Daisaku Kōmoto

Daisaku Kōmoto
Kōmoto in formal dress wearing the Order of the Pillars of State (1st class) and Order of the Auspicious Clouds (2nd class) of Manchukuo
Native name
河本 大作
Born(1883-01-24)January 24, 1883
DiedAugust 25, 1955(1955-08-25) (aged 72)
Allegiance Empire of Japan
Branch Imperial Japanese Army
Service years1903–1929
RankColonel
ConflictsRusso-Japanese War
MemorialsTōkyō-ji, Fuchū, Tokyo
Other workDirector of the South Manchuria Railway
Chairman of the Manchuria Coal Mining Company
President of Shanxi Industrial Company

Daisaku Kōmoto (河本 大作, Kōmoto Daisaku; January 24, 1883 – August 25, 1955) was a soldier in the Japanese Imperial Japanese Army active during the early Shōwa period. He held the rank of Colonel. He is known as the mastermind of the assassination of Zhang Zuolin.