The Central Readiness Regiment (中央即応連隊, Chūō-Sokuō-Rentai) is an infantry regiment of the Japan Ground Self-Defense Force, being stationed at Camp Utsunomiya[4] near the Utsunomiya Air Field (Camp Kita-Utsunomiya), as it is intended to be ready for rapid deployment both in Japan and abroad.

[6] In 2009, a detachment selected from the regiment was sent to Djibouti to participate in an anti-piracy operation as a security force at the air base.

[2] All of the soldiers in this regiment have volunteered to be transferred, and many are qualified as paratrooper or ranger.

[1][9] In addition, the regiment also is equipped with unique equipment to prepare for military operations other than war overseas, such as Bushmaster Protected Mobility Vehicles for non-combatant evacuation operations and Long-range acoustic devices as non-lethal weapons.

[2] In August 25, 2019, an IHI Aerospace-made unmanned ground vehicle was deployed at the 2019 Fuji Firepower demonstration for explosive ordnance disposal missions.