Kazuo Sakamaki (November 8, 1918 – November 29, 1999) was an ensign of the Imperial Japanese Navy. He was one of ten sailors (5 officers and 5 petty officers) who volunteered to attack the U.S. Navy base at Pearl Harbor in a Ko-hyoteki class midget submarine. Of the ten, the other nine were killed (including the other crewman in his sub) and Sakamaki was captured by the Americans. Thus, Sakamaki unwittingly became the first Japanese prisoner of war. The attack inflicted no damage on the American fleet. After the war, he found work with the Toyota Motor Corp. and became president of its Brazilian subsidiary in 1969. In 1983, he returned to Japan and worked for Toyota before retiring in 1987. In 1991, Sakamaki attended a historical conference in Texas and was reunited with his submarine for