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• Monthly Ships of the World, “Kaijinsha”.  (Japan)
  • No. 441, Special issue Vol. 32, "Japanese cruisers", September 1991
  • No. 453, Special issue Vol. 34, "History of Japanese destroyers", July 1992
  • No. 469, Special issue Vol. 37, "History of Japanese submarines", August 1993
  • No. 507, Special issue Vol. 45, "Escort Vessels of the Imperial Japanese Navy", February 1996
  • No. 522, Special issue Vol. 47, "Auxiliary Vessels of the Imperial Japanese Navy", March 1997
• Daiji Katagiri, Ship Name Chronicles of the Imperial Japanese Navy Combined Fleet (聯合艦隊軍艦銘銘伝,, Rengōkantai Gunkan Meimeiden?) (聯合艦隊軍艦銘銘伝,, Rengōkantai Gunkan Meimeiden?), Kōjinsha (Japan), June 1988, ISBN 4-7698-0386-9
• Masahide Asai, Ship name examination of the Japanese Navy (日本海軍 艦船名考,, Nihon Kaigun Kansenmeikou?) (日本海軍 艦船名考,, Nihon Kaigun Kansenmeikou?), Tōkyō Suikōsha (fringe organization of the Ministry of the Navy), December 1928
• Motoyoshi Hori, Destroyer - Technical recollection (駆逐艦 その技術的回顧,, Kuchikukan, Sono gijutsuteki-kaiko?) (駆逐艦 その技術的回顧,, Kuchikukan, Sono gijutsuteki-kaiko?), Hara Shobō (Japan), June 1987, ISBN 978-4-562-01873-4
• Shizuo Fukui, Stories of the Japanese aircraft carriers, Kojinsha, Japan, 1996, ISBN 4-7698-06558.
• 1/700 Water Line Series Guide book of Imperial Japanese Navy ships, Shizuoka Plastic Model Manufacturers Association (Aoshima Bunka Kyozai/Tamiya Corporation/Hasegawa Corporation), October 2007
• “Japan Center for Asian Historical Records (JACAR)”. , National Archives of Japan
  • Reference code: C05110830400, [Data in English is under preparation] 官房３０６号 １２．１．２２ 雑役船の公称番号及船種変更の件.
  • Reference code: C13071953800, [Data in English is under preparation] 第１３類　艦船（４）.