Last Japanese Soldier to Surrender

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Last Japanese Soldier to Surrender

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Post by ShinjiMimura » 17 Apr 2005, 14:25

Can anyone give me a biography or ID of Captain Fumio Nakahira?

He was the last Imperial Japanese soldier to surrender, giving up in April 1980 on the island of Mindoro at the foot of Mt Falcon. So far, these are the only basic details I know, apart from the fact that he was a Captain.

Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Thanx in advance.

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Post by Frontkampfer » 21 Apr 2005, 20:55

Have you tried Google?


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Post by Gustav_SC » 29 Oct 2006, 10:30

The info in the original post is all that I can find anywhere about Nakahira. Onoda and Yokoi are well-documented, but what is the story with this guy? What did he do in those 35 years?

The link above is not working.

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Post by Gustav_SC » 31 Oct 2006, 04:15

The lack of anything except the most basic details makes me much more interested in Capt. Nakahira.

Why do the other guys, who surrendered years before him, have so much written about them while this guy has none? Or nothing that can be found in English via Google, anyway.

Anyone?

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Post by ketoujin23 » 03 Nov 2006, 06:36

The only wikipedia entry on Nakahira is really short in English and the only other language for that entry is Cebuano which I don't read. Nothing in Japanese either which suprised me.

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Post by Gustav_SC » 03 Nov 2006, 08:07

Me too. I had a Japanese friend do a brief search which was not fruitful.

Did this guy just sit in a bunker for 35 years and eat canned saba? There must be more to his story.

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Re: Last Japanese Soldier to Surrender

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Post by ohhey » 24 Nov 2019, 22:12

Nope! I also struggled with this same question...… but after a lot of searching, I uncovered why there's NO additional information. it's a hoax... that appears to have been read and reposted a few too many times so many assume they found him cause at least half the sources out there say they did (curiously with 0 additional info though!).

there were indeed rumors of him and they found a cave in 1980 that they believe he had lived in but it looked like nobody had been there for quite some time. News got out that they found him and he surrendered but it's 100% a hoax as far as I've uncovered, just one that's been copied a few too many times, so now many/most English sources mention it, perpetuating the belief that he was found, and confusing the heck out of you and me as to why there's no other information. :) They never found him. Presumably died before 1980.

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Post by Carl Schwamberger » 29 Nov 2019, 04:30

Now I am curious about the first Japanese soldier to surender...

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