Isamu Yokoyama
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| Born | 1 March 1889 Chiba Prefecture, Japan |
| Died | 21 April 1952 (aged 63) Tokyo, Japan |
| Allegiance | Empire of Japan |
| Service/branch |
 Imperial Japanese Army
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| Years of service | 1909–1945 |
| Rank | Lieutenant General |
| Battles/wars |
Second Sino-Japanese War World War II |
Isamu Yokoyama (横山勇 Yokoyama Isamu?, 1 March 1889 – 21 April 1952) was a general in the Imperial Japanese Army, commanding Japanese ground forces in China during the Second Sino-Japanese War and Pacific War.
Yokoyama was born in Chiba Prefecture as the son of a colonel in the Imperial Japanese Army; however, the Yokoyama clan was originally from what is now Fukushima Prefecture, where they were samurai in service of Aizu Domain. He attended military preparatory schools and graduated from the 21st class of the Imperial Japanese Army Academy in December 1909 and initially served with the IJA 3rd Infantry Regiment. He graduated from the 27th class of the Army Staff College in December 1915. In his early career, he served in the Imperial Japanese Army General Staff Office and at the Army Ministry. From January 1925 to March 1927 he was assigned as a military attaché to Germany. On his return, he again served in various bureaucratic posts involved in military production and resources planning. After his promotion to lieutenant colonel in 1929, he served as chief of the 2nd Section of the Cabinet Planning Board. He was transferred to the staff of the Kwantung Army in April 1932, and was promoted to colonel in August of the same year. After serving as chief of the Mobilization Section, Economic Mobilization Bureau at the Ministry of War in 1933, Yokoyama served as battalion commander of the IJA 2nd Regiment in 1934 and was promoted to the staff of the IJA 6th Division in 1936. In March 1937, he was promoted to major general.
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