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Shirō Nonaka

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Service/branch
  
Imperial Japanese Army

Rank
  
Captain

Years of service
  
1924 - 1936

Name
  
Shiro Nonaka

Shiro Nonaka
Born
  
October 27, 1903  Japan Okayama Okayama City (
1903-10-27
)

Died
  
February 29, 1936(1936-02-29) (aged 32)  Japan Tokyo Prefecture Tokyo City

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 February 26 Incident in 1936. His final rank was Captain.

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Career

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Nonaka was born in the city of Okayama, in a family of career military officers. He graduated in the 36th class of the Imperial Japanese Army Academy in 1924 and became an Infantry Captain in 1933. 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'etat failed.

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)

    • References

    Shirō Nonaka Wikipedia
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