All cruisers of the Imperial Japanese Navy

Can you name all the cruisers built for the Imperial Japanese Navy? (This quiz does not include prize of war or captured ships)

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Class	Type	Hint	Answer
---	Unprotected Cruiser	Originally ordered by the Chilean Navy as Arturo Prat, incomplete hull sold to the Imperial Japanese Navy in 1883, sold for scrap in 1910	Tsukushi
Naniwa	Unprotected Cruiser	Ran aground in 1912, wreck sold for scrap on 26 June 1913	Naniwa
Naniwa	Unprotected Cruiser	Reclassified as a minelayer in 1911, torpedoed and sunk by the German torpedo boat S90 on 18 October 1914	Takachiho
---	Unprotected Cruiser	Sold for scrap on 27 March 1912	Takao
---	Unprotected Cruiser	Sold for scrap on 1 April 1911	Yaeyama
---	Unprotected Cruiser	Sunk by a collision with the British merchant vessel Ravenna on 30 November 1892	Chishima
---	Unprotected Cruiser	Sold for scrap on 6 April 1926	Tatsuta
---	Unprotected Cruiser	Sunk by a mine on 14 May 1904	Miyako
---	Unprotected Cruiser	Sold for scrap on 25 July 1939	Chihaya
---	Protected Cruiser	Presumably sunk by a storm on 19 October 1887	Unebi
---	Protected Cruiser	Sunk as a target ship on 5 August 1927	Chiyoda
Matsushima	Protected Cruiser	Sunk by an accidental explosion on 30 April 1908	Matsushima
Matsushima	Protected Cruiser	Reclassified as a costal defense vessel in 1912, sold for scrap on 12 March 1926	Itsukushima
Matsushima	Protected Cruiser	Reclassified as a costal defense vessel in 1912, sold for scrap in 1927	Hashidate
---	Protected Cruiser	Sunk by a collision with the Japanese armored cruiser Kasuga on 15 May 1904	Yoshino
---	Protected Cruiser	Reclassified as a submarine tender in 1921, sold for scrap on 10 January 1927	Akitsushima
Suma	Protected Cruiser	Reclassified as a costal defense vessel in 1921, sold for scrap in 1928	Suma
Suma	Protected Cruiser	Reclassified as a costal defense vessel in 1921, sunk as a target ship on 3 August 1930	Akashi
Kasagi	Protected Cruiser	Ran aground, wreck salvaged and sunk on 10 August 1916	Kasagi
Kasagi	Protected Cruiser	Reclassified as a costal defense vessel in 1921, sunk as a target ship on 19 July 1931	Chitose
---	Protected Cruiser	Sunk by mines on 13 December 1904	Takasago
Niitaka	Protected Cruiser	Reclassified as a costal defense vessel in 1921, sunk by a storm on 26 August 1922	Niitaka
Niitaka	Protected Cruiser	Reclassified as a training hulk in 1936 under the designation Hai Kan No. 10, sunk as a target ship in 1944	Tsushima
---	Protected Cruiser	Ran aground, wreck broke apart and sunk on 10 August 1917	Otowa
Yodo	Protected Cruiser	Sold for scrap in 1945	Yodo
Yodo	Protected Cruiser	Sold for scrap on 31 January 1929	Mogami
---	Protected Cruiser	Sunk as a target ship on 30 April 1933	Tone
Chikuma	Protected Cruiser	Reclassified as a training hulk in 1931 under the designation Hai Kan No. 3, sunk as a target ship in 1935	Chikuma
Chikuma	Protected Cruiser	Reclassified as a barracks ship in 1943 under the designation Hai Kan No. 11, sold for scrap in April 1947	Hirado
Chikuma	Protected Cruiser	Reclassified as a barracks ship in 1940 under the designation Hai Kan No. 12, sold for scrap on 31 January 1947	Yahagi
Asama	Armored Cruiser	Reclassified as a costal defense vessel in 1921, sold for scrap on 15 August 1946	Asama
Asama	Armored Cruiser	Sunk by U.S. carrier aircraft on 9 August 1945	Tokiwa
---	Armored Cruiser	Reclassified as a training ship in 1931, sold for scrap on 20 July 1946	Yakumo
---	Armored Cruiser	Reclassified as a costal defense vessel in 1921, sold for scrap in 1946	Azuma
Izumo	Armored Cruiser	Reclassified as a costal defense vessel in 1921, sunk by U.S. naval aircraft on 24 July 1945	Izumo
Izumo	Armored Cruiser	Reclassified as a costal defense vessel in 1921, sunk by U.S. naval aircraft on 25 July 1945	Iwate
Kasuga	Armored Cruiser	Sunk by U.S. naval aircraft on 18 July 1945	Kasuga
Kasuga	Armored Cruiser	Sunk as a target ship in 1936, wreck raised and once again sunk as a target ship on 18 January 1942	Nisshin
Tsukuba	Armored Cruiser	Reclassified as a battlecruiser in 1912, sunk by an accidental explosion on 14 January 1917	Tsukuba
Tsukuba	Armored Cruiser	Reclassified as a battlecruiser in 1912, sold for scrap on 20 September 1923	Ikoma
Ibuki	Armored Cruiser	Reclassified as a battlecruiser in 1912, sold for scrap on 20 September 1923	Ibuki
Ibuki	Armored Cruiser	Reclassified as a battlecruiser in 1912, sold for scrap on 20 September 1923	Kurama
Tenryu	Light Cruiser	Torpedoed and sunk by the U.S. submarine USS Albacore on 19 December 1942	Tenryu
Tenryu	Light Cruiser	Torpedoed and sunk by the U.S. submarine USS Sand Lance on 13 March 1944	Tatsuta
Kuma	Light Cruiser	Torpedoed and sunk by the British submarine HMS Tally-Ho on 11 January 1944	Kuma
Kuma	Light Cruiser	Torpedoed and sunk by the U.S. submarine USS Jallao on 25 October 1944	Tama
Kuma	Light Cruiser	Reclassified as a fast transport vessel in 1942, sold for scrap on 10 August 1946	Kitakami
Kuma	Light Cruiser	Reclassified as a fast transport vessel in 1942, torpedoed and sunk by the U.S. submarine USS Flasher on 19 July 1944	Oi
Kuma	Light Cruiser	Sunk by U.S. carrier aircraft on 13 November 1944	Kiso
Nagara	Light Cruiser	Torpedoed and sunk by the U.S. submarine USS Croaker on 7 August 1944	Nagara
Nagara	Light Cruiser	Torpedoed and sunk by the U.S. submarines USS Gabilan and USS Charr on 7 April 1945	Isuzu
Nagara	Light Cruiser	Torpedoed and sunk by the U.S. submarine USS Stingray on 18 August 1944	Natori
Nagara	Light Cruiser	Sunk by U.S. bomber aircraft on 25 October 1942	Yura
Nagara	Light Cruiser	Sunk by aircraft from the U.S. carriers USS Essex and USS Lexington on 26 October 1944	Kinu
Nagara	Light Cruiser	Sunk by U.S. bomber aircraft on 26 October 1944	Abukuma
---	Light Cruiser	Torpedoed and sunk by the U.S. submarine USS Bluegill on 27 April 1944	Yubari
Sendai	Light Cruiser	Sunk by U.S. surface gunfire on 2 November 1943	Sendai
Sendai	Light Cruiser	Sunk by Allied surface gunfire on 13 July 1943	Jintsu
Sendai	Light Cruiser	Sunk by aircraft from the U.S. carriers USS Bunker Hill and USS Cowpens on 18 February 1944	Naka
Sendai	Light Cruiser	Cancelled on 17 March 1922	Kako
Sendai	Light Cruiser	Cancelled on 17 March 1922	Ayase
Sendai	Light Cruiser	Cancelled on 17 March 1922	Minase
Sendai	Light Cruiser	Cancelled on 17 March 1922	Otonase
Agano	Light Cruiser	Torpedoed and sunk by the U.S. submarine USS Skate on 15 February 1944	Agano
Agano	Light Cruiser	Sunk by U.S. carrier aircraft on 26 October 1944	Noshiro
Agano	Light Cruiser	Sunk by U.S. naval aircraft on 7 April 1945	Yahagi
Agano	Light Cruiser	Ceded to the U.S. Navy and sunk by a nuclear bomb test on 2 July 1946	Sakawa
---	Light Cruiser	Sunk by U.S. carrier aircraft on 28 July 1945	Oyodo
Furutaka	Heavy Cruiser	Sunk by U.S. surface gunfire on 12 October 1942	Furutaka
Furutaka	Heavy Cruiser	Torpedoed and sunk by the U.S. submarine USS S-44 on 10 August 1942	Kako
Aoba	Heavy Cruiser	Sunk by U.S. bomber aircraft on 24 July 1945	Aoba
Aoba	Heavy Cruiser	Sunk by aircraft from the U.S. carrier USS Enterprise on 13 November 1942	Kinugasa
Myoko	Heavy Cruiser	Scuttled on 8 July 1946	Myoko
Myoko	Heavy Cruiser	Sunk by aircraft from the U.S. carriers USS Lexington and USS Ticonderoga on 5 November 1944	Nachi
Myoko	Heavy Cruiser	Sunk by British destroyers on 16 May 1945	Haguro
Myoko	Heavy Cruiser	Torpedoed and sunk by the U.S. submarine USS Trenchant on 8 June 1945	Ashigara
Takao	Heavy Cruiser	Ceded to the Royal Navy in 1945, sunk as a target ship on 29 October 1946	Takao
Takao	Heavy Cruiser	Torpedoed and sunk by the U.S. submarine USS Darter on 23 October 1944	Atago
Takao	Heavy Cruiser	Torpedoed and sunk by the U.S. submarine USS Dace on 23 October 1944	Maya
Takao	Heavy Cruiser	Sunk by U.S. surface gunfire and aircraft from the carrier USS Kitkun Bay on 25 October 1944	Chokai
Mogami	Heavy Cruiser	Sunk by U.S. cruiser gunfire and carrier aircraft on 25 October 1944	Mogami
Mogami	Heavy Cruiser	Sunk by U.S. carrier aircraft on 6 June 1942	Mikuma
Mogami	Heavy Cruiser	Sunk by U.S. carrier aircraft on 25 October 1944	Suzuya
Mogami	Heavy Cruiser	Sunk by aircraft from the U.S. carrier USS Ticonderoga on 25 November 1944	Kumano
Tone	Heavy Cruiser	Sunk by U.S. carrier aircraft on 24 July 1945	Tone
Tone	Heavy Cruiser	Sunk by U.S. cruiser gunfire and torpedoed by the destroyer USS Owen on 26 October 1944	Chikuma
---	Heavy Cruiser	Reordered as a light aircraft carrier in 1943, cancelled before completion and scrapped on 22 November 1946	Ibuki