Toshio Iue (井植 歳男, Iue Toshio; 28 December 1902 – 16 July 1969) was a Japanese inventor and industrialist who founded…
Toshio Iue (井植 歳男, Iue Toshio; 28 December 1902 – 16 July 1969) was a Japanese inventor and industrialist who founded Sanyo Electric Co., Ltd. Prior to the founding of Sanyo, he played an influential role in the growth and development of Matsushita Electric Works, working closely alongside his brother-in-law and lifetime confidant, Konosuke Matsushita.
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Umetaro Azechi (畦地 梅太郎, Azechi Umetarō; December 28, 1902 – April 12, 1999) was a Japanese printmaker and mountain…
Umetaro Azechi (畦地 梅太郎, Azechi Umetarō; December 28, 1902 – April 12, 1999) was a Japanese printmaker and mountain climber. He was known for his prints of mountains and people who live in them.
Asaichi Tamai (玉井 浅一; December 25, 1902 – December 10, 1964) was a captain in the Imperial Japanese Navy during World…
Asaichi Tamai (玉井 浅一; December 25, 1902 – December 10, 1964) was a captain in the Imperial Japanese Navy during World War II.
🏫 Ehime Prefectural Matsuyama Higashi High School📅 Born December 25🎂 Born 1902📍 From Ehime Prefecture💼 Military Officer
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Hikosaka Tadayoshi (Japanese: 彦坂 忠義; 1902–1989) was a Japanese nuclear physicist.
🎓 Niigata University🏫 Jishukan High School📅 Born December 25🎂 Born 1902📍 From Aichi Prefecture💼 Scholar・Professor・Associate Professor
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Shigeru Tonomura (外村 繁, Tonomura Shigeru; December 23, 1902 – July 28, 1961) was a Japanese author of I novels. Kanji…
Shigeru Tonomura (外村 繁, Tonomura Shigeru; December 23, 1902 – July 28, 1961) was a Japanese author of I novels. Kanji of his real name was 外村 茂, but it was the same reading as the pen name. Tonomura was born into a conservative merchant's family in Shiga Prefecture and raised by devout parents who believed in Pure Land Buddhism. After graduation from the University of Tokyo with a degree in economics, he took over the family business as a wholesale cotton merchant. His house in Gokashōkondō-chō, Higashiōmi, is now a museum that reflects Ōmi Province merchant life. In 1933, Tonomura handed over control of the business to his brother and began to write seriously. He received the 1956 Noma Literary Prize for Ikada (筏) and the 1960 Yomiuri Prize for Miotsukushi (澪標). Tonomura was good friends with Motojirō Kajii.
Hideko Mogami (Japanese: 最上英子; 9 December 1902 – 16 October 1966) was a Japanese politician. She was one of the first…
Hideko Mogami (Japanese: 最上英子; 9 December 1902 – 16 October 1966) was a Japanese politician. She was one of the first group of women elected to the House of Representatives in 1946, and remained a member until 1949. She later served in the House of Councillors from 1953 to 1965 and as Deputy Secretary of State for Postal Affairs in 1957–1958.
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Naoemon Shimizu (清水 直右衛門, Shimizu Naoemon; c.1900 or 1901 – August 6, 1945) was a Japanese football player. He was an…
Naoemon Shimizu (清水 直右衛門, Shimizu Naoemon; c.1900 or 1901 – August 6, 1945) was a Japanese football player. He was an early member to play for the Japan national team, just two years after the national team's formation in 1921.
🏫 Hiroshima Kokutaiji High School📅 Born December 16🎂 Born 1902📍 From Hiroshima Prefecture💼 Football (Soccer)
Gen'ichirō Inokuma (猪熊弦一郎, Inokuma Gen'ichirō; born on 14 December 1902, died on 17 May 1993) was a Japanese painter.…
Gen'ichirō Inokuma (猪熊弦一郎, Inokuma Gen'ichirō; born on 14 December 1902, died on 17 May 1993) was a Japanese painter. Inokuma is best known for his large-scale abstract paintings that allude to industrial landscapes, ladders, rail tracks, derricks, cranes, urban maps, and city planners’ blueprints.
Tomeju Uruma (潤間留十, Uruma Tomeju; 9 December 1902 – 26 January 1999) was a Japanese speed skater who competed in the…
Tomeju Uruma (潤間留十, Uruma Tomeju; 9 December 1902 – 26 January 1999) was a Japanese speed skater who competed in the 1932 Winter Olympics. He was eliminated in the heats of the 500 m, 1500 m, 5000 m, and 10000 m events.
Kanjūrō Arashi (嵐 寛壽郎, Arashi Kanjūrō; 8 December 1903 – 21 October 1980) was a Japanese film actor. His nickname was…
Kanjūrō Arashi (嵐 寛壽郎, Arashi Kanjūrō; 8 December 1903 – 21 October 1980) was a Japanese film actor. His nickname was "Arakan." He is famous for playing the role of Kurama Tengu series. He entered the film industry in 1927 and came to fame playing Kurama Tengu, a character in the Bakumatsu era created by Jirō Osaragi in his novels. In the 1950s he portrayed the Emperor Meiji in several hit films and appeared in yakuza films in the 1960s. He won Mainichi Film Award for Best Supporting Actor award for his role in The Profound Desire of the Gods.
Mitsuo Fuchida (淵田 美津雄, Fuchida Mitsuo; 3 December 1902 – 30 May 1976) was a Japanese captain in the Imperial Japanese…
Mitsuo Fuchida (淵田 美津雄, Fuchida Mitsuo; 3 December 1902 – 30 May 1976) was a Japanese captain in the Imperial Japanese Navy Air Service and a bomber observer in the Imperial Japanese Navy before and during World War II. He is perhaps best known for leading the first wave of air attacks on Pearl Harbor on 7 December 1941. Working under the fleet commander, Vice Admiral Chūichi Nagumo, Fuchida was responsible for the coordination of the aerial attack. After the war ended, Fuchida became a Christian convert and evangelist, traveling in the United States and Europe to tell his story. He later settled in the U.S. (although never taking American citizenship). Some of Fuchida's wartime claims have been challenged as self-serving by historians, including his claimed advocacy for a third wave attack on Pearl Harbor.
🎓 Imperial Japanese Naval Academy🏫 Unebi High School📅 Born December 3🎂 Born 1902📍 From Katsuragi, Nara💼 Military Officer💼 Christianity
Noriaki Inoue (井上 鑑昭, Inoue Noriaki; 1902-12-03, Tanabe – 1994-04-13, Kunitachi) was a Japanese martial artist, who was…
Noriaki Inoue (井上 鑑昭, Inoue Noriaki; 1902-12-03, Tanabe – 1994-04-13, Kunitachi) was a Japanese martial artist, who was in his early years closely associated with the spiritual and technical development of aikido along with his uncle Morihei Ueshiba. Inoue is the founder of Shinwa Taidō, a martial art which he later renamed to Shin'ei Taidō. He was the fourth child of Zenso Inoue, the patriarch of the wealthy Inoue family of Tanabe, and of Tame Ueshiba, the eldest sister of Morihei. Much of Noriaki's childhood was spent in the company of Ueshiba. He joined his uncle at Shirataki in a settlement expedition in the north of the island of Hokkaidō (1912–1919) and studied the Daito-ryu Aiki-Jutsu with him under Sokaku Takeda. He was also closely associated with the discovery by Ueshiba of the Omoto sect in Ayabe and his encounter with its spiritual leader Onisaburo Deguchi which had a decisive influence in Ueshiba's later philosophy. Inoue then actively collaborated with his uncle into the spreading of aikibudō, the art derived from the daitō-ryū that Ueshiba has perfected. In 1927, the two men settled in Tokyo, teaching at various locations until the construction in 1931 of Ueshiba's first permanent dojo, the Kobukan. However, after the second Omoto incident (1935) when the military government suppressed the Omoto sect, a breach developed between Ueshiba and his nephew, the latter accusing the former of betraying the cause of the sect by not sharing the fate of its leaders, and the two eventually parted ways with mutual resentment. After the war, Inoue continued to teach in Tokyo independently from Ueshiba, instructing US Air Force officers. While the original aikibudō has now evolved into aikido under Ueshiba, Inoue kept teaching his art as such until 1956 when he changed its name into Shinwa Taidō and finally Shin'ei Taidō. He had little interaction with the Aikikai organization which followed the death of Ueshiba and continued teaching actively until his death. He considered himself a co-founder of aikido along with Ueshiba although that is disputed by the Ueshiba family. Inoue used various names throughout his life: Kitamatsumaru (1902), Yoichiro (1909), Yoshiharu (1920), Seisho (1940), Hoken (1948), Teruyoshi (1971), and finally Noriaki (1973).
Takeo Yamaguchi (山口長男, Yamaguchi Takeo, born November 23, 1902, in Seoul, Korea, died April 23, 1983, in Tokyo, Japan)…
Takeo Yamaguchi (山口長男, Yamaguchi Takeo, born November 23, 1902, in Seoul, Korea, died April 23, 1983, in Tokyo, Japan) was an avant-garde Japanese painter of monochrome Art Informel works.
Hideji Hōjō (北条 秀司, Hōjō Hideji; November 7, 1902 – May 19, 1996) was the pen name of a Japanese author, novelist, and…
Hideji Hōjō (北条 秀司, Hōjō Hideji; November 7, 1902 – May 19, 1996) was the pen name of a Japanese author, novelist, and playwright in Shōwa period Japan. His real name was Iino Hideji (飯野 秀二).
Shinpei Takagi (高木 新平, Takagi Shinpei; 3 November 1902 – 21 April 1967) was a Japanese film actor. He appeared in more…
Shinpei Takagi (高木 新平, Takagi Shinpei; 3 November 1902 – 21 April 1967) was a Japanese film actor. He appeared in more than 100 films from 1923 to 1961.
Hu Feng (Chinese: 胡风; pinyin: Hú Fēng, November 2, 1902 – June 8, 1985) was a Chinese Marxist writer, poet and literary…
Hu Feng (Chinese: 胡风; pinyin: Hú Fēng, November 2, 1902 – June 8, 1985) was a Chinese Marxist writer, poet and literary theorist. He was a prominent member of the League of Left-Wing Writers. After the founding of the People's Republic of China, Hu Feng became a member of the First National People's Congress of China, but was then heavily persecuted as the chief of the Hu Feng Counter-revolutionary Clique (Chinese: 胡风反革命集团). The persecution became a massive political purge. He was first rehabilitated in 1980 and fully rehabilitated, posthumously, in 1988.
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Yasuna Kozono (小園 安名, Kozono Yasuna; November 1, 1902 – November 5, 1960) was an Imperial Japanese Navy officer who…
Yasuna Kozono (小園 安名, Kozono Yasuna; November 1, 1902 – November 5, 1960) was an Imperial Japanese Navy officer who fought in the Second World War.
Kitasono Katué (北園 克衛, Kitazono Katsue; October 29, 1902–June 6, 1978) was a Japanese poet, photographer, editor, and…
Kitasono Katué (北園 克衛, Kitazono Katsue; October 29, 1902–June 6, 1978) was a Japanese poet, photographer, editor, and graphic designer associated with Dada, Surrealism, and visual poetry. He founded the VOU Club and its journal VOU in 1935, and later became especially known for his photographic "Plastic Poems" or "Plastic Poetry".
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Mitsuo Miura (三浦光雄, Miura Mitsuo; 25 October 1902 – 24 October 1956) was a Japanese cinematographer who photographed…
Mitsuo Miura (三浦光雄, Miura Mitsuo; 25 October 1902 – 24 October 1956) was a Japanese cinematographer who photographed more than 100 films in a career that spanned 30 years. He worked for film directors such as Shirō Toyoda, Heinosuke Gosho, Mikio Naruse, Shigeyoshi Suzuki, and Kajirō Yamamoto. An award for new cinematographers was named after him in his memory.
Shiroshichi Kimura (木村 四郎七, Kimura Shiroshichi) (b. Oct. 24, 1902 - d. Aug. 28, 1996) was a Japanese diplomat. Served…
Shiroshichi Kimura (木村 四郎七, Kimura Shiroshichi) (b. Oct. 24, 1902 - d. Aug. 28, 1996) was a Japanese diplomat. Served as Japanese Consul in Hong Kong in May–June 1941. In November 1951, arrived at Taiwan as Chief of the Japanese Government Overseas Office, as diplomatic relations were not established yet. In 1952, took part in peace negotiations with the government of China on Taiwan. Upon the reestablishment of Japanese Embassy in Taipei, he served as Counselor of the embassy from 1952 to 1953. In 1957, upon the reestablishment of diplomatic relations between the governments of Japan and Czechoslovakia, was appointed Japanese Ambassador to that country, and served in that position until 1961. In 1961 represented Japan at the World Meteorological Organization. In 1963, he became the new Japanese ambassador to China before moving to South Korea in 1966, and served in that position until 1968.
Shigeyoshi Suzuki (鈴木 重義, Suzuki Shigeyoshi; October 13, 1902 – December 20, 1971) was a Japanese football player who…
Shigeyoshi Suzuki (鈴木 重義, Suzuki Shigeyoshi; October 13, 1902 – December 20, 1971) was a Japanese football player who played for and later managed the Japan national team.
🎓 Waseda University🏫 Waseda University Junior and Senior High School📅 Born October 13🎂 Born 1902📍 From Tokyo💼 Football (Soccer)
Masanobu Tsuji (辻 政信, Tsuji Masanobu; 11 October 1902 – disappeared c. 1961) was a Japanese army officer, politician…
Masanobu Tsuji (辻 政信, Tsuji Masanobu; 11 October 1902 – disappeared c. 1961) was a Japanese army officer, politician, and war criminal. During World War II, he was an important tactical planner in the Imperial Japanese Army and developed the detailed plans for the successful Japanese invasion of Malaya at the start of the war. He also helped plan and lead the final Japanese offensive during the Guadalcanal campaign. A Pan-Asianist, Tsuji pressured Asian countries to support Japan in World War II, despite being involved in atrocities such as the Bataan Death March and Sook Ching mass killings. He meticulously planned the mass murders in Singapore and surrounding regions, personally overseeing the Pantingan River massacre. He also once cannibalized a downed Allied airman. Tsuji evaded prosecution for Japanese war crimes at the end of the war and hid in Thailand. He returned to Japan in 1949 and was elected to the Diet as an advocate of renewed militarism. Through the 1950s he worked for American intelligence alongside Takushiro Hattori. In 1961, he disappeared on a trip to Laos. Tsuji was among the most aggressive and influential Japanese militarists. He was a leading proponent of the concept of gekokujō, (literally "the bottom overthrowing the top") by acting without or contrary to authorization. He incited the 1939 border clash with the Soviet Union and was a vehement advocate of war against the United States. According to historian John W. Dower, Tsuji was a "fanatical ideologue and pathologically brutal staff officer".
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Akatsuki Kambayashi (上林 暁, Kambayashi Akatsuki; October 6, 1902 - August 28, 1980), pseudonym of Tokohiro Iwaki, was a…
Akatsuki Kambayashi (上林 暁, Kambayashi Akatsuki; October 6, 1902 - August 28, 1980), pseudonym of Tokohiro Iwaki, was a noted Japanese author in the I Novel genre. Kambayashi was born in a village now part of Kuroshio in Kōchi Prefecture. In 1927 he received a graduate degree in English literate from the University of Tokyo and took a job with the Kaizo publishing company. That same year he began to write and continued until 1973, despite two debilitating strokes. All told, Kambayashi published more than two hundred stories, most of which are based on personal experiences. According to Donald Keene, these stories fall into three broad clusters: those set in the village of Shikoku where he grew up; those relating to the illness and madness of his wife; and those describing his younger sister. Perhaps the best known is Sei Yohane byōin nite (In the Hospital of St. John, 1946), in which describes the slow death of his wife in the middle of a war-torn country. Kambayashi received the 1964 Yomiuri Prize for Shiroi yakatabune, and in 1969 became a member of the Japan Art Academy.
Kumeko Urabe (Japanese: 浦辺 粂子, romanized: Urabe Kumeko), born Kimura Kume (木村 くめ, Kimura Kume), (October 5, 1902 –…
Kumeko Urabe (Japanese: 浦辺 粂子, romanized: Urabe Kumeko), born Kimura Kume (木村 くめ, Kimura Kume), (October 5, 1902 – October 26, 1989) was a Japanese movie actress, one of the first in the country. She worked on stage and in film and television. Urabe was born in a rural part of Shizuoka Prefecture. She lived in several homes while growing up, as she relocated with her father, a Buddhist priest, among the temples to which he was assigned. Urabe completed her education in Numazu, and left school in 1919 to join a theatre company, touring under various stage names as an actor and dancer. In 1923, Urabe auditioned at the film studio Nikkatsu, and adopted the name Kumeko Urabe, by which she was known for the rest of her life. She appeared in her first film the following year, and continued to act until 1987. She worked with such directors as Kenji Mizoguchi and Mikio Naruse, and performed in over 320 films, including Ikiru, Older Brother, Younger Sister, Portrait of Madame Yuki, She Was Like a Wild Chrysanthemum, and Street of Shame. She also starred in television dramas, including thirteen episodes of Toshiba Sunday Theatre between 1958 and 1980. In the following decade, she carved a niche as a Grandma idol, until her death in 1989.
Hiromichi Yahara (Japanese: 八原博通; October 12, 1902 – May 7, 1981) was the senior staff officer in charge of operations…
Hiromichi Yahara (Japanese: 八原博通; October 12, 1902 – May 7, 1981) was the senior staff officer in charge of operations for the 32nd Imperial Japanese Army during the Battle of Okinawa in World War II.
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Su Buqing, also spelled Su Buchin (simplified Chinese: 苏步青; traditional Chinese: 蘇步青; September 23, 1902 – March 17…
Su Buqing, also spelled Su Buchin (simplified Chinese: 苏步青; traditional Chinese: 蘇步青; September 23, 1902 – March 17, 2003), was a Chinese mathematician, educator and poet. He was the founder of differential geometry in China, and served as president of Fudan University and honorary chairman of the Chinese Mathematical Society.
Kiyoo Wadati (和達 清夫, Wadachi Kiyoo; September 8, 1902 – January 5, 1995) was an early seismologist at the Central…
Kiyoo Wadati (和達 清夫, Wadachi Kiyoo; September 8, 1902 – January 5, 1995) was an early seismologist at the Central Meteorological Observatory of Japan (now known as the Japan Meteorological Agency), researching deep (subduction zone) earthquakes. His name is attached to the Wadati–Benioff zone. It was Wadati's 1928 paper on shallow and deep earthquakes, comparing maximum below surface displacement against distance from the epicentre, which led Charles Richter to develop his earthquake magnitude scale in 1935.
🎓 Tokyo Imperial University🏫 Tennoji High School📅 Born September 8🎂 Born 1902📍 From Nagoya, Aichi Prefecture💼 Scholar・Professor・Associate Professor💼 Haiku Poet・Waka Poet
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Eisuke Takizawa (滝沢英輔, Takizawa Eisuke; 6 September 1902 – 29 November 1965) (alternate name: Kinpachi Kajiwara) was a…
Eisuke Takizawa (滝沢英輔, Takizawa Eisuke; 6 September 1902 – 29 November 1965) (alternate name: Kinpachi Kajiwara) was a Japanese film director.
Subaru Takahashi (高橋 昴, Takahashi Subaru; 31 August 1902 – 4 July 1992) was a Japanese cross-country skier. He competed…
Subaru Takahashi (高橋 昴, Takahashi Subaru; 31 August 1902 – 4 July 1992) was a Japanese cross-country skier. He competed in the men's 18 kilometre event at the 1928 Winter Olympics.
On Watanabe (渡辺 温, Watanabe On; 26 August 1902 – 10 February 1930) was a Japanese mystery writer and fantasy novelist.…
On Watanabe (渡辺 温, Watanabe On; 26 August 1902 – 10 February 1930) was a Japanese mystery writer and fantasy novelist. Despite his early death aged 27, he was an inspiration for later Japanese authors.
Seishi Kikuchi (菊池 正士, Kikuchi Seishi; August 25, 1902 – November 12, 1974) was a Japanese physicist, known for his…
Seishi Kikuchi (菊池 正士, Kikuchi Seishi; August 25, 1902 – November 12, 1974) was a Japanese physicist, known for his explanation of the Kikuchi lines that show up in diffraction patterns of diffusely scattered electrons. Kikuchi's research was recorded in the official Nobel Prize selection meeting minutes of the 1930s.
🎓 University of Tokyo🏫 Tsukuba University Affiliated High School📅 Born August 25🎂 Born 1902📍 From Tokyo💼 Scholar・Professor・Associate Professor
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Yasuo Akizuki (23 August 1902 – 11 July 1984) was a Japanese mathematician. He was a professor at Kyoto University.…
Yasuo Akizuki (23 August 1902 – 11 July 1984) was a Japanese mathematician. He was a professor at Kyoto University. Alongside Wolfgang Krull, Oscar Zariski, and Masayoshi Nagata, he is famous for his early work in commutative algebra. In particular, he is most well known in helping to demonstrate Akizuki–Hopkins–Levitzki theorem.
🎓 Kyoto University🏫 Tennoji High School📅 Born August 23🎂 Born 1902📍 From Osaka Prefecture💼 Mathematician
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Hisatsune Sakomizu (迫水 久常, Sakomizu Hisatsune; 5 August 1902 – 25 July 1977) was a Japanese government official and…
Hisatsune Sakomizu (迫水 久常, Sakomizu Hisatsune; 5 August 1902 – 25 July 1977) was a Japanese government official and politician before, during and after World War II.
Prince Kan'in Haruhito (閑院宮春仁王, Kan'in-no-miya Haruhito-ō; 3 August 1902 – 18 June 1988) was a career officer in the…
Prince Kan'in Haruhito (閑院宮春仁王, Kan'in-no-miya Haruhito-ō; 3 August 1902 – 18 June 1988) was a career officer in the Imperial Japanese Army during World War II and the 7th (and final) head of the Kan'in-no-miya line of shinnōke cadet branches of the Imperial Family of Japan.
🏫 Odawara High School📅 Born August 3🎂 Born 1902📍 From Kanagawa Prefecture💼 Imperial Family・Nobility (Kazoku)💼 Military Officer💼 Martial Artist💼 Kendo
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Nobutake Ōkōchi (大河内 信威, Ōkōchi Nobutake; 24 July 1902 – 12 July 1990) was a Japanese art historian, critic and…
Nobutake Ōkōchi (大河内 信威, Ōkōchi Nobutake; 24 July 1902 – 12 July 1990) was a Japanese art historian, critic and businessman who served as the fifth president of the Japan Ceramics Association from 1984 to 1990. Before that, he was also a sympathiser for the cause of the Japanese Communist Party.
🎓 Tokyo Imperial University🏫 Tsukuba University Affiliated High School📅 Born July 24🎂 Born 1902📍 From Tokyo💼 Scholar・Professor・Associate Professor💼 Critic💼 Company President・Entrepreneur
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Yoshitora Kawai (Japanese: 川合 義虎; 1902–1923) was a Japanese communist activist involved with many Tokyo-based political…
Yoshitora Kawai (Japanese: 川合 義虎; 1902–1923) was a Japanese communist activist involved with many Tokyo-based political groups. Kawai attended Honzan hospital's nurse training school, but moved to Tokyo's Kameido district in September 1920 after being exposed to socialism by a professor, Oka-sensei. He was a member of Gyōminkai (Enlightened People's Society), a communist study group, and joined the Nankatsu Labor Union alongside Tanno Setsu. In March 1923, Kawai created the Tokyo Communist Youth League, the first instance of a Japanese group openly labeling themselves as communists. During the 1923 Great Kantō earthquake, Kawai was reported as having rescued three children who had been trapped under a collapsed house. Amidst the chaos of the earthquake's aftermath, he was captured on 2 September 1923, and a few days later, was killed by police in prison during the Kameido Incident.
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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…
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 died during the defense of the island.
🎓 Imperial Japanese Army Academy🏫 Hibiya High School📅 Born July 12🎂 Born 1902💼 Military Officer💼 Imperial Family・Nobility (Kazoku)
Shohei Mishina (三品彰英, Mishina Shōhei; 5 July 1902 – 19 December 1971) was a Japanese historian and mythologist…
Shohei Mishina (三品彰英, Mishina Shōhei; 5 July 1902 – 19 December 1971) was a Japanese historian and mythologist specializing in the history of Korea and Japan. In 1928, Mishina graduated from the Faculty of History of Literature at Kyoto University. Before World War II he was a professor at Kyoto University and the Imperial Japanese Navy. In 1945, he retired as a professor from the Imperial Navy and began teaching at Ōtani University, where he was appointed professor in 1946. Later he was a professor at Dōshisha University between 1955 and 1960, and after that, he was director of the Osaka City Museum and professor at Bukkyo University. Mishina was a teacher of the historian Hideo Inoue, and since 1960, he maintained in Kansai a Study Group composed of several researchers, about ancient Japanese history.
Hideo Yoshino (吉野 秀雄, Yoshino Hideo; July 3, 1902 - July 13, 1967) was a tanka poet in Shōwa period Japan.
Takahiko Yamanouchi (山内 恭彦, Yamanouchi Takahiko; July 2, 1902 – October 14, 1986) was a Japanese theoretical physicist…
Takahiko Yamanouchi (山内 恭彦, Yamanouchi Takahiko; July 2, 1902 – October 14, 1986) was a Japanese theoretical physicist, known for group theory in quantum mechanics first proposed by Yamanouchi in Japan. Yamanouchi was born in Kanagawa, graduated in physics from the Imperial University of Tokyo in 1926. From 1926 to 1927 he was a research associate at the Imperial University of Tokyo. From 1927 to 1931 he was a professor at the Tokyo Higher School. He joined the faculty of the Imperial University of Tokyo in 1929 as a lecturer of engineering and became a full professor in 1942. He was a professor of physics at the University of Tokyo from 1949 to his retirement in 1963. During 1959–1961 he was the dean of the faculty of science. In 1956 he was awarded the Japan Academy Prize for "application of group theory to the theory of atomic spectra".
🎓 University of Tokyo🏫 Hibiya High School📅 Born July 2🎂 Born 1902💼 Scholar・Professor・Associate Professor
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Yasuhito, Prince Chichibu (秩父宮雍仁親王, Chichibu-no-miya Yasuhito Shinnō; 25 June 1902 – 4 January 1953) was the second son…
Yasuhito, Prince Chichibu (秩父宮雍仁親王, Chichibu-no-miya Yasuhito Shinnō; 25 June 1902 – 4 January 1953) was the second son of Emperor Taishō (Yoshihito) and Empress Teimei (Sadako), a younger brother of Emperor Shōwa (Hirohito) and a general in the Imperial Japanese Army. As a member of the Imperial House of Japan, he was the patron of several sporting, medical, and international exchange organizations. Before and after World War II, the English-speaking prince and his wife attempted to foster good relations between Japan and the United Kingdom and enjoyed a good rapport with the British royal family. As with other Japanese imperial princes of his generation, he was an active-duty career officer in the Imperial Japanese Army. Like all members of the imperial family, he was given immunity from criminal prosecution before the International Military Tribunal for the Far East by Douglas MacArthur.
🎓 Imperial Japanese Army Academy🏫 Gakushuin High School📅 Born June 25🎂 Born 1902💼 Imperial Family・Nobility (Kazoku)
Tome "Tomi" Torihama (鳥濱 トメ) (June 20, 1902 – April 22, 1992）was a Japanese woman who was the owner of a restaurant…
Tome "Tomi" Torihama (鳥濱 トメ) (June 20, 1902 – April 22, 1992）was a Japanese woman who was the owner of a restaurant called "Tomiya Shokudo" in Chiran, Kagoshima that served kamikaze pilots before their final missions. She is called the "Mother of Kamikazes".
Tatsuo Saitō (斎藤 達雄, Saitō Tatsuo; 10 June 1902 – 2 March 1968) was a Japanese film actor and director. He appeared in…
Tatsuo Saitō (斎藤 達雄, Saitō Tatsuo; 10 June 1902 – 2 March 1968) was a Japanese film actor and director. He appeared in more than two hundred films between 1925 and 1967.
Seishi Yokomizo (Japanese: 横溝 正史, Hepburn: Yokomizo Seishi; 24 May 1902 – 28 December 1981) was a Japanese mystery…
Seishi Yokomizo (Japanese: 横溝 正史, Hepburn: Yokomizo Seishi; 24 May 1902 – 28 December 1981) was a Japanese mystery novelist, known for creating the fictional detective Kosuke Kindaichi.
🎓 Nishogakusha University🏫 Hyogo High School📅 Born May 24🎂 Born 1902📍 From Kobe, Hyogo Prefecture💼 Writer・Novelist
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Hideo Saito (齋藤 秀雄, Saitō Hideo; May 23, 1902 – September 18, 1974) was a Japanese cellist, conductor, and music…
Hideo Saito (齋藤 秀雄, Saitō Hideo; May 23, 1902 – September 18, 1974) was a Japanese cellist, conductor, and music lecturer.
🎓 Sophia University🏫 Gyosei Junior and Senior High School📅 Born May 23🎂 Born 1902📍 From Chiyoda, Tokyo💼 Instrumentalist💼 Conductor💼 Musician
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Tetsuo Nozoe (野副 鉄男, 16 May 1902 – 4 April 1996) was a Japanese organic chemist. He is known for the discovery of…
Tetsuo Nozoe (野副 鉄男, 16 May 1902 – 4 April 1996) was a Japanese organic chemist. He is known for the discovery of hinokitiol, a seven-membered aromatic compound, and studying non-benzenoid aromatic compounds.
Yanosuke Hirai (平井 弥之助, Hirai Yanosuke; May 16, 1902 – February 21, 1986) was a Japanese civil engineer and corporate…
Yanosuke Hirai (平井 弥之助, Hirai Yanosuke; May 16, 1902 – February 21, 1986) was a Japanese civil engineer and corporate executive in the electric power industry. He developed electric power generation in the Tohoku region during the Shōwa era with unusual foresight and a deep sense of responsibility. 25 years after his death, Hirai’s foresight protected lives and environment from the March 11, 2011 Tohoku earthquake and tsunami. The Onagawa Nuclear Power Plant (Miyagi Prefecture), designed and built under his watch, was the sole plant in the region that fully resisted the disaster of March 11, 2011: all of its three reactors successfully withstood the seismic event and subsequent tsunami, shutting down safely as designed and virtually without any incident. The site of the plant even ended up providing a refuge for three months to more than 300 neighboring people who had lost their homes.
Jeong Ji-yong, often romanized in literature as Cheong Chi-yong (Korean: 정지용; 20 June 1902 – c. 1950), was a Korean…
Jeong Ji-yong, often romanized in literature as Cheong Chi-yong (Korean: 정지용; 20 June 1902 – c. 1950), was a Korean poet and translator of English poetry who "opened a new horizon of poetic possibilities through chiselled expression, tempered sentiments, and precise visual imagery" according to the scholar of Korean poetry, Brother Anthony.
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Ureo Egawa (江川 宇礼雄, Egawa Ureo; 7 May 1902 – 20 May 1970) was a Japanese actor active from the 1920s to the 1960s.
Kagamiiwa Zenshirō (born Zenshirō Sasaki, 4 May 1902 – 5 August 1950) was a sumo wrestler from Aomori Prefecture…
Kagamiiwa Zenshirō (born Zenshirō Sasaki, 4 May 1902 – 5 August 1950) was a sumo wrestler from Aomori Prefecture, Japan. His highest rank was ōzeki.
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