Toshinari Maeda


Maeda Toshinari
Born(1885-06-05)5 June 1885
Tokyo, Japan
Died5 September 1942(1942-09-05) (aged 57)
Allegiance Empire of Japan
Branch Imperial Japanese Army
Service years1905–1942
RankGeneral (posthumous)
UnitImperial Guard
Commands
Conflicts
AwardsOrder of the Rising Sun
Alma materArmy War College

Marquess Toshinari Maeda (前田利為侯爵, Maeda Toshinari Kōshaku; 5 June 1885 – 5 September 1942), was a Japanese nobleman who was the 16th head of the Maeda family. He was a general and the first commander of the Japanese forces in northern Borneo (Sarawak, Brunei, Labuan, and North Borneo) in World War II.