Osami Nagano

Osami Nagano
Native name	永野 修身
Born	(1880-06-15)June 15, 1880 Kōchi, Kōchi Prefecture, Japan
Died	January 5, 1947(1947-01-05) (aged 66) Sugamo Prison, Tokyo, Japan
Allegiance	Empire of Japan
Service/branch	Imperial Japanese Navy
Years of service	1900–1947
Rank	Marshal Admiral Fleet Admiral General Staff
Commands held	Hirado 3rd NGS Division Intelligence, 3rd Battleship Division, 1st China Expeditionary Fleet, Naval General Staff, Yokosuka Naval District, Navy Ministry, IJN 1st Fleet, Combined Fleet, Navy General Staff
Battles/wars	World War I World War II
Awards	Grand Cordon of the Order of the Sacred Treasure (1st class) Order of the Golden Kite (3rd class) Order of the Rising Sun (3rd class)

Marshal Admiral

World War I

Admiral of the Fleet Osami Nagano (永野 修身, Nagano Osami^?, June 15, 1880 – January 5, 1947) was a Japanese career naval officer and Admiral of the Fleet in the Imperial Japanese Navy from 1943. He was more of an administrative officer than a sea commander. From April 1941 to February 1944, he was Chief of the Imperial Japanese Navy General Staff. He was the founder of the Chiba Institute of Technology.

Nagano was born in Kōchi to an ex-samurai family. In 1900, he graduated from the 28th class of the Imperial Japanese Naval Academy, ranked second in his class of 105 cadets. After midshipman service on the cruiser Hashidate and battleship Asahi, he was commissioned an ensign and assigned to the cruiser Asama. During the Russo-Japanese War, he served in a number of staff positions. The closest he came to combat was as commander of a land-based heavy naval gun unit during the siege of Port Arthur.

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