serviceyears branch commands death_place death_date birth_place allegiance battles birth_date rank article_title name
1918-1945 empire of japan '' 5 destroyer group 17 destroyer group 4 '' haguro '' tade '' , '' uzuki '' destroyer group strait of malacca 16 may 1945 aichi prefecture , japan empire of japan world battle of the malacca strait war ii * battle of vella gulf * 5 may 1896 vice admiral -lrb- posthumously -rrb- kaju sugiura
 kaju sugiura
kaju sugiura

, was an admiral in the imperial japanese navy during world war ii .
