The greatest Japanese Naval Commander is Admiral Togo, whose Battleship Fleet defeated the Russian Battleship Fleet at the, "Battle of Tsushima", on 27 May 1905. Admiral Togo, is the ONLY naval commander in history, to have won a DECISIVE modern BATTLESHIP FLEET action. Admiral Zinovy Rozhestvensky, commander of the Russian Battle fleet at Tsushima, is the only other naval commander in HISTORY, to have fought a DECISIVE (steel battleships) BATTLESHIP FLEET ACTION! Note* The Battle of Jutland (WWI, 1916) was NOT decisive. Individual battleship engagements during WWII are NOT "fleet" engagements.
The 2 I know of are Yamamoto & Nagumo.
It stopped the Japanese advance, and crippled the Japanese Navy.
The major generals of the battle of leyte gulf were: Allies: Admiral William Halsey, Vice Admiral Thomas Kincaid Japanese: Admiral Soemu Toyoda, Vice Admiral Takeo Kurita, Vice Admiral Shoji Nishimura, Vice Admiral Kiyohide Shima, Admiral Jisaburo Ozawa
Americans: Admiral Clifton Sprague, Admiral William F. Halsey, Admiral Chester Nimitz, General Douglas MacArthur, and Vice Admiral Thomas Kinkald. Japanese: Vice Admiral Takeo Kurita, Vice Admiral Jisaburo Ozawa, and Vice Admiral Shoji Nishimura
Nimitz had knowledge of the secret Japanese battle plans
During WW2 the Japanese military code meant that it was an honor to die for your country. This was why Japanese pilots or Kamikaze pilots were willing to commit suicide by a military air attack.
Admiral Nagumo
Admiral Chuichi Nagumowas an admiral in the Imperial Japanese Navy during World War II. Admiral Chuichi Nagumowas an admiral in the Imperial Japanese Navy during World War II.
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Admiral Yamamoto.
If you're asking how it played out, the Japanese had their way with the U.S. naval base and fleet until the admiral in charge (Admiral Nagumo) decided against a third wave an ddeparted. Essentially the Japanese objective was the neutralization of the US Pacific fleet, which (minus the carriers) they accomplished.
Sadly there were 110,000 - 120,000 Japanese Americans sent to the internment camps during WW2.
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They were attacked by the japanese
Isoroku Yamamoto was the Japanese Admiral who argued that the United States Pacific fleet was a threat to Japan. He served in the Imperial Japanese Navy from 1901 to 1943.
Rear Admiral Hideo Hiraide, IJN Naval Intelligence.
Admiral Yamamoto