Hiroo Inokuchi (23 Feb 1927 – 20 March 2014) was a Japanese chemist who did pioneering work in electronic processes in…Hiroo Inokuchi (23 Feb 1927 – 20 March 2014) was a Japanese chemist who did pioneering work in electronic processes in organic materials, for which he received the 2007 Kyoto Prize in Advanced Technology. Since 2006, he was the chairman of the Japan Space Forum.
Kazuo Kumakura (熊倉 一雄, Kumakura Kazuo; January 30, 1927 – October 12, 2015) was a Japanese actor, voice actor, and…Kazuo Kumakura (熊倉 一雄, Kumakura Kazuo; January 30, 1927 – October 12, 2015) was a Japanese actor, voice actor, and theatre director. He was the head of the Theatre Echo agency at the time of his death.
Shi Chuanyin (simplified Chinese: 释传印; traditional Chinese: 釋傳印; pinyin: Chuányìn; 30 January 1927 – 11 March 2023) was…Shi Chuanyin (simplified Chinese: 释传印; traditional Chinese: 釋傳印; pinyin: Chuányìn; 30 January 1927 – 11 March 2023) was a Chinese Buddhist monk, Chan master and religious leader. He was best known as Venerable Master of the Buddhist Association of China.
Teruo Takei (武井 昭夫, Takei Teruo; January 29 1927 – September 2, 2010) was a Japanese literary critic. While a student…Teruo Takei (武井 昭夫, Takei Teruo; January 29 1927 – September 2, 2010) was a Japanese literary critic. While a student at the University of Tokyo, he played a central role in the founding of the nationwide student federation Zengakuren, and served as its first chairman. As a literary critic, he was at the forefront of a movement to demand that writers confront their own culpability in wartime collaboration.
Hiroshi Teshigahara (勅使河原 宏, Teshigahara Hiroshi; January 28, 1927 – April 14, 2001) was a Japanese avant-garde…Hiroshi Teshigahara (勅使河原 宏, Teshigahara Hiroshi; January 28, 1927 – April 14, 2001) was a Japanese avant-garde filmmaker and artist from the Japanese New Wave era. He is best known for the 1964 film Woman in the Dunes. He is also known for directing other titles such as The Face of Another (1966), Natsu no Heitai (Summer Soldiers, 1972), and Pitfall (1962), which was Teshigahara's directorial debut. He has been called "one of the most acclaimed Japanese directors of all time". Teshigahara is the first person of Asian descent to be nominated for the Academy Award for Best Director, accomplishing this in 1964 for his work on Woman in the Dunes. Apart from being a filmmaker, Teshigahara also practiced other arts, such as calligraphy, pottery, painting, opera and ikebana.
Yutaka Takahasi (高橋 裕, Takahashi Yutaka; July 28, 1927 – May 26, 2021) was a Japanese engineer notable for his work on…Yutaka Takahasi (高橋 裕, Takahashi Yutaka; July 28, 1927 – May 26, 2021) was a Japanese engineer notable for his work on river basin management and reduction of water-related disasters. Takahasi received the 2015 Japan Prize "for the contribution to development of innovative concept on river basin management and reduction of water-related disasters." His work showed that many previous 'river improvements' resulted in increase in flood discharges, with his recommendations changing Japanese river management policies from the 1980s onward.
Rinichi Yamamoto (山本 麟一, Yamamoto Rin'ichi) was a Japanese actor from Hokkaido. In 1953, he signed to the Toei Company…Rinichi Yamamoto (山本 麟一, Yamamoto Rin'ichi) was a Japanese actor from Hokkaido. In 1953, he signed to the Toei Company and made his film debut in Gakusei Goninotoko. He is most famous for playing villains, and appeared more than 200 films. He also had many guest appearances as a villain in television dramas. His final role was Yoshinaka in the 1980 miniseries Shōgun.
Kazuo Kageyama (蔭山 和夫, Kageyama Kazuo; January 16, 1927 – November 17, 1965) was a Japanese professional baseball third…Kazuo Kageyama (蔭山 和夫, Kageyama Kazuo; January 16, 1927 – November 17, 1965) was a Japanese professional baseball third basemen and manager for the Nankai Hawks of Nippon Professional Baseball (NPB). He was named manager of the Hawks in November 1965, but died of a sleeping pill overdose later that month.
Reiji Oyama (January 15, 1927 – May 16, 2023) was a Japanese pastor, founder and chancellor of Tokyo Graduate School of…Reiji Oyama (January 15, 1927 – May 16, 2023) was a Japanese pastor, founder and chancellor of Tokyo Graduate School of Theology, translator of the Bible into Japanese, and author of over 160 books. He was the founding pastor of the Biblical Church, which now has twenty three branch churches.
Megumu Tamura (田村 恵, Tamura Megumu; January 10, 1927 – October 8, 1986) was a Japanese football player. He played for…Megumu Tamura (田村 恵, Tamura Megumu; January 10, 1927 – October 8, 1986) was a Japanese football player. He played for Japan national team.
Hiroshi Inose FREng (猪瀬 博, Inose Hiroshi; January 5, 1927 – October 11, 2000) was a Japanese electrical engineer, known…Hiroshi Inose FREng (猪瀬 博, Inose Hiroshi; January 5, 1927 – October 11, 2000) was a Japanese electrical engineer, known as the inventor of the Time-Slot Interchange system (TSI), which is basic to modern digital telephone switches. Inose was highly involved within his career. He held positions such as director general, chairman, associate professor, and president specific committees pertaining to engineering and technology. He was awarded with many honorific titles. In 1976 he received the Marconi Prize, in 1993 the Harold Pender Award, and in 1994 the IEEE Alexander Graham Bell Medal.
Teruaki Mukaiyama (向山 光昭, Mukaiyama Teruaki; January 5, 1927 – November 17, 2018) was a Japanese organic chemist. One…Teruaki Mukaiyama (向山 光昭, Mukaiyama Teruaki; January 5, 1927 – November 17, 2018) was a Japanese organic chemist. One of the most prolific chemists of the 20th century in the field of organic synthesis, Mukaiyama helped establish the field of organic chemistry in Japan after World War II.
Nobuo Okishio (置塩 信雄; January 2, 1927 – November 13, 2003) was a Japanese Marxian economist and emeritus professor of…Nobuo Okishio (置塩 信雄; January 2, 1927 – November 13, 2003) was a Japanese Marxian economist and emeritus professor of Kobe University. In 1979, he was elected President of the Japan Association of Economics and Econometrics, which is now called Japanese Economic Association. Okishio studied mathematical economics under Kazuo Mizutani. In 1950 he graduated from Kobe University and later taught there. He soon began to doubt the premises and results of modern economics, and decided to search for alternatives by studying Marxian economics. Okishio worked to clarify the logic of Karl Marx’s economic system, offering formal and mathematical proofs for many Marxian theorems. For example, in 1955, he gave the world's first proof of the “Marxian fundamental theorem”, as it was later named by Michio Morishima, which is the theory that the exploitation of surplus labor is the necessary condition for the existence of positive profit. Concerning Marx’s Falling Rate of Profit, Okishio considered that his famous theorem would not deny it. Okishio wrote many papers covering various important fields in modern and Marxian economics, for example value and price, accumulation theory, critical analysis of Keynesian economics, trade cycle theory and on the long run tendency of capitalistic economy. They were published in over twenty books and two hundred papers, almost all in Japanese. About thirty of his published papers have been translated in English, and much of these materials are collected in the book (Nobuo Okishio, Michael Kruger and Peter Flaschel, 1993).
Hironari Miyazawa (宮沢 弘成, Miyazawa Hironari; 1927–2023) was a Japanese particle and nuclear physicist, known for his…Hironari Miyazawa (宮沢 弘成, Miyazawa Hironari; 1927–2023) was a Japanese particle and nuclear physicist, known for his work in supersymmetry, which was first proposed by Miyazawa in 1966 as a possible symmetry between mesons and baryons. Miyazawa studied physics and received his undergraduate degree in 1950 at the University of Tokyo. He joined the faculty after he received his doctorate in 1953 from the University of Tokyo, and became a full professor of physics in 1968. In 1988 he moved to the Kanagawa University and served there until 1998. He was a professor emeritus of the University of Tokyo. During these periods, he also served visiting professorships at the University of Chicago and the University of Minnesota, and directorship at the Meson Science Laboratory, the University of Tokyo. From 1953 to 1955 he was a research associate at the Institute for Nuclear Studies, the University of Chicago, where he conducted research on theoretical nuclear physics under Gregor Wentzel and Enrico Fermi. A supersymmetry relating mesons and baryons was first proposed, in the context of hadronic physics, by Miyazawa in 1966. This supersymmetry did not involve spacetime, that is, it concerned internal symmetry, and was broken badly. Miyazawa's work was largely ignored at the time. Hironari Miyazawa died in 2023.
Utako Takeuchi (Japanese: 竹内歌子; born 15 December 1915) was a Japanese journalist and politician. She was one of the…Utako Takeuchi (Japanese: 竹内歌子; born 15 December 1915) was a Japanese journalist and politician. She was one of the first group of women elected to the House of Representatives in 1946.
Kenshiro Abbe (阿部 謙四郎, Abe Kenshirō; 15 December 1915 – 1 December 1985) was a Japanese master of judo, aikido, and…Kenshiro Abbe (阿部 謙四郎, Abe Kenshirō; 15 December 1915 – 1 December 1985) was a Japanese master of judo, aikido, and kendo. He introduced aikido to the United Kingdom in 1955, and founded the Kyushindo system. Abbe was a graduate of the Budo Senmon Gakko, having studied judo and kendo there. Following an early career in the martial arts, he served in the Imperial Japanese Army before and during World War II. He then trained in aikido under its founder, Morihei Ueshiba, for a decade. Abbe held dan ranks in several martial arts, most notably 8th dan in judo, 6th dan in aikido, and 6th dan in kendo. After introducing aikido to the UK, he established several Japanese martial arts councils there during the late 1950s. He returned to Japan in 1964 and remained there for most of the remainder of his life. There are contradictory accounts of Abbe's final years, but it appears that he was in poor spirits and poor health towards the end.
Reizo Koike (小池 禮三, Koike Reizō; December 12, 1915 – August 3, 1998) was a Japanese swimmer who specialized in the 200…Reizo Koike (小池 禮三, Koike Reizō; December 12, 1915 – August 3, 1998) was a Japanese swimmer who specialized in the 200 m breaststroke.
Takahito, Prince Mikasa (三笠宮崇仁親王, Mikasa-no-miya Takahito Shinnō; 2 December 1915 – 27 October 2016) was a Japanese…Takahito, Prince Mikasa (三笠宮崇仁親王, Mikasa-no-miya Takahito Shinnō; 2 December 1915 – 27 October 2016) was a Japanese prince, the youngest of the four sons of Emperor Taishō (Yoshihito) and Empress Teimei (Sadako). He was their last surviving child. His eldest brother was Emperor Shōwa (Hirohito). After serving as a junior cavalry officer in the Japanese Imperial Army during World War II, Takahito embarked upon a post-war career as a scholar and part-time lecturer in Middle Eastern studies and Semitic languages. Prince Mikasa married Yuriko Takagi in 1941, and they had five children. Prince and Princess Mikasa outlived all three of their sons. With the death of his sister-in-law Kikuko, Princess Takamatsu, on 17 December 2004, Prince Mikasa became the oldest living member of the Imperial House of Japan. He remained active until a few months before his death at the age of 100. At the time of his death, Prince Mikasa was the oldest living royal.
Yukio Hayashida (林田 悠紀夫; 26 November 1915 – 11 November 2007) was a Japanese politician and former member of the House…Yukio Hayashida (林田 悠紀夫; 26 November 1915 – 11 November 2007) was a Japanese politician and former member of the House of Councillors. Hayashida served as the Governor of Kyoto from 16 April 1978 until 15 April 1986. He later became the Minister of Justice from 6 November 1987 to 27 December 1988. Hayashida was born in Maizuru, Kyoto and died of heart failure at the age of 91 in Tokyo.
Uichi Munakata (宗像 卯一, Uichi Munakata; born 26 November 1915) was a Japanese basketball player. He competed in the…Uichi Munakata (宗像 卯一, Uichi Munakata; born 26 November 1915) was a Japanese basketball player. He competed in the men's tournament at the 1936 Summer Olympics.
Kon Ichikawa (市川 崑, Ichikawa Kon; 20 November 1915 – 13 February 2008) was a Japanese film director and screenwriter.…Kon Ichikawa (市川 崑, Ichikawa Kon; 20 November 1915 – 13 February 2008) was a Japanese film director and screenwriter. His work displays a vast range in genre and style, from the anti-war films The Burmese Harp (1956) and Fires on the Plain (1959), to the documentary Tokyo Olympiad (1965), which won two BAFTA Film Awards, and the 19th-century revenge drama An Actor's Revenge (1963). His film Odd Obsession (1959) won the Jury Prize at the 1960 Cannes Film Festival. At his death in 2008, The New York Times recalled that "The Globe and Mail, the Canadian newspaper, called him in 2001 “the last living link between the golden age of Japanese cinema, the spunky New Wave that followed and contemporary Japanese film.”"
Michio Asanuma (浅沼 美智雄, Asanuma Michio; November 19, 1915 – 2001; also written as 浅沼 美知雄, Asanuma Michio) was a…Michio Asanuma (浅沼 美智雄, Asanuma Michio; November 19, 1915 – 2001; also written as 浅沼 美知雄, Asanuma Michio) was a Japanese political activist and right-wing activist. He served as vice representative and supreme advisor of the Greater Japan Patriotic Groups Federation – Current Affairs Countermeasures Council (大日本愛国団体連合・時局対策協議会, Jitaikyō or Jitaitai Kyō); editor-in-chief and director of the Anti-Communist Newspaper Company; participant and supreme advisor of the Greater Japan Patriotic Party; captain and advisor of the Anti-Communist Volunteer Corps; advisor to the Student Movement Pure Alliance; caretaker of the All-Japan Patriots Friendship Association; second-generation representative of the Greater Japan Patriotic Groups Federation; advisor to the Gakunan Gijuku; advisor to the Speech Comrades Association; and representative of the Imperial Way National Federation.
Jiro Terada (寺田 治郎, Terada Jirō; 1915 – 2002) was a Japanese jurist who served as the 10th Chief Justice of Japan from…Jiro Terada (寺田 治郎, Terada Jirō; 1915 – 2002) was a Japanese jurist who served as the 10th Chief Justice of Japan from 1982 to 1985. He is the father of Itsuro Terada, who served as Chief Justice from 2012 to 2018. He was a graduate of the University of Tokyo. He was a recipient of the Order of the Rising Sun.
Dogen Handa (半田 道玄, Handa Dōgen; October 25, 1915 – April 13, 1974) also known as Hayami Handa, was a professional Go…Dogen Handa (半田 道玄, Handa Dōgen; October 25, 1915 – April 13, 1974) also known as Hayami Handa, was a professional Go player.
Taiji Tonoyama (殿山 泰司, Tonoyama Taiji; October 17, 1915 – April 30, 1989) was a Japanese character actor who made many…Taiji Tonoyama (殿山 泰司, Tonoyama Taiji; October 17, 1915 – April 30, 1989) was a Japanese character actor who made many appearances in films and on television from 1939 to 1989. He was a close friend of Kaneto Shindo and one of his regular cast members. He was also an essayist. In 1950 he helped form the film company Kindai Eiga Kyokai with Shindo and Kōzaburō Yoshimura. He served in the Japanese military in China in the Second Sino-Japanese War and considered himself to have narrowly escaped from death. He was married but also had a mistress and maintained relationships with both women until the end of his life. He was a keen reader of detective stories and a fan of jazz music. He wrote a series of semi-autobiographical essays under the title Sanmon Yakusha (三文役者), meaning "third rate actor". Kaneto Shindo wrote a biography of Tonoyama called Sanmon yakusha no shi, meaning "The death of a third-rate actor", which he also filmed as By Player.
Nobuko Fushimi (伏見 信子, Fushimi Nobuko, born October 10, 1915) is a Japanese actress and singer who was active in the…Nobuko Fushimi (伏見 信子, Fushimi Nobuko, born October 10, 1915) is a Japanese actress and singer who was active in the 1930s. She was also known by her alias Nobue Fushimi (伏見 延江).
Kaku Takagawa (高川 格, Takagawa Kaku; September 21, 1915—November 26, 1986), also known as Shūkaku Takagawa (高川 秀格…Kaku Takagawa (高川 格, Takagawa Kaku; September 21, 1915—November 26, 1986), also known as Shūkaku Takagawa (高川 秀格, Takagawa Shūkaku), was one of the most successful professional Go players of the twentieth century.
Gozo Shioda (塩田 剛三, Shioda Gōzō; September 9, 1915 – July 17, 1994) was a Japanese master of aikido who founded the…Gozo Shioda (塩田 剛三, Shioda Gōzō; September 9, 1915 – July 17, 1994) was a Japanese master of aikido who founded the Yoshinkan style of aikido. He was one of aikido founder Morihei Ueshiba's most senior students. Shioda held the rank of 9th dan Aikikai and 10th dan of IMAF aikido.
Kiyosi Itô (伊藤 清, Itō Kiyoshi; Japanese pronunciation: [itoː kiꜜjoɕi], 7 September 1915 – 10 November 2008) was a…Kiyosi Itô (伊藤 清, Itō Kiyoshi; Japanese pronunciation: [itoː kiꜜjoɕi], 7 September 1915 – 10 November 2008) was a Japanese mathematician who made fundamental contributions to probability theory, in particular, the theory of stochastic processes. He invented the concept of stochastic integral and stochastic differential equation, and is known as the founder of so-called Itô calculus. He also pioneered the connections between stochastic calculus and differential geometry, known as stochastic differential geometry. He was invited for the International Congress of Mathematicians in Stockholm in 1962. So much were Itô's results useful to financial mathematics that he was sometimes called "the most famous Japanese in Wall Street". Itô was a member of the faculty at University of Kyoto for most of his career and eventually became the director of their Research Institute for Mathematical Sciences. But he also spent multi-year stints at several foreign institutions, the longest of which took place at Cornell University.
Eiji Sasaki (佐々木 英治, Sasaki Eiji; 23 August 1915 – 15 December 2007) was a Japanese businessman, former Vice President…Eiji Sasaki (佐々木 英治, Sasaki Eiji; 23 August 1915 – 15 December 2007) was a Japanese businessman, former Vice President of Ube Industries and former President of TYS.
Tadashi Kodaira (Japanese: 小平忠) (August 1, 1915 – December 3, 2000) was a Japanese politician from Iwamizawa, Hokkaido.…Tadashi Kodaira (Japanese: 小平忠) (August 1, 1915 – December 3, 2000) was a Japanese politician from Iwamizawa, Hokkaido. He was the father of Tadamasa Kodaira. He was a member of the House of Representatives of Japan from the Hokkaido 4th district. He is a graduate of Nihon University.
Masaru Kageura (景浦 將, Kageura Masaru; July 20, 1915 – May 20, 1945) was a Japanese baseball player from Matsuyama…Masaru Kageura (景浦 將, Kageura Masaru; July 20, 1915 – May 20, 1945) was a Japanese baseball player from Matsuyama, Ehime. An accomplished two-way player, Kaguera is one of two players (Eiji Sawamura being the other) who was inducted into the Japanese Baseball Hall of Fame after being killed in World War II. Kageura's team reached the finals in the 1932 National High School Baseball Championship, but his team was defeated by Masao Yoshida in the championship game. After getting his degree at Rikkyo University, Kageura joined the Tigers of the nascent Japanese Baseball League (JBL) and he was a good rival for Eiji Sawamura of the Giants. Kageura won the 1936 JBL ERA title with a 0.79 mark. He did not play in the JBL from 1939 to 1942, returning to the Tigers for the 1943 season (although he did not pitch that season). Kageura was killed in the Battle of Luzon, in the Philippines, in World War II. He was inducted into the Japanese Baseball Hall of Fame by the Special Committee in 1965.
Saburo Ito (Japanese: 伊藤 三郎, Itō Saburō, 18 July 1915 – 19 January 1978) was a Japanese breaststroke swimmer who…Saburo Ito (Japanese: 伊藤 三郎, Itō Saburō, 18 July 1915 – 19 January 1978) was a Japanese breaststroke swimmer who competed in the 1936 Summer Olympics. In 1936 he finished fifth in the 200 metre breaststroke event. In 1938, he graduated from Meiji University and he started working at Showa Steel Works. In 1941, he participated in the Battle of Hong Kong as a member of the Japanese 23rd Army . On 22 December 1941, he was reported to have suffered from a wound during battle. He served as the director of the swimming department at Meiji University, and he was a director at the Japan Swimming Federation and the Vice President of the Saitama Swimming Federation. He died of bladder cancer on 19 January 1978.
Hanji Aoki (青木 半治, Aoki Hanji; 16 July 1915 – 30 May 2010) was a Japanese sports official. He hailed from Chiba…Hanji Aoki (青木 半治, Aoki Hanji; 16 July 1915 – 30 May 2010) was a Japanese sports official. He hailed from Chiba Prefecture. He was an active shot putter in his younger days, and became Japanese champion in 1938. He was president of the Japanese Olympic Committee from 1969 to 1973 and the Japan Association of Athletics Federations from 1975 to 1999, and vice president of the International Association of Athletics Federations from 1991 to 1999. At stepping down he was titled as honorary life vice president. He was decorated with the Olympic Order in silver in 1985, the Order of the Sacred Treasure in 1986 and the IAAF Golden Order of Merit in 2007. Since 1988 he was an honorary citizen of Tokyo. He died from heart failure in 2010.
Sadako Yamamoto (山本 定子, Yamamoto Sadako; born 14 July 1915, date of death unknown) was a Japanese track and field…Sadako Yamamoto (山本 定子, Yamamoto Sadako; born 14 July 1915, date of death unknown) was a Japanese track and field athlete. She competed in the women's javelin throw at the 1936 Summer Olympics.
Kaoru Ishikawa (石川 馨, Ishikawa Kaoru; July 13, 1915 – April 16, 1989) was a Japanese organizational theorist and a…Kaoru Ishikawa (石川 馨, Ishikawa Kaoru; July 13, 1915 – April 16, 1989) was a Japanese organizational theorist and a professor in the engineering faculty at the University of Tokyo who was noted for his quality management innovations. He is considered a key figure in the development of quality initiatives in Japan, particularly the quality circle. He is best known outside Japan for the Ishikawa or cause and effect diagram (also known as the fishbone diagram), often used in the analysis of industrial processes.
Ginzo Yamada (山田 銀蔵, Yamada Ginzō; 8 July 1915 – 25 December 1978) was a Japanese cross-country skier. He competed at…Ginzo Yamada (山田 銀蔵, Yamada Ginzō; 8 July 1915 – 25 December 1978) was a Japanese cross-country skier. He competed at the 1936 Winter Olympics in Garmisch-Partenkirchen finishing 56th in the men's 18 kilometre event and 12th in the 4 × 10-kilometre relay.
Masao Yazawa (15 May 1915 – 11 December 2004) was a Japanese sprinter. He competed in the men's 200 metres and the…Masao Yazawa (15 May 1915 – 11 December 2004) was a Japanese sprinter. He competed in the men's 200 metres and the men's 4 x 100 meters relay events at the 1936 Summer Olympics.
Shozo Makino (牧野 正蔵, Makino Shōzō; May 15, 1915 – February 12, 1987) was a Japanese Olympic swimmer. He won a silver…Shozo Makino (牧野 正蔵, Makino Shōzō; May 15, 1915 – February 12, 1987) was a Japanese Olympic swimmer. He won a silver medal for the Men's 1500 meter freestyle event in the 1932 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, and a bronze medal for the Men's 400 meter freestyle event in the 1936 Summer Olympics in Berlin. Makino was born in Shizuoka Prefecture, Japan, and was a graduate of Waseda University. On August 30, 1931, while still a middle school student, he set a new world record for the Men's 800-meter freestyle with a time of 10 minutes 16.6 seconds.
Tadashi Sasaki (佐々木 正, Sasaki Tadashi; May 12, 1915 – January 31, 2018) was a Japanese engineer who was influential in…Tadashi Sasaki (佐々木 正, Sasaki Tadashi; May 12, 1915 – January 31, 2018) was a Japanese engineer who was influential in founding Busicom, driving the development of the Intel 4004 microprocessor, and later driving Sharp into the LCD calculator market.
Yūsaku Kamekura (亀倉雄策, Kamekura Yūsaku; April 6, 1915 – May 11, 1997) was a Japanese graphic designer, the leading…Yūsaku Kamekura (亀倉雄策, Kamekura Yūsaku; April 6, 1915 – May 11, 1997) was a Japanese graphic designer, the leading figure in post-World War II Japanese graphic design. His stature in the field led to the nickname "Boss".
Kenji Okabe (岡部 健二, Okabe Kenji; 1915–September 1943) was an ace fighter pilot in the Imperial Japanese Navy (IJN)…Kenji Okabe (岡部 健二, Okabe Kenji; 1915–September 1943) was an ace fighter pilot in the Imperial Japanese Navy (IJN) during World War II. Participating in many of the Pacific War battles and campaigns as a member of several units, Okabe was officially credited with destroying 15 enemy aircraft. Okabe was credited with shooting down eight enemy aircraft on 8 May 1942 during the Battle of the Coral Sea, the IJN's official record for the number of aircraft destroyed in a single encounter. He is famous for his strong opposition to the kamikaze attacks, rare in IJN at the time. Okabe was killed in action in September 1943 over Bougainville, Papua New Guinea.
Ichio Asukata (飛鳥田 一雄, Asukata Ichio; April 2, 1915 – October 11, 1990) was a Japanese politician who served as…Ichio Asukata (飛鳥田 一雄, Asukata Ichio; April 2, 1915 – October 11, 1990) was a Japanese politician who served as chairman of the Japan Socialist Party, and as mayor of Yokohama from 1963 to 1978.
Tsutomu Sekido (関戸 力, Sekido Tsutomu; March 25, 1915 – November 23, 1987) was a Japanese alpine, cross-country, and…Tsutomu Sekido (関戸 力, Sekido Tsutomu; March 25, 1915 – November 23, 1987) was a Japanese alpine, cross-country, and Nordic combined skier who competed in the 1936 Winter Olympics. In 1936 he participated in the alpine skiing combined event. He finished 46th in the downhill race, in the slalom he was not allowed to start in the second run. At the same Olympics he finished 55th in the 18 km cross-country competition. As a member of the Japanese team he finished twelfth in the first ever held cross-country relay contest. In the Nordic combined event he finished 35th.
Sunao Ishiharada (石原田 愿, Ishiharada Sunao; March 24, 1915 – 1987) was a Japanese freestyle swimmer who competed in the…Sunao Ishiharada (石原田 愿, Ishiharada Sunao; March 24, 1915 – 1987) was a Japanese freestyle swimmer who competed in the 1932 Summer Olympics and in the 1936 Summer Olympics. He was born in Kagoshima Prefecture. In 1932 he was eliminated in the semi-finals of the 1500 metre freestyle event. Four years later he finished fourth in the 1500 metre freestyle competition.
Michihiro Ito (born 20 March 1915, date of death unknown) was a Japanese field hockey player. He competed in the men's…Michihiro Ito (born 20 March 1915, date of death unknown) was a Japanese field hockey player. He competed in the men's tournament at the 1936 Summer Olympics.
Kunihiko Kodaira (小平 邦彦, Kodaira Kunihiko; Japanese pronunciation: [kodaꜜiɾa kɯɲiꜜçi̥ko], 16 March 1915 – 26 July 1997)…Kunihiko Kodaira (小平 邦彦, Kodaira Kunihiko; Japanese pronunciation: [kodaꜜiɾa kɯɲiꜜçi̥ko], 16 March 1915 – 26 July 1997) was a Japanese mathematician known for distinguished work in algebraic geometry and the theory of complex manifolds, and as the founder of the Japanese school of algebraic geometers. He was awarded a Fields Medal in 1954, being the first Japanese national to receive this honour.