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Kenji Doihara

1883 - 1948

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Kenji Doihara (土肥原 賢二, Doihara Kenji; 8 August 1883 – 23 December 1948) was a Japanese general and intelligence officer. He was instrumental in the Japanese invasion of Manchuria and the establishment of Manchukuo. Born in Okayama Prefecture, Doihara became an officer in the Imperial Japanese Army and was involved in intelligence and political operations on the Chinese continent. In 1931, he was involved in the Mukden Incident, and was responsible for bringing the former Chinese Emperor Puyi to Manchuria, in order to install him as the nominal ruler of Manchukuo. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Kenji Doihara is the 588th most popular military personnel (down from 564th in 2019), the 441st most popular biography from Japan (down from 337th in 2019) and the 31st most popular Japanese Military Personnel.

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS

Among military personnels, Kenji Doihara ranks 588 out of 2,058. Before him are Ikrima ibn Abi Jahl, Minamoto no Yoshinaka, Otto von Kotzebue, Ernst Lindemann, Alonso Pérez de Guzmán y Sotomayor, 7th Duke of Medina Sidonia, and Pál Maléter. After him are Jisaburō Ozawa, Walter Rauff, James Paul Moody, Gongsun Zan, George Brydges Rodney, 1st Baron Rodney, and Günther Blumentritt.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1883, Kenji Doihara ranks 68. Before him are Ichirō Hatoyama, Richard von Mises, Bernhard Rust, Alfredo Casella, José Clemente Orozco, and Ernest Ansermet. After him are Archibald Wavell, 1st Earl Wavell, Vinayak Damodar Savarkar, Princess Alice, Countess of Athlone, Hermann Abendroth, Hubert Pierlot, and Yan Xishan. Among people deceased in 1948, Kenji Doihara ranks 54. Before him are Béla Miklós, Rudolf Brandt, Waldemar Hoven, Josef Bühler, Seishirō Itagaki, and Rosika Schwimmer. After him are Wolfram Sievers, Viktor Brack, Kantarō Suzuki, Otto Rasch, Yahya Muhammad Hamid ed-Din, and Arshile Gorky.

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In Japan

Among people born in Japan, Kenji Doihara ranks 441 out of 6,245. Before him are Emperor Yōzei (867), Yodo-dono (1569), Emperor Antoku (1178), Ihara Saikaku (1642), Isao Iwabuchi (1933), and Emperor Juntoku (1197). After him are Jisaburō Ozawa (1886), Kinjiro Shimizu (null), Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa (1950), Nobuyoshi Araki (1940), Tsuyoshi Kunieda (1944), and Matsumura Sōkon (1809).

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS In Japan

Among military personnels born in Japan, Kenji Doihara ranks 31. Before him are Mitsuru Ushijima (1887), Hijikata Toshizō (1835), Shoichi Yokoi (1915), Mitsuo Fuchida (1902), Saburō Sakai (1916), and Seishirō Itagaki (1885). After him are Jisaburō Ozawa (1886), Hitoshi Imamura (1886), Yoshijirō Umezu (1882), Takeichi Nishi (1902), Hisaichi Terauchi (1879), and Saitō Hajime (1844).

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