Togo Heihachiro (January 27, 1848 - May 30 1934) was admiral of the fleet in the Imperial Japanese Navy and became one of Japan's greatest naval heroes. During the Russo-Japanese War, he commanded the Japanese naval forces at the destruction of the Imperial Russian Navy's Baltic Fleet. He was awarded the Collar of the Supreme Order of the Chrysanthemum in 1926 making him Japan's most decorated naval officer ever.