:Shirō Nonaka

{{Infobox military person

| name = Shiro Nonaka

| image = Shirou Nonaka.jpg

| caption =

| native_name = 野中四郎

| birth_date = {{birth date|1903|10|27|df=y}}

| birth_place = Okayama, Okayama Prefecture, Empire of Japan

| death_date = {{Death date and age|1936|2|29|1903|10|27|df=y}}

| death_place = Tokyo City, Tokyo Prefecture, Empire of Japan

| branch = {{flagdeco|Empire of Japan|army}} Imperial Japanese Army

| serviceyears = 1924–1936

| rank = Captain

| battles = 26 February Incident{{KIA}}

}}

{{Nihongo|Shirō Nonaka|野中四郎|Nonaka Shirō|27 October 1903 – 29 February 1936}} was an Imperial Japanese Army officer who was a central conspirator in the 26 February Incident in 1936.{{cite web|title=Nonaka Shirō|url=http://kotobank.jp/word/%E9%87%8E%E4%B8%AD%E5%9B%9B%E9%83%8E|work=Nihon jinmei daijiten+Plus|publisher=Kōdanasha|accessdate=8 April 2014|language=Japanese}} His final rank was Captain.

Career

Nonaka was born in the city of Okayama, in a family of career military officers. He enrolled in Tokyo Fourth Middle School (now Toyama High School in the Shinjuku City),日本陸海軍総合事典 General Dictionary of the Armed Forces of the Empire of Japan, edited by Ikuhiko Hata (University of Tokyo Press, 2005, in Japanese) and graduated in the 36th class of the Imperial Japanese Army Academy in 1924. Later, he became an Infantry Captain in 1933. During the February 26 Incident, he led 500 soldiers to take over Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department headquarters, but committed suicide on 29 February when the coup d'état failed.