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Shirō Nonaka

Shirō Nonaka

Japanese Army officer (1903–1936)

Shirō Nonaka (野中 四郎, Nonaka Shirō, 27 October 1903 – 29 February 1936) was an Imperial Japanese Army officer who was a central conspirator in the 26 February Incident in 1936.[1] His final rank was Captain.

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Career

Nonaka was born in the city of Okayama, in a family of career military officers. He enrolled in Tokyo Fourth Middle School (now Toyama High School in the Shinjuku City),[2] and graduated in the 36th class of the Imperial Japanese Army Academy in 1924. Later, he became an Infantry Captain in 1933.[1] During the February 26 Incident, he led 500 soldiers to take over Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department headquarters, but committed suicide on 29 February when the coup d'état failed.[1]

Portrayals

Film

  • Eiichi Sugasawara (『叛乱]』, 1954, Shin Saburi)
  • Asao Matsumoto (『重臣と青年将校 陸海軍流血史』, 1958, Michiyoshi Doi)
  • Fumitake Omura (『銃殺　２・２６の叛乱』, 1964, Tsuneo Kobayashi) (as "Captain Noda")
  • Kenichi Hagiwara (『226』, 1989, Hideo Gosha)

Theatre

  • Masaru Yamamoto (『狂騒昭和維新』, 1975)
  • Ryuichi Onodera (『恋が散る、雪が舞う』, 2005)

See also

Notes

  1. [1]
    "Nonaka Shirō". Nihon jinmei daijiten+Plus (in Japanese). Kōdanasha. Retrieved 8 April 2014.
  2. [2]
    日本陸海軍総合事典 General Dictionary of the Armed Forces of the Empire of Japan, edited by Ikuhiko Hata (University of Tokyo Press, 2005, in Japanese)


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