Ships
- IJN Kiso Captain from 4 October 1943 · Relieved on 7 February 1944
Takeo Sawa was a captain in the Imperial Japanese Navy who commanded the light cruiser Kiso from 4 October 1943 to 7 February 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 46th class, and before this command he had been assistant gunnery officer of the battleship Ise.
He took command at Kure on 4 October 1943. Within days she sailed with Tama carrying Army troops from Shanghai to Rabaul. In late October, about 53 miles from Cape St. George on the return passage, RAAF Beauforts hit her in the starboard engine room with a 250-pound bomb, and Tama towed her toward Rabaul. After emergency repairs she went home by way of Truk for rebuilding as an antiaircraft ship. He was relieved on 7 February 1944.
What became of him after this command is not recorded in the sources used here.