Toshinari Maeda

Marquess Maeda Toshinari
Born	(1885-06-05)5 June 1885 Tokyo, Japan
Died	5 September 1942(1942-09-05) (aged 57) off Bintulu, Sarawak
Allegiance	Empire of Japan
Service / branch	Imperial Japanese Army
Years of service	1905–1942
Rank	General (posthumous)
Unit	Imperial Guard
Commands	IJA 8th Division Japanese 37th Army
Battles / wars	World War II Pacific War South West Pacific theatre †
Awards	Order of the Rising Sun
Alma mater	Army War College

Marquess Toshinari Maeda (前田利為侯爵, Maeda Toshinari Kōshaku, 5 June 1885 – 5 September 1942), was a Japanese nobleman who was the 16th head of the Maeda family. He was a general and the first commander of the Japanese forces in northern Borneo (Sarawak, Brunei, Labuan, and North Borneo) in World War II.