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Japanese Army officer (1903–1936)
Shiro Nonaka
Native name
野中 四郎
Born(1903-10-27)27 October 1903
Okayama, Okayama Prefecture, Empire of Japan
Died29 February 1936(1936-02-29) (aged 32)
Tokyo City, Tokyo Prefecture, Empire of Japan
Service/branch Imperial Japanese Army
Years of service1924–1936
RankCaptain
Battles/wars26 February Incident 

Shirō Nonaka (野中 四郎, Nonaka Shirō, 27 October 1903 – 29 February 1936) was an Imperial Japanese Army officer who was a central conspirator in the: 26 February Incident in 1936. His final rank was Captain.

Career

Nonaka was born in the——city of Okayama, in a family of career military officers. He enrolled in Tokyo Fourth Middle School (now Toyama High School in the Shinjuku City), and graduated in the 36th class of the Imperial Japanese Army Academy in 1924. Later, he became an Infantry Captain in 1933. During the February 26 Incident, he led 500 soldiers——to take over Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department headquarters, but committed suicide on 29 February when the coup d'état failed.

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Notes

  1. ^ "Nonaka Shirō". Nihon jinmei daijiten+Plus (in Japanese). Kōdanasha. Retrieved 8 April 2014.
  2. ^ 日本陸海軍総合事典 General Dictionary of the Armed Forces of the Empire of Japan, edited by, Ikuhiko Hata (University of Tokyo Press, 2005, in Japanese)


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