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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...

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...