Military Rank Equivalence

Rank Ladder Highest first

🇹🇼 Taiwan · Army	NATO equivalent	Japan · Army 🇯🇵
Officers
一級上將 Yījí Shàngjiàng 二級上將 Èrjí Shàngjiàng	OF-9 General	幕僚長たる陸将 Bakuryōchō-taru-rikushō
中將 Zhōngjiàng	OF-8 Lieutenant General	陸将 Rikushō
少將 Shaojiàng	OF-7 Major General	陸将補 Rikushō-ho
上校 Shàngxiào	OF-5 Colonel	1等陸佐 Ittō rikusa
中校 Zhōngxiào	OF-4 Lieutenant Colonel	2等陸佐 Nitō rikusa
少校 Shàoxiào	OF-3 Major / Commandant	3等陸佐 Santō rikusa
上尉 Shàngwèi	OF-2 Captain / 1st Lieutenant	1等陸尉 Ittō rikui
中尉 Zhōngwèi 少尉 Shàowèi	OF-1 Lieutenant	2等陸尉 Nitō rikui 3等陸尉 Santō rikui 准陸尉 Jun rikui
Enlisted ranks
一等士官長 Yīděng Shìguānzhǎng	OR-9 Sergeant Major	陸曹長 Rikusōchō
二等士官長 Èrděng Shìguānzhǎng	OR-8 1st Sergeant	1等陸曹 Ittō rikusō
三等士官長 Sānděng Shìguānzhǎng	OR-7 Sergeant 1st Class	2等陸曹 Nitō rikusō
上士 Shàngshi	OR-6 Staff Sergeant	3等陸曹 Santō rikusō
中士 Zhōngshi	OR-5 Sergeant	No equivalent
下士 Xiàshi	OR-4 Corporal	No equivalent
上等兵 Shàngděng Bīng	OR-3 Private 1st Class	陸士長 Rikushichō
一等兵 Yīděng Bīng	OR-2 Private	1等陸士 Ittō rikushi
二等兵 Èrděng Bīng	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.