Its call sign was the Sendai Protection Division (護仙兵団, Kosen Heidan).

It was a part of the 16 simultaneously created divisions batch numbering from 140th to 160th.

The 142nd division headquarters was located at Yoshoka-machi (now Kurokawa District).

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