Masafumi Arima
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Gender | Male |
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Death | 80 years ago |
Date of birth | September 25,1895 |
Zodiac sign | Libra |
Born | Hioki |
Kagoshima | |
Japan | |
Date of died | October 15,1944 |
Died | Taiwan |
Service/branch | Imperial Japanese Navy |
Battles and wars | World War II |
Battle of the Eastern Solomons | |
Commands helds | Japanese aircraft carrier Shōkaku |
Japanese seaplane tender Kamikawa Maru | |
Education | Imperial Japanese Naval Academy |
Tsurumaru High School | |
Date of Reg. | |
Date of Upd. | |
ID | 1292385 |
Masafumi Arima Life story
Masafumi Arima was an admiral in the Imperial Japanese Navy in World War II. An experienced aviator, he is sometimes credited with being the first to use the kamikaze attack, although official accounts may have been invented for propaganda purposes.