Ryoko Azuma

Rear Admiral

Ryoko Azuma
Ryoko Azuma
Native name
東良子
BornDecember 10, 1973
AllegianceJapan
Service / branchJapan Maritime Self-Defense Force
RankRear Admiral
Commands1st Escort Division

Rear Admiral Ryoko Azuma (東 良子) (born December 10, 1973) is the first woman to become the chief of a warship unit in the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force. She was also a member of the first female class at the National Defense Academy of Japan.