Capt Rikihei Inoguchi

Captain Rikihei Inoguchi graduated from the Japanese Naval Academy in 1921. In February 1944, he commanded the 153rd Air Group and subsequently led it through the campaigns in Timor, New Guinea, and Peleliu. The following month he joined the First Air Flight as the senior staff officer to Admiral Ohnishi, the originator of the kamikaze concept, and participated in the initial suicide operations conducted from the Philippines and subsequently from Formosa. He died on July 13, 1983.

Captain Rikihei Inoguchi graduated from the Japanese Naval Academy in 1921. In February 1944, he commanded the 153rd Air Group and subsequently led it through the campaigns in Timor, New Guinea, and Peleliu. The following month he joined the First Air Flight as the senior staff officer to Admiral Ohnishi, the originator of the kamikaze concept, and participated in the initial suicide operations conducted from the Philippines and subsequently from Formosa. He died on July 13, 1983. See less