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Takijirō Ōnishi
1891Jun, 2

Takijirō Ōnishi

Takijirō Ōnishi, Japanese admiral and pilot (d. 1945)
Takijirō Ōnishi (大西 瀧治郎, Ōnishi Takijirō, 2 June 1891 – 16 August 1945) was an admiral in the Imperial Japanese Navy during World War II who came to be known as the father of the kamikaze.

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