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): Andrei Lodis • Brendan Barber • David Hyde Pierce • Eddie Murphy • Grigoris Lambrakis • Iain Fyfe • Jimmy McGriff • John Burroughs • Kalle Kulbok • Louiguy • Pierre Bretonneau • Romain Alessandrini • Thrasyvoulos Tsakalotos • Tomoaki Kanemoto • Wesley A. Brown • Yoshibayama Junnosuke
Born in the same month (April 1943): Brenda Dean • Frederick Chiluba • Helmut Marko • John Maples • John Montagu, 11th Earl of Sandwich • Jonathan Lynn • Keith Crisco • Larry Coryell • Louise Glück • Max Gail • Petro Tyschtschenko • Ruth Deech, Baroness Deech • Tim Krabbé