Itō Sukeyuki

Count Itō Sukeyuki

Native name	伊東祐亨
Born	(1843-05-20)20 May 1843 Kagoshima, Satsuma domain, Japan
Died	16 January 1914(1914-01-16) (aged 70) Tokyo, Japan
Allegiance	Empire of Japan
Service/branch	Imperial Japanese Navy
Years of service	1871 -1907
Rank	Marshal Admiral
Commands held	Daiichi Teibo Kasuga Azuma Nisshin Ryūjō Hiei Fusō Naniwa Combined Fleet Yokosuka Naval District Chief of IJN General Staff
Battles/wars	Anglo-Satsuma War Boshin War First Sino-Japanese War Battle of the Yellow Sea Battle of Weihaiwei Russo-Japanese War
Awards	Order of the Golden Kite (1st class) Grand Cordon of the Supreme Order of the Chrysanthemum

Marshal Admiral Count Itō Sukeyuki (伊東祐亨, Itō Sukeyuki; also known as Itō Yūkō^?) (20 May 1843 – 16 January 1914) was a career officer and admiral in the Imperial Japanese Navy in Meiji-period Japan.

Born in what is now part of Kagoshima city as the son of a samurai of the Satsuma Domain, Itō studied naval engineering and gunnery at the Kobe Naval Training Center together with Sakamoto Ryōma and Mutsu Munemitsu. He participated in the Anglo-Satsuma War as a member of the Satsuma domain's navy. Before the Boshin War, Itoh had already relocated to Edo and had placed his naval skills at the service of the forces striving to overthrow the Tokugawa Shogunate. He escaped from the burning of the Satsuma Domain residence in Edo and subsequently fought in many of the naval engagements of the Boshin War.

After the Meiji Restoration, Itō was commissioned as a lieutenant and served on the corvette Nisshin in the fledgling Imperial Japanese Navy, commanding the Nisshin from 1877. Promoted to captain in 1882, he served on many warships of the Imperial Japanese Navy in its pioneer days, notably the Ryūjō, Fusō, and Hiei. In 1885, he was placed in charge of the Yokosuka Naval Arsenal. The same year, he travelled to the United Kingdom, and brought the Naniwa back to Japan.