Yoshinori Hishikari

Lieutenant General Yoshinori Hishikari was born on 26 January 1883 in Sapporo, Hokkaido, Japan. 
In 1903, he joined the Imperial Japanese Army. He fought in the Russo-Japanese War. He took part in the Siege of Port Arthur in Dalian, Liaoning. He served under Nogi Maresuke.
He fought in many battles in the Russo-Japanese War. This made him popular and he flew through the ranks. He almost became a celebrity back in Japan. He returned in 1907.
In 1922, he became a Lieutenant General. In 1931, he took part in the invasion of Manchuria in Heilongjiang, Jilin, Liaoning and Inner Mongolia. He served under Seishiro Itagaki.
He took part in the Nanjing Rape. Their base was there after the battle until 1939 when they were called to Changchun to support the fight in Hinggan and Xilin Gol where he was killed by Russian artillery from Mongolia. After his death, Yamazaki Tomoyuki took his position.