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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 1,137,928 page views. His biography is available in 15 different languages on Wikipedia. Kazuo Sakamaki is the 846th most popular military personnel, the 596th most popular biography from Japan and the 56th most popular Japanese Military Personnel.

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  • 15

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.66

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  • 2.01

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS

Among military personnels, Kazuo Sakamaki ranks 846 out of 1,468. Before him are Rudolf Christoph Freiherr von Gersdorff, Karol Świerczewski, Hiroshi Ōshima, Ivan Isakov, Jacques Massu, and Fyodor Kuznetsov. After him are Ivan Yefimovich Petrov, Otelo Saraiva de Carvalho, Bernd Freytag von Loringhoven, Thomas Robert Bugeaud, Fritz von Below, and George B. McClellan.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1918, Kazuo Sakamaki ranks 99. Before him are Shankar Dayal Sharma, Gara Garayev, Joseph Wiseman, Dora Ratjen, Cicely Saunders, and Vasyl Sukhomlynsky. After him are Ajahn Chah, Helmut Lent, Abba Kovner, Borys Paton, Bebo Valdés, and Bernd Alois Zimmermann. Among people deceased in 1999, Kazuo Sakamaki ranks 79. Before him are Igor Netto, Brion James, Phaedon Gizikis, Shankar Dayal Sharma, Leon Štukelj, and Yuri Knorozov. After him are Maurice Couve de Murville, Joseph Heller, Kisshomaru Ueshiba, Giant Baba, Michel Petrucciani, and Pierre Clémenti.

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In Japan

Among people born in Japan, Kazuo Sakamaki ranks 596 out of 6,048. Before him are Masabumi Hosono (1870), Sōsuke Uno (1922), Kaneto Shindo (1912), Minamoto no Yorimasa (1106), Isao Inokuma (1938), and Hiroshi Ōshima (1886). After him are Momoko Kōchi (1932), Zenkō Suzuki (1911), Yamamoto Kansuke (1493), Emperor Go-Murakami (1328), Emperor Murakami (926), and Akira Matsunaga (1914).

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS In Japan

Among military personnels born in Japan, Kazuo Sakamaki ranks 56. Before him are Sakanoue no Tamuramaro (758), Osami Nagano (1880), Ōtani Yoshitsugu (1559), Takasugi Shinsaku (1839), Minamoto no Yorimasa (1106), and Hiroshi Ōshima (1886). After him are Isamu Chō (1895), Takeo Takagi (1892), Nakano Takeko (1847), Nagakura Shinpachi (1839), Harukichi Hyakutake (1888), and Kodama Gentarō (1852).

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