Nishioka Kyoji

Nishioka Kyoji was born on 12 December 1905 in Yoshinogawa, Tokushima Prefecture, Japan. 
In 1922, he joined the Imperial Japanese Army.
In 1931-1932, he fought in Manchuria and got promoted to Sergeant Major. 
During the Sino-Japanese War, he got promoted to Lieutenant. In 1941, he was assigned to Araki Hatazao in Leyte, Philippines. He was defending an outpost in Jaro. They lost to the Americans led by Daniel Wright. Araki commited Seppuku. Nishioka was taken as a POW. In 1945, he returned to Japan. 
He died of natural causes in 1989 in Osaka, Osaka Prefecture.