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Kazuo Sakamaki

1918 - 1999

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Kazuo Sakamaki (酒巻和男, Sakamaki Kazuo; November 8, 1918 – November 29, 1999) was a Japanese naval officer who became the first prisoner of war of World War II to be captured by U.S. forces. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Kazuo Sakamaki is the 1,468th most popular military personnel (down from 1,326th in 2019), the 1,029th most popular biography from Japan (down from 887th in 2019) and the 79th most popular Japanese Military Personnel.

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS

Among military personnels, Kazuo Sakamaki ranks 1,468 out of 2,058. Before him are Charles Henri Hector d'Estaing, Geberic, Natalya Kovshova, Walton Walker, Pavle Jurišić Šturm, and Shi Jingtang. After him are Angelo Iachino, Alfonso Cano, Inigo Campioni, Guglielmo Pepe, Dmitry Karbyshev, and Atif Dudaković.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1918, Kazuo Sakamaki ranks 164. Before him are Cornell Capa, James Aldridge, Gérard de Vaucouleurs, Oles Honchar, Ted Williams, and Helen Stephens. After him are Patachou, Albert George Wilson, Sandro Puppo, Arthur Chung, Alfredo Ovando Candía, and Peter Poreku Dery. Among people deceased in 1999, Kazuo Sakamaki ranks 128. Before him are Mario Soldati, Oswaldo Guayasamín, Muhammad al-Sadr, Bob Peck, Hendrick Chin A Sen, and Rudolf Kárpáti. After him are Dennis Viollet, Petr Shelokhonov, Madeline Kahn, Aleksandr Demyanenko, Gonzalo Torrente Ballester, and Olga Orozco.

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In Japan

Among people born in Japan, Kazuo Sakamaki ranks 1,029 out of 6,245. Before him are Stephen Fumio Hamao (1930), Unkei (1151), Tarō Okamoto (1911), Moriteru Ueshiba (1951), Mitsuteru Yokoyama (1934), and Nakahama Manjirō (1827). After him are Shigesato Itoi (1948), Ozaki Kōyō (1868), Tsuneko Okazaki (1933), Takeo Arishima (1878), Joseph Asajiro Satowaki (1904), and Masayuki Uemura (1943).

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS In Japan

Among military personnels born in Japan, Kazuo Sakamaki ranks 79. Before him are Tomoji Tanabe (1895), Oku Yasukata (1847), Shigeyoshi Inoue (1889), Akashi Motojiro (1864), Harukichi Hyakutake (1888), and Kanji Ishiwara (1889). After him are Kijirō Nambu (1869), Kuroki Tamemoto (1844), Shōji Nishimura (1889), Kiyonao Ichiki (1892), Jinichi Kusaka (1888), and Mutsuhiro Watanabe (1918).

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