Tomeo Kaku
Historical Figure
Nationality:
Japan
Year of Birth:
1893
Year of Death:
1942
Cause of Death:
Drowning (presumably)
Occupation:
Naval Officer, Pilot
Military Branch:
Imperial Japanese Navy World War II )
Fictional Appearances:
Tomeo Kaku (8 November 1893 - 6 June 1942) was a captain in the Imperial Japanese Navy . He commanded the IJN Hiryu Pearl Harbor and World War II . He deliberately went down with his ship when the Hiryu was sunk during the Battle of Midway .
In May 1942, Tomeo Kaku (1893-1943) replaced the outspoken Kiichi Hasegawa as commander of the flagship Akagi Japanese occupation of Hawaii . In June 1942, he was commanding the ship when the United States made its first unsuccessful attempt to take back Hawaii . His skill in handling the ship earned him a promotion to rear-admiral a few months later.
However, in 1943, the U.S. returned with a much larger fleet that overwhelmed Japan's defenders in the Pacific Ocean . The Akagi took a torpedo hit amidships. Kaku dutifully took responsibility for the ship's destruction, and went down with her.
