Haraguchi Kensai

Haraguchi Kensai (; to a samurai-class family in the Mori region of Bungo Province (in present-day Ōita Prefecture), located on the island of Kyushu.

Military career In 1870, Haraguchi entered the Imperial Japanese Army Academy to train as an officer, and in 1872 received a commission as a second lieutenant Later in his career, from August 1890 to April 1892, he was dispatched to the German Empire to further his military education, to 8 September 1904, when he was replaced by field marshal Hasegawa Yoshimichi. In July 1904, he declared martial law on key railroads and near telegraph lines in response to local unrest, writing the month prior to Minister of War Terauchi Masatake:

Afterwards, he served in the Imperial General Headquarters as chief of staff of the Inspectorate General of Military Training. In January 1905, he attained the rank of lieutenant general, and soon thereafter assumed command of the newly raised, 14,000-strong IJA 13th Division, which he led during the invasion of Sakhalin.

Haraguchi continued to command the IJA 13th Division until 6 July 1906, when he was relieved by Seizō Okazaki. Haraguchi transitioned to the IJA reserve forces in November 1907, and fully retired from military service in 1914.

Later life From 1910 to 1918, Haraguchi was a member of the House of Peers. He died on 18 June 1919.