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Hattori Hanzō

1542 - 1597

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Hattori Hanzō (服部 半蔵; c. 1542 – January 2, 1597) or Second Hanzō, nicknamed Oni no Hanzō (鬼の半蔵, Demon Hanzō), was a famous samurai of the Sengoku era. He served the Tokugawa clan as a general and is credited with saving the life of Tokugawa Ieyasu, later helping him to become the ruler of united Japan. Hanzō was known as an expert tactician and a master of sword fighting, and was included in cultural sobriquet as one of Tokugawa's 16 divine generals (Tokugawa jūrokushinshō). Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Hattori Hanzō is the 104th most popular military personnel (down from 89th in 2019), the 34th most popular biography from Japan (down from 28th in 2019) and the 5th most popular Japanese Military Personnel.

Hattori HANZO is most famous for being the retainer of Tokugawa Ieyasu, the founder of the Tokugawa Shogunate. He was also a skilled swordsman and a spy.

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS

Among military personnels, Hattori Hanzō ranks 104 out of 2,058. Before him are Ahmad Sanjar, Nestor Makhno, Andrea Doria, Robert E. Lee, John of Austria, and Lyudmila Pavlichenko. After him are Mardonius, Võ Nguyên Giáp, Gebhard Leberecht von Blücher, Walther von Reichenau, Yonatan Netanyahu, and Heinrich Müller.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1542, Hattori Hanzō ranks 5. Before him are Akbar, Mary, Queen of Scots, Tokugawa Ieyasu, and John of the Cross. After him are Mariam-uz-Zamani, Robert Bellarmine, Álvaro de Mendaña de Neira, Ruqaiya Sultan Begum, Jan Zamoyski, Isabella de' Medici, and Giovanni Leonardo Di Bona. Among people deceased in 1597, Hattori Hanzō ranks 2. Before him is Willem Barentsz. After him are Paulo Miki, Infanta Catherine Michelle of Spain, Peter Canisius, Alfonso II d'Este, Duke of Ferrara, Maharana Pratap, Joseph of Anchieta, Franciscus Patricius, Ashikaga Yoshiaki, Edward Kelley, and Barbara Blomberg.

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In Japan

Among people born in Japan, Hattori Hanzō ranks 34 out of 6,245. Before him are Kenzaburō Ōe (1935), Yoshinori Ohsumi (1945), Ryūnosuke Akutagawa (1892), Kanō Jigorō (1860), Yayoi Kusama (1929), and Emperor Kōmei (1831). After him are Jiroemon Kimura (1897), Isao Takahata (1935), Itō Hirobumi (1841), Saigō Takamori (1828), Hiroshige (1797), and Sadako Sasaki (1943).

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS In Japan

Among military personnels born in Japan, Hattori Hanzō ranks 5. Before him are Oda Nobunaga (1534), Tokugawa Ieyasu (1542), Hiroo Onoda (1922), and Isoroku Yamamoto (1884). After him are Saigō Takamori (1828), Akechi Mitsuhide (1526), Minamoto no Yoshitsune (1159), Tokugawa Yoshinobu (1837), Chūichi Nagumo (1887), Ishida Mitsunari (1559), and Toyotomi Hideyori (1593).

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