Hikaru Saeki
Hikaru Saeki is the first female admiral of the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force (JMSDF) and the first female in the entire Japan Self-Defense Forces (JSDF) to achieve star rank. Originally an obstetrician-gynecologist with the degree of M.D., Saeki joined the JMSDF in 1989. After her service in several military hospitals and medical rooms aboard naval vessels, she became the first woman to head a JSDF hospital in 1997, promoted to rear admiral in 2001, and retired in 2003. Hikaru Saeki, Japanese admiral, the first female star officer of the Japan Self-Defense Forces
3 April 1943
Born on the same birth date (3 April 1943): Jonathan Lynn • Mario Lavista • Richard Manuel
Born on the same birth day (3 April): Alcide De Gasperi • Carlos Salinas de Gortari • Cobie Smulders • Ervin Drake • George Derby • Per Borten • Richard Manuel • Robert Sink • Talbot Baines Reed • Wally Moon
Born in the same month (April 1943): Alan Jones (radio broadcaster) • Andrzej BadeÅ„ski • Aryeh Bibi • Caterina Bueno • Dafydd Wigley • Dennis Amiss • Frans Koppelaar • Gail Goodrich • Harley Race • Hugh Thompson Jr. • Ian MacRae • James Herbert • John Maples • Leila Khaled • Petro Tyschtschenko • Robert Lefkowitz • Tony Esposito