Kurihara Yasuhide
Japanese Army officer 1908–1936)
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Kurihara Yasuhide (栗原 安秀, Yasuhide Kurihara; November 17, 1908 – July 12, 1936) was an Imperial Japanese Army officer and lieutenant of infantry. He participated in the February 26 incident that occurred on February 26, 1936.
Imperial Japanese ArmyKurihara Yasuhide | |
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栗原 安秀 | |
Yasuhide in 1936 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | November 17, 1908 |
| Died | July 12, 1936 (aged 27) Tokyo, Tokyo Prefecture, Japan |
| Military service | |
| Branch/service | Imperial Japanese Army |
Years of service | 1929–1936 |
| Rank |  Lieutenant (中尉, chūi) (revoked) |
| Battles/wars | February 26 incident |
Biography
Kurihara Yasuhide was born on November 17, 1908, in Matsue City, Shimane Prefecture with a honseki registry in Tokyo. His father was Col. Kurihara Isamu (栗原 勇), originally from Saga Prefecture. When Yasuhide was young, he lived with his father who was stationed in Asahikawa. He had a close family relationship Saitō Ryū.
Kurihara graduated from the Imperial Japanese Army Academy in 1929. He was politically active in Kōdōha circles, and hoped for a National Socialist revolution of the kind advocated by Kita Ikki in order to save the country from what he perceived to be the corruption of the zaibatsu and the incompetence of the military careerists.
Kurihara had a habit of saying "yaru yaru" (ヤルヽヽ; transl. "go ahead"), such that he was called Lt. Yaru Yaru (ヤルヽヽ中尉, yaru yaru chūi).[1]
Kurihara played a major role in the February 26 incident in 1936.[2] On February 29, three days after the incident, he was ordered to relinquish his court rank and was stripped of his medals.[3] Kurihara was fusilladed on July 12.