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Prince Asaakira Kuni was the Emperor's brother-in-law and commanded air flotillas in 1943 and 1944. On 14 October 1947 he was required to give up his princely title by the occupation authorities.
| 1901-2-2 | born | |
| 1921-7-16 | Midshpman |
Graduates from Naval Academy, standing 2nd in a class of 176. Assigned to CL Idzumo |
| 1922-4-8 | BB Kirishima |
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| 1922-5-25 | Ensign | BB Yamashiro |
| 1922-11-1 | BB Ise |
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| 1923-12-1 | Gunnery School Basic Course | |
| 1924-4-1 | Torpedo School Basic Course | |
| 1924-7-4 | BB Yamashiro | |
| 1924-12-1 | Lieutenant junior grade |
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| 1925-5-1 | BB Nagato |
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| 1925-12-1 | CM Aso |
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| 1926-12-1 | Lieutenant | Gunnery School Advanced Course |
| 1927-12-1 | BB Mutsu |
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| 1928-12-10 |
Navy General Staff |
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| 1930-12-1 | Naval College A Course |
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| 1932-12-1 | Lieutenant
commander |
BB Haruna |
| 1933-9-15 | Navy General Staff | |
| 1933-11-15 | CL Kiso |
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| 1934-7-19 | CL Yakumo |
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| 1935-8-1 | Navy General Staff | |
| 1937-12-1 | Commander | BB Nagato |
| 1938-12-1 | Executive officer, Yokohama Air Group |
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| 1939-10-10 | Staff, 1 Combined Air Group |
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| 1939-11-15 | Captain | |
| 1940-1-10 | 1 Naval District |
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| 1940-7-9 | Commander, CL Yakumo | |
| 1940-11-1 | Commander, Kisarazu
Air Group |
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| 1942-3-20 | Commander, Takao
Air Group |
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| 1942-10-5 | Staff, Southwest
Area Fleet |
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| 1942-10-21 | Navy
General Staff |
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| 1942-11-1 | Rear admiral |
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| 1943-4-1 | Commander, 19 Air
Flotilla |
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| 1944-9-29 | Staff, 11 Combined
Air Group |
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| 1944-10-1 | Commander, 20 Air
Flotilla |
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| 1945-5-1 | Vice admiral |
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| 1945-8-25 | Navy General Staff | |
| 1945-10-15 | Navy Department |
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| 1945-11-30 | Retires | |
| 1959-12-7 | Dies |
References
Materials
of IJN (accessed 2007-11-28)
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