Ships
- IJN Kashima Captain from 13 August 1944 · Relieved on 28 April 1945
Yoshitaka Hiraoka was a captain in the Imperial Japanese Navy who commanded the training cruiser Kashima from 13 August 1944 to 28 April 1945.
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 47th class, and before this command he had been captain of the Hakusa.
He took command on 13 August 1944. Early on 20 October, in the Formosa Strait, the submarine Tang tracked Kashima for two hours without getting a shot. From December she was rebuilt at Kure for convoy escort, and from 1 January 1945 she was flagship of the No. 102 Escort Squadron. He was relieved on 28 April 1945.
What became of him after this command is not recorded in the sources used here.