陸軍中将

Rare combination of awards. Two Korean orders with Chinese Striped Tiger in between + Swedish Royal Order of the Sword. Nobutaro Umezaki /梅崎延太郎/ (July 13, 1880 - April 24, 1964) graduated from the 12th class of the Military Academy and the 22nd class of the Army War College. Ranks...

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...

Aketo Nakamura (中村 明人, Nakamura Aketo, 11 April 1889 – 12 September 1966). Promotions 1933-08-01 Colonel 1937-08-02 Major-General 1939-10-02 Lieutenant-General Service 1929-08-XX – 1930-08-01 Attached to 3rd Imperial Guards Regiment 1930-08-01 – 1932-06-09 Senior...

Hisakazu Tanaka /田中 久一, Tanaka Hisakazu, 16 March 1889 – 27 March 1947/ was a lieutenant general in the Imperial Japanese Army, and governor of Japanese-occupied Hong Kong in World War II. Promotions 1934-03-05 Colonel 1937-12-28 Major-General 1940-08-01 Lieutenant-general Service...

Lieutenant-General Kanji Tsuneoka (Japanese 常岡寛治; November 7, 1886; August 15, 1948) Promotions 1930-08-01 Colonel 1935-03-25 Major-General 1938-03-01 Lieutenant-General Service 1929-12-10 – 1931-01-28 Military Attaché to Thailand 1931-04-12 – 1931-08-01 Attached...

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...

Korechika Anami /阿南 惟幾, Anami Korechika, 21 February 1887 – 15 August 1945/ was born in Taketa city in Ōita Prefecture, where his father was a senior bureaucrat in the Home Ministry and grew up in Tokyo and in Tokushima Prefecture. He attended the 18th class of the Imperial Japanese Army Academy...

Hata, Hikosaburō /秦彦三郎/ (October 1, 1890 - March 20 , 1959). Promotions 1936-03-07 Colonel 1939-03-09 Major-General 1941-10-15 Lieutenant-General Service 1932-12-XX – 1933-03-XX Attached to the General Staff 1933-03-XX – 1934-03-05 Chief of Soviet Branch, 4th...

Count Sadakoto Hisamatsu /Japanese: 久松定謨 October 6, 1867 - February 19, 1943/ was a Japanese army officer and the head of the Hisamatsu family. He served as the commander of the 1st Infantry Brigade and the 5th Infantry Brigade. French Legion of Honour, Imperial Russian 3rd class St.Anna for...

http://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/田村沖之甫 --- 28.07.1888 Second Lieutenant 07.11.1891 Lieutenant 20.05.1895 Captain 07.06.1901 Major 26.12.1904 Lieutenant Colonel 21.12.1908 Colonel 11.05.1914 Major General 24.07.1918 Lieutenant General --- 28.07.1888-25.07.1895 Platoon Leader 1st Field Artillery...