Vice Admiral Takeo Kurita

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Imperial Japanese Navy officer human naval commander

Vice Admiral Takeo Kurita was a senior Imperial Japanese Navy officer best known for commanding major surface forces, including at the Battle of Leyte Gulf during World War II.

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All labels observed (3)

Label	Occurrences
Admiral Takeo Kurita	2
Vice Admiral Takeo Kurita canonical	2
Kurita Takeo	1

Statements (46)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Imperial Japanese Navy officer ⓘ human ⓘ naval commander ⓘ
allegiance	Japan ⓘ surface form: Empire of Japan
awardReceived	Order of the Golden Kite ⓘ Order of the Rising Sun ⓘ
conflict	Pacific War ⓘ World War II ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship	Imperial Japan ⓘ surface form: Empire of Japan
educatedAt	Imperial Japanese Naval Academy ⓘ
familyName	Kurita ⓘ
givenName	Takeo ⓘ
languageSpoken	Japanese ⓘ
militaryBranch	Imperial Japanese Navy ⓘ
militaryRank	Vice Admiral (United States Navy) ⓘ surface form: Vice Admiral
militaryUnit	Battle of Leyte Gulf ⓘ surface form: Center Force at Leyte Gulf Second Fleet ⓘ
nativeLanguage	Japanese ⓘ
notableCommand	Japanese battleship Nagato ⓘ surface form: battleship Nagato Yamato-class battleship ⓘ surface form: battleship Yamato Japanese destroyer Fubuki ⓘ surface form: destroyer Fubuki destroyer Shiranui ⓘ Aoba-class cruiser ⓘ surface form: heavy cruiser Aoba heavy cruiser Kumano ⓘ heavy cruiser Suzuya ⓘ
notableEvent	Battle of Leyte Gulf ⓘ Battle of the Philippine Sea ⓘ Battle of the Sibuyan Sea ⓘ Battle off Samar ⓘ
notableFor	commanding major surface forces of the Imperial Japanese Navy in late World War II ⓘ withdrawing Center Force during the Battle off Samar ⓘ
notableWork	command of Center Force at the Battle of Leyte Gulf ⓘ
occupation	military officer ⓘ
participantIn	Battle of the Eastern Solomons ⓘ Battle of the Java Sea ⓘ Battle of the Santa Cruz Islands ⓘ Solomon Islands campaign ⓘ surface form: Guadalcanal Campaign Battle of the Philippines (1944–1945) ⓘ surface form: Japanese invasion of the Philippines (1944) Japanese Operation Shō-Gō 1 ⓘ surface form: Operation Sho-Go
positionHeld	Chief of Staff of the Second Fleet ⓘ commander of the 1st Battleship Division ⓘ commander of the 3rd Battleship Division ⓘ commander of the Fifth Fleet ⓘ commander of the IJN Center Force ⓘ commander of the Second Fleet ⓘ
sexOrGender	male ⓘ

Referenced by (5)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Second Fleet → notableCommander → Vice Admiral Takeo Kurita ⓘ

subject surface form: Second Fleet (Imperial Japanese Navy)

Battle off Samar → JapaneseForceCommander → Vice Admiral Takeo Kurita ⓘ

Japanese heavy cruiser Atago → flagshipOf → Vice Admiral Takeo Kurita ⓘ

this entity surface form: Admiral Takeo Kurita

Japanese Operation Shō-Gō 1 → fleetCommander → Vice Admiral Takeo Kurita ⓘ

this entity surface form: Admiral Takeo Kurita

First Striking Force → commander → Vice Admiral Takeo Kurita ⓘ

this entity surface form: Kurita Takeo