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Takeo Yoshikawa

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Spy

The Resume

    (1914-1993)
    Born in Tokyo, Japan
    Japanese spy who helped plot the bombing of Pearl Harbor (1942)

Why he might be annoying:

    He became suicidal after being discharged from the Japanese navy.
    He got information from a German spy and then gave it to the Japanese.
    He helped to plot the attack which brought the United States into World War II.
    He received a personal thank you letter from Adolf Hitler.
    His actions eventually resulted in the use of the atomic bomb and the interment of Japanese-Americans.
    He hated Japanese-Americans because he felt like they were more loyal to America than Japan.

Why he might not be annoying:

    Although held prisoner in the U.S., he was exchanged for an American POW.
    He was a clever and intelligent spy.
    His wife would often bow her head down to him saying ‘he is a man of history.’
    After the war he tried to open a candy store that failed.

Credit: Jack Magic


Featured in the following Annoying Collections:

Year In Review:

    In 2023, Out of 3 Votes: 66.67% Annoying
    In 2022, Out of 4 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
    In 2021, Out of 4 Votes: 100% Annoying
    In 2020, Out of 4 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
    In 2019, Out of 13 Votes: 46.15% Annoying
    In 2018, Out of 16 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
    In 2017, Out of 9 Votes: 44.44% Annoying
    In 2016, Out of 3 Votes: 66.67% Annoying
    In 2015, Out of 14 Votes: 64.29% Annoying
    In 2014, Out of 17 Votes: 70.59% Annoying
    In 2013, Out of 29 Votes: 62.07% Annoying
    In 2012, Out of 13 Votes: 76.92% Annoying
    In 2011, Out of 20 Votes: 85.00% Annoying
    In 2010, Out of 18 Votes: 94.44% Annoying
    In 2009, Out of 45 Votes: 73.33% Annoying