Sagawa Kanbei

Sagawa Kanbei 佐川官兵衛
Nickname(s)	Kikanbei
Born	(1831-10-10)October 10, 1831 Aizu Domain, Tokugawa shogunate
Died	March 18, 1877(1877-03-18) (aged 45) Higo Province, Japan
Buried	Oita Prefecture Gokoku Shrine [ja]
Allegiance	Aizu Domain  Japan
Branch	Imperial Japanese Army
Years of service	1862 – 1868 1874 – 1877
Rank	First Inspector
Battles/wars	Boshin War Battle of Toba–Fushimi Battle of Hokuetsu Battle of Aizu Satsuma Rebellion Battle of Tabaruzaka Siege of Kumamoto Castle †

Sagawa Kanbei (佐川 官兵衛, Sagawa Kanbe'e), also known as Sagawa Naoki (1831–1877), was a military figure of the Aizu Domain at the end of the Tokugawa shogunate. He was also a police officer during the Meiji era before he was killed at the Siege of Kumamoto Castle in 1877.^[1]