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+ | |name = Matsuto |
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+ | |gender = Male |
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+ | |Race = Japanese |
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+ | |Status = Deceased |
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+ | |first appearance manga = |
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+ | |first appearance anime = [[Die Rückkehr des Adlers|Episode 04: Die Rückkehr des Adlers]] |
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+ | |japanese anime voice = Hitoshi Bifu |
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+ | |english anime voice = [[wikipedia:Hiro Kanagawa|Hiro Kanagawa]]}} |
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+ | A Japanese military officer who came in Germany to study aeronotics during WWII. A personable officer, he socialized with [[Wentzel H. Ahbe]] and the rest of the crew of the U-boat U-1324 during their journey to the Japanese-held city of Batavia (now Jakarta), even to the point of teaching them [[wikipedia:Shogi|shogi]], a Japanese board game similar to chess. |
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− | Japanese officer who came in Germany to study aeronotics during WWII. |
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− | When U-1324 was sunk by depth charges and all hope for survival was lost, he |
+ | When U-1324 was sunk by depth charges and all hope for survival was lost, he commuted ''seppuku'' '''(ritual suicide)''' by stabbing himself with his katana, following the code of [[wikipedia:Bushido|Bushido]]. |
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+ | ==Trivia== |
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+ | *Matsuda was based on the Imperial Japanese Navy lieutenant commander [[wikipedia:Genzo Shoji|Genzo Shoji]], who was posted to Germany to study aeronautics as well, and tried to return to Japan as a passenger of U-234. However, when Germany surrendered in the midst of the voyage, the captain of U-234 decided to surrender to the U.S. Navy. Consequently, Shoji committed seppuku—suicide—to avoid capture. This episode was turned into the movie Das Letzte U-Boot in Germany in 1990. |
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Revision as of 21:04, 2 November 2015
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File:Matsuda-u-boat-japonais.jpg | |
Name | Matsuto |
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Gender | Male |
Race/Nationality | Japanese |
Status | Deceased |
First Appearance | |
Anime | Episode 04: Die Rückkehr des Adlers |
Anime Voice | |
Japanese Anime Voice | Hitoshi Bifu |
English Anime Voice | Hiro Kanagawa |
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A Japanese military officer who came in Germany to study aeronotics during WWII. A personable officer, he socialized with Wentzel H. Ahbe and the rest of the crew of the U-boat U-1324 during their journey to the Japanese-held city of Batavia (now Jakarta), even to the point of teaching them shogi, a Japanese board game similar to chess.
When U-1324 was sunk by depth charges and all hope for survival was lost, he commuted seppuku (ritual suicide) by stabbing himself with his katana, following the code of Bushido.
Trivia
- Matsuda was based on the Imperial Japanese Navy lieutenant commander Genzo Shoji, who was posted to Germany to study aeronautics as well, and tried to return to Japan as a passenger of U-234. However, when Germany surrendered in the midst of the voyage, the captain of U-234 decided to surrender to the U.S. Navy. Consequently, Shoji committed seppuku—suicide—to avoid capture. This episode was turned into the movie Das Letzte U-Boot in Germany in 1990.