Yuzuru Hiraga

Baron Yuzuru Hiraga
Japanese Admiral Baron Yuzuru Hiraga
Born	March 8, 1878 Tokyo, Japan
Died	February 17, 1943(1943-02-17) (aged 64) Tokyo, Japan
Allegiance	Empire of Japan
Service/branch	Imperial Japanese Navy
Years of service	1901–1931
Rank	Vice Admiral
Awards	Order of the Sacred Treasure Order of the Rising Sun

Vice Admiral Baron Yuzuru Hiraga (平賀 譲, Hiraga Yuzuru, March 8, 1878 – February 17, 1943) was a career naval officer in the Imperial Japanese Navy, Doctor of Engineering and head of the engineering school of Tokyo Imperial University and a leading Japanese naval architect in the 1910s and 1920s, responsible for designing a number of famous warships, many of which would later see action during World War II. He participated in establishing the Chiba Institute of Technology from 1941.