Kagoshima was also the birthplace of Tōgō Heihachirō.

Tōgō was able to use the superior maneuverability of his fleet to advantage, " crossing the T " twice.

At the battle of Tsushima, Admiral Tōgō was the officer commanding in Mikasa ( the other divisions being commanded by Vice Admirals, Rear Admirals, Commodores, Captains and Commanders for the destroyer divisions ).

This was something Tōgō wished to avoid.

During the night action, Admiral Tōgō was able to rest his main fleet of armoured ships.

Marshal-General of the Navy Marquis Tōgō Heihachirō, OM, GCVO (（ 東郷 平八郎, 27 January 1848 – 30 May 1934 ), was a marshal-general ( Fleet Admiral ) in the Imperial Japanese Navy and one of Japan's greatest naval heroes.

In January 1868, during the Boshin War, Tōgō was assigned to the paddle-wheel steam warship Kasuga, which participated to the Naval Battle of Awa, near Osaka, against the navy of the Tokugawa Bakufu, the first Japanese naval battle between two modern fleets.

Next, Tōgō was sent to Plymouth, where he was assigned as a cadet on HMS Worcester, which was part of the Thames Nautical Training College, in 1872.

Tōgō was absent from Japan during the Satsuma Rebellion, and often expressed regret for the fate of his benefactor Saigō Takamori.

In 1894, at the beginning of the First Sino-Japanese War, Tōgō, as a captain of the cruiser Naniwa, sank the British transport ship, Kowshing, which was chartered by the Chinese Beiyang Fleet to convey troops.

The sinking almost caused a diplomatic conflict between Japan and Great Britain, but it was finally recognized by British jurists as in total conformity with International Law, making Tōgō famous overnight for his mastery of contentious issues involving foreign countries and regulations.

After the end of the Sino-Japanese War, Tōgō was successively commandant of the Naval War College ( Japan ), commander of the Sasebo Naval College, and Commander of the Standing Fleet.

This astonished many people, including Emperor Meiji, who asked Yamamoto why Tōgō was appointed.

Tōgō was Chief of the Naval General Staff and was given the title of hakushaku ( Count ) under the kazoku peerage system.

From 1914 to 1924, Tōgō was put in charge of the education of Crown Prince Hirohito, the future Shōwa Emperor.

Tōgō was awarded the Collar of the Supreme Order of the Chrysanthemum in 1926, an honor that was held only by Emperor Hirohito and Prince Kan ' in Kotohito at the time.

In 1940, Tōgō Jinja was built in Harajuku, Tokyo, as the naval rival to the Nogi Shrine erected in the honor of Imperial Japanese Army General Nogi Maresuke.

As Minister of the Navy during the Russo-Japanese War, Yamamoto showed strong leadership and was responsible for appointing Tōgō Heihachirō as commander-in-chief of the Combined Fleet.

Unit Tōgō was implemented in the Zhongma Fortress, a prison / experimentation camp in Beiyinhe, a village south of Harbin on the South Manchurian Railway.

Tōgō was born in Hioki District, Kagoshima, in what is now part of the city of Hioki, Kagoshima.

Wireless gave the Japanese an advantage ; in his report on the battle, Admiral Tōgō noted the following:

During 1875, Tōgō circumnavigated the world as an ordinary seaman on the British training-ship Hampshire, leaving in February and staying seventy days at sea without a port call until reaching Melbourne, eating only salted meat and ship's biscuits.

Tōgō ' observed the strange animals on the Southern continent.

Tōgō made use of the opportunity to apply his training, supervising ( watching carefully ) the construction of the Fusō whilst on work experience at the Samuda Brothers shipyard on the Isle of Dogs.

Tōgō, newly promoted to lieutenant finally returned to Japan on 22 May 1878 onboard one of the newly-purchased British-built ships, the Hiei.

Admiral Tōgō on the bridge of the battleship Japanese battleship Mikasa | Mikasa, at the beginning of the Battle of Tsushima, in 1905

During the Russo-Japanese War, Katō served as chief of staff to Admiral Tōgō Heihachirō on the battleship, assisting in Japan's victory at the Battle of Tsushima.

It was established on October 12, 2004 with the merger of the city of Sendai, Kagoshima, the towns of Hiwaki, Iriki, Kedōin and Tōgō, and Koshikijima Islands ( which consisted of the villages of Kamikoshiki, Kashima, Sato and Shimokoshiki ), all from Satsuma District.

Tōgō gained town status on April 1, 1970, followed by Nagakute on April 1, 1971.

The graphic novel Maruta 454 ( 2010 ), by Paul-Yanic Laquerre, Song Yang and Pastor, depicts the escape of 12 Chinese prisoners from Unit Tōgō, based on Wang's testimony.

Vitgeft put to sea at 08: 30 on 10 August 1904 and engaged the waiting Japanese under Admiral Tōgō Heihachirō in what was to become known as the Battle of the Yellow Sea.

In 1919, Tōgō was sent on a diplomatic mission to Weimar Germany, as diplomatic relations between the two countries were reestablished following the Japanese ratification of the Treaty of Versailles.

Once war was decided, it was Tōgō ’ s signature on the declaration of war, as he disliked pressing the responsibility of the failure of diplomacy on others.

And finally, by 27 May 1905, Admiral Tōgō and his men had two battleship fleet actions under their belts, which amounted to over 4 hours of combat experience in battleship to battleship combat at Port Arthur and the Yellow Sea — experience which would eliminate the miscalculations and rash decisions made during those battles, while applying the learned lessons from those sea engagements with both finesse and ruthlessness at Tsushima.

* January 1, 1950-The towns of Aburatsu, Obi, Agata, and the village of Tōgō ( 東郷村 ) merged to form the city of Nichinan ( 日南市 ).

* Tōgō Heihachirō ( 1848 – 1934 ), a Japanese admiral, known as the " Nelson of the East "

Admiral Tōgō, by using reconnaissance and choosing his position well, " secured beyond reasonable hazard his strategic objective of bringing the Russian fleet to battle, irrespective of speeds.

' Tōgō also surprised these young Englishmen by graduating second in the class.

The Integrated Services Digital Broadcasting ( ISDB ) ( Japanese:, Tōgō dijitaru hōsō sābisu ) is a Japanese standard for digital television ( DTV ) and digital radio ( DAB ) used by the country's radio and Television networks.

On April 1, 1952, Mobara expanded by annexation of neighboring villages of Tōgō, Toyoda, Ninomiya-Hongō, Tsurue, and Gogō and was elevated to city status.

The city is also served by the Kyōikudaimae and Tōgō JR stations.

* Jigen-ryū — Founded by Tōgō Hizen-no-kami Shigetada, its lineage traces back to the Shintō-ryū of Iizasa Chōisai Ienao.

An anime adaptation was produced by RADIX, and directed by Mitsuhiro Tōgō and Shousei Jinno.

Episodes five to thirteen was directed by Mitsuhiro Tōgō and produced by Radix.

In 1893 the Hawaiian Monarchy was overthrown, Tokyo responded by appointing Captain Tōgō Heihachirō to command the Japanese naval activities in Hawaii.

Tōgō refused to salute the Provisional Government by not flying the flag of the Republic.

Zhongma Fortress, or Unit Tōgō, was a biological warfare research facility erected by the Japanese Kwantung Army in Beiyinhe, outside of Harbin, Manchukuo during the Second Sino-Japanese War.

After Tōgō was replaced as ambassador to Germany by Hiroshi Ōshima, he was reassigned to Moscow as ambassador to the Soviet Union 1938-1940.

Tōgō was of ethnic Korean descent, whose ancestor was a potter, Park Pyeong-ui ( 박평의 1558-1623 ) who was abducted to Japan during the Japanese invasions of Korea ( 1592 – 1598 ) by Hideyoshi Toyotomi.

As for General Nogi Maresuke who had several shrines throughout Japan named for him ( Nogi Shrine ), there are other Tōgō shrines, for example there is one at Tsuyazaki, Fukuoka, within earshot of the Battle of Tsushima won by Tōgō.