Japanese Type 100 Infantryman Saipan Campaign WWII – Custom Printed Brick Block Figure

English Title & Specific Name

Figure Title: Japanese Type 100 Infantryman Saipan Campaign WWII

Historical Era: World War II / Saipan campaign, June–July 1944

Faction / Military Branch: Japan / Japanese infantry theme

Detailed Character Identification, Description, and Historical Background

Character Identification

This unnamed custom printed brick block figure is identified in the supplied product name as a Type 100 infantryman in the Saipan campaign. Its olive helmet, tan upper uniform and green trousers distinguish it from the two officer designs.

Detailed Character Description

• Headgear & Face: The olive helmet has a broad projecting brim. Dark brows and a small open mouth create an anxious expression.
• Uniform & Printed Field Gear: A tan open-collar tunic carries crossing harness outlines, a dark pendant-like equipment motif, printed waist pouches and a brown belt.
• Legs & Footwear: Green trousers have crease details above crisscross light lower-leg wraps and dark boots.
• Included Headgear: The pictured olive helmet is included. The figure is pictured with empty hands; no Type 100 firearm or other loose weapon is included in the pictured contents.

Historical / Thematic Background

The Saipan campaign began with American landings on 15 June 1944 and ended with the island declared secure on 9 July. It formed part of the Marianas offensive, in which the United States sought bases for continued Pacific operations. Japanese defenders faced an amphibious assault followed by sustained inland fighting across a larger, more varied landscape than many earlier atoll battles.

This infantry design interprets the campaign through a helmeted figure with a tan upper uniform, green trousers and printed field equipment. Its worried expression gives it a different visual character from the two hat-wearing officers. The Type 100 wording comes from the supplied product identity; the photograph itself shows empty hands, so the figure is presented without a separately pictured firearm. The waist pouches, harness and lower-leg wraps are part of the printed design.

Saipan’s caves and other defensive positions shaped the ground battle and influenced lessons applied in subsequent campaigns. In a historical model, this miniature can contribute an ordinary frontline-personnel theme beside the command and wounded figures. The shared color palette ties the collection together, while differences in faces and equipment allow individual roles to remain legible. Such a display can consider field service and its consequences without assigning the miniature to an unverified unit or claiming that it reproduces a specific soldier.