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 324,370 page views. His biography is available in 16 different languages on Wikipedia. Hiroyoshi Nishizawa is the 845th most popular military personnel (down from 700th in 2019), the 591st most popular biography from Japan (down from 445th in 2019) and the 55th most popular Japanese Military Personnel.

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS

Among military personnels, Hiroyoshi Nishizawa ranks 845 out of 2,058. Before him are Hitoshi Imamura, Magnus Stenbock, Bruno Loerzer, Rudolf Schmundt, Gongsun Du, and Gaius Suetonius Paulinus. After him are Erich Brandenberger, Joseph Stilwell, Fawzi al-Qawuqji, Gerhard Schmidhuber, Max Simon, and Andrew Parker Bowles.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1920, Hiroyoshi Nishizawa ranks 126. Before him are DeForest Kelley, Saul Bass, Carlo Alberto Dalla Chiesa, José Luis de Vilallonga, 9th Marquess of Castellbell, Eva Dahlbeck, and Henrietta Lacks. After him are Albert Memmi, Yegor Ligachyov, Václav Neumann, Pran, Jean Starobinski, and Marcel Reich-Ranicki. Among people deceased in 1944, Hiroyoshi Nishizawa ranks 110. Before him are Petr Ginz, Emanuel Ringelblum, Józef Beck, Walter Heitz, André Abegglen, and Rudolf Schmundt. After him are Şehzade Mehmed Abdülkadir, Chaim Rumkowski, Hans Krása, Paul Masson, Bruno Lüdke, and Tanya Savicheva.

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In Japan

Among people born in Japan, Hiroyoshi Nishizawa ranks 591 out of 6,245. Before him are Kenwa Mabuni (1889), Emperor Reizei (949), Hitoshi Imamura (1886), Toshio Iwatani (1925), Hirokazu Kanazawa (1931), and Hakuin Ekaku (1686). After him are Taro Kagawa (1922), Akira Nishino (1955), Sawao Kato (1946), Hiroshi Saeki (1936), Ishirō Honda (1911), and Gunichi Mikawa (1888).

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS In Japan

Among military personnels born in Japan, Hiroyoshi Nishizawa ranks 55. Before him are Seiichi Itō (1890), Minamoto no Yoshitomo (1123), Shibata Katsuie (1522), Sakanoue no Tamuramaro (758), Ōtani Yoshitsugu (1559), and Hitoshi Imamura (1886). After him are Gunichi Mikawa (1888), Hiroshi Ōshima (1886), Shūmei Ōkawa (1886), Takeo Takagi (1892), Nakano Takeko (1847), and Takasugi Shinsaku (1839).

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