Background
Shigeyuki Nitahara was born in Fukushima Prefecture.
Shigeyuki Nitahara was born in Fukushima Prefecture.
Shigeyuki Nitahara graduated from Military College and rose to the rank of major general (1905).
Promoted to lieutenant general (1912) and became commander of the Second, then Fourth Division. He was made a full general (1918) and subsequently a member of the Military Council.