MILITARY PERSONNEL

Saitō Hajime

1844 - 1915

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Saitō Hajime (斎藤 一) (born Yamaguchi Hajime (山口 一); February 18, 1844 – September 28, 1915) was a Japanese samurai of the late Edo period, who most famously served as the captain of the third unit of the Shinsengumi. He was one of the few core members who survived the numerous wars of the Bakumatsu period. He was later known as Fujita Gorō (藤田 五郎) and worked as a police officer in Tokyo during the Meiji Restoration where he worked mostly undercover for them and for the Japanese government. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Saitō Hajime is the 654th most popular military personnel (down from 537th in 2019), the 500th most popular biography from Japan (down from 309th in 2019) and the 37th most popular Japanese Military Personnel.

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS

Among military personnels, Saitō Hajime ranks 654 out of 2,058. Before him are Roger of Lauria, Hans Speidel, Chris Kyle, Pang De, Pavel Batitsky, and Stanisław Sosabowski. After him are Alexander Pokryshkin, Heinz Lammerding, Marie-Pierre Kœnig, Peucestas, Elyesa Bazna, and Kurt von Tippelskirch.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1844, Saitō Hajime ranks 35. Before him are Friedrich Miescher, Sophia Tolstaya, Henry J. Heinz, Karl Lueger, George W. De Long, and Princess Maria Immacolata of Bourbon-Two Sicilies. After him are Prince Ferdinand, Duke of Alençon, Thomas Eakins, Minna Canth, Mihály Munkácsy, Victorine Meurent, and Louis Riel. Among people deceased in 1915, Saitō Hajime ranks 24. Before him are Michel Bréal, Joe Hill, Anton von Werner, Karl Goldmark, Archduke Ferdinand Karl of Austria, and William Wallace Denslow. After him are Nadežda Petrović, Remy de Gourmont, Gopal Krishna Gokhale, Adèle Hugo, Konstantin Makovsky, and Edith Cavell.

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In Japan

Among people born in Japan, Saitō Hajime ranks 500 out of 6,245. Before him are Masafumi Hara (1943), Tsuguharu Foujita (1886), Fumihiko Maki (1928), Kunisada (1786), Takeo Takahashi (1947), and Mōri Terumoto (1533). After him are Seki Takakazu (1642), Eisai (1141), Kenzō Takada (1939), Fusajiro Yamauchi (1859), Emperor Go-Reizei (1025), and Takijirō Ōnishi (1891).

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS In Japan

Among military personnels born in Japan, Saitō Hajime ranks 37. Before him are Kenji Doihara (1883), Jisaburō Ozawa (1886), Hitoshi Imamura (1886), Yoshijirō Umezu (1882), Takeichi Nishi (1902), and Hisaichi Terauchi (1879). After him are Takijirō Ōnishi (1891), Kawakami Gensai (1834), Sadao Araki (1877), Shibata Katsuie (1522), Taira no Masakado (903), and Nobutake Kondō (1886).

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