The List of Japanese ambassadors to Spain started when Akabane Shirō presented his credentials to the Spanish government in 1901.
List This is a chronological list of Japanese diplomats.Nihon Gaikoshi Jiten, appendix (1979). pp. 359-360.Nihon Gaikoshi Jiten, appendix (1992). pp. 72-73, 116-117.
Inaugural dateOfficial position (Japanese)Official positionName (Japanese)NameJanuary 8, 1901特命全権公使Minister Plenipotentiary赤羽 四郎Akabane ShirōFebruary 7, 1907特命全権公使Minister Plenipotentiary稲垣 満次郎Inagaki ManjirōNovember 25, 1908臨時代理公使Chargé d'affaires ad interim丸尾 直利Maruo NaokazuApril 28, 1910特命全権公使Minister Plenipotentiary荒川 巳次Arakawa MinojiSeptember 8, 1913臨時代理公使Chargé d'affaires ad interim堀口 九萬一Horiguchi KumaichiAugust 7, 1917特命全権公使Minister Plenipotentiary坂田 重次郎Sakada ShyūjirōNovember 26, 1919臨時代理公使Chargé d'affaires ad interim三浦 荒次郎Miura ArajirōApril 27, 1921特命全権公使Minister Plenipotentiary広沢 金次郎Hirosawa KinjirōNovember 9, 1924臨時代理公使Chargé d'affaires ad interim甘利 造次Amari ZojiFebruary 4, 1926特命全権公使Minister Plenipotentiary太田 為吉Ōta TamekichiApril 4, 1929臨時代理公使Chargé d'affaires ad interim荒井 金太Arai KintaMay 12, 1930特命全権公使Minister Plenipotentiary太田 為吉Ōta TamekichiApril 21, 1932臨時代理公使Chargé d'affaires ad interim越田 佐一郎Koshida SaichirōNovember 3, 1932特命全権公使Minister Plenipotentiary青木 新Aoki ArataJanuary 11, 1936臨時代理公使Chargé d'affaires ad interim高岡 禎一郎Takaoka TeiichirōMay 24, 1936特命全権公使Minister Plenipotentiary矢野 真Yano MakotoDecember 18, 1937臨時代理公使Chargé d'affaires ad interim高田 実Takada MinoruDecember 29, 1937臨時代理公使Chargé d'affaires ad interim高岡 禎一郎Takaoka TeiichirōNovember 8, 1938特命全権公使Minister Plenipotentiary矢野 真Yano MakotoMay 27, 1940特命全権公使Minister Plenipotentiary横山 正幸Yokoyama MasayukiSeptember 21, 1940臨時代理公使Chargé d'affaires ad interim高田 実Takada MinoruOctober 13, 1940臨時代理公使Chargé d'affaires ad interim藤井 慶三Fujii KeizoJanuary 30, 1941特命全権公使Minister Plenipotentiary須磨 弥吉郎Suma Yakichirō January 21, 1946Closed following the Japanese surrender of World War IIDecember 24, 1951在マドリード在外事務所長Chief of the Japanese Government's Overseas Agency in Madrid矢口 麓蔵Yaguchi RokurōNovember 22, 1952特命全権大使Ambassador渋沢 信一Shibusawa ShinichiFebruary 16, 1956臨時代理大使Chargé d'affaires ad interim服部 五郎Hattori GorōMarch 11, 1956特命全権大使Ambassador与謝野 秀Yosano ShigeruJuly 3, 1961臨時代理大使Chargé d'affaires ad interim白幡 友敬Shirahata TomoyoshiMay 2, 1959特命全権大使Ambassador鈴木 九萬Suzuki TadakatsuMay 26, 1961臨時代理大使Chargé d'affaires ad interim近藤 四郎Kondō ShirōSeptember 19, 1961特命全権大使Ambassador島津 久大Shimazu HisanagaJanuary 19, 1963臨時代理大使Chargé d'affaires ad interim近藤 四郎Kondō ShirōOctober 23, 1963特命全権大使Ambassador関 守三郎Seki MorisaburōMarch 27, 1967臨時代理大使Chargé d'affaires ad interim川並 将慶Kawanami MasayoshiMay 15, 1967特命全権大使Ambassador高野 藤吉Takano TokichiJuly 14, 1969臨時代理大使Chargé d'affaires ad interim津田 天瑞Tsuda TakayoshiSeptember 18, 1969特命全権大使Ambassador高橋 覚Takahashi SatoruFebruary 7, 1973臨時代理大使Chargé d'affaires ad interim枝村 純郎Edamura SumioMarch 8, 1973特命全権大使Ambassador佐藤 正二Satō ShōjiAugust 12, 1975臨時代理大使Chargé d'affaires ad interim山下 和夫Yamashita KazuoJanuary 19, 1976特命全権大使Ambassador加川 隆明Kagawa TakaakiJuly 17, 1978臨時代理大使Chargé d'affaires ad interim遠藤 実Endō MinoruJuly 21, 1978特命全権大使Ambassador横田 弘Yokoda HiroshiJuly 16, 1981臨時代理大使Chargé d'affaires ad interim中曽根 悟郎Nakasone GorōSeptember 19, 1981特命全権大使Ambassador林屋 永吉Hayashiya EikichiSeptember 25, 1984臨時代理大使Chargé d'affaires ad interim浦辺 彬Urabe AkiraOctober 2, 1984特命全権大使Ambassador枝村 純郎Edamura SumioSeptember 13, 1987臨時代理大使Chargé d'affaires ad interim浦辺 彬Urabe AkiraDecember 1, 1987特命全権大使Ambassador石井 亨Ishii Toru
See also Japanese people in Spain Japan–Spain relations Diplomatic rank
References
Further reading Nihon Gaikoshi Jiten, "Dictionary of Japanese Diplomatic History" (Tokyo: Okurasho Inseikyoku, 1979) Nihon Gaikoshi Jiten, "Dictionary of Japanese Diplomatic History" (Tokyo: Yamakawa Shuppansha, 1992)