Date of birth:

April 15th, 1894

Date of death:

March 29th, 1944

Nationality:

Japanese

Promotions:
December 19th 1914: Sho-i Ko-hosai (Midshipsman);
December 13th, 1915: Chu-i (Sub-lieutenant);
December 1st, 1920: Tahi-i (Lieutenant);
December 1st, 1926: Sho-sa (Lieutenant commander);
December 1st, 1931: Chu-sa (Commander);
December 1st, 1936: Dai-sa (Captain);
November 1st, 1942: Sho-sho (Rear Admiral);
?: Chu-sho (Vice-admiral, posthumously).

Career:
? - 1914: Kaigun Heigakko (Imperial Japanese Naval Academy);
December 19th 1914: Midshipsman cruiser Soya (1900);
August 27th, 1915: Midshipsman cruiser Tokiwa (1898);
December 7th, 1915: Midshipsman cruiser Tsukuba (1912);
April 1st, 1917: Midshipsman cruiser Nisshin (1903);
December 1st, 1918: battleschip Hiei (1912);
August 1st, 1919: cruiser Tsushima (1902);
December 1st, 1919; destroyer Nenohi (1905);
December 1st, 1921: cruiser Tenryu (1918);
December 1st, 1924: aircrafttender Wakamiya (1914);
December 10th, 1928: Yokosuka chinjufu (Yokosuka Naval District);
April 1st, 1929: Dai-Nippon Teikoku Kaigun Koku-tai (Japanese Imperial Naval Air Service);
May 1st, 1933: Naval Attachee United States;
?: Naval Attachee Europe;
October 15th, 1935: Executive Officer aircraft carrier Ryujo (1931);
November 11th, 1939: Commanding Officer minelayer Itsukushima (1929);
December 10th, 1939: Commanding Officer aircraft carrier Ryujo (1931);
March 25th, 1941: Commanding Officer aircraft carrier Akagi (1925).

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