Tachibana Koichirō
| Tachibana Koichirō | |
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General Tachibana Kōichirō
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| Native name | 立花小一郎 |
| Born |
20 March 1861 Ōmuta, Fukuoka, Japan |
| Died | 15 February 1929 (aged 67) |
| Allegiance | Empire of Japan |
| Service/branch |
 Imperial Japanese Army
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| Years of service | 1883 - 1923 |
| Rank | General |
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Baron Tachibana Koichirō (立花小一郎?, 20 March 1861 – 15 February 1929) was a general in the early Imperial Japanese Army, and later a politician in the Diet of the Empire of Japan.
Tachibana was born as the eldest son to a samurai family in Miike Domain (present day Ōmuta, Fukuoka). In December 1883 he entered sixth class of the predecessor of the Imperial Japanese Army Academy and was commissioned as a second lieutenant in the fledgling Imperial Japanese Army. He graduated with honors from the 5th class of the Army Staff College in December 1889 and was assigned to the Imperial Japanese Army General Staff Office. During the First Sino-Japanese War, Tachibana served on the staff of the Japanese First Army. After the end of the war, from 1896 to 1899, he was sent to Austria-Hungary for training.
On his return, Tachibana was assigned to the Japanese China Garrison Army, becoming a military advisor to Yuan Shikai. On his return to Japan, he became the bureau head of the Personnel Department of the Ministry of War of Japan.
With the start of the Russo-Japanese War, Tachibana deputy chief-of-staff of the Japanese Fourth Army under General Nozu Michitsura. In March 1905 he was promoted to colonel and was ordered back to Japan shortly after the Battle of Mukden to serve on the staff of the Imperial General Headquarters. He was one of the representatives from Japan at the Treaty of Portsmouth negotiations ending the war, later remaining as a military attaché to the United States.
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