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Military officer. Born in Yamaguchi, the son of a samurai of the Tokuyama Clan. After participation in the Boshin War, he entered the army. He served in subduing the rebellions of samurai descendants such the Saga, Shinpuren and Satsuma Rebellions. Later, successively promoted and after serving as head of the Military Staff College and vice war minister, he became the fourth governor-general of Taiwan in 1898. During this period, he concurrently held ministerial posts as war minister in the fourth Ito cabinet and home minister in the first Katsura cabinet. In 1904 he became an army general. During the Russo-Japanese War, he took an active part as chief of staff of the Manchuria Army, and supported the commander-in-chief Iwao Oyama. In 1906 he became army Chief of the General Staff.
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Kodama, Gentaro 
