Battle of Midway - Commanding Officers

Name the commanding officer of every ship present at the Battle of Midway, as well as the fleet commanding officers? Only includes surface warships, and doesn't include ships of invasion forces (just ships of the core attack groups)
Names taken directly from Wikipedia. If something was Romanized incorrectly, I apologize.
Doesn't include any initials, but there is a Jr.
Japanese names here go personal name first, family name second
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Command
Officer
First Carrier Striking Force
Chuichi Nagumo
Second Carrier Division
Tamon Yamaguchi
IJN Akagi
Taijiro Aoki
IJN Kaga
Jisaku Okada
IJN Soryu
Ryusaku Yanagimoto
IJN Hiryu
Tomeo Kaku
IJN Haruna
Tamotsu Takama
IJN Kirishima
Sanji Iwabuchi
IJN Tone
Tametsugu Okada
IJN Chikuma
Keizo Komura
IJN Kumano
Kikumatsu Tanaka
IJN Suzuya
Masatomi Kimura
IJN Mikuma
Shakao Sakiyama
IJN Mogami
Akira Soji
IJN Nagara
Toshio Naoi
IJN Nowaki
Magataro Koga
IJN Arashi
Yusumasa Watanabe
IJN Hagikaze
Juichi Iwagami
IJN Maikaze
Seiji Nakasugi
IJN Kazagumo
Masayoshi Yoshida
IJN Yugumo
Shigeo Semba
IJN Makigumo
Isamu Fujita
IJN Urakaze
Nagayoshi Shiraishi
IJN Isokaze
Shunichi Toyoshima
IJN Tanikaze
Motoi Katsumi
IJN Hamakaze
Tsuneo Orita
IJN Asashio
Goro Yoshii
IJN Arashio
Hideo Kuboki
Task Force 17
Frank Fletcher
Task Force 16
Raymond Spruance
USS Yorktown
Elliot Buckmaster
USS Enterprise
George Murray
USS Hornet
Marc Mitscher
USS Astoria
Francis Scanland
USS Portland
Laurance DuBose
USS Pensacola
Frank Lowe
USS Northampton
William Chandler Jr.
USS New Orleans
Howard Good
USS Minneapolis
Frank Lowry
USS Vincennes
Frederick Riefkohl
USS Atlanta
Samuel Jenkins
USS Hammann
Arnold True
USS Anderson
William Hobby
USS Hughes
Donald Ramsey
USS Morris
Harry Jarrett
USS Russell
James Pollock
USS Gwin
John Higgins
USS Phelps
Edward Beck
USS Worden
William Pogue
USS Monaghan
William Burford
USS Aylwin
George Phelan
USS Maury
Gelzer Sims
USS Benham
Joseph Worthington
USS Ellet
Francis Gardner
USS Conyngham
Henry Daniel
USS Balch
Harold Thiemroth
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