Sanji Iwabuchi (岩淵 三次, Iwabuchi Sanji, 2 March 1895 – 26 February 1945) was a war criminal and rear admiral in the Imperial Japanese Navy during the Pacific...

director Sanji (given name), a masculine Japanese given name Sanji (One Piece), fictional character in the One Piece manga and anime series Sanji Iwabuchi, former...

snowboarder Ryota Iwabuchi (岩渕 良太, born 1990), Japanese footballer Sanji Iwabuchi (岩淵 三次, 1895–1945), Imperial Japanese Navy admiral Satoshi Iwabuchi (岩渕 聡, born...

order was ignored by about 10,000 Japanese marines under Rear Admiral Sanji Iwabuchi who chose to remain in Manila. About 4,000 Japanese army personnel were...

politician Sanji Hase (はせ さん治, 1936–2002), stage name of Hirō Hase, Japanese voice actor Sanji Inoue (井上 三次, born 1948), Japanese cyclist Sanji Iwabuchi (岩淵...

large American forces made their appearance. However, Rear Admiral Sanji Iwabuchi, commander of the Imperial Japanese Navy's 31st Naval Special Base Force...

met minimal resistance until it reached the city, where Vice Admiral Sanji Iwabuchi had arranged his 17,000 troops behind a maze of traps and guns and ordered...

unit: 3 Nakajima E8N2 Type 95 'Dave' float planes Kirishima (Capt. Sanji Iwabuchi) Air unit: 3 Nakajima E8N2 Type 95 'Dave' float planes Screening Force...

Sōsaku Suzuki † Shizuo Yokoyama Soemu Toyoda Takeo Kurita Jisaburō Ozawa Sanji Iwabuchi † Units involved 6th Army I Corps 6th Infantry Division 43rd Infantry...

defenders in Manila were the Manila Naval Defense Force, commanded by Adm. Sanji Iwabuchi. While, Gen. Yokoyama retreated to the Sierra Madres to control the...

Sanji Iwabuchi re-occupied Manila with 16,000 sailors, with the intent of destroying all port facilities and naval storehouses. Once there, Iwabuchi took...

of Manila on 3 February, but, unknown to the Americans, Rear Admiral Sanji Iwabuchi had decided to defend Manila to the death. The Battle of Manila raged...

Pacific theater of World War II. Under orders of Japanese Rear Admiral Sanji Iwabuchi, retreating Japanese forces killed about 100,000 Filipino civilians...

and units that committed the massacre was Rear Admiral Sanji Iwabuchi. Although Admiral Iwabuchi's marines had committed the atrocity, Yamashita was convicted...

the Japanese forces on the Sandwich Islands, commanded by Admiral Sanji Iwabuchi and General Tomoyuki Yamashita (the historical leaders of Japanese forces...

evacuate the city. However, units of the Imperial Japanese Navy, led by Sanji Iwabuchi, refused to leave the city. Thus, from February 3 to March 3, 1945,...

(died 1989) January 9: Shigekazu Shimazaki, career officer February 26: Sanji Iwabuchi March 22: Takeichi Nishi March 26: Tadamichi Kuribayashi April 1: Gōtarō...

Verne D. Mudge Joseph M. Swing  Japanese Empire Tomoyuki Yamashita Sanji Iwabuchi † Allied victory Battle of Corregidor (1945) (Corregidor Island, Philippines...

(d. 1923) February 23 - Iwao Matsuda (general) (d. 1979) March 2 - Sanji Iwabuchi, admiral (d. 1945) April 26 - Enzo Matsunaga, writer (d. 1948) September...

1944* Senda Sadatoshi 25 December 1944* Shibuya Shirō 12 January 1945* Iwabuchi Sanji 26 February 1945* Iokibe Kei 1 March 1945* Takada Satoshi 10 March 1945*...