Editing Isoroku Yamamoto (section)

==Early career==
[[File:Isoroku Yamamoto and Teikichi Hori.jpg|thumb|upright|left|Yamamoto (left) with his lifelong friend [[Teikichi Hori]] as young officers of the Japanese Navy, 1915–1919]]
Yamamoto graduated from the [[Imperial Japanese Naval Academy]] in 1904, ranking 11th in his class.<ref>Hickman, Kennedy, World War II: Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto</ref> He then subsequently served on the [[armored cruiser]] {{ship|Japanese cruiser|Nisshin||2}} during the [[Russo-Japanese War]]. He was wounded at the [[Battle of Tsushima]], losing his index and middle fingers on his left hand, as the cruiser was hit repeatedly by the Russian battle line. He returned to the [[Naval War College (Japan)|Naval Staff College]] in 1914, emerging as a [[Naval ranks of the Japanese Empire during World War II|lieutenant commander]] in 1916. In December 1919, he was promoted to commander.{{sfn|Coetzee|Eysturlid|2013|p=191}}