Armored Cruisers
| Ship | Builder | Class and type | Displacement (tons) | Commissioned into IJN | Fate |
| Asama | Armstrong Whitworth, UK | Asama class armored cruiser | 9,700 | 18 March 1899 | 30 November 1945; Scrapped |
| Aso | La Seyne-sur-Mer, France | Bayan class armored cruiser | 7,726 | 30 November 1908 | 1 April 1931; Retired; subsequently expended as target off Izu Oshima |
| Azuma | Saint-Nazaire shipyards, France | armored cruiser | 9,307 | 28 July 1900 | 15 February 1944; Scrapped |
| Iwate | Armstrong Whitworth, UK | Izumo class armored cruiser | 9,750 | 18 March 1901 | 26 July 1945; destroyed at mooring by USN aircraft at Kure |
| Izumo | Armstrong Whitworth, UK | Izumo class armored cruiser | 9,750 | 25 September 1900 | 24 July 1945; destroyed at mooring by USN aircraft at Kure |
| Kasuga | Gio. Ansaldo & C., Italy | Kasuga class armored cruiser | 7,680 | 4 January 1904 | 30 November 1945; destroyed at mooring by USN aircraft at Yokosuka |
| Nisshin | Gio. Ansaldo & C., Italy | Kasuga class armored cruiser | 7,689 | 7 January 1904 | 18 January 1942; scuttled 1936 |
| Tokiwa | Armstrong Whitworth, UK | armored cruiser | 9,700 | 18 May 1899 | 9 August 1945; destroyed by USN aircraft at Ominato |
| Yakumo | Stettiner Vulcan AG, Germany | armored cruiser | 9,646 | 20 June 1900 | 20 July 1946; scrapped |
Read more about this topic: List Of Cruiser Classes Of The Imperial Japanese Navy
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