Saburō Hyakutake


Saburō Hyakutake was an Imperial Japanese Navy admiral.

Biography

Hyakutake was born in Saga Prefecture. His younger brothers Gengo and Harukichi also became high ranking military officers.
Hyakutake was a graduate of the Imperial Japanese Naval Academy and the Naval War College. He was a veteran of the First Sino-Japanese War and the Russo-Japanese War. He was Grand Chamberlain of Japan. He was a recipient of the Order of the Rising Sun and the Order of the Sacred Treasure.
, Shigetarō Shimada, Mineichi Koga, and Saburō Hyakutake, aboard Battleship Musashi, 24 June 1943