Takashi Sakai
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Lt. General Takashi Sakai
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Governor of Hong Kong under Japanese occupation |
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In office December 25, 1941 – February 20, 1942 Serving with Masaichi Niimi |
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| Monarch | Shōwa |
| Prime Minister | Hideki Tōjō |
| Preceded by | Sir Mark Aitchison Young |
| Succeeded by | Rensuke Isogai |
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October 18, 1887 Hiroshima Prefecture, Japan |
| Died | September 30, 1946 (aged 58) Nanking, Republic of China |
| Alma mater | Army War College |
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 Empire of Japan
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| Service/branch |
 Imperial Japanese Army
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| Years of service | 1908-1943 |
| Rank | Lieutenant General |
| Commands | IJA 26th Division, IJA 4th Army, Southern China Area Army, China Expeditionary Army, Central District Army, IJA Third Area Army |
| Battles/wars |
Second Sino-Japanese War World War II |
Lieutenant-General Takashi Sakai (酒井 隆 Sakai Takashi?, October 18, 1887 – September 30, 1946) was a lieutenant general in the Imperial Japanese Army during World War II, known for his role in the Battle of Hong Kong in late 1941.
Sakai was born in Kamo District, Hiroshima, now part of Hiroshima city. He was educated in military preparatory schools in Kobe and Osaka and graduated from the 20th class of the Imperial Japanese Army Academy in 1908, whereupon he was as assigned to the IJA 28th Infantry Regiment. He graduated from the 28th class of the Army Staff College.
In 1928, Sakai was stationed in Jinan, Shandong Province, China with the IJA 12th Infantry Regiment during the Jinan Incident and is believed by some Chinese historians to be responsible for the murder of Kuomintang army emissaries during negotiations on May 4, 1928. He was transferred to the Tientsin Garrison from 1929 to 1932. In 1932, Sakai was promoted to colonel and was assigned to the 5th Section military intelligence of the 2nd Bureau of the Imperial Japanese Army General Staff from 1932 to 1934.
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