Takijiro onishi biography channels

Imperial Japanese Navy admiral (1891–1945)

Takijirō Ōnishi (大西 瀧治郎, Ōnishi Takijirō, 2 June 1891 – 16 August 1945) was an admiral in the Imperial Japanese Navy during World War II who came to be known as the father of the kamikaze.^[2]

Early career

Ōnishi was a native of Ashida village (part of present-day Tamba City) in Hyōgo Prefecture.

He graduated from the 40th class of the Imperial Japanese Navy Academy, ranked 20 out of a class of 144 cadets in 1912. He served his midshipman term on the cruiserSoya and battlecruiserTsukuba and after he was commissioned an ensign, he was assigned to the battleshipKawachi.

As a sub-lieutenant, he was assigned to the seaplane tenderWakamiya, and helped develop the Imperial Japanese Navy Air Service in its early stages. He was also dispatched to England and France in 1918, to learn more about the development of combat aircraft and their use in World War I.

After his return, he was promoted to lieu