The was an infantry regiment in the Imperial Japanese Army. The regiment was attached to the 40th Infantry Brigade of the 20th Division. It was organized on 18 April 1916 and its headquarters was established in December that year at Bodeok-dong, Keishà Âhoku Province (now North Gyeongsang Province). The regiment participated during the Second Sino-Japanese War and during the later stages of World War II, the regiment was in New Guinea, as part of the Japanese Eighteenth Army. They participated in a number of engagements, including the Battle of Finschhafen.