Hashimoto Kingoro

Army officer. Born in Fukuoka Prefecture. 23rd class of the Army Academy. Graduated from the Army War College. Served at the General Staff and the Kwantung Army Headquarters. In 1927 (Showa 2), he became a military attaché to the Turkish embassy and was influenced by the revolutionary ideas of Kemal Pasha. In 1930, he became head of the Russian section of the General Staff and formed the Sakura-kai, a group of mid-ranking army officers. In 1931, he planned the March and October incidents, encouraging the military to advance politically. In 1936, he was placed in the reserves as an artillery colonel due to the military purge following the February 26 incident, but he organized the Great Japan Youth Party and actively engaged in the fascist movement. He was called up to serve in the Second Sino-Japanese War in 1937, and in December of the same year, he was discharged due to an incident involving the capture of the British gunboat Ladybird on the Yangtze River. In 1940, he formed the Great Japan Sekiseikai. He was first elected to the House of Representatives in 1942 and became the general secretary of the Imperial Rule Assistance Political Association. After Japan lost the war, he was sentenced to life imprisonment as a Class A war criminal at the International Military Tribunal for the Far East, and was released on parole in 1955. In 1956, he ran for the House of Councillors in a national constituency but lost.

[Yuji Odabe]

"Colonel Hashimoto's Memoirs" edited by Masao Nakano (1963, Misuzu Shobo)

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陸軍軍人。福岡県出身。陸軍士官学校23期。陸軍大学校卒業。参謀本部や関東軍司令部に籍を置いた。1927年（昭和2）トルコ公使館付武官となり、ケマル・パシャの革命思想の影響を受ける。1930年参謀本部ロシア班長となり、陸軍中堅将校を中心に桜会を結成する。1931年、三月事件・十月事件を企て、軍の政治的進出を促した。1936年、二・二六事件後の粛軍により砲兵大佐で予備役となるが、大日本青年党を組織し積極的にファシズム運動を展開する。1937年日中戦争に召集され、同年12月、揚子江(ようすこう)上のイギリス砲艦レディバード号を砲撃拿捕(だほ)した事件により退役となる。1940年大日本赤誠会を結成。1942年衆議院議員初当選、翼賛政治会総務となる。敗戦後、極東国際軍事裁判でA級戦犯として終身刑となり、1955年仮釈放。1956年参議院全国区に出馬したが落選。

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『中野雅夫編『橋本大佐の手記』（1963・みすず書房）』

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