Shirō Nonaka

Shiro Nonaka
Shiro Nonaka
Born	October 27, 1903; Okayama, Okayama Prefecture, Empire of Japan
Died	February 29, 1936 (aged 32); Tokyo City, Tokyo Prefecture, Empire of Japan
Service/branch	Imperial Japanese Army
Years of service	1924–1936
Rank	Captain

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 February 26 Incident in 1936.^[1] 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 Junior High School (now Toyama High School in the Shinjuku City),^[2] and graduated in the 36th class of the Imperial Japanese Army Academy in 1924. Later, he became an Infantry Captain in 1933.^[1] 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.^[1]

Portrayals[]

Film[]

(『叛乱]』, 1954, Shin Saburi)
(『重臣と青年将校陸海軍流血史』, 1958, Michiyoshi Doi)
(『銃殺　２・２６の叛乱』, 1964, Tsuneo Kobayashi) (as "Captain Noda")
Kenichi Hagiwara (『226』, 1989, Hideo Gosha)

Theatre[]

(『狂騒昭和維新』, 1975)
(『恋が散る、雪が舞う』, 2005)

Notes[]

^ Jump up to: ^a ^b ^c "Nonaka Shirō". Nihon jinmei daijiten+Plus (in Japanese). Kōdanasha. Retrieved 8 April 2014.
^ 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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[kotobank-1] Jump up to: ^a ^b ^c "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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