Matome Ugaki

Matome Ugaki Historical Figure Nationality: Japan Date of Birth: 1890 Date of Death: 1945 Cause of Death: Plane shot down Occupation: Navy personnel Military Branch: Imperial Japanese Navy (World War II) Fictional Appearances: Days of Infamy POD: March, 1941; Relevant POD: December 7, 1941 Appearance(s): Days of Infamy Type of Appearance: Direct

Matome Ugaki (宇垣 纏 Ugaki Matome, 15 February 1890 – 15 August 1945) was an admiral in the Imperial Japanese Navy during World War II, remembered for his extensive and revealing war diary, role at the Battle of Leyte Gulf, and kamikaze suicide hours after the announced surrender of Japan at the end of the war.

Matome Ugaki in Days of Infamy

Vice Admiral Matome Ugaki accompanied Admiral Yamamoto to occupied Oahu in 1942, to meet with Minoru Genda and other occupying authorities. He expressed his irritation over the Navy's airplanes' inability to find the American fleet.