Training group - Kyododan

Japanese: 教導団 - きょうどうだん

An institute for training non-commissioned officers in the army during the Meiji period. The Osaka Military Academy was established in 1869 (Meiji 2) with the aim of training army officers, and the following year, the Training Corps was established within the Academy with the aim of training non-commissioned officers. In 1871, it moved to Tokyo and was renamed the Training Corps, and in 1873 it came under the direct control of the Ministry of the Army. Many children of poor lower-class samurai joined the corps as their first step towards advancing in the army, and Hideki Tojo's father, Hidenori Tojo, rose from the Training Corps to become a non-commissioned officer and then an officer, and rose to the rank of lieutenant general as the first top graduate of the Army War College. There was also a path for those who had graduated from the Training Corps to enter the Army Academy, and those who followed this route included Field Marshal Muto Nobuyoshi and General Tanaka Giichi.

Source: Heibonsha World Encyclopedia, 2nd Edition Information

Japanese:

明治期の陸軍下士官養成機関。1869年(明治2)に陸軍幹部養成を目的とする大阪兵学寮が設置され，翌年兵学寮内に下士養成を目的とする教導隊が設置されたが，71年東京に移って教導団と改称し，73年に陸軍省直轄となった。貧しい下級士族の子弟が陸軍で立身する最初のコースとして入団することが多く，東条英機の父英教は教導団から下士官をへて将校になり，陸軍大学校第1回首席卒業生として中将にまで栄進した。教導団から陸軍士官学校に入学する道もあり，そのコースをたどったものに元帥武藤信義，大将田中義一らがいる。

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