzuki | (6 Aug 1923 - 20 Aug 1924) |
| Lt. General Takaichi Kanno | (20 Aug 1924 - 28 Jul 1926) |
| Lt. General Kunishige Tanaka | (28 Jul 1926 - 10 Aug 1928) |
| General Takashi Hishikari | (10 Aug 1928 - 3 Jun 1930) |
| General Jotaro Watanabe | (3 Jun 1930 - 1 Aug 1931) |
| Lt. General Saburo Hayashi | (1 Aug 1931 - 9 Jan 1932) |
| General Noboyuki Abe | (9 Jan 1932 - 1 Aug 1933) |
| General Iwane Matsui | (1 Aug 1933 - 1 Aug 1934) |
| Field Marshal Count Hisaichi Terauchi | (1 Aug 1934 - 2 Dec 1935) |
| Lt. General Heisuke Yanagawa | (2 Dec 1935 - 1 Aug 1936) |
| Field Marshal Shunroku Hata | (1 Aug 1936 - 2 Aug 1937) |
| Lt. General Mikio Tstutsumi | (2 Aug 1937 - 8 Sep 1938) |
| Lt. General Tomou Kodama | (8 Sep 1938 - 1 Dec 1939) |
| Lt. General Mitsuru Ushijima | (1 Dec 1939 - 2 Dec 1940) |
| Lt. General Masaharu Honma | (2 Dec 1940 - 6 Nov 1941) |
| General Rikichi Ando | (6 Nov 1941 - 17 Sep 1945) |
| Chief of Staff | |
| Maj. General Koichiro Soda | (20 Aug 1919 - 25 Feb 1921) |
| Maj. General Kojiro Sato | (25 Feb 1921 - 4 Feb 1924) |
| Maj. General Kinzo Watanabe | (4 Feb 1924 - 26 Jul 1927) |
| Maj. General Nenosuke Sato | (26 Jul 1927 - 24 Apr 1930) |
| Maj. General Takeshi Kosugi | (24 Apr 1930 - 11 Apr 1932) |
| Maj. General Yoshishige Shimizu | (11 Apr 1932 - 18 Mar 1933) |
| Maj. General Kennosuke Ootsuka | (18 Mar 1933 - 22 Jan 1934) |
| Maj. General Sumei Kuwaki | (22 Jan 1934 - 1 Aug 1935) |
| Lt. General Ryuhei Ogisu | (1 Aug 1935 - 1 Mar 1937) |
| Maj. General Masataka Hata | (1 Mar 1937 - 19 Feb 1938) |
| Lt. General Hisaichi Tanaka | (19 Feb 1938 - 8 Sep 1938) |
| Maj. General Kazuo Ootsu | (15 Oct 1938 - 9 Mar 1940) |
| Lt. General Mikio Uemura | (9 Mar 1940 - 1 Mar 1941) |
| Lt. General Takaji Wachi | (1 Mar 1941 - 20 Feb 1942) |
| Lt. General Shichiro Higuchi | (20 Feb 1942 - 29 Oct 1943) |
| Lt. General Shinpachi Kondo | (29 Oct 1943 - 8 Jul 1944) |
| Lt. General Haruki Isayama | (8 Jul 1944 - 17 Sep 1945) |
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