| Chikahiko Koizumi | |
| Native Name: | 小泉親彦 |
| Native Name Lang: | Japan |
| Birth Date: | 9 September 1884 |
| Birth Place: | Fukui Prefecture, Empire of Japan |
| Death Place: | Yodobashi, Tokyo, Occupied Japan |
| Death Cause: | Seppuku |
| Occupation: | Japanese army surgeon and politician |
was a Japanese military physician.
After graduating from Tokyo Imperial University,[1] he joined the Japanese Medical Corps. He became Army Surgeon General of the Imperial Japanese Army in 1934.[1]
He was the Minister of Health and Welfare from 1941 to 1944 under the Konoe and Tōjō cabinets.[1] He worked positively for the prevention of tuberculosis and advocated universal health care.[1] [2]
After the war, he was accused of war-crimes as he was the minister when the war broke out. But Koizumi committed suicide by seppuku before he was arrested by the Allied occupation forces.[1]