Ships
- IJN Kinu Captain from 22 March 1943 · Relieved on 4 February 1944
Tokushi Itakura was a captain in the Imperial Japanese Navy who commanded the light cruiser Kinu from 22 March 1943 to 4 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 42th class, and before this command he had been commander of the 2nd Gunboat Division.
He took command on 22 March 1943. On 23 June Kinu was bombed at Makassar with three other cruisers and was repaired over the following weeks. From August to October she was refitted at Kure with antiaircraft guns in place of two of her 140-millimeter guns. On 27 January 1944, after HMS Templar torpedoed Kitakami southwest of Penang, Kinu took her in tow. He was relieved on 4 February 1944.
He was later promoted rear admiral.