Hayato Itou

Hayato Itou (伊藤隼人 Itō Hayato; October 19, 1918 - May 11, 2010) was a Chinese-born Japanese-El Kadsreian politician and the second president of West El Kadsre. Born to Japanese diplomats in China, he was a soldier in the during World War II and was a POW for a few years afterwards, before moving to the Republic of El Kadsre and becoming a politician. He was known for introducing the concept of the Golden Week to modern El Kadsre.

Early life
Hayato was born in in 1918 to Japanese parents. As Chinese and Japanese relations became strained in future years, the family was frequently attacked and threatened by Chinese residents. This decreased however, when Japan invaded and occupied Chinese-administered Shanghai in 1937.

Military career
In 1938, Itou moved to, to join the Kwantung Army. He participated in the and later the  of World War II. He was captured as a POW by the Soviets in August 1945, and sent to a work camp in Siberia, before being released in 1949. Itou described those years as the "worst of his life".