17 Facts About Teikichi Hori

Teikichi Hori was an admiral in the Imperial Japanese Navy during the early twentieth century.

Teikichi Hori was a close friend and mentor of Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto.

Teikichi Hori was born as the second son of Yasaburo Yano, who came from a samurai family from Oita.

Teikichi Hori entered the Imperial Japanese Naval Academy in the 32nd class, and graduated in 1904 as the best of his class.

Teikichi Hori was a leading figure of the Treaty Faction, a faction of the Imperial Japanese Navy that opposed an arms race between Japan and the western powers, supported the Washington Naval Treaty and hoped to restore the Anglo-Japanese Alliance through diplomacy.

Teikichi Hori had previously in an article on the morality of war, wrote that he believed war to be "evil".

In 1925 Teikichi Hori served in the Imperial Japanese Navy General Staff.

Teikichi Hori attended the Geneva Naval Conference in 1927 and commanded the battleship Mutsu.

Teikichi Hori, who was now director of the Ministry of the Navy's Military Affairs Bureau, had concluded that a war against Britain and the United States at this point was still undesirable, and assisted Navy Deputy Secretary Katsunoshin Yamanashi in concluding negotiations on the treaty.

Teikichi Hori became the commander of the Third Squadron and later the First Squadron.

Teikichi Hori was promoted to Vice Admiral in 1933 and served in the Navy General Staff.

Teikichi Hori was transferred into the reserve, which effectively ended his Naval career.

Teikichi Hori returned to his birthplace in Oita, where he authored a book on the Yano clan.

Teikichi Hori was opposed to the idea, believing that Yamamoto would not have liked to be worshipped as a god.

Teikichi Hori later served as an officer and advisor for several companies.

In 1951, Teikichi Hori was part of an advisory committee composed of former Imperial Japanese Navy officers to oversee the formation of the Japan Maritime Self-Defence Force.

Letters from Yamamoto to Teikichi Hori were the subject of the NHK documentary The Truth of Yamamoto.