Tokutaro Sakurai
| Tokutaro Sakurai | |
|---|---|
| Born | 21 June 1897 Fukuoka Prefecture, Japan |
| Died | 28 December 1980 (aged 83) |
| Allegiance |
 Empire of Japan
|
| Service/branch |
 Imperial Japanese Army
|
| Years of service | 1918–1945 |
| Rank | Major General |
| Battles/wars |
Second Sino-Japanese War World War II |
Tokutaro Sakurai (桜井徳太郎 Sakurai Tokutarō, 21 June 1897 – 28 December 1980) was a general in the Imperial Japanese Army, commanding Japanese ground forces in Burma during World War II.
Sakurai was born in Fukuoka as the eldest son of a samurai retainer of the Fukuoka Domain. He attended military preparatory schools, and graduated from the 30th class of the Imperial Japanese Army Academy in May 1918 and was initially assigned to the IJA 36th Infantry Regiment. He graduated from the 37th class of the Army Staff College in November 1925.
During his career, he served as an instructor at the Army Toyama School, as a military advisor to the National Revolutionary Army in Beijing, on the staff of the IJA 10th Division, on the staff of the IJA 8th Combined Brigade, battalion commander on the IJA 24th Infantry Regiment, instructor at the Army Infantry School, and on the staff of the China Expeditionary Army and the IJA 1st Army. He was promoted to colonel in August 1939. During the Second Sino-Japanese War, he was a member of the Japanese negotiating team on the Hebei–Chahar Political Council assigned to the headquarters of the China Expeditionary Army. Sakurai was subsequently appointed chief of staff of the IJA 34th Division, which was at the Battle of Zaoyang–Yichang in 1940. In 1941, he served as an instructor at the Military Police School, and in 1942 was appointed commander of the IJA 65th Infantry Regiment based in Hubei. In August 1943, he was promoted to major general.
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