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Asakura commanded heavy cruiser Takao at the start of the Pacific War, participating in the Aleutians operation at the time of the battle of Midway and in the Battle of the Eastern Solomons. He was given command of Musashi on 7 December 1943 and was promoted to rear admiral just prior to participating in the Kon operation. He relinquished command of Musashi shortly thereafer to join the staff of Southern Fleet.
Following the surrender, Asakura was sentenced to two years' imprisonment for his involvement in the unlawful execution of eight Allied prisoners of war.
| 1894-7-6 | born | |
| 1916-11-22 |
Midshipman |
Graduates from Naval Academy, standing 44th in a class of 95. Assigned to CL Yakumo |
| 1917-8-17 | CL Adzuma | |
| 1917-12-1 | Ensign | |
| 1918-7-16 | BB Hizen | |
| 1918-12-1 | Gunnery
School Basic Course |
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| 1919-5-23 | Torpedo
School Basic Course |
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| 1919-12-1 | Lieutenant junior
grade |
DD Kiri |
| 1920-6-1 | CL Iwate | |
| 1921-5-25 | DD Nashi | |
| 1921-12-1 | BB Nagato | |
| 1922-12-1 | Lieutenant | |
| 1923-12-1 | DD Hakaze | |
| 1925-12-1 | AS Jingei | |
| 1926-12-1 | Instructor, Naval Academy |
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| 1928-12-10 | Lieutenant
commander |
Naval College A Course |
| 1930-12-1 | Staff, Destroyer
Squadron 2 |
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| 1931-12-1 | Staff, 2 Fleet |
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| 1932-11-15 | Navy General Staff |
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| 1933-11-15 | Commander | |
| 1934-11-15 | Staff, Combined Fleet |
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| 1936-12-1 | Staff, Bureau of Education, Department of
Navigation |
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| 1938-11-15 | Captain | 1 Naval District |
| 1938-12-15 | Commander, AO Iro | |
| 1939-9-1 | Trainer, Naval Academy |
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| 1941-7-25 | Staff, 2 Fleet |
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| 1941-8-15 | Commander, CA Takao | |
| 1943-2-23 | Naval Shipbuilding Command |
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| 1943-3-5 | Chief, S2, Burea of Administration, Naval
Shipbuilding Command |
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| 1943-12-1 | Staff, Combined Fleet |
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| 1943-12-6 | Commander, BB Musashi | |
| 1944-5-1 | Rear admiral |
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| 1944-8-2 | Staff, 1
Southern Expeditionary Fleet |
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| 1944-8-16 | Chief of staff, 1 Southern Expeditionary Fleet | |
| 1945-1-8 | Chief of staff, 13 Air Fleet |
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| 1945-2-5 | Chief of staff, 10 Area Fleet |
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| 1948-3-27 | Retires | |
| 1966-1-27 | Dies |
References
CombinedFleet.Com (accessed 2007-4-27)
Materials
of IJN (accessed 2007-11-28)
"Singapore Cases" (accessed 2010-10-24)
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