Hisakazu Tanaka
Japanese lieutenant general and wartime governor of Hong Kong.
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Hisakazu Tanaka, a lieutenant general in the Imperial Japanese Army, also held the post of governor for Hong Kong under Japanese occupation during World War II. His first name is sometimes written as Hisaichi.
Quick Facts
- Office
- Governor of Hong Kong, under Japanese occupation
- Monarch
- Shōwa
- Prime minister
- Kuniaki Koiso; Kantarō Suzuki
- Took office
- 1 February 1945
- Left office
- 16 August 1945
- Predecessor
- Rensuke Isogai
- Successor
- Sir Franklin Charles Gimson (Acting)
- Birth name
- Hisakazu Koganei
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Biography
Hisakazu Tanaka began life as a member of the Koganei family in Hyōgo Prefecture before being adopted by the Tanaka family, whose surname he carried.
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