Shigenori Kuroda

General Shigenori Kuroda
黒田 重徳
Shigenori Kuroda (center) with his predecessor as Governor-General of the Philippines, Masaharu Homma (left) and an American MP (right), September 1945
Japanese Military Governor of the Philippines
In office May 28, 1943 – September 26, 1944
Monarch	Emperor Hirohito
Preceded by	Shizuichi Tanaka
Succeeded by	Tomoyuki Yamashita
Personal details
Born	25 October 1887 Fukuoka, Japan
Died	30 April 1952 (aged 64) Tokyo, Japan
Military service
Allegiance	Empire of Japan
Service/branch	Imperial Japanese Army
Years of service	1909 - 1945
Rank	General
Battles/wars	Second Sino-Japanese War World War II

Shigenori Kuroda (黒田 重徳, Kuroda Shigenori^?, 5 October 1887 – 30 April 1952) was a Japanese general of the Japanese Imperial Army and the Japanese Governor-General of the Philippines during World War II.

Kuroda was commissioned as an infantry officer in 1909. He graduated from Army War College in 1916 with Tomoyuki Yamashita and Shizuichi Tanaka, and later became a military observer in Europe during World War I. In 1922, Kuroda served as military attaché in England. From 1935-1937, he served as military attaché in India. In 1937, he was made major general and Deputy Inspector General for Military Training in 1941, which was then under General Otozō Yamada. From July 1, 1942 to May 19, 1943, he was Chief of Staff in Japanese Southern Expeditionary Army Group.

He participated in the Second Sino-Japanese War, where he led the 26th Division in the Battle of Wuyuan. The battle, which was part of the Japanese counterattack in response to the Chinese 1939-40 Winter Offensive, resulted to a Chinese victory and Japanese retreat. The Japanese call it 第２次後套作戦 (English:The second battle of Wuyuan). Despite the loss in the said battle, the Japanese had a strategic victory for making the Chinese fail their primary objectives.