Signatures from former and reserve Self-Defense Forces personnel calling for the use of the Self-Defense Forces to rescue abduction victims
Hisashi Aoki (Former Reserve Private First Class, General)
Masahide Asakura (former Lieutenant Colonel)
Toru Asano (former Sergeant Major)
Tomikichi Asano (Former Chief Petty Officer)
Hideji Adachi (Ready Reserve Sergeant Third Class, General)
Kiyohiro Abe (former Army Chief)
Yutaka Abe (Former Airman 1st Class)
Toshio Arai (Former Reserve Sergeant First Class, Technical Specialist)
Kazuhiro Araki (Former Reserve Sergeant Major, Skills)
Takashi Aratani (former Colonel)
Koji Arimura (Ready Reserve Sergeant)
Kazuyuki Iemura (Reserve Lieutenant Colonel)
Seiji Ikeda (former assistant army general)
Yoshihiko Ishida (Former Army Sergeant Major)
Hiroaki Ishihara (former Colonel)
Yutaka Ishibashi (Reserve Self-Defense Force Member, Skilled)
Yasuyuki Ito (former Lieutenant Commander)
Hiroshi Ito (former Colonel)
Hiroyuki Ito (Private First Class, Ready Reserve Army)
Tomomichi Inaba (Reserve Sergeant Second Class)
Junji Imai (Ready Reserve Sergeant Third Class)
Nao Imafuku (former Army Chief)
Keita Irikura (Reserve Sergeant Second Class, Technical)
Yasuhiro Iwamoto (Reserve Corporal, General)
Atsumori Ueda (former Lieutenant Colonel)
Yotsugu Ueda (former 3rd class sergeant)
Nobuhiro Uenaka (Reserve Corporal, General)
Tsuyoshi Ueno (Reserve Sergeant Third Class, Technical)
Katsusuke Uno (former Lieutenant Colonel)
Takayuki Uemura (Ready Reserve Sergeant)
Hiromi Ejima (former Sergeant Third Class)
Hiroyuki Endo (Ready Reserve Sergeant)
Takayuki Okubo (former Warrant Officer)
Toshio Ota (Ready Reserve Sergeant Third Class)
Shuji Otani (former 3rd class lieutenant)
Noriyuki Oba (Former First Lieutenant)
Shuji Okamoto (Reserve Warrant Officer, General)
Michinori Okamoto (former Lieutenant Colonel)
Hiroshi Ogawa (Ready Reserve Sergeant Third Class)
Shigeharu Oku (former warrant officer)
Yoshihiro Okuda (former Corporal)
Yuko Ozaki (Reserve Sergeant Second Class, Skills)
Takamichi Oda (Ready Reserve Sergeant Second Class)
Koichi Kagawa (former Army Chief)
Kenji Kageyama (Reserve Air Sergeant)
Shinri Katsuno (Reserve Sergeant First Class, Skills)
Nami Katsuragi (Former Reserve Sergeant Third Class, General)
Hiroe Kamaishi (former Warrant Officer)
Kiyoaki Kamiyama (Former First Lieutenant)
Keisuke Kaneda (Reserve Third Lieutenant, Specialist)
Hirofumi Kawasaki (Reserve Sergeant Major, Skills)
Kojin Kawate (Former Army Chief)
Kazuya Kawabata (Reserve Private First Class, General)
Maki Kawabata (Reserve Corporal, General)
Norio Kawamoto (Reserve Sergeant Second Class, Technical)
Takamasa Kitagawa (Reserve Sergeant Third Class)
Masao Kitada (former reserve warrant officer)
Shunichi Kinoshita (Ready Reserve Sergeant Third Class)
Hiroshi Kimura (former 2nd Class Airman)
Akira Kimoto (former reserve sergeant major)
Gyoaki Kumasaka (Former First Lieutenant)
Shinya Kurihara (Ready Reserve Sergeant)
Fumihiko Kurokawa (former Sergeant Third Class)
Yukari Kurotaki (former Petty Officer Third Class)
Akihiko Kosaka (former Corporal)
Kengo Kojima (Ready Reserve Sergeant Third Class)
Seiji Kogawa (Ready Reserve Sergeant Third Class)
Junichi Sasaki (Reserve Lieutenant Colonel, Specialist)
Kazuo Sato (former Colonel)
Koji Sato (Reserve Corporal)
Tokuichi Sato (former Colonel)
Nobuhisa Sato (Reserve Sergeant First Class, Technical)
Mamoru Sato (former Air Force General)
Yusuke Sawada (Ready Reserve Sergeant Third Class)
Kazuo Sawano (former 1st class army colonel)
Shinji Shimonishi (Reserve Lieutenant Colonel, Specialist)
Motoyuki Shimizu (Reserve Sergeant First Class)
Miki Suenaga (Reserve Self-Defense Force Candidate)
Yoshinori Sugimoto (former Major General)
Yutaka Sugiyama (Ready Reserve Sergeant)
Atsushi Suzuki (former Army Chief)
Masataka Suzuki (Reserve Sergeant Third Class)
Katsuya Sekimoto (Reserve Sergeant First Class, Technical)
Yasuya Sehatani (Ready Reserve Sergeant)
Saburo Takai (former Colonel)
Kazuki Takazawa (Reserve Sergeant Third Class, General)
Koji Takase (Reserve Lieutenant Colonel, Technical Specialist)
Tsunekiyo Takahashi (former Air Self-Defense Force General)
Makoto Takahashi (former Sergeant Third Class)
Wataru Takei (Ready Reserve Sergeant Third Class)
Ryo Takemoto (former reserve sergeant)
Norihiko Tada (Reserve Sergeant Major)
Naoki Taniguchi (Ready Reserve Sergeant First Class)
Hiroshi Taniguchi (Reserve Sergeant First Class, Technical)
Toshio Tamogami (former Air Self-Defense Force General)
Ryoaki Tanno (former Corporal)
Tokujiro Chiba (former army general)
Seiichiro Tsutahara (Private First Class, Ready Reserve Army)
Hisashi Tsuboi (former Corporal)
Kenji Doi (Reserve Sergeant Third Class)
Fumio Togawa (Reserve Sergeant Third Class, Technical Specialist)
Tatsuhiko Nagasaka (Reserve Sergeant Major, Skills)
Hirotaka Nagashima (Reserve First Lieutenant, Skills)
Hiroki Nakajima (former reserve self-defense force officer candidate)
Yoshinori Nakano (Reserve Sergeant Second Class, Technical)
Shigehiro Nakamura (Reserve Sergeant Third Class, General)
Hideki Nakamura (Former Second Lieutenant)
Masayuki Nakamura (Reserve Air Sergeant)
Misao Naba (former reserve warrant officer)
Nishimura Hikaru (Ready Reserve Corporal)
Kenji Nishimoto (Reserve Sergeant Second Class, Technical)
Heihachi Nogi (Reserve Sergeant Second Class, Skilled)
Haruhiko Yato (former 3rd class lieutenant)
Hiroaki Hasegawa (Reserve Corporal, General)
Keisuke Hinoue (Reserve Third Lieutenant, Skills)
Mario Taira (Reserve Petty Officer Third Class)
Miyoshi Hiratsuka (Reserve Sergeant Second Class, Skilled)
Kunihiko Fuchigami (former Lieutenant Colonel)
Masataka Horiguchi (Reserve Sergeant Major)
Minetoshi Maekawa (former Army Chief)
Saori Matsuda (Reserve Corporal, General)
Norifumi Mabuchi (Reserve Lieutenant Colonel, Specialist)
Makoto Mano (Private First Class, Ready Reserve Army)
Daiki Minamoto (Reserve Corporal, General)
Toshiya Miyazaki (Former Chief Ama)
Junichi Murakawa (former Colonel)
Yasuhiro Murotachi (Reserve Sergeant Third Class, Technical)
Haruo Motohashi (Reserve Sergeant Second Class, Skills)
Seiyu Mori (former Major General)
Hiroyuki Moriyama (Reserve Sergeant Third Class, Skills)
Kazuko Yano (former Sergeant Second Class)
Yoshiaki Yano (former Major General)
Yasutaka Yanagisawa (Reserve Sergeant First Class)
Akika Yamaguchi (former Army Chief)
Junya Yamasaki (former Corporal)
Takatoshi Yamane (Reserve Sergeant Second Class, Technical)
Nobuaki Yamamoto (Reserve Lieutenant Colonel)
Masaharu Yamamoto (Reserve Sergeant Second Class, Skills)
Yuichi Yamamoto (Reserve Sergeant Third Class, Technical)
Yoshihiro Yuge (Reserve Private Second Class, General)
Tsutomu Yoshida (Former Ama Chief)
Masahiro Yoshimoto (Reserve Lieutenant Colonel)
*All signatories are former Self-Defense Force personnel, current or former Reserve Self-Defense Force personnel, Ready Reserve Self-Defense Force personnel, and Reserve Self-Defense Force candidate personnel, regardless of whether they are members or not of the Reserve Blue Ribbon Association. Signatures will continue to be collected.
*The ranks listed are either the rank at the time of retirement from active duty or the rank currently held as a reserve member of the Self-Defense Forces.
*Skilled = Reserve Self-Defense Force personnel recruited through skills recruitment General = Reserve Self-Defense Force personnel recruited through general recruitment
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