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Kondo Eijiro /近藤英次郎; September 12 , 1887 – December 27, 1955 ) was a Japanese naval officer. He held the rank of Vice Admiral and was a member of the House of Representatives . Circa 1930. Kondo Eijiro was born in Yonezawa City, Yamagata Prefecture. He graduated from the Naval Academy in...

Naokuni Nomura (野村 直邦, Nomura Naokuni, 15 May 1885 – 12 December 1973) was born in Hioki, Kagoshima prefecture. He graduated from the 35th class of the Imperial Japanese Naval Academy on 20 November 1907, ranked 43rd out of 172 cadets. He served his midshipman tour on the cruisers Itsukushima...

Saitō Makoto /斎藤 実; 27 October 1858 – 26 February 1936/ was a Japanese naval officer and politician. Upon distinguishing himself during his command of two cruisers in the First Sino-Japanese War, Saitō rose rapidly to the rank of rear admiral by 1900. He was promoted to vice admiral during the...

Baron Kataoka Shichirō (片岡 七郎, 12 January 1854 – 11 January 1920) was born to a samurai family in the Satsuma domain (present day Kagoshima prefecture), Kataoka entered the 3rd class of the Imperial Japanese Naval Academy in 1871, and served as a midshipman on the corvette Tsukuba. Kataoka...