Nobutake Kondō

Nobutake Kondō
Nobutake Kondō
Native name	近藤信竹
Born	25 September 1886; Osaka, Kansai, Empire of Japan
Died	19 February 1953 (aged 66); Tokyo, Japan
Allegiance	Empire of Japan
Branch	Imperial Japanese Navy
Years of service	1907–1945
Rank	Admiral
Commands	Kako, Kongō, Naval Operations Bureau, 5th Fleet, Vice-chief of Navy General Staff, 2nd Fleet, Naval Councillor, China Area Fleet
Battles / wars	Second Sino-Japanese War Hainan Island Operation; Swatow Operation; ; World War II Pacific War Malayan campaign; Dutch East Indies campaign; Indian Ocean raid; Battle of Midway; New Guinea campaign; Guadalcanal campaign; Solomon Islands campaign; ; ;
Awards	Order of the Rising Sun (2nd class); Order of the Golden Kite (1st class and 3rd class); Order of the Sacred Treasure (3rd class)
Other work	Supreme War Council

Nobutake Kondō (近藤信竹, Kondō Nobutake; 25 September 1886 – 19 February 1953) was an admiral in the Imperial Japanese Navy during World War II. As commander of IJN 2nd Fleet, the Navy's principal detached force for independent operations, Kondō was regarded as second in importance only to Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto.