Hisakazu Tanaka | |
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![]() Lieutenant General Hisakazu Tanaka | |
Governor of Hong Kong under Japanese occupation | |
In office 1 February 1945 – 16 August 1945 | |
Monarch | Shōwa |
Prime Minister | Kuniaki Koiso Kantarō Suzuki |
Preceded by | Rensuke Isogai |
Succeeded by | Sir Franklin Charles Gimson (Acting) |
Personal details | |
Born | Hisakazu Koganei 16 March 1889 Himeji, Hyōgo Prefecture, Japan[citation needed] |
Died | 27 March 1947 Canton, China | (aged 58)
Cause of death | Execution by shooting |
Alma mater | Army War College |
Military career | |
Allegiance | ![]() |
Service/ | ![]() |
Years of service | 1910–1945 |
Rank | ![]() |
Commands | 21st Infantry Division 23rd Army |
Battles/wars | Second Sino-Japanese War World War II |
Hisakazu Tanaka (田中 久一, Tanaka Hisakazu, 16 March 1889 – 27 March 1947) was a lieutenant general in the Imperial Japanese Army, and governor of Japanese-occupied Hong Kong in World War II. His given name is occasionally transliterated "Hisaichi".[1]
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