Ryusaku Yanagimoto

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Ryusaku Yanagimoto was high-cheekboned and said to have had a set of intense eyes. Previously he served as a naval attaché to Britain and then as an instructor at the Naval War College, he was made the Captain of the new aircraft carrier Sōryū on 6 Oct 1941.He participated in high-profile victories such as the attack on Pearl Harbor and the raid on British ships in the Indian Ocean, establishing an impressive resume. Near the conclusion of the Battle of Midway, Yanagimoto's Sōryū was attacked by American aircraft (SBD "Dauntless" Divebombers) from the carrier Yorktown, then struck by a torpedo by the US submarine Nautilus. Many officers and sailors of Sōryū recall seeing the captain standing by the starboard side of the bridge, seemingly calm and undeterred by the raging fires. When the ship finally gave in, the cold Pacific waters became Yanagimoto's final resting place.

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