Rahmat Shigeru Ono

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After the recognition of sovereignty, July 1950, Ono married Darkasih. Their first child was born on June 24, 1951, and was named Tutik. However, in 1952 when Ono was summoned by the Japanese Consul General in Surabaya, he managed to reconnect with his mother. Whereas previously, after deciding to join Indonesia, Ono had sent a letter saying he had died. By the mother, she was asked to change her child's name to Atsuko.

In the same year, Ono became an Indonesian citizen. His wife died of cancer in 1982. The story of his life is told in a book entitled Those Who Have Been Forgotten: Memoirs of Rahmat Shigeru Ono, Former Japanese Soldiers who took the Republican side by Eiichi Hayashi. He had four children, ten grandchildren, and six great-grandchildren.^[3]

Ono died on August 25, 2014, due to illness. At the time, President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono had asked him to be present at the Merdeka Palace to celebrate the Independence of the Republic of Indonesia.^[4]

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