6th Division (Imperial Japanese Army)

6th Division
IJA 23rd Infantry Regiment 2nd Battalion seizing Shāshì city, 8 June 1940
Active1888–1945
CountryEmpire of Japan
BranchImperial Japanese Army
TypeInfantry
Garrison/HQKumamoto City, Japan
Nickname(s)"Bright Division"
EngagementsSecond Sino-Japanese War
First Sino-Japanese War
Russo-Japanese War
World War II
Commanders
Notable
commanders
Prince Kitashirakawa Yoshihisa, Kuroki Tamemoto, Ōkubo Haruno, Akashi Motojiro, and Sadao Araki

The 6th Division (第6師団, Dai-roku shidan) was an infantry division in the Imperial Japanese Army. Its call sign was the Bright Division (明兵団, Akari-heidan).