Hyakutake, Haruyoshi (1888-1947)

Japanese general in World War II. He failed to evict US troops from Guadalcanal 1942, barely managing to escape with 10,000 of his troops. The US landings at Rendova June 1943 took him by surprise and he failed to defeat the Americans on Bougainville. In April 1945 he was removed from his command and employed in an administrative post for the remainder of the war.