MILITARY PERSONNEL

Takijirō Ōnishi

1891 - 1945

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Takijirō Ōnishi (大西 瀧治郎, Ōnishi Takijirō; 2 June 1891 – 16 August 1945) was an admiral in the Imperial Japanese Navy during World War II who came to be known as the father of the kamikaze. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Takijirō Ōnishi is the 671st most popular military personnel (up from 674th in 2019), the 506th most popular biography from Japan (down from 433rd in 2019) and the 38th most popular Japanese Military Personnel.

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS

Among military personnels, Takijirō Ōnishi ranks 671 out of 2,058. Before him are Bob Denard, Walther Nehring, Lauri Törni, Joseph Gallieni, Werner Kempf, and Ivan Bohun. After him are Abner Doubleday, Conon, Choe Yeong, Antoine Charles Louis de Lasalle, Pierre Cambronne, and Ashraf Marwan.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1891, Takijirō Ōnishi ranks 56. Before him are Pier Luigi Nervi, Anton Dostler, Hu Shih, Kurt von Tippelskirch, Jacques Lipchitz, and John Heartfield. After him are Olga Khokhlova, Moïse Kisling, Otto Rasch, Arnold Jackson, Elvira de Hidalgo, and Karl-Adolf Hollidt. Among people deceased in 1945, Takijirō Ōnishi ranks 113. Before him are Charles Spearman, Anton Dostler, Ivan Chernyakhovsky, Richard Glücks, Takeichi Nishi, and Walter Krüger. After him are Lord Alfred Douglas, Constanze Manziarly, Franz Hössler, Robert Brasillach, Matthias Kleinheisterkamp, and Robert Desnos.

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In Japan

Among people born in Japan, Takijirō Ōnishi ranks 506 out of 6,245. Before him are Saitō Hajime (1844), Seki Takakazu (1642), Eisai (1141), Kenzō Takada (1939), Fusajiro Yamauchi (1859), and Emperor Go-Reizei (1025). After him are Ōkuma Shigenobu (1838), Takeo Fukuda (1905), Taizo Kawamoto (1914), Kiichi Miyazawa (1919), Emperor Jomei (593), and Mamoru Oshii (1951).

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS In Japan

Among military personnels born in Japan, Takijirō Ōnishi ranks 38. Before him are Jisaburō Ozawa (1886), Hitoshi Imamura (1886), Yoshijirō Umezu (1882), Takeichi Nishi (1902), Hisaichi Terauchi (1879), and Saitō Hajime (1844). After him are Kawakami Gensai (1834), Sadao Araki (1877), Shibata Katsuie (1522), Taira no Masakado (903), Nobutake Kondō (1886), and Seiichi Itō (1890).

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