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  1. Isoroku married Reiko Mihashi in 1918; they had two sons and two daughters. [5] Early career. Yamamoto (left) with his lifelong friend Teikichi Hori as young officers of the Japanese Navy, 1915-1919. Yamamoto graduated from the Imperial Japanese Naval Academy in 1904, ranking 11th in his class. [6] .

  2. Childhood & Early Life. He was born on April 4, 1884 in Nagaoka, Niigata, as the sixth of the seven children of Sadayoshi Takano and his second wife Mineko. Isoroku means 56 denoting the age of his father when he was born. His father was a school teacher who belonged to a samurai family.

    • Yamamoto’s dad was a Samurai. Yamamoto was born Isoroku Takano on April 4, 1884. His financially struggling family was headed by a one-time Samurai named Sadayoshi.
    • He fought at Tsushima Strait. Yamamoto graduated from the Imperial Japanese Naval Academy in time to see action in his country’s 1904 war with Russia. He fought the Battle of Tsushima aboard the cruiser Nisshin.
    • He was a man of many vices. A natural risk-taker, Yamamoto was something of a card shark in his free time. He enjoyed games of chance, especially poker, and often said that if his career in the navy went bust, he’d happily open a casino in Monte Carlo.
    • He lived in America for four years. Two extended visits to the United States taught Yamamoto about much about his future adversaries. He studied English at Harvard University from 1919 and 1921 and then spent another two years as an assistant naval attaché in Washington beginning in 1926.
  3. The man perhaps most associated with the “Day of Infamy,” Pearl Harbor attack mastermind Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto, was killed fighting a war he thought was a losing venture.

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  4. May 21, 2018 · Yamamoto Isoroku, "the Nelson of the Japanese navy," was originally born Takano Isoroku, sixth son of an impoverished schoolteacher, Takano Teikichi, and his second wife Mineko, on April 4, 1884. Isoroku belonged to the Echigo clan, an old tough warrior people who had resisted the unification of Japan under the Meiji emperor.

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  6. Jul 3, 2019 · Fast Facts: Isoroku Yamamoto. Known For: Isoroku Yamamoto was the commander of the Japanese Combined Fleet during World War II. Also Known As: Isoroku Takana. Born: April 4, 1884 in Nagaoka, Niigata, Empire of Japan. Parents: Sadayoshi Teikichi, and his second wife Mineko.

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