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*''Other Names'': 松村淳蔵 ''(Matsumura Junzou)''
*''Japanese'': [[市来]]和彦 ''(Ichiki Kazuhiko)''

Ichiki Kazuhiko was the first Japanese to graduate from the US Naval Academy at Annapolis.

He first traveled abroad in [[1865]], at the age of 24, as one of a group of [[Satsuma students|students]] from [[Satsuma han]] who snuck out of the country in order to travel to Europe. For the duration of the trip, he went by the name Matsumura Junzô. Ichiki studied naval surveying while in Europe, and then in [[1867]]/7 traveled to the United States.

After graduating from Annapolis, he returned to Japan in November [[1873]], and later became head of Japan's naval military school.

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==References==
*Plaque at the monument to the Satsuma students at Kagoshima Chûô train station, Kagoshima.[https://www.flickr.com/photos/toranosuke/21519295436/sizes/o/]

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