Masutaro Nakai

Masutaro Nakai
Born	13 October 1895 Tottori Prefecture, Japan
Died	11 October 1969(1969-10-11) (aged 73)
Allegiance	Empire of Japan
Service / branch	Imperial Japanese Army
Years of service	1917–1945
Rank	Lieutenant General
Battles / wars	Second Sino-Japanese War World War II

Masutaro Nakai (中井増太郎, Nakai Masutaro, 13 October 1895 – 11 October 1969) was a general in the Imperial Japanese Army, commanding Japanese ground forces in the Southwest Pacific during the closing months of the war. He led a brigade-sized formation, known as the Nakai Detachment, which had been detached from the 20th Division during the Markham, Ramu and Finisterre campaigns.^[1] Nakai was later placed in command on the IJA 20th Division.