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MILITARY PERSONNEL

Hiroyoshi Nishizawa

1920 - 1944

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Lieutenant Junior Grade Hiroyoshi Nishizawa (西澤 広義, Nishizawa Hiroyoshi, January 27, 1920 – October 26, 1944) was a Japanese naval aviator and an ace of the Imperial Japanese Navy Air Service during World War II. Nishizawa was known to his colleagues as 'the Devil' for his breathtaking, brilliant, and unpredictable aerobatics and superb control of his aircraft while in combat. He was a member of the Tainan Kōkūtai's famous "clean up trio" with fellow aces Saburō Sakai and Toshio Ōta and would see action in the New Guinea campaign as well as in the aerial battles over Guadalcanal and over the Solomon Islands. He was killed in 1944 during the Philippines Campaign while aboard an IJN transport aircraft. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Hiroyoshi Nishizawa has received more than 308,022 page views. His biography is available in 16 different languages on Wikipedia. Hiroyoshi Nishizawa is the 700th most popular military personnel (down from 632nd in 2019), the 447th most popular biography from Japan (down from 424th in 2019) and the 43rd most popular Japanese Military Personnel.

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS

Among military personnels, Hiroyoshi Nishizawa ranks 700 out of 1,468. Before him are Abner Doubleday, Roger of Lauria, Max Immelmann, Won Gyun, Frank Jack Fletcher, and Georges Guynemer. After him are Pavel Sudoplatov, Paul Revere, Yasuji Okamura, Yigael Yadin, David Elazar, and Peithon.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1920, Hiroyoshi Nishizawa ranks 103. Before him are Jaan Kross, Hans Blumenberg, Ricardo Montalbán, Cornelis Johannes van Houten, Henrietta Lacks, and Saul Bass. After him are Luisa Cuesta, Roberto Calvi, DeForest Kelley, Jack Warden, Heinz Hitler, and Princess Antoinette, Baroness of Massy. Among people deceased in 1944, Hiroyoshi Nishizawa ranks 99. Before him are Zinaida Portnova, Petr Ginz, Agustín Barrios, Kurt Gerron, Chaim Rumkowski, and Tanya Savicheva. After him are Nikolai Polikarpov, Bernardino Machado, Felix Nussbaum, Hannah Szenes, Pavel Haas, and Fritz Witt.

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In Japan

Among people born in Japan, Hiroyoshi Nishizawa ranks 447 out of 6,048. Before him are Emperor Montoku (827), Morihiro Hosokawa (1938), Chikamatsu Monzaemon (1653), Shiro Misaki (null), Kinji Fukasaku (1930), and Ashikaga Yoshiteru (1536). After him are Rei Kawakubo (1942), Yasuji Okamura (1884), Emperor Go-Horikawa (1212), Emperor Jomei (593), Emperor Kōkō (830), and Emperor Go-Reizei (1025).

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS In Japan

Among military personnels born in Japan, Hiroyoshi Nishizawa ranks 43. Before him are Seishirō Itagaki (1885), Takijirō Ōnishi (1891), Otozō Yamada (1881), Sadao Araki (1877), Takeo Kurita (1889), and Yoshijirō Umezu (1882). After him are Yasuji Okamura (1884), Soemu Toyoda (1885), Minamoto no Yoshitomo (1123), Taira no Masakado (903), Seiichi Itō (1890), and Gunichi Mikawa (1888).

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