Which Japanese fighter was the predecessor of the "Reisen?"
Mitsubishi A5M The Mitsubishi A5M, formal Japanese Navy designation Mitsubishi Navy Type 96 Carrier-based Fighter (九六式艦上戦闘機), experimental Navy designation Mitsubishi Navy Experimental 9-Shi Carrier Fighter, company designation Mitsubishi Ka-14, was a Japanese carrier-based fighter aircraft. It was the world's first monoplane shipboard fighter to enter service and the direct predecessor of the famous Mitsubishi A6M "Zero". The Allied reporting name was Claude.
Saburō Sakai Sub-Lieutenant Saburō Sakai (坂井 三郎 , Sakai Saburō , 25 August 1916 – 22 September 2000) was a Japanese naval aviator and flying ace (""Gekitsui-O"", 撃墜王) of the Imperial Japanese Navy during World War II.