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Hijikata Toshizō

1835 - 1869

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Hijikata Toshizō (土方 歳三; May 31, 1835 – June 20, 1869) was a Japanese swordsman of the Bakumatsu period and Vice-Commander (副長, Fukucho) of the Shinsengumi. As Vice-Commander, he served the Tokugawa Shogunate and co-led his group in its resistance against the imperial rule brought about by the Meiji Restoration. He fought against the Imperial Army during the Boshin War until his death at the Battle of Hakodate, which ended the war. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Hijikata Toshizō is the 500th most popular military personnel (up from 509th in 2019), the 324th most popular biography from Japan (down from 287th in 2019) and the 26th most popular Japanese Military Personnel.

Hijikata Toshizō is most famous for leading the Shinsengumi, a group of samurai who were loyal to the shogunate. The Shinsengumi were an elite military force and were known for their strict discipline and fierce loyalty.

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS

Among military personnels, Hijikata Toshizō ranks 500 out of 2,058Before him are Xiahou Yuan, Mitsuru Ushijima, Jean-Mathieu-Philibert Sérurier, Armando Diaz, Mundus, and Wilhelm von Tegetthoff. After him are Xu Huang, Hans-Jürgen Stumpff, Shoichi Yokoi, Alexander Yegorov, Harold Bride, and Publius Ventidius Bassus.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1835, Hijikata Toshizō ranks 23Before him are Mirza Ghulam Ahmad, Fukuzawa Yukichi, William Stanley Jevons, Nikolai Rubinstein, Alexander Agassiz, and Leopold, Prince of Hohenzollern. After him are John La Farge, Maria Alexandrovna Ulyanova, Adolph Wagner, Elisha Gray, Ferdinand IV, Grand Duke of Tuscany, and Mendele Mocher Sforim. Among people deceased in 1869, Hijikata Toshizō ranks 10Before him are Ghalib, Allan Kardec, Edwin Stanton, Jan Evangelista Purkyně, Charles Augustin Sainte-Beuve, and Johann Friedrich Overbeck. After him are Thomas Graham, Antoine-Henri Jomini, Alexander Sergeyevich Menshikov, Jean Léonard Marie Poiseuille, Alexander Dargomyzhsky, and Giovanni Battista Bugatti.

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In Japan

Among people born in Japan, Hijikata Toshizō ranks 324 out of 6,245Before him are Hosokawa Gracia (1563), Victoria Principal (1950), Mitsuru Ushijima (1887), Tadao Horie (1913), Reizo Fukuhara (1931), and Fukusaburo Harada (null). After him are Katsura Tarō (1848), Emperor Toba (1103), Saburo Shinosaki (null), Shoichi Yokoi (1915), Kazu Naoki (1918), and Yoshio Fujiwara (null).

Among MILITARY PERSONNELS In Japan

Among military personnels born in Japan, Hijikata Toshizō ranks 26Before him are Honda Tadakatsu (1548), Sanada Yukimura (1567), Nogi Maresuke (1849), Tamon Yamaguchi (1892), Yamagata Aritomo (1838), and Mitsuru Ushijima (1887). After him are Shoichi Yokoi (1915), Mitsuo Fuchida (1902), Saburō Sakai (1916), Seishirō Itagaki (1885), Kenji Doihara (1883), and Jisaburō Ozawa (1886).