(1904-08-16)August 16, 1904 Kake, Yamagata District, Hiroshima Prefecture, Japan
Died
August 15, 1989(1989-08-15) (aged 84) Matsuyama, Ehime Prefecture, Japan
Allegiance
Empire of Japan Japan (1954-1962)
Service/branch
Imperial Japanese Navy Japan Air Self-Defense Force
Years of service
1924–45 (IJN) 1954–1962 (JASDF)
Rank
Captain (IJN) General (JASDF)
Commands held
Imperial Navy General Staff, Senior Air Officer Zuikaku, Staff officer 1st Air Fleet, Commander, 343rd Kōkūtai, Chief of Staff, JASDF
Battles/wars
World War II, Pearl Harbor Attack Plan, Battle of Midway
Awards
US Legion of Merit degree of Commander (1962) Order of the Sacred Treasure, 2nd class (1974) Order of the Rising Sun, 2nd class (1981)
Member of House of Councillors of Japan
In office 1962–1986
Personal details
Political party
Liberal Democratic Party
General Minoru Genda (源田 実, Genda Minoru, 16 August 1904 – 15 August 1989) was a Imperial Japanese Navy flight officer, JASDF general and politician. He is best known for helping to plan the attack on Pearl Harbor. After the war he became the third Chief of Staff of the Japan Air Self-Defense Force.
General MinoruGenda (源田 実, GendaMinoru, 16 August 1904 – 15 August 1989) was a Imperial Japanese Navy flight officer, JASDF general and politician. He...
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impossible, Onishi summoned Commander MinoruGenda. After studying the original proposal put forth by Yamamoto, Genda agreed that "the plan is difficult...
primarily by Rear Admiral Ryūnosuke Kusaka, with assistance from Commander MinoruGenda and Yamamoto's Deputy Chief of Staff, Captain Kameto Kuroshima. The planners...
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results. Prompted by talented young officers such as Lieutenant Commander MinoruGenda, Yamamoto approved the reorganization of Japanese carrier forces into...
on the 29th. Led by the man who planned the attack on Pearl Harbor, MinoruGenda, the appearance of these fighters, which were equal or superior in performance...
Japanese military personnel were critical of the policy. Officers such as MinoruGenda, Tadashi Minobe and Yoshio Shiga, refused to obey the policy. They said...
including Finance Minister Eisaku Satō and the JASDF Chief of Staff MinoruGenda. In 1957, the Japanese Air Self-Defense Force wished to buy the Grumman...
Academy at Etajima, Hiroshima, in 1921, where he befriended classmate MinoruGenda and discovered an interest in flying. Specializing in horizontal bombing...
Japan possessing neither the manpower nor logistical ability to do so. MinoruGenda of the Imperial Japanese Navy advocated invading Hawaii after attacking...
"George" fighters, led by the man who planned the attack on Pearl Harbor, MinoruGenda. These fighter planes were superior in some respects to America's main...
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formed an air demonstration team known as "Genda's Flying Circus" with Yoshita Kobayashi and MinoruGenda, using Nakajima A2N Type 90 fighters, at Yokosuka...