was an ace fighter pilot in the Imperial Japanese Navy (IJN) during World War II. Participating in many of the Pacific War battles and campaigns as a member of several units, Minami was officially credited with destroying 15 enemy aircraft. He was killed in November 1944 attempting to crash his aircraft into enemy ships off Leyte as a participant in Kamikaze operations. References 1915 births 1944 deaths Kamikaze pilots Japanese naval aviators Japanese World War II flying aces Japanese military personnel killed in World War II Military personnel from Kagawa Prefecture Imperial Japanese Navy officers