Military Personnel

Shoichi Yokoi

Japanese World War II Soldier

1915 - 1997

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His biography is available in 27 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 26 in 2024). Shoichi Yokoi is the 504th most popular military personnel (down from 422nd in 2024), the 330th most popular biography from Japan (down from 200th in 2019) and the 27th most popular Japanese Military Personnel.

Shoichi Yokoi was a Japanese soldier who hid in the jungle for 28 years after World War II. He was found in 1974 and was the last Japanese soldier to surrender.

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Shoichi Yokoi shares a March 31 birthday with René Descartes, Joseph Haydn, and Al Gore.

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Among Military Personnels

Among military personnels, Shoichi Yokoi ranks 504 out of 2,058. Before him are Armando Diaz, Mundus, Wilhelm von Tegetthoff, Hijikata Toshizō, Xu Huang, and Hans-Jürgen Stumpff. After him are Alexander Yegorov, Harold Bride, Publius Ventidius Bassus, Arthur MacArthur Jr., Andreas Hofer, and Dmitry Pozharsky.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1915, Shoichi Yokoi ranks 53. Before him are Prince George William of Hanover, Bob Kane, Takeshi Kamo, Franz Josef Strauss, Chung Ju-yung, and Laurent Schwartz. After him are Shogo Kamo, Liisi Oterma, Princess Lilian, Duchess of Halland, Rashid Behbudov, Joseph Greenberg, and Gretl Braun. Among people deceased in 1997, Shoichi Yokoi ranks 59. Before him are John Denver, Friedrich Hund, Princess Olga of Greece and Denmark, Diosdado Macapagal, André Franquin, and Charles Brenton Huggins. After him are George Wald, Masaru Ibuka, Hastings Banda, Miguel Najdorf, Marco Ferreri, and Fela Kuti.

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In Japan

Among people born in Japan, Shoichi Yokoi ranks 330 out of 6,245. Before him are Reizo Fukuhara (1931), Fukusaburo Harada (null), Hijikata Toshizō (1835), Katsura Tarō (1848), Emperor Toba (1103), and Saburo Shinosaki (null). After him are Kazu Naoki (1918), Yoshio Fujiwara (null), Emperor Go-Nijō (1285), Masayoshi Son (1957), Go Nagai (1945), and Suzuki Harunobu (1725).

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Among Military Personnels In Japan

Among military personnels born in Japan, Shoichi Yokoi ranks 27. Before him are Sanada Yukimura (1567), Nogi Maresuke (1849), Tamon Yamaguchi (1892), Yamagata Aritomo (1838), Mitsuru Ushijima (1887), and Hijikata Toshizō (1835). After him are Mitsuo Fuchida (1902), Saburō Sakai (1916), Seishirō Itagaki (1885), Kenji Doihara (1883), Jisaburō Ozawa (1886), and Hitoshi Imamura (1886).

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