Military Rank Equivalence

Rank Ladder Highest first

🇦🇺 Australia · Army	NATO equivalent	Japan · Army 🇯🇵
Officers
Field marshal	OF-10 Marshal / General of the Army	No equivalent
General	OF-9 General	幕僚長たる陸将 Bakuryōchō-taru-rikushō
Lieutenant general	OF-8 Lieutenant General	陸将 Rikushō
Major general	OF-7 Major General	陸将補 Rikushō-ho
Brigadier	OF-6 Brigadier General	No equivalent
Colonel	OF-5 Colonel	1等陸佐 Ittō rikusa
Lieutenant colonel	OF-4 Lieutenant Colonel	2等陸佐 Nitō rikusa
Major	OF-3 Major / Commandant	3等陸佐 Santō rikusa
Captain	OF-2 Captain / 1st Lieutenant	1等陸尉 Ittō rikui
Lieutenant Second lieutenant	OF-1 Lieutenant	2等陸尉 Nitō rikui 3等陸尉 Santō rikui 准陸尉 Jun rikui
Enlisted ranks
Warrant officer class 1	OR-9 Sergeant Major	陸曹長 Rikusōchō
Warrant officer class 2	OR-8 1st Sergeant	1等陸曹 Ittō rikusō
No equivalent	OR-7 Sergeant 1st Class	2等陸曹 Nitō rikusō
Sergeant	OR-6 Staff Sergeant	3等陸曹 Santō rikusō
Corporal	OR-5 Sergeant	No equivalent
Lance corporal	OR-4 Corporal	No equivalent
No equivalent	OR-3 Private 1st Class	陸士長 Rikushichō
Private (or equivalent)	OR-2 Private	1等陸士 Ittō rikushi
No equivalent	OR-1 Private	2等陸士 Nitō rikushi

Tiers neither force uses are hidden. An OF/OR code held by only one of the two is kept and marked — a missing tier is itself a difference in how the two hierarchies are built.