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Okita Sōji

1842 - 1868

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Okita Sōji (沖田 総司; 1842 or 1844 – July 19, 1868) was a Japanese samurai and the captain of the first unit of the Shinsengumi, a special police force in Kyoto during the late shogunate period. He was one of the best swordsmen of the Shinsengumi. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Okita Sōji is the 380th most popular military personnel (down from 278th in 2019), the 183rd most popular biography from Japan (down from 107th in 2019) and the 18th most popular Japanese Military Personnel.

Okita Sōji was a samurai who served the Tokugawa shogunate. He is best known for his involvement in the assassination of Ii Naosuke, the first and last Japanese official to be assassinated in the Edo period.

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS

Among military personnels, Okita Sōji ranks 380 out of 2,058. Before him are Götz von Berlichingen, George Maniakes, Kurt Knispel, Thomas-Alexandre Dumas, Albert Pike, and Baiju. After him are Maximilian von Spee, Omar Pasha, Henri Giraud, Iwane Matsui, Andrei Grechko, and Prokop the Great.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1842, Okita Sōji ranks 22. Before him are Hermann Cohen, Osborne Reynolds, James Dewar, Vasily Vereshchagin, Georg Brandes, and Sophus Lie. After him are Ambrose Bierce, Édouard Lucas, Jean Gaston Darboux, Carl von Linde, Giovanni Giolitti, and Johannes Zukertort. Among people deceased in 1868, Okita Sōji ranks 13. Before him are Tewodros II, August Schleicher, David Brewster, Alexandre Colonna-Walewski, William T. G. Morton, and Franz Berwald. After him are Adalbert Stifter, François-Édouard Picot, Mihailo Obrenović, Carl Friedrich Philipp von Martius, James Brooke, and Christian Friedrich Schönbein.

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In Japan

Among people born in Japan, Okita Sōji ranks 183 out of 6,245. Before him are Hiroto Muraoka (1931), Masaki Kobayashi (1916), Yasuo Suzuki (1913), Emperor Kōgen (-272), Akira Yoshizawa (1911), and Emperor Tenji (626). After him are Iwane Matsui (1878), Motoo Tatsuhara (1913), Yukio Hatoyama (1947), Emperor Ōjin (210), Tomohiko Ikoma (1932), and Ken Watanabe (1959).

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS In Japan

Among military personnels born in Japan, Okita Sōji ranks 18. Before him are Toyotomi Hideyori (1593), Date Masamune (1567), Tomoyuki Yamashita (1885), Tadamichi Kuribayashi (1891), Tōgō Heihachirō (1848), and Shunroku Hata (1879). After him are Iwane Matsui (1878), Honda Tadakatsu (1548), Sanada Yukimura (1567), Nogi Maresuke (1849), Tamon Yamaguchi (1892), and Yamagata Aritomo (1838).

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