Hidemitsu Nakano
| Hidemitsu Nakano | |
|---|---|
| Born | 18 April 1890 Saga Prefecture, Japan |
| Died | 19 March 1982 (aged 91) |
| Allegiance | Empire of Japan |
| Service/branch |
 Imperial Japanese Army
|
| Years of service | 1912–1945 |
| Rank | Major General |
| Battles/wars |
Second Sino-Japanese War World War II |
Hidemitsu Nakano (中野英光? Nakano Hidemitsu, 18 April 1890 – 19 March 1982) was a general in the Imperial Japanese Army, commanding Japanese ground forces in the Southwest Pacific during the closing months of the war.
Nakano was born in Saga Prefecture, where his father was a former samurai retainer to Saga Domain. He graduated from the 24th class of the Imperial Japanese Army Academy in May 1912 and initially served with the IJA 23rd Infantry Regiment. In November 1920, he graduated from the 32nd class of the Army Staff College and was assigned to the Imperial Japanese Army General Staff Office. In May 1926, Nakano was transferred to the staff of the Kwangtung Army, and was posted to the Harbin Special Agency, a military intelligence section based in Harbin in Manchuria. He subsequently served as a battalion commander in the IJA 63rd Infantry Regiment, He rose to the position of bureau head of the Jirin Special Agency in 1931, and military advisor to the Manchukuo Imperial Army in 1935. In August 1936, he was promoted to colonel and in August 1937 was assigned to the staff of the North China Area Army, where he was based in Jinan and was again in charge of military intelligence.
In March 1938, Nakano was appointed commander of the IJA 13th Infantry Regiment, which was active in combat operations in central China (including the Battle of Wuhan in the Second Sino-Japanese War. In February 1939, he was transferred to the staff of the IJA 21st Army and was appointed bureau head of military intelligence in Guangzhou. In March 1939, he was promoted to major general. In February 1940, his position came under the administrative control of the newly formed Japanese Southern China Area Army. Nakano briefly served as commander of the IJA 29th Infantry Brigade, and in December 1940 returned to the Kwangtung Army as Chief Military Advisor to the Imperial Manchukuo Army. In October 1941, he was promoted to lieutenant general.
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