MILITARY PERSONNEL

Takeichi Nishi

1902 - 1945

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Colonel Baron Takeichi Nishi (西 竹一, Nishi Takeichi; July 12, 1902 – c. March 22, 1945) was an Imperial Japanese Army officer, equestrian show jumper, and Olympic Gold Medalist at the 1932 Los Angeles Olympics. Near the end of the Second World War he commanded the 26th Tank Regiment during the Battle of Iwo Jima and was killed in action during the defense of the island. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Takeichi Nishi is the 629th most popular military personnel (down from 621st in 2019), the 479th most popular biography from Japan (down from 390th in 2019) and the 35th most popular Japanese Military Personnel.

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS

Among military personnels, Takeichi Nishi ranks 629 out of 2,058. Before him are Archduke Leopold Wilhelm of Austria, Adem Jashari, Kurt Franz, Gyula Cseszneky, Eberhard von Mackensen, and Karl Silberbauer. After him are Osman Pazvantoğlu, Johan Banér, Heraclius the Elder, Alexander Haig, Walter Krüger, and Nguyễn Ngọc Loan.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1902, Takeichi Nishi ranks 74. Before him are Marcel Aymé, Richard Rodgers, Ion Gheorghe Maurer, Christian de Castries, Pascual Jordan, and E. E. Evans-Pritchard. After him are Rafael Alberti, Maurice Duruflé, Alfredo Binda, Markian Popov, Eugen Jochum, and William Walton. Among people deceased in 1945, Takeichi Nishi ranks 111. Before him are Eduard Bloch, Ernst-Robert Grawitz, Charles Spearman, Anton Dostler, Ivan Chernyakhovsky, and Richard Glücks. After him are Walter Krüger, Takijirō Ōnishi, Lord Alfred Douglas, Constanze Manziarly, Franz Hössler, and Robert Brasillach.

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In Japan

Among people born in Japan, Takeichi Nishi ranks 479 out of 6,245. Before him are Emperor Takakura (1161), Yoshijirō Umezu (1882), Yoshihiko Noda (1957), Kiyoshi Tomizawa (1943), Tadahiko Ueda (1947), and Emperor Hanazono (1297). After him are Michihiro Ozawa (1932), Torakusu Yamaha (1851), Hōjō Masako (1156), Norio Yoshimizu (1946), Ichiyō Higuchi (1872), and Yukio Shimomura (1932).

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS In Japan

Among military personnels born in Japan, Takeichi Nishi ranks 35. Before him are Saburō Sakai (1916), Seishirō Itagaki (1885), Kenji Doihara (1883), Jisaburō Ozawa (1886), Hitoshi Imamura (1886), and Yoshijirō Umezu (1882). After him are Hisaichi Terauchi (1879), Saitō Hajime (1844), Takijirō Ōnishi (1891), Kawakami Gensai (1834), Sadao Araki (1877), and Shibata Katsuie (1522).

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