He was a Squadron Commander of the e400 subs and their aircraft. He was a descendent from the samurai. He came from a naval family years he attended japans Naval Academy which is just like our annapolis, and he also attended japans elite naval war college. He spent his entire career involved with submarines, either as a staff officer or law an officer. Was a patriot. He was a warrior. He subscribed to the code. He was certainly a hardcore militaristic, as hardcore as they came. He was also a pretty nasty piece of work. He was the brains behind the midget sub attack at pearl harbor. As well as some of the worst atrocities committed by japans sixth fleet submarines during the war. You cant really tell from this photograph but he had straight hair, limp straight hair, a tiny little mustache and skimmed that more than one person described as being oily, saying he had an oily sheen. I came across that several times from people i interviewed. Hes definitely the villain of our peace. He was a martinet, as you would expect, and he was a heavy, heavy drinker which is really saying something. He didnt hesitate to discipline his men by slapping or kicking them. In fact, the crew, of its flagship, call him gangster because of his ruthlessness. And