Matome Ugaki

Matome Ugaki
Vice Admiral Ugaki Matome (1942–45)
Native name	宇垣 纏
Born	(1890-02-15)15 February 1890 Okayama, Okayama, Japan
Died	15 August 1945(1945-08-15) (aged 55)[1] off Okinawa, Japan
Allegiance	Empire of Japan
Service/branch	Imperial Japanese Navy
Years of service	1912–1945
Rank	Vice Admiral
Commands held	Yakumo, Hyūga, Naval Operations Bureau, 8th Squadron, 1st Squadron, 5th Air Fleet[2][3]
Battles/wars	World War I Second Sino-Japanese War World War II Battle of the Philippine Sea Battle of Leyte Gulf Battle of the Sibuyan Sea Battle off Samar Japan campaign Volcano and Ryukyu Islands campaign Battle of Okinawa
Awards	Order of the Rising Sun 1st Class, Grand Cordon (posthumous)

Matome Ugaki (宇垣 纏, Ugaki Matome, 15 February 1890 – 15 August 1945) was an admiral in the Imperial Japanese Navy during World War II, remembered for his extensive and revealing war diary, role at the Battle of Leyte Gulf, and kamikaze suicide hours after the announced surrender of Japan at the end of the war.