Ships
- IJN Kitakami Captain from 10 June 1944 · Relieved on 29 August 1944
Saburo Kase was a captain in the Imperial Japanese Navy who commanded the light cruiser Kitakami from 10 June 1944 to 29 August 1944.
The sources used here do not record his date or place of birth or anything about his family.
He graduated from the Naval Academy at Etajima in its 44th class, and before this command he had been captain of the transport Goshu Maru.
He took command on 10 June 1944, while she was under repair after being torpedoed by HMS Templar in January. The repairs were finished on 21 June, and in August she reached Sasebo to be rebuilt as a carrier for kaiten suicide torpedoes. He was relieved on 29 August 1944.
He was promoted rear admiral after his death. The date and circumstances of his death are not recorded in the sources used here.