Hayao Tada

Hayao Tada
Major General Tada Hayao (1932–36)
Native name	多田 駿
Born	(1882-02-24)February 24, 1882 Sendai, Miyagi, Empire of Japan
Died	December 16, 1948(1948-12-16) (aged 66) Tokyo, Allied-Occupied Japan
Allegiance	Empire of Japan
Service / branch	Imperial Japanese Army
Years of service	1903–1941
Rank	General
Unit	18th Artillery Regiment
Commands	China Garrison Army, IJA 11th Division, 3rd Army, North China Area Army
Battles / wars	Russo-Japanese War Siberian Intervention Second Sino-Japanese War Winter Offensive (1939-1940) Hundred Regiments Offensive Battle of South Shanxi
Awards	Order of the Rising Sun, Order of the Golden Kite (2nd class)
Other work	farmer

Hayao Tada (多田 駿, Tada Hayao, 24 February 1882 – 16 December 1948) was a general in the Imperial Japanese Army in the Second Sino-Japanese War. A noted China expert within the Japanese military, he was a leading figure in the Trautmann mediation effort to bring a negotiated end to the war.