Rikichi Ando

Rikichi Ando

Surname	Ando
Given Name	Rikichi
Born	1884
Died	1 Jan 1946
Country	Japan
Category	Military-Ground
Gender	Male

Contributor: C. Peter Chen

ww2dbaseRikichi Ando was an instructor at the Japanese Army War College from 1924 to 1925. Between 1925 and 1927, he was the military attachÃ© to India, then between 1932 and 1934 in a similar role to Britain. After a variety of field and staff positions, he became the commanding officer of the 5th Division in 1938. Later that year, he was assigned as the commanding officer of the 21st Army in China, where he remained until 9 Feb 1940, when he served as the commander-in-chief of the Japanese Southern China Area Army in Indochina for several months. In 1941, he retired from active service, but was quickly recalled to serve as the commander-in-chief of the Taiwan Army. In 1944, he was named the commander of the 10th Area Army based in Taiwan. From 1944 until the end of the war, he was the governor-general of Taiwan. On 25 Oct 1945, he represented Japan during the surrender ceremony in Taipei on 25 Oct 1945. He committed suicide while in prison in China.

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Last Major Revision: Jul 2007

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Portrait of Lieutenant General Rikichi Ando, 5 Dec 1940

Rikichi Ando signing the surrender document, Taipei City Hall, Taiwan, 25 Oct 1945; note Haruki Isayama on the right of the photograph

Rikichi Ando Timeline

1 Jan 1884	Rikichi Ando was born.
6 Nov 1941	General Rikichi Ando was named the commanding officer of the Taiwan Army.
2 Apr 1944	General Rikichi Ando was named the governor-general of Taiwan.
22 Sep 1944	The Taiwan Army was absorbed into the Japanese Tenth Area Army with General Rikichi Ando remaining as its commanding officer.
1 Feb 1945	The Taiwan District Army was formed within the Japanese Tenth Area Army with the former commanding officer General Rikichi Ando of the former Taiwan Army at its head.
25 Oct 1945	The Republic of China government established the Administrative Commander's Office to govern Taiwan, headed by Chen Yi. As his first official action, Chen accepted the Japanese surrender from 10th Area Army commanding officer Rikichi Ando and Ando's Chief of Staff Haruki Isayama at Taipei City Hall (now Zhongshan Hall).
1 Jan 1946	Rikichi Ando passed away.

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