Masafumi Arima
| Masafumi Arima | |
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Vice Admiral Masafumi Arima
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| Native name | 有馬 正文 |
| Born | September 25, 1895 Hioki, Kagoshima, Japan |
| Died | October 15, 1944 (aged 49) between Taiwan and the Philippines |
| Allegiance |
 Empire of Japan
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| Service/branch |
 Imperial Japanese Navy
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| Years of service | 1915–1944 |
| Rank | Vice Admiral |
| Commands held |
Kamikawa maru, Shōkaku 26th Air Flotilla |
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Masafumi Arima (有馬 正文 Arima Masafumi?, 25 September 1895 – 15 October 1944) was an admiral in the Imperial Japanese Navy in World War II. A pilot, he is sometimes credited with being the first to use the kamikaze attack, although official accounts may have been invented for propaganda purposes.
Arima was born in Ijuin village (present day Hioki city), Kagoshima prefecture. He graduated from the 43rd class of the Imperial Japanese Naval Academy in 1915. He was ranked 33rd in a class of 96 cadets. As a midshipman, he was assigned to the cruiser Iwate on its 1915 long distance navigational training voyage from Sasebo to Chemulpo, Dairen, Chinkai, Maizuru and Toba. He stayed with Iwate on its cruise the following year to Hong Kong, Singapore, Fremantle, Melbourne, Sydney, Wellington, Auckland, Jaluit Atoll, Ponape, and Truk. On his return, he was commissioned as an ensign assigned to the battleship Shikishima.
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