Matome Ugaki, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Matome Ugaki

Imperial Japanese Navy admiral

Date of Birth: 15-Feb-1890

Place of Birth: Okayama, Okayama Prefecture, Japan

Date of Death: 15-Aug-1945

Profession: military personnel, aircraft pilot

Nationality: Japan

Zodiac Sign: Aquarius

Matome Ugaki (?? ?, Ugaki Matome, 15 February 1890 – 15 August 1945) was an admiral in the Imperial Japanese Navy during World War II, remembered for his extensive and revealing war diary, role at the Battle of Leyte Gulf, and kamikaze suicide hours after the announced surrender of Japan at the end of the war.