特攻隊を“飯の種”にしたんだね。元振武隊隊員が語る、生まれ変わりの真偽と特攻隊の名誉

特攻隊を“飯の種”にしたんだね。元振武隊隊員が語る、生まれ変わりの真偽と特攻隊の名誉

People who claim to be the reincarnation of WWII Special Attack Unit members (known in the West as “kamikaze pilots”) have appeared on television and given lectures across the country, but their statements are in stark contrast to historical fact. Former kamikaze pilots who were actually ordered to launch kamikaze missions expressed anger and sadness upon hearing the details. This video reveals the contradictions and truth through testimony from former pilots themselves. They are making money off the kamikaze story…that’s outrageous… but don’t they feel somehow guilty about it? A person claiming to be the reincarnation of Lieutenant Anazawa, living in the present day : I was in the Kamikaze Special Attack Force (Kamikaze is the Navy Air Corps). We flew from Chiran (an army base) to Okinawa. Suddenly, my 10-year-old son started talking about it: Kamikaze is the Navy, and because it’s the Navy, it’s Chiran, and Chiran is only the Army. Kamikaze…Kamikaze… Generally, when you say kamikaze, the Navy is the kamikaze. So the Shinbu Corps…Shinbu…Shinbu Shinbu is the Army. So no kamikazes flew from Chiran. From places like the south, Taiwan, and, how do you say it… Kanoya (Naval Air Base), and places like that, the “kamikaze” sorties would fly, but I was with the Special Attack Force… 20… Shinbu… Toshio Anazawa, but that’s not likely. It’s all mixed up with the Navy and the Army. But for the average person, when they say “kamikaze,” they don’t really know the name “Shimbu-tai,” the Army’s Special Attack Unit in WWII. when they say “Special Attack Force,” the image they have is of “kamikaze,” so isn’t that why it’s written like this? Is it reincarnation? I think I’ve read something about it. He was an Army lieutenant, I think. That guy… reincarnation… so I don’t think people know much about this guy. So when you say “Special Attack Force,” it’s all kamikaze. That’s how the world is… when people think of suicide attacks and suicide squads, they all think of the image of kamikaze, so I think that’s how people after the war think. I wonder why they’re putting this out… that… it used a photo of a classmate who went on a suicide mission. Are you using that photo too? And in the first place… why are they holding a lecture like this? Where are they holding the lecture? It’s in Fukui Prefecture. I find the idea of reincarnation to be unbelievable, and this is the first time I’ve heard of it. There was a fee for the lecture , which is a bit strange… I have no intention of accepting money. That’s how many people took part in the suicide missions, but of course… with 1,000 people, there were 1,000 different ways of thinking, and I don’t think all of them were thinking for the sake of their country or the Emperor. I want to tell them my true feelings for future generations… well, for future generations, or rather, for people who will live after the war, for those who don’t know, the truth… and by truth, I mean the other side of the two sides… I’m using it as an analogy, but the public side has been revealed in abundance, and not a single side of the private side has been revealed in Chiran or Tachiarai (at the memorial halls of the former army base), so I wanted to talk about the truth, the private side, and tell people about it. In fact, there were people who took part in suicide missions in Saga as well, and our opinions were always… how can I put it… when we talked about it, we would end up fighting. So he went on suicide missions two or three times… People would say, “You’re a coward.” But I’m not a coward. I told him the truth, not everything, but the truth about the behind-the-scenes stuff , just because I wanted to tell future generations the truth . That’s why he went on suicide missions. I never went on a mission (after being released from suicide mission orders), but I thought I couldn’t tell the truth while he was alive, but then he passed away. Because he passed away, I felt like I could tell him everything, even the behind-the-scenes stuff so I started saying it. So 100 people go out on a mission, and 50 of them say they do so for their country, and the remaining 50 don’t want to die. I don’t think it’s 50/50, but more like 10/90…I think there’s a bigger gap, at least among my classmates… while we were waiting for the order to go on a second suicide mission, we talked like this… “I really don’t want to die…””Up until now…” “We’ve done so much in fighter plane training…” “Going on a suicide mission that might or might not succeed with just one shot…no matter how I think about it, I just can’t accept it…” Others would say, “Hey, Toritani! I don’t want to die…The next time the order comes, it’s goodbye…” All year round, they would tap me on the shoulder and say, “Hey! Toritani! I don’t want to die…” That’s the truth, it’s strange, it’s a little strange… something like this… it would be acceptable if they were just talking about this sort of thing within their own group, not for money, but appearing on TV and taking money… no matter how you look at it, isn’t it an insult to those who took part in the suicide missions … well I can’t imagine asking for money… this is the first time I’ve heard this story either. I’m just shocked, and I wonder if it’s true… did this person clearly state his name and address? Question: What was the name of the war used in Japan at that time? The Greater East Asia War, the Greater East Asia Co-Prosperity Sphere, it was a big name, Question: During the war, did people use the terms “Second World War” or “Pacific War”? right? I never said it. The Pacific War… the Pacific War… you hear those words after the war, but you didn’t hear those words during the war, the 20th Shinbu Unit… so they went early on, and they went in a Ki-6 Fighter, so it was definitely early on. By the middle of the period, they were replaced by the Type 97 fighter, then the Type 2 single-seat advanced trainer, and gradually… the quality of the planes declined… how could they do something like this, reincarnation… it’s hard for us to imagine… there are people like this… they made a living from the kamikaze pilots… this is… outrageous… but… somehow… in their conscience… don’t they think it’s wrong? This is the first time I’ve heard of something like this… is something like this even possible… I never imagined that there were people who would do something like this… Question: Do you think that the false information about the kamikaze pilots that has been passed down to later generations is being used to impersonate them? That’s right. When people today, especially young people, talk about kamikaze attacks, they only know the kamikaze (kamikaze was a kamikaze attack unit of the Navy Air Corps), and they don’t know about the Shinbu Corps (kamikaze was a kamikaze attack unit of the Army Air Corps). So when that happens, I always explain to them that the kamikaze was of the Navy, and the army’s was the Shinbu, the Shinbu Corps. And as I said before , even the Ki-4 Fighter was used for kamikaze attacks at first, but it was only a few. The Ki-4 Fighter was used for kamikaze attacks, but the Ki-2 and Ki-3 Fighter were not. The Ki-1 Fighter, which was called the Hayabusa, was used, and when the Ki-1 Fighter was gone, they gathered up all the Ki-97 Fighters in Japan, Korea, and Manchuria and used them for kamikaze attacks , but that still wasn’t enough, so they switched to the Ki-2 Single-Seat Advanced Trainer, but even so… (they used trainer planes for kamikaze attacks) they still used to use them … The two units I know of… used kamikaze attacks, and there were probably others too. That’s how it was… Then, the reason they flew out in the Ki-1 fighter planes was because the Hayabusa’s wheels…the Hayabusa’s wheels were weak… it could only take off and land from level airfields, and since Bansei Army Base was a sandy area, the only units that flew out from Bansei were those supporting the Type 99 attack planes . That’s how it was… I don’t know much about the Navy, but… Then, Captain Seki, the first Navy man to fly out on a kamikaze mission, it wasn’t his suicide note, but the words he spoke to newspaper reporters were often featured in newspapers at the time. I still remember it clearly, but he said, “I won’t die for the Emperor or the Japanese people, ” in the words of his wife, the Navy (beloved KA = wife). “I’ll die for my beloved wife… I’ll die for my wife,” those words were famous, so they were often featured in the newspapers. Ah, the kamikaze pilots. So Captain Seki, who was one of the very first to take off, surely died with those thoughts in mind. In the beginning, the kamikaze attacks were very successful, but after a few months, the Americans also changed their, how should I put it, attack methods. So at first, Japan also had support planes following, but then the support planes stopped following and they had no success. I don’t know if that ‘s true or not, but when the Americans attacked, shortly before Okinawa fell , the Americans apparently knew via radio how many Japanese kamikaze planes would be leaving Chiran Army Base , how many would be setting off, and how many would be coming to attack , so they would lie in wait and be shot down 100% of the time . So there were no successes. There are photos on television after the war of Japanese planes crashing into targets , but those were photos from the very beginning… at any rate, from the very beginning…before the US was even fighting back against kamikaze attacks, and later on… if 20 planes were sent out, all 20 would be shot down.So our unit commander used to say , “It doesn’t matter if one or two planes survive, as long as we survive, it doesn’t matter what tactic you use.” The tactics were always pretty much set, but he would say, “Whatever tactic you use, just go for it,” and the US would be lying in wait, so if we sent 20 planes up, they would come back with 30 or 40. So, there was a 100% chance that they would be shot down, but if by chance there were clouds there, they would escape into the clouds, and if one or two planes survived, they were told to continue to their destination. They were told not to close their eyes until just before impact, so they were told to dive with their eyes open. So…I mean…we…probably…we all knew that we would be shot down along the way , and we thought we had to be prepared for that when we went out . We were lucky…those who were lucky would fly to their destination unscathed and crash into an enemy ship, or be shot down and crash into the sea. There were many battleships, cruisers, and escort ships around the aircraft carriers, and all of them would fire bullets at the incoming planes at once, so it was like rain falling upside down, and there was no way they wouldn’t be hit. So…they would break up in mid-air, or their wings would break off, and they would crash into the sea. So after the war, I saw pictures of successful battles, but even during the war, we thought there was no way they would make it to their destination . But this was the first time I’d heard that. Is that really true? This is… unthinkable, there are people like this… I can’t imagine it, this is the first time I’ve heard of it…it’s really something like this… the voice of a Japanese man who was a member of the Army Special Attack Force, who knows the truth about reincarnation, was broadcast on television, lectures were held, and people believed in it . Whose words should we listen to? Perhaps this is a question entrusted to us who live today. Your voice will help ensure this issue is not overlooked. Please leave a comment.

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本動画は、特定の個人・団体を誹謗中傷することを目的としたものではありません。
公に発信・紹介された講演内容と、それに付随する歴史的主張について、実際に当時を知る元陸軍特別攻撃隊隊員の証言をもとに事実関係を検証し、考えるきっかけを提供することを目的としています。

参照・引用している主な情報（すべて公に公開されたものです）
• 福井県議会議員・山岸みつる氏による公式ブログ記事（2025年4月20日投稿）
　URL：https://go2senkyo.com/seijika/180379/posts/1090242
• 同記事内の講演会チラシの内容（文言例：「現代を生きる特攻隊員」「僕は神風特別攻撃隊（特攻隊）で知覧から沖縄へ向かって飛んだんだ…」
• 講演中の映像で確認できる発言内容（モニター画面に表示）：「ぼくは、神風特別攻撃隊第20振武隊の穴澤利夫だったんだよ」
「智恵子（婚約者）を守ために特攻したんだ」
• 講演会の参加費：3,000円（50席限定）

また、当該講演で使用されていた「第53振武隊の特攻隊隊員写真」について、
本動画出演の鳥谷さん（元・陸軍特別攻撃隊振武隊隊員）は、写真に写る8名のうち5名が自身の“同期生”であると以前の取材にて証言しています。
また第53振武隊隊員の写真を使用したスライド下部には、以下のような発言が表示されていました：
「ママ違うよ、特攻は悲劇じゃないよ。僕は大切な人（智恵子さん、家族）を守るために、自分から志願して飛んだんだよ」

このように、県議会議員公式ブログに記載されている講演で提示された内容と、実際の隊員たちの記憶や証言との間に食い違いが見られるため、
本動画では直接の関係者であり、第53振武隊写真に写っている5名の同期生を知る鳥谷さんに、お話をうかがうことが最も誠実な検証方法であると判断しました。

本動画で提起している社会的論点（4つの視点）
1. 歴史的事実と矛盾する主張をもとに有料講演会が開催されていること
2. 特攻隊員や戦没者が“生まれ変わり”の物語の中で商業的に利用されている可能性
3. 名誉ある隊員やご遺族の記憶が軽視されていると受け取られる状況
4. 守られるべき子どもが、信憑性を疑問視される発言の担い手として用いられている点

法的配慮に関する補足
• 引用している内容は、いずれも公開情報（ブログ、チラシ、講演会等）であり、批判の対象は事実・言論に限っています。
• 映像内で表示する発言や資料は、出典を明記したうえで、報道・批評・検証の目的で使用しています（著作権法第32条に基づく適正な引用）。
• 子ども本人および親の氏名や顔写真、直接的な映像は一切使用していません。
• 証言者の発言は、本人の自由な意思に基づいて収録されたインタビューであり、営利目的ではなく社会的意義に照らして構成されたものです。
• 当動画は「虚偽の事実」を断定するものではなく、“事実と主張の食い違い”を提示して検証する内容となっています。

また、発言はすでにテレビ、Web、講演チラシなどで公に発表されているものであり、公開情報として扱われています。
このように、全体を通して「信念」や「思い」そのものではなく、
“公開された発言”と“歴史上の事実”に齟齬がある場合、それを静かに検証することは公共の利益にかなうと私たちは考えています。

元陸軍特別攻撃隊 振武隊隊員　鳥谷 邦武　
証言収録：2025年7月12日

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