MILITARY PERSONNEL

Kazuo Sakamaki

1918 - 1999

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Kazuo Sakamaki (酒巻和男, Sakamaki Kazuo, November 8, 1918 – November 29, 1999) was a Japanese naval officer who became the first prisoner of war of World War II to be captured by U.S. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Kazuo Sakamaki has received more than 1,192,435 page views. His biography is available in 15 different languages on Wikipedia. Kazuo Sakamaki is the 1,325th most popular military personnel (down from 846th in 2019), the 887th most popular biography from Japan (down from 594th in 2019) and the 80th most popular Japanese Military Personnel.

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  • 15

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.87

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  • 2.24

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among MILITARY PERSONNELS

Among military personnels, Kazuo Sakamaki ranks 1,325 out of 2,058. Before him are Günther Pancke, Maximilian Njegovan, Mikhail Kovalyov, Sultan Agung of Mataram, Baba Nobuharu, and Vicente Rojo Lluch. After him are Tommy Franks, Paul Bader, Leo of Tripoli, Kit Carson, Yevfimiy Putyatin, and Gustav Fehn.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1918, Kazuo Sakamaki ranks 142. Before him are Jerome Robbins, Jelle Zijlstra, Suzanne Flon, Ted Williams, Bruno Zevi, and Jay Wright Forrester. After him are Anatoly Tarasov, Georgios Rallis, María Mercader, Mehdi Huseynzade, Brenda Milner, and Mickey Spillane. Among people deceased in 1999, Kazuo Sakamaki ranks 117. Before him are Karekin I, Nahum Stelmach, Nise da Silveira, Bob Peck, Ron Wyatt, and Ibrahim Baré Maïnassara. After him are Fritz Fischer, Horst Frank, Grover Washington Jr., Mario Soldati, Flávio Costa, and Reiner Klimke.

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In Japan

Among people born in Japan, Kazuo Sakamaki ranks 887 out of 6,245. Before him are Kishin Shinoyama (1940), Kazumi Takada (1951), Teinosuke Kinugasa (1896), Mitsuo Watanabe (1953), Keisuke Honda (1986), and Noriaki Kasai (1972). After him are Kabayama Sukenori (1837), Saburō Kurusu (1886), Hiroshi Katayama (1940), Rihei Sano (1912), Sachi Kagawa (null), and Mamoru Hosoda (1967).

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS In Japan

Among military personnels born in Japan, Kazuo Sakamaki ranks 80. Before him are Itō Sukeyuki (1843), Sō Yoshitoshi (1568), Kanji Ishiwara (1889), Arima Harunobu (1567), Shigeyoshi Inoue (1889), and Kiyonao Ichiki (1892). After him are Shōji Nishimura (1889), Prince Fushimi Hiroyasu (1875), Akashi Motojiro (1864), Kijirō Nambu (1869), Jinichi Kusaka (1888), and Kiyotake Kawaguchi (1892).

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