Japanese admiral (1866–1932)
 was a Japanese Admiral of the First Sino-Japanese War and the Russo-Japanese War. He commanded the "Suma" during the Battle of Tsushima and also a member of the House of Peers.
Biography.
Born in Ueda Village, Iwate Prefecture as the second son of Rihei Tochiuchi, a samurai of the Morioka Domain. After going through the preparatory course of Sapporo Agricultural College and Kogyokusha Junior &amp; Senior High School, he graduated from the Imperial Japanese Naval Academy from its 13th class on 1886. On 1891, he graduated from the Naval War College and served in the First Sino-Japanese War as squad leader of "Kongō", squad leader of the Lushun Port Torpedo Laying Corps, and torpedo leader of "Fusō". After the war, he became a torpedo training school instructor. In 1897, he went on a business trip to the United Kingdom as a member of the "Asama" navigation committee and returned to Japan in 1899 as the chief of the "Asama" torpedoes. In 1900, he served Gonnohyōe Yamamoto as Adjutant to the Ministry of the Navy and Secretary to the Minister of the Navy .
At the start of the Russo-Japanese War, he initially served as captain of the "Miyako" but after the "Miyako" was sunk by a mine. After temporarily serving as captain of "Musashi" and the temporary cruiser "Hachimanmaru", he served as captain of the "Suma" during the Battle of Tsushima. After the war, he served as a military attaché to the British Embassy for three and a half years. In 1909, he returned to Japan and became Rear Admiral of the Navy and Director of the Military Affairs Bureau in the same year. In addition, he successively served as Commander of the 2nd Fleet, Commander of the 1st Fleet, Commander of the 4th Squadron, Commander of the 3rd Squadron, Chief of the Technical Headquarters and in 1917, became Vice Minister of the Navy .
In 1920, he was appointed Admiral of the Navy, served as Chief of the 1st Fleet, Commander-in-Chief of the Combined Fleet, Commander-in-Chief of the Sasebo Naval District, and Military Counselor, and was transferred to the Reserve in 1924. Afterwards, he was in opposition to the London Naval Treaty. He became a member of the House of Peers on March 15, 1932, but on July 8 of the same year, he collapsed while giving a lecture at the time of his inauguration as the principal of the Iwate Junior and Senior High School in Morioka City and died there.
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