Tōgō Heihachirō

Senior Second Rank
Marshal-Admiral Marquis

Tōgō Heihachirō
Senior Second Rank; Marshal-Admiral Marquis; Tōgō Heihachirō
	Marshal-Admiral The Marquis Tōgō Heihachirō
Nickname(s)	"The Nelson of the East"
Born	27 January 1848; Kagoshima, Satsuma Domain
Died	30 May 1934 (aged 86); Tokyo, Empire of Japan
Allegiance	Empire of Japan
Branch	Imperial Japanese Navy
Years of service	1863–1913
Rank	Marshal Admiral
Commands	Commander-in-Chief of the Combined Fleet
Battles / wars	Anglo-Satsuma War; Boshin War Battle of Awa; Battle of Hakodate; Battle of Miyako Bay; ; Sino-French War (observing); First Sino-Japanese War Battle of Pungdo; Battle of the Yalu River; Battle of Weihaiwei; ; Boxer Rebellion; Russo-Japanese War Battle of Port Arthur; Battle of the Yellow Sea; Battle of Tsushima; ;
Awards	Collar of the Supreme Order of the Chrysanthemum; Order of the Golden Kite (First Class); Grand Cordon of the Order of the Rising Sun; Grand Cordon of the Order of the Sacred Treasure; Order of Merit; Honorary Knight Grand Cross of the Royal Victorian Order; Grand Cordon in the Order of Leopold (Belgium)
Other work	Tutor to Crown Prince Hirohito

Tōgō Heihachirō (東郷平八郎; 27 January 1848 – 30 May 1934), served as a gensui or admiral of the fleet in the Imperial Japanese Navy and became one of Japan's greatest naval heroes. As Commander-in-Chief of the Combined Fleet during the Russo-Japanese War of 1904–1905, he successfully confined the Russian Pacific naval forces to Port Arthur before winning a decisive victory over a relieving fleet at Tsushima in May 1905. Western journalists called Tōgō "the Nelson of the East". He remains deeply revered as a national hero in Japan, with shrines and streets named in his honour.