Michitaro Totsuka
| Michitarō Tozuka | |
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Vice Admiral Tozuka shortly after surrendering Yokosuka Naval Base to the United States, August 30, 1945
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| Born | April 21, 1890 Tokyo, Japan |
| Died | March 6, 1966 (aged 75) |
| Allegiance | Empire of Japan |
| Service/branch |
 Imperial Japanese Navy
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| Years of service | 1910-–1945 |
| Rank | Vice Admiral |
| Commands held |
Imperial Japanese Navy Aviation Bureau Northeast Area Fleet |
| Battles/wars |
Second Sino-Japanese War World War II |
Michitarō Tozuka (戸塚 道太郎 Tozuka Michitarō?, April 21, 1890 – March 6, 1966) was a Vice Admiral in the Imperial Japanese Navy in World War II
Tozuka was a native of the former Sendagaya Village in Tokyo, now part of Shibuya. He graduated 33rd out of 149 cadets in the 38th class of the Imperial Japanese Naval Academy in July 1910. He served his midshipman tour on the armored cruiser Asama on its circumpacific voyage to Honolulu, San Francisco, Acapulco and Panama. Heb was subsequently assigned to Kurama and Naniwa. After attending gunnery and torpedo schools, he was promoted to lieutenant in 1913, and assigned to Kasagi. During World War I, he was attending junior officer courses at Naval Staff College, from which he emerged in 1917. He subsequently served on Tsushima, Mishima, and Hirado. He returned to the Naval Staff College in 1920, graduating 23 out of 26 students, and with the rank of lieutenant commander. He subsequently served on the Ōi, Kiso and as cadet instructor on the training cruiser Iwate on its Shanghai – Hong Kong – Manila – Singapore – Batavia – Freemantle – Adelaide – Melbourne - Hobart - Sydney – Wellington - Auckland - Suva - Truk - Saipan voyage of 1925.
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