swimmer and actor Takahiro Fujimoto. See also Tachibana Shūta - the Imperial Japanese Army equivalent to Hirose, who was also deified as a gunshin. References Connaughton, R.M (1988). The War of the Rising Sun and the Tumbling Bear—A Military History of the Russo-Japanese War 1904–5, London, . Jukes, Geoffry. The Russo-Japanese War 1904–1905. Osprey Essential Histories. (2002). . External links Portrait of Takeo Hirose Short biography of Takeo Hirose art random - 人生のセイムスケール - age 35-: Takeo Hirose (in Japanese) 1868 births 1904 deaths Japanese military personnel of the First Sino-Japanese War Japanese military personnel of the Russo-Japanese War People from Ōita Prefecture Imperial Japanese Navy officers Japanese military personnel killed in the Russo-Japanese War Captains who went down with the ship Deified Japanese people