Light Cruisers
| Ship | Builder | Class and type | Displacement (tons) | Commissioned into IJN | Fate |
| Abukuma | Uraga Dock Company | Nagara class light cruiser | 5,832 | 26 May 1925 | 26 October 1944; Sunk by USAAF aircraft off Negros Island |
| Agano | Sasebo Navy Yard | Agano class light cruiser | 6,650 | 31 October 1942 | 15 February 1944; Sunk by USS Skate north of Truk |
| Isuzu | Uraga Dock Company | Nagara class light cruiser | 5,832 | 15 August 1923 | 7 April 1945; Sunk by USN submarines off Sumbawa |
| Jintsu | Kawasaki, Kobe | Sendai class light cruiser | 5,195 | 31 July 1925 | 13 July 1943; Sunk by USN cruisers off Kolombangara |
| Kashii | Mitsubishi, Yokohama | Katori class training cruiser | 5,890 | 15 July 1941 | 20 March 1945; Sunk by USN aircraft, South China Sea |
| Kashima | Mitsubishi, Yokohama | Katori class training cruiser | 5,890 | 31 May 1940 | 5 October 1945; Scrapped |
| Katori | Mitsubishi, Yokohama | Katori class training cruiser | 5,890 | 20 April 1940 | 18 February 1944; Sunk by USS Iowa (BB-61) off Truk |
| Kinu | Kawasaki, Kobe | Nagara class light cruiser | 5,832 | 10 November 1922 | 26 October 1944; Sunk by USN aircraft in Sibuyan Sea |
| Kiso | Mitsubishi, Nagasaki | Kuma class light cruiser | 5,100 | 29 January 1921 | 20 March 1944; Sunk by USN aircraft west of Cavite |
| Kitakami | Sasebo Navy Yard | Kuma class light cruiser | 5,100 | 15 April 1921 | 30 November 1945; Scrapped |
| Kuma | Sasebo Navy Yard | Kuma class light cruiser | 5,100 | 31 August 1920 | 10 March 1944; Sunk by HMS Tally-Ho west of Penang |
| Nagara | Sasebo Navy Yard | Nagara class light cruiser | 5,832 | 21 April 1922 | 7 August 1944; Sunk by USS Croaker off Amakusa |
| Naka | Sasebo Navy Yard | Sendai class light cruiser | 5,195 | 30 November 1925 | 18 February 1944; Sunk by USN aircraft off Truk |
| Natori | Mitsubishi, Nagasaki | Nagara class light cruiser | 5,832 | 15 September 1922 | 18 August 1944; Sunk by USS Hardhead east of Samar |
| Noshiro | Mitsubishi, Nagasaki | Agano class light cruiser | 6,652 | 30 June 1943 | 26 October 1944; Sunk by USN aircraft south of Mindoro |
| Ōi | Kawasaki, Kobe | Kuma class light cruiser | 5,100 | 10 October 1921 | 19 July 1944; Sunk by USS Flasher south of Hong Kong |
| Ōyodo | Kure Naval Arsenal | Ōyodo class light cruiser | 8,164 | 28 February 1943 | 25 July 1945; Sunk by USN aircraft at Kure |
| Sakawa | Sasebo Navy Yard | Agano class light cruiser | 6,652 | 30 November 1944 | 10 October 1945; war prize to USA, expended at atomic bomb test at Bikini Atoll on 2 July 1946 |
| Sendai | Mitsubishi, Nagasaki | Sendai class light cruiser | 5,195 | 29 April 1924 | 3 November 1943; Sunk by USN cruisers at Empress Augusta Bay |
| Tama | Sasebo Navy Yard | Kuma class light cruiser | 5,100 | 29 January 1921 | 20 October 1944; Sunk by USS Jallao northeast of Luzon |
| Tatsuta | Sasebo Navy Yard | Tenryū class light cruiser | 3,948 | 31 May 1919 | 13 March 1944; Sunk by USS Sand Lance (SS-381) east of Hachijojima |
| Tenryū | Yokosuka Naval Arsenal | Tenryū class light cruiser | 3,948 | 20 November 1919 | 18 December 1942; Sunk by USS Albacore (SS-218) E of Madang |
| Yahagi | Sasebo Navy Yard | Agano class light cruiser | 6,650 | 29 December 1943 | 7 April 1945; Sunk by USN aircraft south of Kagoshima |
| Yura | Sasebo Navy Yard | Nagara class light cruiser | 5,832 | 20 March 1923 | 25 October 1942; Scuttled off Savo Island after bombing by USAAF |
Read more about this topic: List Of Cruiser Classes Of The Imperial Japanese Navy
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