Kenji Doihara (土肥原 賢二 Doihara Kenji, August 8, 1883 - December 23, 1948) was a Japanese spy who served in northeastern China since 1913. He was one of the main plotters of the so-called Mukden Incident, making an excuse for the Japanese invasion of Manchuria prior to the Second World War. Kenji was nicknamed 'Lawrence of Manchuria', a reference to the West's Lawrence of Arabia.
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After the war, Doihara was tried by the Tokyo tribunal and was sentenced to death (convinced on 8 counts). In the interim, he was imprisoned in Sugamo Prison. Then, on December 23, 1948, at the age of 65, he was hanged for his actions.
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