(1922-03-19)19 March 1922 Kainan, Wakayama, Empire of Japan
Died
16 January 2014(2014-01-16) (aged 91) Tokyo, Japan
Allegiance
Empire of Japan
Service/branch
Imperial Japanese Army
Years of service
1942–45 (continued service until 1974)
Rank
Second Lieutenant
Battles/wars
World War II
Philippines Campaign (1944–1945)
Other work
Cattle farmer Entrepreneur (Education)
Hiroo Onoda (Japanese: 小野田 寛郎, Hepburn: Onoda Hiroo, 19 March 1922 – 16 January 2014) was a Japanese intelligence officer of the Imperial Japanese Army who fought in World War II and did not surrender at the war's end in August 1945. After the war ended, Onoda spent 29 years hiding in the Philippines until Norio Suzuki, a Japanese explorer and adventurer, found him and relayed the message that the Emperor wanted him to come back to Japan.[1][2] He held the rank of second lieutenant in the Imperial Japanese Army (IJA).
^Willacy, M. (2010): Japanese holdouts fought for decades after WWII ABC Lateline (12 November 2010). Retrieved on 16 September 2011.
^Powers, D. (2011): Japan: No Surrender in World War Two BBC History (17 February 2011). Retrieved on 16 September 2011.
HirooOnoda (Japanese: 小野田 寛郎, Hepburn: OnodaHiroo, 19 March 1922 – 16 January 2014) was a Japanese intelligence officer of the Imperial Japanese Army...
1, June 8, 1960 "Final Straggler: the Japanese soldier who outlasted HirooOnoda". A Blast from the Past. September 15, 2015. Retrieved 2015-09-22. Kristof...
Onoda may refer to: Chiyotaro Onoda (小野田 千代太郎, 1896–1944), Japanese Go player HirooOnoda (小野田 寛郎, 1922–2014), Japanese soldier stationed in the Philippines...
its director and Yokoi's wife, Mihoko. Japan portal Biography portal HirooOnoda, among the last three Japanese holdouts to be found after the war; he...
was published by Bodley Head in 2022. The book is based on the life of HirooOnoda, a Japanese soldier, stationed in Lubang during World War II, who refused...
repatriation differed considerably from those of earlier holdouts, such as Hirō Onoda, who had been discovered only a few months earlier and was both an officer...
World War II. Jose P. Laurel Individuals pardoned by Ferdinand Marcos. HirooOnoda – Imperial Japanese soldier who remained in hiding in the Philippines...
Tilik Port.[citation needed] After World War II, Lubang Island was where HirooOnoda, a Japanese army intelligence officer, hid in the jungles when the Allies...
holdouts persisted on various islands in the Pacific Theatre until at least 1974. HirooOnoda offering his military sword on the day of his surrender....
debut novel, titled The Twilight World, telling the story of HirooOnoda. Herzog had met Onoda in Tokyo more than two decades ago, and the two had discussed...
federal judge, died after surgery for a ruptured aorta. Second Lieutenant HirooOnoda, a member of the Imperial Japanese Army's intelligence unit who had been...
aged 47. HirooOnoda: this Japanese soldier survived for decades in the Philippines jungle, believing that World War II had not ended. Onoda, with three...
Philippines Douglas MacArthur Harbor Defenses of Manila and Subic Bays HirooOnoda Hukbalahap Jesús A. Villamor José P. Laurel Manuel L. Quezon Military...
New Mexico Zero Kilometer Death March Marker in Mariveles Lieutenant HirooOnoda Japanese holdout on Lubang Island, Philippines South Pacific islands...
jungle) (2021) – French highly fictionalized biographical drama film about HirooOnoda, a Japanese soldier who refused to believe that World War II had ended...
last known Japanese soldier surrendering in 1974. Intelligence officer HirooOnoda, who surrendered on Lubang Island in the Philippines in March 1974, and...
Japanese soldiers of World War II to surrender were HirooOnoda and Teruo Nakamura in 1974. Onoda was an intelligence officer and second lieutenant in...
lieutenant HirooOnoda formally surrendered after having continued to carry out his orders in World War II to fight in the Philippines for 29 years. Onoda was...
My Thirty-Year War, an autobiography by World War II Japanese holdout HirooOnoda No Surrender, a 2002 short film by Richard James Allen No Surrender (film)...
the Tsukiji area of Tokyo. Nakano School graduate Second Lieutenant HirooOnoda did not surrender until 1974 on Lubang Island in the Philippines. Nakano...
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Empire of Japan
Imperial Japanese Army
Second Lieutenant