The Resume

(July 27, 1878-December 23, 1948)
Commander of Japanese expeditionary forces in central China (1937-1938)
Known as the ‘Butcher of Nanking'
Found guilty of war crimes (1948)

Why he might be annoying:

He served an ultra-nationalist Japanese government bent on imperialist expansion.
He came out retirement to command Japanese forces against China.
His capture of the Chinese city of Nanking can best be called a massacre, as the Chinese army retreated after less than three days of resistance.
After the city's fall, forces under his command brutally and sadistically raped, tortured, and slaughtered over 300,000 Chinese civilians.
He was certainly aware of the acts committed by his men, but did nothing to stop them.

Why he might not be annoying:

He was not physically present in Nanking at the time of the massacre, due to ill health.
He allegedly told a confessor that he was ‘ashamed of the Nanking incident.'
His role in the Nanking massacre may be over-inflated, as others were in charge besides him.
He was hanged for his role in the Japanese atrocities (1948).

Credit: Ratman

Featured in the following Annoying Collections:

• Do, Re, Mi, Fa, Sol, La, Ti, Do
• Executed by the State
• Generals and Admirals
• I Died for My Sins
• I Died in 1948 (Ranked: 70)
• I Have Tuberculosis
• I Retired, Just Kidding
• I Was Hanged
• Look at Me, I'm Wearing Military Garb
• Profiles 17501-17750 (Ranked: 17667)
• Ratman's Profiles [Series 4]
• Served in World War II

Year In Review:

In 2023, Out of 5 Votes: 100% Annoying
In 2022, Out of 7 Votes: 100% Annoying
In 2021, Out of 7 Votes: 100% Annoying
In 2020, Out of 1 Votes: 100% Annoying
In 2019, Out of 4 Votes: 75.00% Annoying
In 2017, Out of 23 Votes: 56.52% Annoying
In 2016, Out of 9 Votes: 55.56% Annoying
In 2015, Out of 7 Votes: 57.14% Annoying
In 2014, Out of 32 Votes: 56.25% Annoying
In 2013, Out of 17 Votes: 64.71% Annoying
In 2012, Out of 27 Votes: 70.37% Annoying
In 2011, Out of 11 Votes: 81.82% Annoying
In 2010, Out of 27 Votes: 70.37% Annoying
In 2009, Out of 24 Votes: 70.83% Annoying
In 2008, Out of 64 Votes: 75.00% Annoying
In 2007, Out of 91 Votes: 78.02% Annoying
In 2006, Out of 192 Votes: 72.92% Annoying