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{{Short description|Japanese admiral}}
{{Infobox military person
|name= Takeo Takagi
|birth_date={{birth date|1892|1|25}} <ref>Nishida, Imperial Japanese Navy</ref>
|birth_place=[[Iwaki, Fukushima]], Japan
|death_date={{death date and age|1944|7|8|1892|1|25}} 
|death_place=[[Saipan]], [[Northern Marianas Islands]]
|image=Takagi Takeo.jpg
|caption=Japanese Admiral Takeo Takagi
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|allegiance={{flag|Empire of Japan}}
|branch={{naval|Empire of Japan}}
|serviceyears=1911–1944
|rank=[[File:Imperial Japan-Navy-OF-9-collar.svg|30px]] [[Admiral]] (posthumous)
|commands={{Ship|Japanese cruiser|Nagara||2}}, {{Ship|Japanese cruiser|Takao|1930|2}}, {{Ship|Japanese battleship|Mutsu||2}} <br/> 2nd NGS Division Mobilization, 5th Cruiser Division, Carrier Strike Force, Mako Guard District, Takao Guard District, IJN 6th Fleet<ref>{{cite web |url=http://navalhistory.flixco.info/H/138278x19846/8330/a0.htm |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200102202344/http://navalhistory.flixco.info/H/138278x19846/8330/a0.htm |archive-date=2020-01-02 |title=Takagi Takeo}}</ref>
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* [[World War II]]
** [[Battle of the Philippines (1941-1942)|Battle of the Philippines]]
** [[Battle of the Java Sea]]
** [[Battle of the Coral Sea]]
** [[Battle of Saipan]]{{KIA}}
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|awards= [[Order of the Rising Sun]] (2nd class)<br>Order of the Rising Sun (4th class)<br>[[Order of the Golden Kite]] (2nd class)<ref>{{cite web |url=http://navalhistory.flixco.info/H/138278x19846/8330/a0.htm |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200102202344/http://navalhistory.flixco.info/H/138278x19846/8330/a0.htm |archive-date=2020-01-02 |title=Takagi Takeo}}</ref>
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{{nihongo|'''Takeo Takagi'''|高木 武雄|Takagi Takeo|extra=25 January 1892 &ndash; 8 July 1944}} was an admiral in the [[Imperial Japanese Navy]] during [[World War II]]. He was the commander of the [[IJN 6th Fleet]], which oversaw the deployment of all submarines.

==Biography==
Takagi was a native of [[Iwaki, Fukushima|Iwaki city]], [[Fukushima prefecture]]. He was a graduate of the 39th class of the [[Imperial Japanese Naval Academy]], ranking 17th of 148 cadets in 1911. As a [[midshipman]], he served on the [[cruiser]] {{Ship|Japanese cruiser|Aso||2}} and [[battleship]] {{Ship|Japanese battleship|Shikishima||2}}, and after his commissioning as [[Ensign (rank)|ensign]], on the cruiser {{Ship|Japanese cruiser|Asama||2}} and battleship {{Ship|Japanese battleship|Kawachi||2}}.

As a [[lieutenant]], he served on [[submarine]] {{Ship|Japanese submarine|SS-15||2}}, and following advanced coursework in navigation and in [[torpedo]] warfare, he became [[executive officer]] and then captain of the submarine [[Japanese submarine Ro-15|''SS-24'']]. After graduation from [[Naval War College (Japan)|Naval Staff College]] in 1923, he was promoted to [[lieutenant commander]], and assumed command of the submarine {{Ship|Japanese submarine|Ro-28||2}}, followed by {{Ship|Japanese submarine|Ro-68||2}} in 1926. He was promoted to [[commander]] in 1928, and held a number of staff positions. He was sent to the [[United States]] and [[Europe]] in 1931, and promoted to [[Captain (naval)|captain]] in 1932.

In 1933, Takagi was assigned command of the cruiser {{Ship|Japanese cruiser|Nagara||2}}, followed by {{Ship|Japanese cruiser|Takao|1930|2}} in 1936 and the battleship {{Ship|Japanese battleship|Mutsu||2}} in 1937. Takagi was promoted to [[rear admiral]] on 15 November 1938, and was Chief of the 2nd Section of the [[Imperial Japanese Navy General Staff]] in 1939.

At the start of the [[Pacific War]], Takagi was commanding the naval forces supporting the [[Battle of the Philippines (1941-42)|invasion of the Philippine Islands]] in late 1941, Takagi headed the task force covering the [[Java (island)|Java]] landings in [[Dutch East Indies]]. He was senior Japanese commander in the [[Battle of the Java Sea]], sinking two cruisers and three destroyers in exchange for damage to a single Japanese destroyer.

Takagi was promoted to [[vice admiral]] on 1 May 1942. He was commander of the [[Aircraft carrier|carrier]] task force ({{Ship|Japanese aircraft carrier|Shōkaku||2}} and {{Ship|Japanese aircraft carrier|Zuikaku||2}}) in "[[Operation Mo]]". Thus he was also senior Japanese commander at the [[Battle of the Coral Sea]]. He commanded the 5th Cruiser Division during the [[Battle of Midway]].

In November 1942, Takagi was reassigned to be commander of the [[Mako Guard District]]. In April 1943, The Guard District moved to Takao, Taiwan and Takagi was assigned to be commander of the renamed Takao Guard District. On 21 June 1943, he was again given a front line assignment, when he was made commander of the [[IJN 6th Fleet]] (submarines), based in the [[Mariana Islands]].

Takagi was [[killed in action]] during the [[Battle of Saipan]] in 1944. Missing after the battle, it is not clear whether he committed suicide or died trying to escape in a submarine.<ref>[http://pwencycl.kgbudge.com/T/a/Takagi_Takeo.htm  Takagi Takeo (1892-1944)]</ref> He was posthumously promoted to full [[admiral]].

==References==

===Books===
*Fuller, Richard. "Hirohito's Samurai. Leaders of the Japanese Armed Forces, 1926-1945." Arms and Armour Press (1991).
*{{cite book | last = Brown | first = David | year = 1990 | title = Warship Losses of World War Two | publisher = Naval Institute Press | isbn = 1-55750-914-X }}
*{{cite book | last = Dull | first = Paul S. | year = 1978 | title = A Battle History of the Imperial Japanese Navy, 1941-1945 | publisher = Naval Institute Press | isbn = 0-87021-097-1 | url-access = registration | url = https://archive.org/details/battlehistoryofi0000dull }}
*{{cite book | last = Hara | first = Tameichi | year = 1961 | title = Japanese Destroyer Captain | publisher = Ballantine Books | location = New York & Toronto | isbn = 0-345-27894-1 }} - Firsthand account of the battle by the captain of the Japanese destroyer ''Amatsukaze''.
*{{cite book | last = Hornfischer | first = James D. | year = 2006 | title = Ship of Ghosts: The Story of the USS Houston, FDR's Legendary Lost Cruiser, and the Epic Saga of Her Survivors | publisher = Bantam | isbn = 0-553-80390-5 | url = https://archive.org/details/shipofghosts00jame }}
*{{cite book | last = Morison | first = Samuel Eliot | author-link = Samuel Eliot Morison | orig-year = 1958| date= 2001 | title = The Rising Sun in the Pacific 1931 - April 1942'', vol. 3 of ''History of United States Naval Operations in World War II | publisher = Castle Books | isbn = 0-7858-1304-7 }}
*{{cite book | last = Schultz | first = Duane | year = 1985 | title = The Last Battle Station: The Story of the USS Houston | publisher = St Martins Press | isbn = 0-312-46973-X | url = https://archive.org/details/lastbattlestatio00schu }}
*{{cite book | last = van Oosten | first = F. C. | year = 1976 | title = The Battle of the Java Sea (Sea battles in close-up; 15) | publisher = Naval Institute Press | isbn = 0-87021-911-1 }}
*{{cite book | last = Spector | first = Ronald | author-link = Ronald H. Spector | year = 1985 | chapter = The Short, Unhappy Life of ABDACOM | title = Eagle Against the Sun : The American War With Japan | publisher = Naval Institute Press | isbn = 0-394-74101-3 | url-access = registration | url = https://archive.org/details/eagleagainstsuna0000spec }}
*{{cite book | last = Whiting | first = Brendan | year = 1995 | title = Ship of Courage: The Epic Story of HMAS Perth and Her Crew | publisher = Allen & Unwin Pty., Limited | location = Australia | isbn = 1-86373-653-0 }}
*{{cite book | last = Winslow | first = Walter G. | year = 1994 | title = The Fleet the Gods Forgot: The U.S. Asiatic Fleet in World War II | publisher = Naval Institute Press | isbn = 1-55750-928-X }}
*{{cite video | people = Niek Koppen (Director) | date = 1995 | url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0210987/ | title=Slag in de Javazee, De (The Battle of the Java Sea) | medium = Documentary film | location = Netherlands | publisher = NFM/IAF }} — 135 minute documentary of the battle. Won the "Golden Calf" award for "Best Long Documentary" at the 1996 Nederlands Film Festival.

==External links==
*{{cite web | last = Nishida | first = Hiroshi | url = http://homepage2.nifty.com/nishidah/e/px00.htm#v015 | archive-url = https://archive.today/20121204191935/http://homepage2.nifty.com/nishidah/e/px00.htm#v015 | url-status = dead| title = Imperial Japanese Navy | access-date = 2007-08-25 | archive-date = 2012-12-04 }}
*{{cite book 
| url = http://www.history.army.mil/books/wwii/MacArthur%20Reports/MacArthur%20V2%20P1/macarthurv2.htm#contents 
| title = Japanese Operations in the Southwest Pacific Area, Volume II — Part I 
| work = Reports of General MacArthur 
| publisher = [[United States Army Center of Military History]] 
| year = 1994 
| access-date = 2006-12-08 
| archive-date = 2009-02-08 
| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20090208191627/http://history.army.mil/books/wwii/MacArthur%20Reports/MacArthur%20V2%20P1/macarthurv2.htm#contents 
| url-status = dead 
}} - Translation of the official record by the Japanese Demobilization Bureaux detailing the Imperial Japanese Army and Navy's participation in the Southwest Pacific area of the [[Pacific War]].
*[http://www.ibiblio.org/hyperwar/USMC/USMC-C-Saipan/index.html Breaching the Marianas: The Battle for Saipan] (Marines in World War II Commemorative Series)
*{{cite web | url = http://www.ibiblio.org/hyperwar/USMC/USMC-M-Saipan/index.html | title = Saipan: The Beginning of the End | author = Hoffman, Major Carl W., USMC | work = USMC Historical Monograph | publisher = Historical Branch, United States Marine Corps | year = 1950 | access-date = 2005-12-19 }}
*{{cite web | last = Klemen | first = L | url = http://www.dutcheastindies.webs.com/takagi.html | title = Rear-Admiral Takeo Takagi | work = Dutch East Indies 1941-1942 Website | access-date = 2010-08-12 | archive-date = 2015-07-08 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20150708063336/http://www.dutcheastindies.webs.com/takagi.html | url-status = dead }}

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