Military Rank Equivalence

Rank Ladder Highest first

🇯🇵 Japan · Army	NATO equivalent	China · Army 🇨🇳
Officers
幕僚長たる陸将 Bakuryōchō-taru-rikushō	OF-9 General	陆军上将 (General)
陸将 Rikushō	OF-8 Lieutenant General	陆军中将 (Lieutenant General)
陸将補 Rikushō-ho	OF-7 Major General	陆军少将 (Major General)
No equivalent	OF-6 Brigadier General	陆军大校 (Senior Colonel)
1等陸佐 Ittō rikusa	OF-5 Colonel	陆军上校 (Colonel)
2等陸佐 Nitō rikusa	OF-4 Lieutenant Colonel	陆军中校 (Lieutenant Colonel)
3等陸佐 Santō rikusa	OF-3 Major / Commandant	陆军少校 (Major)
1等陸尉 Ittō rikui	OF-2 Captain / 1st Lieutenant	陆军上尉 (Captain)
2等陸尉 Nitō rikui 3等陸尉 Santō rikui 准陸尉 Jun rikui	OF-1 Lieutenant	陆军中尉 (First Lieutenant) 陆军少尉 (Second Lieutenant)
Enlisted ranks
陸曹長 Rikusōchō	OR-9 Sergeant Major	陆军一级军士长 (First Class Sergeant Major)
1等陸曹 Ittō rikusō	OR-8 1st Sergeant	陆军二级军士长 (Second Class Sergeant Major)
2等陸曹 Nitō rikusō	OR-7 Sergeant 1st Class	陆军三级军士长 (Third Class Sergeant Major)
3等陸曹 Santō rikusō	OR-6 Staff Sergeant	陆军一级上士 (First Class Master Sergeant)
No equivalent	OR-5 Sergeant	陆军二级上士 (Second Class Master Sergeant)
No equivalent	OR-4 Corporal	陆军中士 (Sergeant)
陸士長 Rikushichō	OR-3 Private 1st Class	陆军下士 (Corporal)
1等陸士 Ittō rikushi	OR-2 Private	陆军上等兵 (Private First Class)
2等陸士 Nitō rikushi	OR-1 Private	陆军列兵 (Private)

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.