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Lieutenant-General Takamori, Takashi/鷹森 孝; January 9, 1888; April 27, 1968/ was the fourth son of Tsu Mayor Sataro Kurokawa and the adopted son of Army Major Takeo Takamori. He studied at Nagoya Army Regional Infant School and Central Infant School. In May 1908, he graduated from the 20th batch...

Tajima, Eijirō /田島栄次郎 ; 20.05.1883 - 11.05.1952/. Ranks: 26.06.1906 Second Lieutenant 21.12.1908 Lieutenant 29.02.1916 Captain 08.02.1922 Major 07.08.1925 Lieutenant Colonel 01.08.1930 Colonel 15.03.1935 Major General 01.03.1938 Lieutenant General Military Career...

Suetaka Kamezō (尾高亀蔵 ;September 28 , 1884 - August 1, 1953) was born in Saga Prefecture as the second son of farmer Heiji Otani and was adopted by the Suetaka family. He attended Karatsu Junior High School and graduated from the Military Academy (16th class) in October 1904. In November of the...

Saburō Endō /January 2, 1893; October 11, 1984/. Promotions 1937-08-02 Colonel 1939-08-01 Major-General 1942-12-01 Lieutenant-General Service 1932-08-08 – 1934-08-01 Chief of Manoeuvres Section, Kwantung Army 1934-08-01 – 1936-08-01 Instructor at the War College...

Rare cavalier of 3rd class Serbian order of the White Eagle with swords and Chinese order of Striped Tiger. Heisuke Yanagawa /柳川 平助, October 2, 1879 – January 22, 1945/ was born in what is now part of Nagasaki city, Nagasaki prefecture, Yanagawa was raised in Ōita Prefecture by his adoptive...

Gaishi Nagaoka (長岡 外史, May 13, 1858 - April 21 , 1933) Japanese air force commander and pioneer of aviation, whose mustache measured 20 inches from tip to tip, was born Suō Province in 1858. His father, San'emon Hori (堀 三右衛門, Hori Sanemon), was an adopted son of Nanyo Nagaoka (長岡 南陽, Nagaoka...