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|name = Matsuto
 
|image = File:Matsuda-u-boat-japonais.jpg
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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.
Japanese officer who came in Germany to study aeronotics during WWII.
 
   
When U-1324 was sunk by depth charges and all hope for survival was lost, he commited suicide by stabbing himself with his katana following the bushido code.
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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

Matsuto
File:Matsuda-u-boat-japonais.jpg
Name Matsuto
Information
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
Image Gallery

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.