Yoshitoshi Tokugawa

Yoshitoshi Tokugawa
General Yoshitoshi Tokugawa
Native name
徳川好敏
Born(1884-07-24)24 July 1884
Tokyo, Japan
Died17 April 1963(1963-04-17) (aged 78)
Tokyo, Japan
Allegiance Empire of Japan
Service/branch Imperial Japanese Army
Years of service1903–1945
Rank Lieutenant General
Commands heldTokorozawa Army Aviation School, Akeno Army Aviation School
AwardsOrder of the Rising Sun, 1st class
Lieutenant General Baron Tokugawa Yoshitoshi

Baron Yoshitoshi Tokugawa (徳川 好敏, Tokugawa Yoshitoshi, 24 July 1884 – 17 April 1963) was a lieutenant general in the Imperial Japanese Army and one of the pioneers of military aviation in Japan. The first Japanese to obtain his pilot's licence from the Aéro-Club de France, he is credited with having made the first flight in a powered aircraft in Japan in 1910.


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