Fujii Kōichi

Fujii Kōichi (藤井較一, 24 September 1858 – 9 July 1926) was an admiral in the early Imperial Japanese Navy.
Biography
Fujii was born as the eldest son of a samurai of the Okayama Domain in the present day city of Okayama). He attended the 7th class of the Imperial Japanese Naval Academy, graduating 7th out of 30 cadets. One of his classmates was the future Prime Minister Kato Tomosaburo. He was commissioned as a sub-lieutenant in November 1883, and promoted to lieutenant in December 1886. He served as a junior officer on several vessels of the early Japanese Navy, including the corvette Tsukuba, frigate Fujiyama, ironclad warship Ryūjō, corvette Katsuragi, cruisers Takao and Chiyoda. From April to July 1894, he was a military attaché to Italy.
At the start of the First Sino-Japanese War, Fujii was serving with the Imperial Japanese Navy General Staff; however, he was assigned to combat duty...