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Isoroku Yamamoto (山本 五十六, Yamamoto Isoroku, April 4, 1884 – April 18, 1943) was a Marshal Admiral of the Imperial Japanese Navy (IJN) and the commander-in-chief of the Combined Fleet during World War II.
Yamamoto in 1940. Isoroku Yamamoto's sleeping giant quotation is a film quote by Japanese Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto regarding the 1941 attack on Pearl Harbor by forces of Imperial Japan. The quotation is portrayed at the very end of the 1970 film Tora! Tora! Tora! as:
Yoshinobu Yamamoto (山本 由伸, Yamamoto Yoshinobu, born August 17, 1998) is a Japanese professional baseball pitcher for the Los Angeles Dodgers of Major League Baseball (MLB). He previously played in Nippon Professional Baseball (NPB) for the Orix Buffaloes .
Yamamoto joined the Dodgers on a $325 million, 12-year contract last winter, bypassing offers from the New York Yankees and Mets. The right-hander, who turned 26 in August, was 7-2 with a 3.00 ERA ...
Japan pitcher Yoshinobu Yamamoto throws a pitch against Korea in a baseball semifinal match during the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Summer Games at Yokohama Baseball Stadium, Aug. 4, 2021 in Japan.
[13] [21] U.S. codebreakers were aware of Yamamoto's intentions, and the Battle of Midway proved disastrous for Japan's carrier force, with four fleet carriers and 332 aircraft lost. [13] Yamamoto exercised overall command from Yamato ' s bridge, [ 21 ] but his battle plan had widely dispersed his forces to lure the Americans into a trap, and ...
The Dodgers signed the 26-year-old Japanese star pitcher to help the team get back to the World Series. ... Yamamoto allowed just one hit while striking out four and walking two in 6⅓ innings ...
"Combined Fleet Commander Isoroku Yamamoto: Truth of the Pacific War 70 Years Ago") is a 2011 Japanese biographical film about Isoroku Yamamoto, the Imperial Japanese Navy's (IJN) Marshal Admiral and the commander-in-chief of the Combined Fleet during World War II. Other English home media titles of the film are The Admiral, [5] and Admiral ...