Kaname Harada

was a Japanese flying ace of World War II. He was known for shooting down as many as 19 Allied aircraft. Following the war, he worked as a farmer, before founding a kindergarten. He was an anti-war activist from 1991. He served in the Second Sino-Japanese War and in the Pacific War. He was born in Nagano Prefecture, Japan.
Harada died on 3 May 2016 in Nagano, Japan from multiple organ failure at the age of 99.