Tadashi Hanaya
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| Born | 5 January 1894 Okayama Prefecture, Japan |
| Died | 28 August 1957 (aged 63) |
| Allegiance | Empire of Japan |
| Service/branch |
 Imperial Japanese Army
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| Years of service | 1914–1945 |
| Rank | Lieutenant General |
| Battles/wars |
Second Sino-Japanese War World War II |
Tadashi Hanaya (花谷正 Hanaya Tadashi?, 5 January 1894 – 28 August 1957) was a general in the Imperial Japanese Army, commanding Japanese ground forces in Burma during World War II.
Hanaya was born in Katsuta District, Okayama as the son of a village headman. He attended military preparatory schools, and graduated from the 26th class of the Imperial Japanese Army Academy in May 1914 and was initially assigned to the IJA 54th Infantry Regiment. He graduated from the 34th class of the Army Staff College in November 1922.
Hanaya served in the early portion of his career in the Imperial Japanese Army General Staff Office, and was also stationed at Zhengzhou in China under orders from the Kwantung Army. In August 1929, he became a battalion commander with the IJA 37th Infantry Regiment. As a major in 1931, he was assigned to the military intelligence section of the Kwantung Army and served as head of the Mukden Special Operations Office. In this capacity, he was deeply involved in planning the Mukden Incident with General Seishiro Itagaki and General Kanji Ishihara, which led to the subsequent Japanese occupation of Manchuria. Hanaya subsequently commanded a battalion of the IJA 35th Regiment and returned to the staff of the Kwantung Army in 1935, and the Imperial Japanese Army General Staff in 1936. In August 1937, Hanaya was promoted to colonel, and was given command of the IJA 43rd Infantry Regiment. This regiment was involved in combat in Shanghai around the start of the Second Sino-Japanese War. He was appointed head of the Japanese military delegation to Manchukuo in 1939, following the Nomonhan Incident.
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