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Imperial Japanese Navy
Naval Academy at Etajima
In cooperation with Jeff Donahoo
Etajima Class 51
(255 graduates)
July 14, 1923
NameKanjiRankFromFate (death or other)
Abe Nobuo阿部言夫EnsignYamaguchi 
Abe Shouhei阿部正平CaptainIbaraki 
Abe Taro阿部太郎LieutenantEhimeIse Wan ( Nagato)
Aiko Fumio愛甲文雄CaptainKagoshima 
Aizawa Tatsuo 相沢達雄CaptainMiyagiKIA January 6, 1942 (Higashiminato NAG)
Akira佳々木 彰CaptainHiroshima 
Amagai Takahisa天谷孝久Captian–1944Ibaraki 
Ando Norihide 安藤憲栄Rear AdmiralFukuokaKIA October 25, 1944 (2nd Squadron)
Aoki Takeshi青木 武CaptainKanagawa 
Aoki Tamon 青木多門CaptainFukushimaKIA December 19, 1944 (Unryu XO)
Aoyama Hideo 青山英夫CaptainYamagataKIA February 17, 1944 (68 Guard)
Ariizumi Tatsunosuke 有泉竜之助CaptainIbarakiKIA August 29, 1945 (SubDiv 1)
Arisaka Iwao有坂磐雄CaptainTokyo 
Arisawa Naosada有沢直定 Niigata 
Deguchi Shigeru出口 茂 Fukui 
Eguchi Hozumi 江口穂積CaptainSagaKIA October 25, 1944 (Zuiho XO)
Enoo Yoshio榎尾義男CaptainHiroshima 
Fukami Kotarou深見虎太郎MidshipmanKagoshima 
Fukumori Yoshio 福森義雄Lt.CommanderKagoshimaprewar aircraft accident Bungo Strait, Honshu
Funabashi船橋一一Lt.CommanderAichi 
Furuhashi Saijiro古橋才次郎 Niigata 
Futagami Enzo二神延三 Ehime 
Goto Naohide後藤直秀Lt.CommanderKochi 
Hajii Kitaro土師喜太郎CaptainTokyoKIA June 8, 1943 (Mutsu)
Hamanaka Shuichi 浜中修一CaptainKagawaKIA June 25, 1942 (Yamakaze)
Hanabusa Hiroshi 花房博志CaptainOkayamaKIA June 11, 1943 (I-24)
Hanaoka Yuji花岡雄二CaptainGunma 
Handa Masae半田正衛LieutenantIshikawaprewar aircraft accident (Sasebo NAG)
Hara Michio原 道男CaptainShimane 
Haraguchi Noboru 原口 昇CaptainNagasaki 
Hasegawa (Yakota ) Minoru長谷川 稔 (横田稔)Okayama  
Hashimoto橋本 亘 Kochi 
Hayashi Koichi林 幸市 Fukuoka 
Hayashi Seizo林 静蔵 Kagoshima 
Hayashi Shiro林 紫郎CaptainKagawaKIA April 7, 1945 (Yamato)
Hayashi Shojiro林 鉦次郎CaptainAichiEastern New Guinea (呉鎮第5特陸)
Hidaka Mayu日高万由CaptainMiyazaki 
Higuchi Teiji 樋口貞治Rear AdmiralOsakaKIA July 18, 1945 (Nagato XO)
Hiramoto Michitaka平本道隆CaptainHiroshima 
Hirayama Goro 平山五郎Lt.CommanderSagaPrewar aircraft accident (呉NAG)
Hirokawa Takashi 広川 隆CommanderSagaKIA October 2, 1941 (I-61)
Hirose Hiroshi広瀬 弘CaptainChiba 
Ide Motoo井手元男CaptainFukuoka 
Iida Hideo飯田秀雄CommanderFukuoka(death from disease)
Ikeda Sadae池田貞枝CaptainKagoshima 
Ikegami Tsuguo池上二男CaptainKumamoto 
Imaizumi Hajime今泉 肇 Hokkaido 
Imamura Ichiro 今村一郎 Saga 
Imamura Iwao今村岩雄CommanderMiyazaki 
Inaba Michimune稲葉通宗 Aichi 
Inada Hiroshi 稲田 洋CaptainTottoriKIA November 25, 1943 (I-21)
Inoue Isamu井上 勇CaptainOita 
Inoue Tadakane 井上規矩CaptainTokushimaKIA May 13, 1943 (I-31)
Irie Tatsushi 入江 達Rear AdmiralFukuokaKIA November 11, 1943 (I-34)
Ishikawa石川 剛LieutenantIwate 
Ishikawa Hiroshi石川 宏Lieutenant (jg)Miyagi 
Ishitake Masaemon石武政右衛門Lieutenant (jg)Kumamoto 
Isogai Tsuneji磯貝常二LieutenantGifu 
Itagaki Kanenobu板垣金信 Kagoshima 
Ito Sukemitsu伊東祐満 Saga 
Iura Shoujiro井浦祥二郎CaptainFukuoka 
Iwahashi Tooru 岩橋 透CaptainWakayamaKolombangara (2水戦 ) SubRon or DesRon 2?
Iwai Yasuo岩井庸男CommanderWakayamaKIA August 17, 1937 Central China (Kaga)
Iwao Masatsugu岩尾正次CaptainOitaTinian Is. (121 NAG)
Izu Junichi伊豆寿市CaptainOitaKIA January, 1944
Kakinuma Yusuke柿沼雄助Lt.CommanderTokyoprewar aircraft accident at Yokosuka (Aoba)
Kamide Shunji上出俊二CaptainTokyo 
Kamikawa Takeo 神川武夫Rear AdmiralHiroshimaKIA October 25, 1944 (Chokai XO)
Kamiyama Masao 神山昌雄CaptainTokyoKIA November 11, 943 (Suzunami)
Kanba Aiji干葉愛爾 Kumamoto 
Kataoka Masaichi片岡政市CaptainKumamoto(Yokosuka Ku detachment)
Katsuhata Kiyoshi勝畑 清LieutenantSaitamaprewar aircraft accident (Palau South Seas Agency)
Katsuta Saburo勝田三郎CaptainTokyoSolomon Islands (Yokohama NAG)
Kawai Masaru川井 勝 Nagano 
Kawasaki Mutsuro 川崎陸郎 Ibaraki 
Kawashima Chuichi 川島忠一Lt.CommanderAomoriprewar aircraft accident (Yokosuka NAG)
Kikuchi Taketomi菊池武臣LieutenantKumamoto 
Kinashi Takakazu 木梨鷹一Rear AdmiralOitaKIA July 29, 1944 (I-29)
Kisaka Yoshitane 木坂義胤Rear AdmiralHiroshimaKIA November 8, 1944 (8 Fleet)
Kitayama Saburo喜多山三郎 Osaka 
Kodama Toriji児玉虎次LieutenantKagoshimaSaipan (231 Construction Unit)
Koike Sadao小池定雄CaptainAomori 
Kojima Masami小島正己 Hyogo 
Kojima Yoshinari小島由成LieutenantIshikawaSaishu Island (Akagi aircraft accident)
Kondo Michio近藤道雄CommanderYamagata中支涼泉鎮
Kondo Yasuhira 近藤保平CaptainNiigataKIA December 19, 1944 (Unryu)
Koshino Kimitake 越野公威Rear AdmiralWakayamaKIA October 24, 1944 (Musashi)
Koshiro Tadashi小代 正CaptainOita 
Kotegawa Kinihiko小手川邦彦CaptainOita 
Kozono Yasuna小園安名CaptainKagoshima 
Kubo Tokutaro 久保徳太郎CaptainHiroshimaKIA August 2, 1944 (321 NAG) (Marianas NAG)
Kuboki Hideo久保木 英雄CaptainGunmaKIA March 3, 1943 (Arashio)
Kudo Shunsaku工藤俊作 Yamagata 
Kumabe Sueo隈部末夫MidshipmanKumamoto 
Kurioka Shigeo 栗岡茂夫EnsignHyogoprewar aircraft accident (Omura NAG)
Kuroi Akira 黒井 明Lt.CommanderYamagataprewar accident at sea off Tosa (Atago)
Kurokawa Yoshiki黒川善喜CaptainHiroshima 
Machida Kikuyoshi町田喜久吉CaptainKochi 
Makino Akira牧野 担 Aichi 
Masaki Ikutora正木生虎 Hiroshima 
Matsueda Tsukazo松枝司蔵 Okayama 
Matsuno Jin'ichi松延仁一 Fukuoka 
Matsuo Keisuke松尾景輔CaptainSagaKula Is (3 Base Force)
Matsushima Shinroku松島慎六Lieutenant (jg)Hyogo 
Minami Rokuemon南 六右衛門 Wakayama 
Minegawa Nobutoshi皆川延利CaptainFukuoka 
Mishiro Tatsukichi三代一就CaptainIbaraki 
Miura Gishiro三浦義四郎CaptainIwatedied March 25, 1974
Miura Tokushiro三浦徳四郎CaptainOitaKIA October 25, 1944 (Musashi)
Miyabe Tatsumasa宮部竜正CaptainMiyagi(呉軍需部)
Miyaji Michiya宮地道哉Lieutenant (jg)KochiKIA August 24, 1927 (Warabi)
Miyamoto Susumu宮本 進LieutenantFukushima 
Miyauchi Shinichi宮内新一CommanderShizuokaKIA April 4, 1940 (Nokaze)
Mori Minoru 森 実CaptainChibaKIA July 8, 1944 (SE Area Fleet Staff Officer))
Moriya Setsuji 守屋節司Rear AdmiralNaganoKIA October 26, 1944 (Nowaki)
Morooka Yasuichi諸岡安一CommanderSaga中支涼泉鎮
Motokura Masayoshi本倉正義CaptainOkayama 
Muramatsu Ryouichi村松良一Lieutenant (jg)Tokyo 
Nagai Kadazo長井一雄 Saga 
Nagai Teizo 永井貞三CaptainHiroshimaKIA October 25, 1944 (Maya)
Nagata Shigeru永田 茂CaptainChiba 
Nakagawa Yutaro中川有太郎 Hokkaido 
Nakajima Tadayuki中島忠行CaptainTokyo 
Nakajima Taichi中島太市EnsignKyoto 
Nakamura Kenji中村健二 Toyama 
Nakamura Mitsuo中村三男CommanderSagaCentral China (China Area Fleet staff officer)
Nakamura Nenosuke 中村子之助Rear AdmiralFukuokaKIA June 10, 1945 (141 NAG)
Nakano中野外代吉CommanderIshikawaCentral (China Area Fleet staff officer)
Nakano Chujiro中野忠二郎CaptainKyoto 
Nakao Kumataro 中尾熊太郎Rear AdmiralFukuokaKIA May 15, 1945 (5th Squadron staff)
Negoro Shigeki 根来茂樹CaptainWakayama 
Nishikawa Tei西川 亨CaptainFukuoka 
Nitta Shinichi 新田慎一CommanderYamaguchiKIA Central China (Kanoya NAG)
Noda Rokuro野田六郎CaptainHyogo 
Noji Sousuke野地宗助 Kanagawa 
Noma Toru野間 徹CaptainEhimeKIA July 8, 1944 (Central Pacific Area Fleet Staff)
Noto Kiyohisa能登清久CaptainToyama 
Oba Fumie大場文衛CaptainYamaguchi 
Ogasawara Shoichi 小笠原章一 Miyagi 
Ogi Kazuto扇 一登CaptainHiroshima 
Ogura小倉美秋EnsignKagoshima 
Ogura Masami小倉正身CaptainGifuKIA December 1, 1942 (Takanami)
Ohara Matajuro大原又十郎Lt.CommanderFukuoka 
Oi Atsushi大井 篤CaptainYamagata 
Oiyama Masaaki老山正清Lt.CommanderKagoshimaクエゼリン (61Guard)
Okado Yasuhiko岡戸靖彦CaptainSaitama 
Okamoto Kouichi岡本孝一CommanderOkayama 
Okano岡野干代喜 Aomori 
Okazumi Seiji岡積清治Lt.CommanderKagoshima 
Okihara Hideya沖原秀也CommanderShimane 
Osuga Shuichi 大須賀秀一CaptainAichi 
Otani Inao大谷稲穂CaptainKochi 
Otani Ryuzo大谷竜蔵CaptainKumamotoPalau (西カロリンNAG)
Otara Naoji太田良直治 Shizuoka 
Sado Ikunosuke佐道郁之助LieutenantHiroshima 
Sakamoto Rin坂本 琳Lt.CommanderTokyoOff Kenzaki (Akagi aircraft accident)
Sakuma Yoshiya佐久間良也 Miyazaki 
Sanematsu Yazuru実松 譲CaptainSaga 
Sasabe Risaburo雀部利三郎 Okayama 
Sato Katsuyoshi佐藤勝義EnsignFukushima 
Sato Shigekichi佐藤重吉CaptainYamagata 
Sato Toyosaburo佐藤豊三郎 Miyagi 
Seikichi榎田清吉 Gunma 
Seki Tokishige関 勅滋CommanderKochi 
Seo Noboru 瀬尾 昇CaptainHiroshimaKIA January 15, 1944 (Suzutsuki)
Shibata Genichi 柴田源一CaptainYamaguchiKIA February 14, 1942 (I-23)
Shimizu Itsuro清水逸郎CaptainNiigataKIA June 7, 1944 (Hayanami)
Shimizu Kazuo清水一雄Lieutenant (jg)Shizuoka 
Shimono Shizou下野静夫 Kagoshima 
Shinamura Nobumasa島村信政CaptainNaganoSolomons (聯艦司令部)
Shinohara Tamao篠原多摩夫CaptainTokushimaManUS Is
Shirasuna Tadashi白砂 貞LieutenantShizuoka 
Shoubayashi Kikuro荘林規矩郎CaptainKyotoKIA July 8, 1944 (Central Pacific Area Fleet Staff)
Suda Keizo須田佳三CommanderNagano 
Suga Yoshio菅 芳雄EnsignFukuoka 
Sugawara Rokuro菅原六郎CaptainFukushima 
Sugitani Nagahide 杉谷永秀CaptainIshikawa 
Sugiyama Toshikazu 杉山利一 Shizuoka 
Sugiyama Yoshikatsu杉山可勝 Chiba 
Suzuki Morikatsu鈴木盛勝CaptainFukushima 
Suzuki Shigeru鈴木 茂LieutenantAichi 
Suzuki Taketoshi鈴木剛敏CommanderKagoshima漢口
Suzuki Yoshijiro 鈴木由次郎 Chiba 
Tachikawa立川丑郎LieutenantMie 
Tagami Akiji田上明次 Mie 
Taira Toshimasa平 利正LieutenantKagoshimaPrewar aircraft accident (Omura NAG)
Takahashi Hidekazu高橋英一CommanderKanagawaKIA June 5, 1942 (Kaga)
Takasuka Osamu 高須賀 修CaptainEhimeKIA November 14, 1942 (Akatsuki)
Take Toshiteru 武 義照LieutenantKagoshimaprewar aircraft accident (Yoko NAG)
Takeda Hisami武田恒心CaptainKagoshima 
Takeda Yuuji武田勇二LieutenantEhime 
Takeichi Fumio武市文男 Kochi 
Takenaka Masao竹中正雄 Ishikawa 
Takeshi熊登 猛CaptainFukushima 
Taketani Kiyoshi竹谷 清 Ishikawa 
Takeuchi竹内猶勝CaptainHiroshima 
Takeuchi Shizuna竹内静七CaptainHyogoNew Guinea (第5特陸)
Tamura Hidetoshi 田村英俊LieutenantHyogoprewar aircraft accident (Omura NAG)
Tanaka Kaheiji田中嘉平治 Tokyo 
Tanaka Tadamasa 田中忠政CommanderHiroshimadied September 25, 1940 (Yunagi)
Tanamachi Hitoshi 棚町 整Rear AdmiralFukuokaKIA June 13, 1945 Okinawa Base Force
Taniguchi Yasumaro渓口泰麿 Hiroshima 
Tanno Yuzou丹野雄三CaptainYamagata 
Tate Hisatsugu館 久次CaptainToyama 
Tatsumi Kourokuro立見孝六郎CaptainIbaraki 
Taukioka月岡寅重CaptainNaganoNew Guinea (5特)
Toda Yoshiro戸田与四郎CommanderHiroshima 
Togami Ichiro 戸上一郎CaptainKumamotoKIA December 10, 1942 (I-3)
Toibata Kurio樋端久利雄CaptainKagawaKIA April 18, 1943 (Combined Fleet Staff)
Tokoro Shigehachiro所 茂八郎CaptainIbarakiKIA February 6, 1944 (281 NAG)
Tomioka Jiro富岡次郎CaptainKagawaKIA July 8, 1944
Tomita Sutezo 富田捨造Rear AdmiralShigaKIA July15, 1945 (AM Div 52)
Tomochika Yoriyoshi友近頼義CaptainEhime 
Toujima Kiyoshi東島 清CaptainSaga 
Toyama Yasumi 遠山安己CaptainKumamoto 
Toyoda Kumao豊田隈雄CaptainOita 
Toyoshima Shunichi 豊島俊一 Nagasaki 
Tsuchida Hisao土田久雄 Toyama 
Tsuda Hiroaki津田弘明CaptainOkayama 
Tsunemoto常本升二Lieutenant (jg)Okayama 
Tsutumi Masayuki堤 正之Lt.CommanderTokyo 
Tsuzaki Naonobu津崎直信CommanderKagoshimaNew Guinea (5特)
Urayama Chiyosaburo浦山千代三郎 Yamagata 
Usui Toshio臼井淑郎CaptainTokyo 
Uto (Utso)Yoneji 宇都米二CaptainKagoshima 
Uwai Hiroshi 上井 宏CaptainMiyazaki 
Uzawa Seo鵜沢聡衛CaptainChiba 
Wada Kenzo和田賢三 Kanagawa 
Wada Tetsujiro和田鉄二郎Rear AdmiralNiigatadied October 29, 1945 (153 NAG)
Wada Yushiro 和田雄四郎Rear AdmiralEhimeKIA May 3, 1944 (9th Fleet)
Wakairo Isaburo若色伊三郎CaptainTochijiKIA June 22, 1944 (Base Force 28)
Watanabe Yasuji 渡辺安次CaptainHyogo 
Yajima Yasuo 矢島安雄CommanderKumamotoKIA May 17, 1942 (I-28)
Yamada Matsuichi山田松一 Saga 
Yamada Morishige山田盛重CaptainTochiji 
Yamaka Tetsuo山香哲雄CaptainOita 
Yamamoto Tadashi山本 正CaptainKochiKIA October 24, 1944 (Musashi)
Yamamoto Yuji 山本祐二Rear AdmiralKagoshimaKIA April 7, 1945 Ryukyu Islands (2nd Fleet staff)
Yamashita Tatsuki山下達喜 Nagano 
Yamauchi Eiichi山内英一CaptainFukushima 
Yamauchi Masaki 山内正規 Saga 
Yano Masatoshi矢野政利CommanderMiyazaki 
Yano Minoru矢野 実 Fukuoka 
Yasui安井保門 Nara 
Yasunobu Takeo 安延多計夫CaptainOkayamaprewar aircraft accident
Yokoyama Saburo横山三郎EnsignGunma 
Yoshii Michinori吉井道教CaptainNagano 
Yoshii Shizou吉丼静雄CaptainChibaガム島(Garrison)
Yoshikawa Shukichi 由川周吉CaptainYamaguchi 
Yoshimatsu Hiroshi 吉松 僘Rear AdmiralKochiKIA November 21, 1944 (Kongo)
Yoshimoto Shigeru吉本 茂Lieutenant (jg)Kochi 
Yoshimura Iwao 吉村 巌CaptainHiroshima 
Yoshine Hiroo芳根広雄 Tokyo 
?唐木和也CaptainNagano 
? 無着仙明CaptainYamagata
 
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