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): Carlos Salinas de Gortari • Cliff Gladwin • Edward Everett Hale • Jay Weatherill • John de Vries (racing driver) • Lee Williams (actor) • Les Davidson • Per Borten • Rod Funseth • Talbot Baines Reed • Ōtori Tanigorō

Born in the same month (April 1943): Alan Jones (radio broadcaster) • Chris Orr (artist) • Dafydd Wigley • Dennis Amiss • Duane Allen • Fighting Harada • Harley Race • Janet Evanovich • Jean-Louis Tauran • John Maples • John Montagu, 11th Earl of Sandwich • John Watkins (Australian cricketer) • Keith Crisco • Margo MacDonald • Max Gail • Miller Farr • Mitchell Melton • Richard Manuel • Robert Lefkowitz • Tim Krabbé • Tony Christie • Veronica Linklater, Baroness Linklater of Butterstone