Shirō Nonaka

Shirō Nonaka (野中 四郎, Nonaka Shirō, 27 October 1903 – 29 February 1936) was an Imperial Japanese Army officer who was a central conspirator in the February 26 Incident in 1936.[1] His final rank was Captain.

Shiro Nonaka
Born	October 27, 1903 Okayama, Okayama Prefecture, Empire of Japan
Died	February 29, 1936 (aged 32) Tokyo City, Tokyo Prefecture, Empire of Japan
Service/branch	Imperial Japanese Army
Years of service	1924–1936
Rank	Captain

Career

Nonaka was born in the city of Okayama, in a family of career military officers. He enrolled in Tokyo Fourth Junior High School (now Toyama High School in the Shinjuku City),[2] and graduated in the 36th class of the Imperial Japanese Army Academy in 1924. Later, he became an Infantry Captain in 1933.[1] During the February 26 Incident, he led 500 soldiers to take over Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department headquarters, but committed suicide on 29 February when the coup d'état failed.[1]

Portrayals

Film

• Eiichi Sugasawara (『叛乱]』, 1954, Shin Saburi)
• Asao Matsumoto (『重臣と青年将校 陸海軍流血史』, 1958, Michiyoshi Doi)
• Fumitake Omura (『銃殺　２・２６の叛乱』, 1964, Tsuneo Kobayashi) (as "Captain Noda")
• Kenichi Hagiwara (『226』, 1989, Hideo Gosha)

Theatre

• Masaru Yamamoto (『狂騒昭和維新』, 1975)
• Ryuichi Onodera (『恋が散る、雪が舞う』, 2005)

Notes

1. "Nonaka Shirō". Nihon jinmei daijiten+Plus (in Japanese). Kōdanasha. Retrieved 8 April 2014.
2. 日本陸海軍総合事典 General Dictionary of the Armed Forces of the Empire of Japan, edited by Ikuhiko Hata (University of Tokyo Press, 2005, in Japanese)

See also

• Showa Restoration