Japanese - Notable Historical Events
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Japanese - Historical Events
| Date | Event |
|---|---|
607-08-01 |
Ono no Imoko is dispatched as envoy to the Sui court in China (Traditional Japanese date: July 3, 607). |
663-08-27 |
Remnants of the Korean Baekje Kingdom and their Yamato Japanese allies engage naval forces of the Tang Chinese and Silla Koreans on the Geum River in Korea; - a significant Tang-Silla victory. Japanese won't attempt another Korean invasion until late 16th century. |
708-08-29 |
Copper coins are minted in Japan for the first time (Traditional Japanese date: August 10, 708). |
781-07-31 |
The oldest recorded eruption of Mt. Fuji (Traditional Japanese date: July 6, 781). |
794-10-22 |
Emperor Kanmu relocates Japanese capital to Heiankyo (now Kyoto). |
794-11-18 |
Japanese emperor Kammu deallocates residence of Nara to Kioto |
1181-08-06 |
Supernova observed by Chinese & Japanese astronomers |
1183-08-14 |
Taira no Munemori and the Taira clan take the young Emperor Antoku and the three sacred treasures and flee to western Japan to escape pursuit by the Minamoto clan. (Traditional Japanese date: Twenty-fifth Day of the Seventh Month of the Second Year of Juei). |
1192-08-21 |
Minamoto Yoritomo becomes Seii Tai Shōgun and the de facto ruler of Japan. (Traditional Japanese date: July 12, 1192) |
1232-08-27 |
The Formulary of Adjudications is promulgated by Regent Hōjō Yasutoki. (Traditional Japanese date: August 10, 1232) |
1253-04-28 |
Nichiren, a Japanese Buddhist monk, propounds Nam Myoho Renge Kyo for the first time and declares it to be the essence of Buddhism, in effect founding Nichiren Buddhism. |
1279-10-12 |
Nichiren, a Japanese Buddhist monk founder of Nichiren Buddhism, inscribes the Dai-Gohonzon |
1536-08-13 |
Buddhist monks from Kyōto's Enryaku Temple set fire to 21 Nichiren temples throughout Kyoto in the Tenbun Hokke Disturbance. (Traditional Japanese date: July 27, 1536). |
1541-08-18 |
A Portuguese ship drifts ashore in the ancient Japanese province of Higo (modern day Kumamoto Prefecture). (Traditional Japanese date: July 27, 1541) |
1549-08-15 |
Jesuit priest Saint Francis Xavier comes ashore at Kagoshima (Traditional Japanese date: July 22, 1549). |
1590-08-30 |
Tokugawa Ieyasu enters Edo Castle. (Traditional Japanese date: August 1, 1590) |
1592-05-29 |
Battle of Sacheon: Korean navy led by Admiral Yi Sun Shin repels a Japanese fleet - first use of Korean Turtle ship |
1597-02-05 |
A group of early Japanese Christians are killed by the new government of Japan for being seen as a threat to Japanese society. |
1598-12-16 |
Seven Year War: Battle of Noryang Point - The final battle of the Seven Year War is fought between the Korean and Japanese navies, resulting in a decisive Korean victory. |
1635-08-03 |
The third of the Tokugawa shoguns, Iemitsu, establishes the system of alternate attendance (sankin kotai) by which the feudal daimyō are required to spend one year at Edo Castle in Tokyo and one year back home at their feudal manor, while their families remained in Tokyo as virtual political hostages. (Traditional Japanese Date: June 21, 1635). |
1637-12-17 |
Shimabara Rebellion: Japanese peasants led by Amakusa Shiro rise against daimyo Matsukura Shigeharu. |
1700-01-26 |
The magnitude 9 Cascadia Earthquake took place off the west coast of the North America, as evidenced by Japanese records. |
1854-08-04 |
The Hinomaru is established as the official flag to be flown from Japanese ships. |
1856-08-21 |
America's first consul to Japan, Townsend Harris, arrives in Shimoda. (Traditional Japanese date: July 21, 1856) |
1858-07-29 |
Treaty of Amity and Commerce/Harris Treaty signed between US & Japan opening Japanese ports to trade |
1860-03-09 |
1st Japanese ambassador arrives in SF en route to Washington |
1860-03-17 |
Japanese embassy arrives aboard Candinmarruh [sic] |
1863-07-11 |
Japanese battle cruiser shoots at Dutch warship Medusa, kills 4 |
1863-08-15 |
The Anglo-Satsuma War begins between the Satsuma Domain of Japan and the United Kingdom (Traditional Japanese date: July 2, 1863). |
1868-05-14 |
Japanese Boshin War: end of the Battle of Utsunomiya Castle, former Shogunate forces withdraw northward to Aizu by way of Nikkō. |
1871-08-29 |
Emperor Meiji orders the Abolition of the han system and the establishment of prefectures as local centers of administration. (Traditional Japanese date: July 14, 1871). |
1872-03-11 |
The Meiji Japanese government officially annexes the Ryukyu Kingdom into what would become the Okinawa prefecture. |
1872-08-23 |
1st Japanese coml ship visits SF, carrying tea |
1873-01-01 |
Origin of Japanese Era |
1877-09-24 |
Battle of Shiroyama, decisive victory of the Imperial Japanese Army over the Satsuma Rebellion |
1885-02-09 |
1st Japanese arrive in Hawaii |
1894-06-30 |
Korea declares independence from China, asks for Japanese aid |
1895-04-17 |
Treaty of Shimonoseki signed, ends 1st Sino-Japanese War (1894-95) |
1895-10-21 |
The Republic of Formosa collapses as Japanese forces invade. |
1900-03-18 |
Japan uses its influence over the government of Korea to deny Russia's efforts to obtain a concession for a naval station at the Korean Port of Masampo, a step in the lead up to the Russo-Japanese war |
1900-08-04 |
An allied expeditionary force, made up of Japanese, Russian, British, French and American troops, sets off from Tientsin for Peking, China, to put down Boxer rebellion |
1901-07-12 |
Striking Canadian salmon fishermen on the Pacific coast, resentful of the nonunion Japanese who continue to fish, maroon and imprison 47 |
1902-03-20 |
France and Russia issue a joint declaration that approves the Anglo-Japanese Alliance, but stipulates that they have the right to protect interests in China and Korea |
1903-08-12 |
The Japanese Minister to Russia presents a note to the Russian Government protesting against its failure to evacuate Manchuria |
1903-08-29 |
The Finance Minister, Count Witte, is dismissed in what is seen as a victory for those in Russia who want their country to expand into Manchuria and Korea in defiance of the Japanese |
1904-02-09 |
Japanese land troops at Chemulpo (Inchon), near Seoul, Korea; within the next three weeks they will have advanced to the Yalu River, border of Manchuria |
1904-02-23 |
Having occupied Korea, Japan signs a treaty with Korea under which it becomes a Japanese protectorate in return for Japanese protection from other powers |
1904-03-06 |
The Japanese fleet bombards Vladivostok, the major Russian port on the Pacific |
1904-03-28 |
Japanese troops advance in Korea, defeat the Russians at Chengiu, and capture the town |
1904-04-13 |
A squadron of the Russian fleet is decoyed out of Port Arthur by Japanese maneuvers, when they realize they are sailing into a trap; their battleship Petropavlovsk hits a mine and sinks, with a loss of 700 men |
1904-04-26 |
General Kuroko leads the Japanese Army against the large Russian force at the Yalu river during the Russo-Japanese War |
1904-05-26 |
In two days of bitter fighting, the Japanese Army soundly defeats the Russians at Kinchan and captures the forts at Nanshan |
1904-05-30 |
The Japanese Army capture the City of Dairen after landing troops along the south coast of Manchuria |
1904-06-14 |
At the battle of Telissu, the Japanese rout the Russians and inflict heavy casualties |
1904-08-10 |
Japanese fleet defeat Russians off Port Arthur |
1904-08-11 |
The Russian fleet in the harbor of at Port Arthur are exposed to Russian guns on the hill above the harbor; Russian trips attempt escape, but most are forced back into harbor by Japanese ships |
1904-08-24 |
Battle of Liao-Yang-200,000 Japanese against 150,000 Russian, Japanese tactical victory |
1904-09-19 |
Gen Nogi's assault on Port Arthur: 16,000 Japanese casualties |
1904-10-15 |
The Russians are driven back by the Japanese in the Battle of Shaho; both sides suffer high casualties: Japanese (16,000) and Russians (60,000) |
1905-01-02 |
Japanese troops capture Port Arthur from Russia, a blow to national morale and causing further discontent within Russia |
1905-03-10 |
Japanese Army captures Mukden (Shenyang) |
1905-05-27 |
Japanese fleet destroys Russian East Sea fleet in Straits of Tushima |
1905-07-12 |
The British and Japanese renew their alliance (of January 1902)for 10 years and agree to provide mutual support if attacked by other power |
1905-07-29 |
US Secretary of State W.H Taft makes secret agreement with Japanese Prime Minister Katsura agreeing to let Japan have free rein in Korea in return for Japan's non-interference with the US in the Philippines |
1905-08-05 |
First meeting of the Russian and Japanese peace commissioners takes place in US President Roosevelt's home at Oyster Bay, New York |
1905-09-05 |
The Treaty of Portsmouth is signed concluding the Russo-Japanese War; US President Roosevelt will receive the Nobel Peace Prize for his role as mediator |
1905-09-10 |
Japanese battleship Mikasa explodes |
1906-02-08 |
Without warning, Japanese torpedo boats make a night attack on Russian ships near the naval base at Port Arthur, Manchuria; there is confusion because no deceleration of war was given |
1906-10-11 |
San Francisco Board of Education orders segregation in separate schools of Japanese, Chinese, and Korean children sparking diplomatic crisis |
1907-03-14 |
By Presidential order, the US excludes Japanese laborers from entering the country |
1907-07-19 |
Under pressure from the Japanese, the Emperor of Korea abdicates in favor of his son, a figurehead |
1908-02-18 |
The American ambassador to Japan is given a note by the Japanese in which they agree to restrict Japanese emigration to the US; this becomes known as the 'Gentlemen's Agreement' |
1908-06-18 |
Japanese immigration to Brazil begins when 781 people arrive in Santos aboard the Kasato-Maru ship |
1908-11-22 |
1st US-Japanese baseball game Reach All-Americans defeat Waseda U, 5-0 |
1909-10-26 |
Itō Hirobumi, Resident-General of Korea, and former Japanese Prime Minister, shot and killed by Korean nationalist in Harbin, China |
1911-02-24 |
Japan and the US conclude a treaty that continues restrictions on Japanese laborers |
1912-03-27 |
1st Japanese cherry blossom trees planted in Wash DC |
1912-09-28 |
SS Kichemaru disappears in storm off Japanese coast, 1,000 die |
1913-05-19 |
Webb Alien Land-Holding Bill passes, forbidding Japanese from owning land |
1914-11-07 |
Japanese attack German concession on Chinese peninsula of Shanghai |
1914-11-07 |
The German colony of Kiaochow Bay and its centre at Tsingtao are captured by Japanese forces. |
1918-07-12 |
Japanese battleship explodes in Bay of Tokayama, 500 killed |
1921-11-04 |
Japanese Prime Minister Hara Takashi is assassinated in Tokyo. |
1922-08-26 |
Japanese cruiser Niitaka driven onto rocks in storm at Kamchatka, 284 killed |
1922-11-25 |
Japanese crown prince Hirohito appointed prince regent |
1922-11-30 |
1st speed test of 1st genuine Japanese aircraft carrier Hosho |
1927-05-27 |
Japanese military intervention in Chinese civil war |
1928-04-19 |
Japanese troops occupies Sjantung-schiereiland |
1928-05-03 |
Japanese atrocities in Jinan, China. |
1928-06-04 |
President of the Republic of China Zhang Zuolin is assassinated by Japanese agents. |
1930-11-18 |
Sōka Kyōiku Gakkai, a Buddhist association later renamed Soka Gakkai, is founded by Japanese educators Tsunesaburo Makiguchi and Josei Toda. |
1931-09-18 |
To create a pretext for the invasion of Manchuria, China, a railway explosion is faked by the Japanese. |
1931-09-19 |
Japanese troops conquer Mukden, South Manchuria |
1931-12-09 |
Japanese army attacks Chinese province of Jehol |
1931-12-12 |
Japanese government of Imukai forms |
1932-01-28 |
Japanese forces attack Shanghai. |
1932-02-04 |
Japanese troops occupy Harbin, Manchuria |
1932-02-20 |
Japanese troops occupy Tunhua China |
1933-02-24 |
League of Nations tells Japanese to pull out of Manchuria |
1935-06-09 |
Ho-Umezu Agreement: the Republic of China, under KMT administration, recognizes Japanese occupations in Northeast China. |
1935-12-08 |
The Japanese military police launches a violent suppression of the religious sect Oomoto, beginning with a crackdown on the sect's operational bases of Ayabe and Kameoka in Kyoto Prefecture and the arrest of its leader Onisaburo Deguchi. |
1936-06-28 |
The Japanese puppet state of Mengjiang is formed in northern China. |
1937-02-06 |
K Elizabeth Ohi becomes 1st Japanese-US female lawyer |
1937-06-01 |
Prince Konoye becomes Japanese premier |
1937-07-07 |
Japanese & Chinese troops clash, (Marco Polo Bridge), beginning of Second Sino-Japanese War |
1937-07-15 |
Japanese attack Marco Polo Bridge, invade China |
1937-07-29 |
Japanese troops occupies Peking & Tientsin |
1937-08-13 |
Japanese attack at the beinnging of the Battle of Shanghai during Second Sino-Japanese War. Involves nearly 1 million troops |
1937-08-25 |
Japanese fleet blockades Chinese coast |
1937-11-09 |
Japanese army conquers Shanghai |
1937-12-12 |
Japanese aircraft shell & sink US gunboat Panay on Yangtze River in China. (Japan apologized & eventually paid US $2.2M in reparations) |
1937-12-14 |
Japanese troops conquer/plunder Nanjing |
1938-10-21 |
Japanese troops occupies Canton |
1938-10-25 |
Japanese troops occupies Hankou & Wuhan |
1939-03-01 |
Japanese Imperial Army ammunition dump exploded at Hirakata, Osaka, Japan, killing 94. |
1939-03-17 |
Sino-Japanese War (1937-1945): The Battle of Nanchang between the Kuomintang and the Japanese breaks out. |
1939-08-20 |
Russian offensive under General Zjoekov against Japanese invasion in Mongolia |
1939-08-30 |
Isoroku Yamamoto appointed supreme commander of Japanese fleet |
1939-08-31 |
Japanese invasion army driven out of Mongolia |
1939-12-12 |
Russ Indigirka capsizes in blizzard off Japanese coast; 750 die |
1940-09-26 |
Japanese troops attack French Indo-China |
1940-10-07 |
World War II: the McCollum memo proposes bringing the U.S. into the war in Europe by provoking the Japanese to attack the United States. |
1941-01-27 |
Peruvian agent Rivera-Schreiber warns of Japanese assault on Pearl Harbor |
1941-01-28 |
French-Thai War: Final air battle of the conflict. Japanese-mediated armistice goes into effect later in the day. |
1941-07-24 |
FDR demands Japanese troops out of Indo-China |
1941-07-27 |
Japanese forces land in Indo-China |
1941-11-01 |
Japanese marine staff officiers Suzuki/Maejima arrive in Pearl Harbor |
1941-11-05 |
Japanese marine staff officiers Suzuki/Maejima leave Pearl Harbor |
1941-11-06 |
Japanese fleet readies assault on Pearl Harbor |
1941-11-20 |
Adm Nomura & Kurusu hands over Japanese last diplomatic note |
1941-11-26 |
Japanese naval carrier force left its base & moves east toward Pearl Harbor |
1941-11-30 |
Japanese Emperor Hirohito consults with admirals Shimada & Nagano |
1941-12-01 |
Japanese emperor Hirohito signs declaration of war |
1941-12-02 |
Naval Intelligence ceases bugging Japanese consul |
1941-12-06 |
Dutch & British pilots see Japanese invasion fleet at Singapore |
1941-12-07 |
Japanese attack on the US at Pearl Harbour Naval Base, Hawaii |
1941-12-07 |
1st Japanese midget submarine (No. 20) attacked by a US ship (USS Ward) |
1941-12-10 |
Japanese troops landed on northern Luzon in the Philippines |
1941-12-10 |
Japanese troops overrun Guam |
1941-12-11 |
Japanese attack Wake Island (only failed WW II-landing) |
1941-12-11 |
Japanese occupy Guam |
1941-12-15 |
USS Swordfish becomes 1st US sub to sink a Japanese ship |
1941-12-16 |
Sarawak occupied by Japanese |
1941-12-20 |
Japanese troops lands on Mindanao |
1941-12-23 |
American forces on Wake Island surrender to Japanese |
1941-12-25 |
Japanese aircraft carriers Akagi/Kagu back in Kure, Japan |
1942-01-01 |
Rose Bowl football match played in North Carolina due to Japanese threat - Oregon State 20, Duke University 16 |
1942-01-02 |
Japanese troops occupy Manila Philippines |
1942-01-14 |
Japanese troops land at oil center Balikpapan in Borneo |
1942-01-19 |
Japanese forces invade Burma |
1942-01-20 |
Japanese air raid on Rabaul New Britain |
1942-01-20 |
Japanese invade Burma |
1942-01-21 |
Japanese air raid on Rabaul, New Britain |
1942-01-22 |
Japanese air raid on Rabaul, New Britain |
1942-01-23 |
Japanese troops occupy Rabaul New Britain |
1942-01-30 |
Japanese troops land on Ambon |
1942-02-02 |
LA Times urges security measures against Japanese-Americans |
1942-02-03 |
1st Japanese air raid on Java |
1942-02-08 |
Japanese armored barges cross Strait of Johore to attack Singapore (WWII) |
1942-02-08 |
Congress advises FDR that, Americans of Japanese descent should be locked up en masse so they wouldn't oppose the US war effort |
1942-02-09 |
Japanese troops land near Makassar, South Celebes |
1942-02-14 |
Japanese parachutists land near oil center Palembang, Sumatra |
1942-02-15 |
Japanese troops march into Palembang, South Sumatra |
1942-02-15 |
WWII: British ruled Singapore surrenders to the Japanese |
1942-02-18 |
Japanese troop land on Bali |
1942-02-19 |
About 150 Japanese warplanes attacked the Australian city of Darwin |
1942-02-19 |
FDR orders detention & internment of all west-coast Japanese-Americans |
1942-02-19 |
Japanese troops land on Timor |
1942-02-20 |
Lt E H O'Hare single-handedly shoots down 5 Japanese heavy bombers, becomes America's first World War II flying ace |
1942-02-23 |
Japanese sub fires on oil refinery in Ellwood, Calif |
1942-02-27 |
Battle of Java Sea began 13 US warships sunk-2 Japanese |
1942-02-28 |
Japanese land in Java, last Allied bastion in Dutch East Indies |
1942-03-01 |
Japanese troops occupy Kalidjati airport in Java |
1942-03-05 |
Japanese troop march into Batavia |
1942-03-08 |
Japanese forces captures Rangoon Burma |
1942-03-08 |
KNIL, Dutch colonial army on Java, surrenders to Japanese armies |
1942-03-11 |
Japanese troop land on North Sumatra |
1942-03-23 |
Japanese forces occupy Andaman Islands in Indian Ocean |
1942-03-23 |
US move native-born of Japanese ancestry into detention centers |
1942-04-09 |
Battle of Bataan; US-Filipino forces overwhelmed by Japanese at Bataan |
1942-04-16 |
Japanese occupying army on Java installs film censorship |
1942-04-18 |
James Doolittle bombs Tokyo & other Japanese cities |
1942-04-29 |
Japanese troop march into Lashio, cut off Burma Road |
1942-05-02 |
Japanese troops occupy Mandalay Burma |
1942-05-03 |
Japanese troop attack Tulagi, Gavutu & Tanambogo, Solomon Islands during WWII |
1942-05-04 |
Battle of Coral Sea begins in the Pacific (1st sea battle fought solely in air) between Japanese, US and Australian navies and air forces |
1942-05-06 |
Corregidor & Philippines surrender to Japanese Armies |
1942-05-07 |
Battle of Coral Sea ends stopping Japanese expansion |
1942-05-08 |
Aircraft carrier USS Lexington sunk by Japanese air attack in Coral Sea |
1942-05-11 |
Japanese troops conquer Kalewa |
1942-06-06 |
Japanese forces retreat, ending Battle of Midway |
1942-06-06 |
Japanese troop land on Kiska, Aleutians |
1942-06-07 |
Japanese troops lands on Attu, Aleutian Islands |
1942-06-22 |
Japanese submarine in mouth of Columbia River, Oregon |
1942-08-18 |
Carlson's Raiders land on Makin, Gilbert islands, kill 350 Japanese |
1942-08-24 |
Sea battle off Eastern Solomon Islands between United States Navy and the Imperial Japanese Navy |
1942-09-01 |
US Federal judge upholds detention of Japanese-Americans |
1942-09-09 |
1st bombing on continental US soil at Mount Emily, Oregon during WWII by Japanese planes |
1942-09-13 |
Battle of Edson's Ridge (2nd Japanese assault) at Guadalcanal |
1942-09-14 |
Battle of Edson's Ridge (Japanese assault) at Guadalcanal |
1942-09-16 |
Japanese attack on Port Moresby repelled |
1942-10-12 |
US navy defeats Japanese in WW II Battle of Cape Esperance |
1942-10-14 |
Japanese battleship strikes Henderson Field, Guadalcanal |
1942-11-11 |
Lt-general Kumakashi Harada becomes Japanese commander on Java |
1942-11-14 |
-Nov 15th) Japanese/US sea battle at Savo-Island in Guadalcanal) |
1942-12-20 |
1st Japanese bombing of Calcutta |
1942-12-27 |
1st Japanese women camp (Ambarawa) goes into use |
1943-01-09 |
Japanese government in Java limits sale & use of motorcars |
1943-01-23 |
Japanese Mount Austen on Guadalcanal captured |
1943-01-29 |
New Zealand cruiser Kiwi collides with Japanese submarine I-1 at Guadalcanal |
1943-02-09 |
Japanese troops evacuate Guadalcanal, ends epic WWII battle on the Solomon Islands in the Pacific |
1943-03-03 |
Battle of the Bismarck Sea during WWII: Australian and American airforces devastate Japanese navy convoy |
1943-03-06 |
Sukarno asks for cooperation with Japanese occupiers |
1943-04-05 |
Japanese troops conquer Indin |
1943-05-14 |
Sinking of the Australian Hospital Ship Centaur off the coast of Queensland, by a Japanese submarine. |
1943-07-07 |
-10] Japanese premier Hideki Tojo visits Java |
1943-10-03 |
Operations begin at PETA Java, defending (Japanese) fatherland |
1943-11-23 |
US forces take control of Tarawa, Gilbert Island & Makin from Japanese |
1944-02-02 |
Allied troops 1st set foot on Japanese territory |
1944-02-14 |
Anti-Japanese revolt on Java |
1944-04-01 |
Japanese troops conquer Jessami, Eastern India |
1944-04-26 |
1st B-29 attacked by Japanese fighters, one fighter shot down |
1944-05-27 |
Japanese advance in Hangkhou China |
1944-06-11 |
15 US aircraft carriers attack Japanese bases on Marianas |
1944-06-19 |
Japanese troops conquer Changsha China |
1944-06-19 |
World War II: First day of the 2 day Battle of the Philippine Sea, US naval forces defeat Japanese fleet |
1944-06-20 |
US attacks Japanese fleet in Philippines Sea |
1944-07-04 |
1st Japanese kamikaze attack, US fleet near Iwo Jima |
1944-07-07 |
Heavy Japanese counter offensive on Saipan |
1944-07-08 |
Japanese kamakize attacks on US lines at Saipan |
1944-07-19 |
Japanese aircraft carriers Taiho/Shokaku sinks in Marianas |
1944-07-20 |
Japanese aircraft carrier Hijo sunk by US air attack |
1944-07-20 |
US invades Japanese-occupied Guam |
1944-07-21 |
US forces land on Guam to get rid of Japanese invaders |
1944-07-23 |
US forces invade Japanese-held Tinian in WW II |
1944-07-26 |
Japanese suicide attack on US lines in Guam |
1944-07-27 |
US regains possession of Guam from Japanese |
1944-08-10 |
US recaptures Guam from Japanese |
1944-08-19 |
Last Japanese troops driven out of India |
1944-10-24 |
US air raid on Japanese battleships/cruisers in Sibuya Sea: Musashi sinks |
1944-10-25 |
Battle at Cape Engano: 4 Japanese ships sink |
1944-10-25 |
Battle in Straits of Surigao: Japanese fleet destroyed |
1944-12-13 |
Japanese kamikaze crashes into US cruiser Nashville, kills 138 |
1944-12-17 |
US Army announces end of excluding Japanese-Americans from West Coast, detainees released. |
1944-12-31 |
Japanese army evacuates harbor city Akyab |
1945-01-04 |
US jeep-aircraft carrier Ommaney Bay sinks after Japanese kamikaze attack |
1945-01-07 |
The last surface engagement between Allies and Japanese in the Pacific campaign, World War II |
1945-01-25 |
Japanese occupiers of Batavia arrest Indo-European youths |
1945-02-19 |
980 Japanese soldiers reportedly killed by crocodiles in 2 days on Ramree Island, Burma |
1945-02-19 |
US 5th Fleet launches invasion of Iwo Jima against the Japanese with 30,000 US Marines |
1945-02-24 |
Manila freed from Japanese |
1945-03-09 |
Japanese proclaim "independence" of Indo-China |
1945-03-21 |
1st Japanese flying bombs (ochas) attack Okinawa |
1945-03-23 |
Largest operation in Pacific War (WWII), 1,500 US Navy ships bomb Japanese island of Okinawa |
1945-03-26 |
Japanese resistance ends on Iwo Jima |
1945-03-27 |
Iwo Jima occupied, after 22,000 Japanese & 6,000 Americans killed |
1945-04-06 |
Japanese giant battleship Yamato heads to Okinawa |
1945-04-07 |
US planes intercept Japanese fleet heading for Okinawa on a suicide superbattleship Yamato & four destroyers were sunk |
1945-04-19 |
US aircraft carrier Franklin heavy damaged in Japanese air raid |
1945-04-29 |
Japanese army evacuates Rangoon |
1945-05-10 |
Allies capture Rangoon from the Japanese |
1945-06-21 |
US defeat Japanese forces on Okinawa during WW II |
1945-06-23 |
Last organized Japanese defiance broken (Tarakan) |
1945-07-26 |
Declaration of Potsdam: US, Britain and China demand the Japanese surrender during WWII |
1945-07-26 |
Japanese government disregards US ultimatum |
1945-07-28 |
Japanese premier Suzuki disregards US ultimatum to surrender |
1945-07-29 |
After delivering the Atomic Bomb across the Pacific, the cruiser USS Indianapolis is torpedoed & sunk by a Japanese submarine |
1945-08-01 |
Japanese city Toyama destroyed by B-29's |
1945-08-15 |
Victory over Japan Day, the Japanese surrender and the end of WWII is announced in Japan (due to time zones 14th Aug in the Americas) |
1945-08-26 |
Japanese diplomats board USS Missouri to receive instructions on Japan's surrender at the end of WW II |
1945-08-27 |
US troops land in Japan after Japanese surrender |
1945-08-30 |
Hong Kong liberated from Japanese |
1945-09-03 |
Japanese forces in Philippines surrender to Allies |
1945-09-07 |
Japanese at Rioekioe-islands surrender |
1945-09-08 |
US invades Japanese-held Korea |
1945-09-08 |
Hideki Tojo, Japanese PM during most of WW II, attempts suicide rather than face war crimes tribunal attempt fails, later he is hanged |
1945-09-09 |
Japanese in South Korea, Taiwan, China, Indochina surrender to Allies |
1945-10-25 |
Japanese surrender Taiwan to Gen Chiang Kai-shek |
1946-04-10 |
1st election for Japanese Diet |
1946-06-03 |
International Military Tribunal opens in Tokyo against 28 Japanese war criminals |
1946-11-03 |
Emperor Hirohito proclaims new Japanese constitution |
1947-05-03 |
New post-war Japanese constitution goes into effect. |
1947-05-07 |
General MacArthur approves Japanese constitution |
1948-11-12 |
Japanese premier Hideki Tojo sentenced to death by war crimes tribunal |
1951-03-20 |
Fujiyoshida, a city located in Yamanashi Prefecture, Japan, in the center of the Japanese main island of Honshū is founded. |
1951-09-04 |
US President Harry Truman addresses opening of Japanese Peace Treaty Conference |
1952-10-01 |
Liberal Party wins Japanese elections |
1954-04-26 |
The Japanese film "Seven Samurai", starring Toshiro Mifune, is released |
1954-09-26 |
Japanese ferry boat Toya Maru sinks in Strait of Tsugaru, 1172 die |
1954-12-07 |
Japanese government of Joshida resigns |
1957-12-09 |
1st Japanese ambassador to Israel |
1958-01-26 |
Japanese ferry Nankai Maru capsized off southern Awaji Island, Japan, 167 killed. |
1959-05-20 |
Japanese-Americans regain their citizenship |
1959-08-24 |
Hiram L Fong sworn in as 1st Chinese-American senator while Daniel K Inouye sworn in as 1st Japanese-American Rep (Both from Hawaii) |
1959-09-26 |
Typhoon Vera, hits Japanese island of Honshu, causing the deaths of 4,580 people with 658 missing |
1960-01-19 |
Eisenhower & Premier Kishi sign US-Japanese Security pact |
1960-03-28 |
Pope John appoints the first Japanese, African & Filipino cardinals |
1961-12-03 |
Anton Geesink becomes 1st non-Japanese judo world champion |
1964-09-01 |
Masanori Murakami is 1st Japanese player in majors (NY Mets) |
1964-10-23 |
Japanese beat Russian for 1st Olympic Gold in woman's volleyball |
1964-10-25 |
Anton Geesink is 1st non-Japanese Olympic judo gold medal winner |
1965-08-15 |
Japanese community of SF holds Masanori Murakami Day at Candlestick Park to honor 1st Japanese player to play in major leagues |
1968-03-27 |
Japanese Trade & Cultural Center (Japan Center) dedicated in SF |
1969-04-15 |
North Korea shoots at US airplane above Japanese sea |
1971-07-30 |
Japanese Boeing 727 collides with an F-86 fighter killing 162 |
1971-08-28 |
The US dollar is allowed to float against the Japanese yen for the first time. |
1971-10-09 |
Japanese emperor Hirohito visits Netherlands |
1972-01-24 |
Japanese Sgt. Shoichi Yokoi is found hiding in a Guam jungle, where he had been since the end of World War II. |
1972-05-15 |
The island of Okinawa, under U.S. military governance since its conquest in 1945, reverts to Japanese control. |
1974-03-09 |
Last Japanese soldier, a guerrilla operating in Philippines, surrenders, 29 years after World War II ended |
1974-09-13 |
-17] 3 Japanese kidnap French ambassador in Hague |
1974-09-24 |
Clarence Jones of Kintetsu Buffaloes hits his 38th HR, 1st American to win a Japanese HR title |
1976-07-27 |
Japanese ex-premier Tanaka arrested (Lockheed Affair) |
1976-07-30 |
Japanese beat Russian for Olympic gold in woman's volleyball |
1976-12-25 |
Takeo Fukuda becomes Japanese premier |
1981-04-09 |
US sub George Washington rams Japanese freighter Nisso Maru |
1982-08-18 |
Japanese election law is amended to allow for proportional representation. |
1983-02-24 |
A special commission of the U.S. Congress releases a report that condemns the practice of Japanese internment during World War II. |
1983-11-11 |
President Reagan became 1st US president to address Japanese legislature |
1985-01-07 |
Japanese space probe Sakigake launched to Halley's comet |
1985-08-12 |
Japanese Boeing 747SR crashes, 520 die (worst in-flight toll) |
1986-03-08 |
Japanese probe Suisei passes Halley's Comet at 109,800 km |
1986-03-11 |
Japanese probe Sakigake flies by Halley's Comet at 6.8 million km |
1987-10-09 |
Japanese bank buys "Lady McGill" stamp for $1,100,000 |
1988-06-06 |
George H W Bush makes campaign promise to support reparations for WW II to Japanese-American internees (promise broken, May 1989) |
1988-08-04 |
Congress votes $20,000 to each Japanese-American interned in WW II |
1989-01-08 |
Beginning of Japanese Heisei era. |
1989-12-25 |
Japanese scientist achieve -271.8°C, coldest temp ever recorded |
1990-01-24 |
Japanese MUSES-A (Hiten) launched towards moon |
1990-11-11 |
Calif's Chuck Finley & Seattle's Randy Johnson combine to pitch a no-hitter in exhibition game between US & Japanese all-star teams |
1990-11-12 |
Crown Prince Akihito is formally installed as Emperor Akihito of Japan, becoming the 125th Japanese monarch. |
1991-06-03 |
Mount Unzen erupts in Japan, worst eruption in Japanese history |
1991-06-23 |
Mazda becomes 1st Japanese car to capture Le Mans 24 hour race |
1992-01-08 |
George Bush gets ill & vomits on Japanese prime minister's lap |
1992-04-01 |
Battleship USS Missouri, on which the Japanese surrender took place, decommissioned |
1992-06-11 |
Owners approve sale of Seattle Mariners to a Japanese group |
1992-12-12 |
Japanese crown prince Naruhito announces engagement to Masaka Owada |
1993-06-14 |
Japanese space probe Sakigake passes Earth |
1994-06-25 |
Japanese premier Tsutomu Hata resigns |
1994-08-28 |
1st Japanese gay pride parade |
1994-10-28 |
Japanese space probe Sakigake passes Earth for 3rd time |
1995-03-19 |
5 die by poison gas in Japanese subway |
1995-05-16 |
Japanese police arrest cult leader Shoko Asahara & charged him with Nerve-gas attack on Tokyo's subways two months earlier |
1997-03-07 |
5 sue Japanese PM Ryutaro Hashimoto, because his smoking has violated the country's constitution guaranteeing a wholesome life |
1997-04-22 |
The Japanese embassy hostage crisis ends in Lima, Peru. |
1997-12-12 |
Japanese train builders (Maglev) claim world speed record at 332 MPH |
2001-02-09 |
The American submarine USS Greeneville accidentally strikes and sinks the Ehime-Maru, a Japanese training vessel operated by the Uwajima Fishery High School. |
2001-03-19 |
The Bank of Japan issued a monetary policy known as quantitative easing, which stimulated the Japanese economy after the burst of the dot-com bubble. |
2011-10-27 |
The Royal Australian Navy announces that they discovered the wreck of a World War II submarine in Simpson Harbour, Papua New Guinea during Operation RENDER SAFE - it is likely to be Japanese. |
2012-06-29 |
15,000 Japanese anti-nuclear protesters blockade the Japanese Prime Minister's office in Tokyo |
2012-07-14 |
Floods on the Japanese island of Kyushu kill 20 and displace 250,000 |
2012-09-16 |
Anti-Japanese protesters set fire to Panasonic plant in Qingdao, China |
2012-09-17 |
United States and Japanese government officials agree to put a second missile defence system in Japan |
2012-09-21 |
Japanese Prime Minister, Yoshihiko Noda, wins a leadership ballot |
2012-09-24 |
Books by Japanese authors or about Japan are suspended by Chinese bookstores |
2012-09-26 |
Japanese automakers suspend operations in China |
2012-09-27 |
The 2004 Japanese discovery of the 133th element has been confirmed |
2013-01-24 |
A Japanese Coast guard ship engages a Taiwanese activist ship in the Senkaku Islands dispute |
2016-03-10 |
Japanese memorials mark five-year tsunami anniversary |
2017-04-12 |
Japanese, US navies plan joint show of force toward North Korea |
2017-04-23 |
Japanese ships join US carrier for drills as it nears Korean waters |
2017-08-19 |
Nervous Japanese hold drill in case N.Korea fires missiles over them |
2017-12-09 |
Two-way Japanese star Shohei Ohtani agrees to sign with Angels |
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Japanese - Notable Birthdays
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| Date | Event |
|---|---|
711 |
Jimmu, Japanese emperor (d. 585 DC) |
BC AD | |
1147-05-09 |
Minamoto no Yoritomo, Japanese shogun (d. 1199) |
1155-05-17 |
Jien, Japanese poet and historian (d. 1225) |
1182-09-11 |
Minamoto no Yoriie, Japanese shogun (d. 1204) |
1192-09-17 |
Minamoto no Sanetomo, Japanese shogun (d. 1219) |
1200-01-19 |
Dogen Kigen, Japan, Zen teacher, 1st patriarch of the Japanese Soto |
1218-02-12 |
Kujo Yoritsune, Japanese shogun (d. 1256) |
1239-12-17 |
Kujo Yoritsugu, Japanese Shogun (d. 1256) |
1264-05-26 |
Prince Koreyasu, Japanese shogun (d. 1326) |
1276-10-19 |
Prince Hisaaki, Japanese shogun (d. 1328) |
1301-06-19 |
Prince Morikuni, Japanese shogun (d. 1333) |
1330-07-04 |
Ashikaga Yoshiakira, Japanese shogun (d. 1367) |
1358-09-25 |
Ashikaga Yoshimitsu, Japanese shogun (d. 1408) |
1394-07-12 |
Ashikaga Yoshinori, Japanese shogun (d. 1441) |
1407-08-27 |
Ashikaga Yoshikazu, Japanese shogun (d. 1425) |
1434-03-19 |
Ashikaga Yoshikatsu, Japanese shogun (d. 1443) |
1435-01-20 |
Ashikaga Yoshimasa, Japanese shogun (d. 1490) |
1465-12-11 |
Ashikaga Yoshihisa, Japanese shogun (d. 1489) |
1466-09-09 |
Ashikaga Yoshitane, Japanese shogun (d. 1523) |
1476-08-28 |
Motonoboe, Japanese painter (Kano-school) |
1481-01-15 |
Ashikaga Yoshizumi, Japanese shogun (b. 1511) |
1493-10-14 |
Shimazu Tadayoshi, Japanese warlord (d. 1568) |
1507-12-18 |
Ōuchi Yoshitaka, Japanese warlord (d. 1551) |
1514-03-08 |
Amago Haruhisa, Japanese samurai and warlord (d. 1562) |
1521-12-01 |
Takeda Shingen, Japanese warlord (d. 1573) |
1530-02-18 |
Uesugi Kenshin, Japanese samurai and warlord (d. 1578) |
1533-02-09 |
Shimazu Yoshihisa, Japanese samurai (d. 1611) |
1534-06-23 |
Oda Nobunaga, Japanese warlord (d. 1582) |
1535-08-21 |
Shimazu Yoshihiro, Japanese samurai and warlord (d. 1619) |
1535-10-16 |
Niwa Nagahide, Japanese warlord (d. 1585) |
1536-03-31 |
Ashikaga Yoshiteru, Japanese shogun (d. 1565) |
1537-12-05 |
Ashikaga Yoshiaki, Japanese shogun (d. 1597) |
1538-01-15 |
Maeda Toshiie, Japanese general (d. 1599) |
1543-02-16 |
Kano Eitoku, Japanese painter (d. 1590) |
1546-12-22 |
Kuroda Yoshitaka, Japanese Daimyo (d. 1604) |
1553-01-22 |
Mori Terumoto, Japanese warrior (d. 1625) |
1556-01-08 |
Uesugi Kagekatsu, Japanese samurai and warlord (d. 1623) |
1561-12-07 |
Kikkawa Hiroie, Japanese politician (d. 1625) |
1562-07-25 |
Kiyomasa Kato, Japanese warlord (d. 1611) |
1571-05-11 |
Niwa Nagashige, Japanese warlord (d. 1637) |
1602-03-07 |
Kano Tanju, Japanese painter (palaces, portraits) |
1604-08-12 |
Tokugawa Iemitsu, Japanese shogun (d. 1651) |
1610-03-19 |
Hasegawa Tohaku, Japanese painter |
1628-07-11 |
Tokugawa Mitsukuni, Japanese warlord (d. 1701) |
1646-02-23 |
Tokugawa Tsunayoshi, Japanese shogun (d. 1709) |
1657-03-24 |
Arai Hakuseki, Japanese writer and politician (d. 1725) |
1659-06-12 |
Yamamoto Tsunetomo, Japanese samurai (d. 1719) |
1667-09-28 |
Asano Naganori, Japanese warlord (d. 1701) |
1712-01-28 |
Tokugawa Ieshige, Japanese shogun (d. 1761) |
1714-11-25 |
Yoriyuki Arima, Japanese mathematician (d. 1783) |
1730-06-21 |
Norinaga Moto'ori, Japanese scientist |
1737-06-20 |
Tokugawa Ieharu, Japanese military (d. 1786) |
1777-12-02 |
Henry Doeff, colonialist (wrote Dutch-Japanese dictionary) |
1829-01-06 |
Kanagaki Robun [Bunzo Nozaki], Japanese humorist/gesaku-author |
1829-06-06 |
Shusaku Honinbo, Japanese Go player (d. 1862) |
1833-08-11 |
Kido Takayoshi, Japanese politician (d. 1877) |
1835-05-31 |
Hijikata Toshizō, Japanese military leader (d. 1869) |
1836-01-03 |
Sakamoto Ryoma, Japanese revolutionary (d. 1867) |
1836-06-10 |
Yamaoka Tesshu, Japanese swordsman/master of kendo |
1840-03-16 |
Shibusawa Eiichi, Japanese industrialist (d. 1931) |
1841-10-16 |
Itō Hirobumi, Japanese samurai, Japanese Prime Minister and Resident-General of Korea (d. 1909) |
1848-01-27 |
Togo Heihachiro, Japanese admiral (d. 1934) |
1854-11-03 |
Jokichi Takamine, Takaoka Toyama, Japanese-American Biochemist who isolated adrenalin (epinephrine), which causes the body to respond to emergencies, the first pure hormone isolated from natural sources |
1858-01-25 |
Kokichi Mikimoto, Japanese pearl farm pioneer (d. 1954) |
1862-02-17 |
Mori Ōgai, Japanese novelist and poet (d. 1922) |
1865-03-01 |
Abe Iso, Japanese politician (d. 1949) |
1865-08-15 |
Usui Mikao, Japanese founder of Reiki (d. 1926) |
1868-04-12 |
Akiyama Saneyuki, Japanese naval commander (d. 1918) |
1868-11-10 |
Gichin Funakoshi, Japanese martial artist (d. 1957) |
1871-07-15 |
Kunikida Doppo, Japanese writer (d. 1908) |
1871-07-18 |
Sada Yacco, Japanese stage actress (d. 1946) |
1873-01-03 |
Ichizo Kobayashi, Japanese businessman (d. 1957) |
1873-12-20 |
Kwan-Ichi Asakawa, Japanese historian(d. 1948) |
1875-09-12 |
Matsunosuke Onoe, Japanese actor (d. 1926) |
1877-04-17 |
Matsudaira Tsuneo, Japanese diplomat (d. 1949) |
1877-05-26 |
Sadao Araki, Japanese general/minister of War (1931-34) |
1878-09-22 |
Shigeru Yoshida, Japanese PM (most of 1946-54) |
1883-12-14 |
Morihei Ueshiba "the founder" founder of the Japanese martial art of aikido |
1884-04-04 |
Isoroku Yamamoto, admiral/supreme commander of Japanese fleet |
1884-12-30 |
Tojo Hideki, Japanese PM during WW II |
1885-01-25 |
Kitahara Hakushū, Japanese poets and children's writers (d. 1942) |
1885-01-27 |
Maeda Seison, Japanese painter (d. 1977) |
1885-11-08 |
Tomoyuki Yamashita, Japanese general (d. 1946) |
1886-01-28 |
Hidetsugu Yagi, Japanese electrical engineer (d. 1976) |
1887-11-15 |
Hitoshi Asida, Japanese politician |
1889-03-01 |
Watsuji Tetsuro, Japanese philosopher (d. 1960) |
1889-08-19 |
Arthur Waley, sinologist, translator from Chinese & Japanese |
1890-12-06 |
Yoshio Nishina, Japanese physicist (d. 1951) |
1892-01-02 |
Seiichiro Kashio, Japanese tennis player (d. 1962) |
1892-08-11 |
Eiji Yoshikawa, Japanese novelist (d. 1962) |
1892-09-09 |
Tsuru Aoki, Japanese-born American actress (d. 1961) |
1893-01-04 |
Yone Minagawa, Japanese, became worlds oldest living person January 29, 2007. (d. Aug. 13, 2007) |
1893-10-18 |
Georges Ohsawa, Japanese founder of Macrobiotics (d. 1966) |
1894-01-01 |
Shitsu Nakano, Japanese supercentenarian (d. 2007) |
1894-10-21 |
Rampo Edogawa, Japanese author and critic (d. 1965) |
1894-11-27 |
Konosuke Matsushita, Japanese industrialist (d. 1989) |
1897-03-04 |
Francis "Lefty" O'Doul, baseball player/organized Japanese baseball |
1898-10-17 |
Shinichi Suzuki, Nagoya, Japanese music teacher (Suzuki Method) |
1898-12-28 |
Shigematsu Sakaibara, Japanese admiral (d. 1947) |
1900-01-01 |
Chiune Sugihara, Japanese diplomat (d. 1986) |
1900-01-25 |
Yojiro Ishizaka, Japanese writer (d. 1986) |
1900-02-11 |
Josei Toda, Japanese educator (d. 1958) |
1901-03-27 |
Sato Eisaku, (Lib) Japanese PM (1964-72) (Nobel 1974) |
1903-07-25 |
Ranko Sawa, Japanese Girls at the Harbor |
1904-05-27 |
Chuhei Nambu, Japanese athlete (d. 1997) |
1909-10-20 |
Sugiyama Yasushi, Japanese painter (d. 1993) |
1909-12-21 |
Seicho Matsumoto, Japanese mystery writer and journalist (d. 1992) |
1911-02-26 |
Tarō Okamoto, Japanese avant-garde artist (d. 1996) |
1911-05-07 |
Ishiro Honda, Japanese film director (d. 1993) |
1911-12-09 |
Ryūzō Sejima, Japanese educator (d. 2007) |
1914-03-26 |
Toru Kumon, Japanese educator (d. 1995) |
1914-05-19 |
Go Seigen, Japanese Go player |
1914-05-20 |
Hideko Maehata, Japanese swimmer (d. 1995) |
1915-01-05 |
May Takasugi, Japanese War Bride |
1915-03-31 |
Shoichi Yokoi, Japanese military man (d. 1997) |
1915-06-05 |
Yukiko Inoue, Japanese Girls at the Harbor |
1915-06-24 |
Charles James Dunn, Japanese scholar |
1916-02-14 |
Masaki Kobayashi, Japanese director (Joi-uchi) |
1916-08-25 |
Saburo Sakai, Japanese aviator (d. 2000) |
1917-02-12 |
Raizo Matsuno, Japanese politician (d. 2006) |
1917-12-24 |
Kim Jong-suk, Wife of Kim Il-sung, mother of Kim Jung-Il, "The Heroine of the Anti-Japanese Revolution" (d. 1949) |
1918-05-04 |
Kakuei Tanaka, Japanese PM (1972-74), convicted of bribe-taking |
1918-10-04 |
Kenichi Fukui, Japanese chemist, Nobel laureate (d. 1998) |
1920-03-23 |
Tetsuharu Kawakami, Japanese baseball player and coach |
1920-10-23 |
Ted Fujita, Japanese meteorologist (d. 1998) |
1922-03-08 |
Shigeru Mizuki, Japanese soldier and Mangaka |
1922-05-15 |
Jakucho Setouchi, Japanese writer and Buddhist nun |
1922-06-18 |
Donald L Keene, NYC, Japanese translator/critic |
1922-08-20 |
Akutsu Tetsuzo, Japan, Japanese surgeon who built the first artificial heart |
1922-10-04 |
Shin Kyuk-Ho, Japanese businessman |
1923-07-27 |
Masutatsu Oyama, Japanese Kyokushin founder (d. 1994) |
1924-02-26 |
Noboru Takeshita, Japanese PM (1987-89) |
1924-11-13 |
Motoo Kimura, Japanese geneticist (d. 1994) |
1924-11-25 |
Takaaki Yoshimoto, Japanese poet, critic, and philosopher. |
1926-06-15 |
Shigeru Kayano, Japanese Ainu activist (d. 2006) |
1926-09-15 |
Shohei Imamura, Japanese film director (d. 2006) |
1927-11-12 |
Yutaka Taniyama, Japanese mathematician (d. 1958) |
1928-01-02 |
Daisaku Ikeda, Japanese writer |
1928-01-22 |
Yoshihiko Amino, Japanese historian (d. 2004) |
1928-06-26 |
Yoshiro Nakamatsu, Japanese inventor |
1928-11-03 |
Osamu Tezuka, Japanese manga artist (d. 1989) |
1929-03-29 |
Yayoi Kusama, Matsumoto, Nagano, Japanese artist and writer |
1929-12-12 |
Toshiko Akiyoshi, Japanese musician |
1930-06-03 |
Ben Wada, Japanese television producers |
1931-01-20 |
Sawako Ariyoshi, Japanese writer (Compound Pollution, Doctor's Wife) |
1931-01-20 |
Hachidai Nakamura, Japanese songwriter and pianist (d. 1992) |
1931-04-11 |
Koichi Sugiyama, Japanese composer |
1931-11-29 |
Shintaro Katsu, Japanese actor (d. 1997) |
1932-01-30 |
Kazuo Inamori, Japanese business executive (Kyocera Ceramics Co) |
1932-01-30 |
Knock Yokoyama, Japanese comedian and politician |
1932-02-09 |
Tatsuro Hirooka, Japanese baseball player |
1932-09-30 |
Shintaro Ishihara, Japanese author and politician (Governor of Tokyo) |
1932-10-06 |
Masami Taura, A Japanese Tragedy |
1932-12-24 |
On Kawara, Japanese conceptual artist |
1933-01-02 |
Morimura Seiichi, Japanese novelist |
1933-04-10 |
Rokusuke Ei, Japanese lyricist and author |
1933-08-01 |
Masaichi Kaneda, Japanese baseball player |
1933-08-09 |
Tetsuko Kuroyanagi, Japanese television personality and children's author |
1933-12-01 |
Fujiko F. Fujio, Japanese cartoon artist (d. 1996) |
1933-12-10 |
Mako, Japanese-born American actor (d. 2006) |
1934-04-08 |
Kisho Kurokawa, Japanese architect (d. 2007) |
1934-06-18 |
Mitsuteru Yokoyama, Japanese manga artist (d. 2004) |
1934-12-28 |
Yujiro Ishihara, Japanese actor (d. 1987) |
1935-01-31 |
Oe Kenzaburo, Japanese novelist (Catch, Personal Matter) |
1935-09-14 |
Fujio Akatsuka, Japanese cartoonist (d. 2008) |
1935-11-28 |
Prince Hitachi, Japanese royalty |
1936-01-21 |
Koji Hashimoto, Japanese film director (d. 2005) |
1936-03-31 |
Dokumamushi Sandayu, Japanese actor |
1936-08-20 |
Hideki Shirakawa, Japanese chemist, Nobel Prize laureate |
1936-10-16 |
Akira Machida, Japanese judge |
1936-10-17 |
Hiroo Kanamori, Japanese seismologist |
1936-10-29 |
Akiko Kojima, Japanese model |
1936-12-11 |
Taku Yamasaki, Japanese politician |
1937-07-14 |
Yoshiro Mori, Japanese politician |
1937-07-14 |
Yoshiro Mori, Rick Stein and the Japanese Ambassador |
1937-07-20 |
Ken Ogata, Japanese actor |
1937-07-22 |
Yasuhiro Kojima, Japanese professional wrestler (d. 1999) |
1938-01-23 |
Shohei Baba, Japanese professional wrestler (d. 1999) |
1938-01-25 |
Shotaro Ishinomori, Japanese manga author (d. 1998) |
1938-07-09 |
Paul Seiko Chihara, Seattle Washington, US/Japanese composer |
1938-09-03 |
Ryoji Noyori, Japanese chemist, Nobel Prize laureate |
1938-09-08 |
Kenichi Horie, Japanese adventurer |
1938-10-10 |
Moriyama Daido, Japanese photographer |
1938-11-11 |
Haruhiro Yamashita, Japanese gymnast |
1939-01-23 |
Sonny Chiba, Japanese actor and martial artist |
1939-02-27 |
Kenzo Takada, Japanese director (Dream After Dream) |
1939-05-02 |
Sumio Iijima, Japanese physicist |
1939-09-06 |
Susumu Tonegawa, Japanese molecular biologist, recipient of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine |
1940-01-29 |
Kunimitsu Takahashi, Japanese motorcycle racer and racing driver |
1941-01-05 |
Hayao Miyazaki, Japanese film maker |
1941-02-12 |
Naomi Uemura, mountain climber (1st Japanese to scale Everest) |
1941-08-26 |
Akiko Wakabayashi, Japanese actress |
1941-09-10 |
Gunpei Yokoi, Japanese inventor and video game designer (d. 1997) |
1941-09-13 |
Tadao Ando, Japanese architect |
1941-11-10 |
Kyu Sakamoto, Japanese singer and actor (d. 1985) |
1941-12-10 |
Kyu Sakamoto, Japanese singer and actor |
1942-01-08 |
Junichiro Koizumi, Japanese politician |
1942-04-02 |
Hiroyuki Sakai, Japanese chef |
1942-06-19 |
Yoshiji Nogami, Rick Stein and the Japanese Ambassador |
1943-01-07 |
Sadako Sasaki, Japanese child victim of the Hiroshima atomic bomb (d. 1955) |
1943-03-01 |
Akinori Nakayama, Japanese gymnast |
1943-07-31 |
Sab Shimono, Japanese-American actor |
1943-08-22 |
Masatoshi Shima, Japanese computer scientist |
1944-05-06 |
Masanori Murakami, First Japanese baseball player in major leagues |
1944-06-16 |
Takamiyama, [Jesse Kuhaulua], Hawaii, 1st non-Japanese sumo champion |
1945-03-18 |
Hiroh Kikai, Japanese photographer |
1945-11-13 |
Masahiro Hasemi, Japanese racing driver |
1945-12-16 |
Yukio Hattori, Japanese Iron Chef commentator |
1945-9-03 |
Masumi Hayashi, An American History: Resettlement of Japanese Americans in Greater Cleveland |
1946-03-10 |
Hiroshi Fushida, Japanese racing driver |
1946-03-15 |
Masaharu Satō, Japanese seiyū |
1946-04-04 |
Katsuaki Sato, Japanese martial artist |
1946-08-06 |
Masaaki Sakai, Japanese comedian |
1946-09-09 |
Hayato Tani, Japanese actor |
1946-10-10 |
Naoto Kan, Japanese politician |
1947-01-24 |
Masashi Ozaki, Japanese golfer |
1947-02-11 |
Kikko Matsuoka, Japanese actress |
1947-03-06 |
Teru Miyamoto, Japanese author |
1947-03-24 |
Meiko Kaji, Japanese singer and actress |
1947-04-17 |
Tsutomu Wakamatsu, Japanese baseball player |
1947-07-01 |
Kazuyoshi Hoshino, Japanese racing driver |
1947-07-09 |
Haruomi Hosono, Japanese musician |
1947-08-28 |
Shoto Tanemura, Japanese martial artist |
1947-08-31 |
Yumiko Ōshima, Japanese manga artist |
1947-11-07 |
Yutaka Fukumoto, Japanese professional baseball player |
1948-01-31 |
Muneo Suzuki, Japanese politician |
1948-02-29 |
Jirō Akagawa, Japanese novelist |
1948-05-11 |
Shigeru Izumiya, Japanese folk musician |
1949-01-12 |
Kentaro Haneda, Japanese composer (d. 2007) |
1949-01-12 |
Haruki Murakami, Japanese novelist |
1949-03-13 |
Hiroshi Kazato, Japanese racing driver (d. 1974) |
1949-09-14 |
Eikichi Yazawa, Japanese singer |
1949-11-13 |
Yoshimi Ishibashi, Japanese racing driver |
1949-11-27 |
Masanori Sekiya, Japanese racing driver |
1950-01-16 |
Damo Suzuki, Japanese singer (Can) |
1950-02-16 |
Kazuki Tomokawa, Japanese acid-folk singer |
1950-02-20 |
Ken Shimura, Japanese performer and actor |
1950-09-14 |
Masami Kuwashima, Japanese race car driver |
1950-10-12 |
Kaga Takeshi, Japanese actor |
1950-11-27 |
Gran Hamada, Japanese professional wrestler |
1950-12-06 |
Joe Hisaishi, Japanese composer |
1951-03-04 |
Linda Yamamoto, Japanese singer |
1951-04-02 |
Moriteru Ueshiba, Japanese martial artist |
1951-06-06 |
Noritake Takahara, Japanese racing driver |
1951-06-11 |
Yasumasa Morimura, Japanese appropriation artist |
1951-07-05 |
Keiko Fuji, Japanese enka singer |
1951-08-08 |
Mamoru Oshii, Japanese film director |
1951-08-28 |
Keiichi Suzuki, Japanese composer |
1952-02-02 |
Genichiro Tenryu, Japanese professional wrestler |
1952-05-02 |
Mari Natsuki, Japanese singer, dancer and actress |
1952-06-21 |
Kôichi Mashimo, Japanese anime director |
1952-07-20 |
Keiko Matsuzaka, Japanese actress |
1952-07-28 |
Yoshitaka Amano, Japanese artist |
1952-11-16 |
Shigeru Miyamoto, Japanese video game designer |
1953-02-04 |
Kitaro, Japanese composer |
1953-02-23 |
Satoru Nakajima, Japanese racing driver |
1953-05-01 |
Sue Brooks, Japanese Story |
1953-05-25 |
Stan Sakai, Japanese-American cartoonist (Usagi Yojimbo) |
1953-06-04 |
Susumu Ojima, Japanese entrepreneur (Huser) |
1954-01-06 |
Yuji Horii, Japanese video game designer |
1954-01-27 |
Joko Ninomiya, Japanese martial artist |
1954-02-11 |
Noriyuki Asakura, Japanese composer |
1954-03-26 |
Kazuhiko Inoue, Japanese seiyu (voice actor) |
1954-04-02 |
Susumu Hirasawa, Japanese electropop musician |
1954-09-21 |
Shinzo Abe, Japanese politician |
1954-11-03 |
Godzilla, Japanese monster (Godzilla) |
1954-12-22 |
Hideshi Matsuda, Japanese racing driver |
1955-01-20 |
Hiromi Ōta, Japanese singer |
1955-01-27 |
Koji Ushikubo, Japanese racing driver |
1955-03-02 |
Shoko Asahara, [Chizuo Matsumoto], Japanese sect leader |
1955-03-10 |
Toshio Suzuki, Japanese racing driver |
1955-03-16 |
Jiro Watanabe, Japanese boxer |
1955-04-05 |
Akira Toriyama, Japanese manga artist |
1955-05-26 |
Masaharu Morimoto, Japanese chef |
1955-07-03 |
Sanma Akashiya, Japanese television performer |
1955-08-13 |
Hideo Fukuyama, Japanese racing driver |
1955-11-24 |
Takashi Yuasa, Japanese lawyer |
1955-12-21 |
Kazuyuki Sekiguchi, Japanese musician |
1956-01-01 |
Kôji Yakusho, Japanese actor |
1956-01-05 |
Chen Kenichi, Japanese-born chef |
1956-01-30 |
Keiichi Tsuchiya, Japanese racing driver |
1956-02-15 |
Hitoshi Ogawa, Japanese racing driver (d. 1992) |
1956-02-26 |
Keisuke Kuwata, Japanese singer |
1956-07-15 |
Toshihiko Seko, Japanese runner (world record 25/30 km) |
1956-08-31 |
Masashi Tashiro, Japanese television performer |
1956-09-22 |
Masayuki Suzuki, Japanese singer (Rats & Star) |
1957-04-04 |
Nobuyoshi Kuwano, Japanese musician (Rats & Star) |
1957-04-23 |
Kenji Kawai, Japanese composer |
1957-05-01 |
Ko Otani, Japanese composer |
1957-06-10 |
Hidetsugu Aneha, Japanese architect |
1957-10-10 |
Rumiko Takahashi, Japanese artist |
1957-12-15 |
Yuuichi Nagashima, Japanese voice actor |
1958-03-01 |
Chosei Komatsu, Japanese conductor |
1958-04-21 |
Yoshito Usui, Japanese manga artist |
1958-05-10 |
Yu Suzuki, Japanese creator of Virtua Fighter series |
1958-09-08 |
Mitsuru Miyamoto, Japanese voice actor |
1958-10-01 |
Masato Nakamura, Japanese musician |
1958-12-24 |
Munetaka Higuchi, Japanese drummer |
1959-01-04 |
Yoshitomo Nara, Japanese pop artist |
1959-01-17 |
Momoe Yamaguchi, Japanese singer and actress |
1959-02-03 |
Yasuharu Konishi, Japanese musician (Pizzicato Five) |
1959-03-21 |
Nobuo Uematsu, Japanese composer |
1959-08-01 |
Otomo Yoshihide, Japanese musician |
1959-08-03 |
Koichi Tanaka, Japanese scientist, Nobel laureate |
1959-08-11 |
Yoshiaki Murakami, Japanese investor |
1959-10-21 |
Ken Watanabe, Japanese actor |
1959-12-26 |
Koji Morimoto, Japanese animated film director |
1959-12-29 |
Ritsuko Okazaki, Hashima Island, Nagasaki Prefecture, Japanese singer-songwriter |
1960-01-02 |
Naoki Urasawa, Japanese manga author |
1960-03-12 |
Minoru Niihara, Japanese singer |
1960-03-12 |
Maki Nomiya, Japanese singer (Pizzicato Five) |
1960-05-22 |
Hideaki Anno, Japanese director |
1960-06-23 |
Tatsuya Uemura, Japanese musician and programmer |
1960-07-28 |
Yōichi Takahashi, Japanese mangaka of Captain Tsubasa and Hungry Heart Wild Striker |
1960-08-13 |
Koji Kondo, Japanese composer |
1960-08-24 |
Takashi Miike, Japanese filmmaker |
1960-10-07 |
Kyosuke Himuro, Japanese singer |
1960-12-18 |
Kazuhide Uekusa, Japanese economist |
1961-01-08 |
Kazuki Takahashi, Japanese creator of Yu-Gi-Oh |
1961-02-22 |
Akira Takasaki, Japanese guitarist |
1961-03-27 |
Tak Matsumoto, Japanese guitarist (B'z) |
1961-04-28 |
Futoshi Matsunaga, Japanese serial killer |
1961-04-29 |
Fumihiko Tachiki, Japanese seiyū |
1961-05-08 |
Akira Taue, Japanese professional wrestler |
1961-06-15 |
Yoshimi Iwasaki, Japanese singer/actress |
1961-07-19 |
Hideo Nakata, Japanese film director |
1961-07-26 |
Keiko Matsui, Japanese musician and composer |
1961-09-13 |
KK Null, Japanese musician |
1961-10-04 |
Kazuki Takahashi, Japanese author |
1961-10-20 |
Michie Tomizawa, Japanese voice actress |
1961-11-06 |
Kazuhiko Aoki, Japanese game creator |
1961-11-29 |
Masayoshi Yamashita, Japanese musician |
1961-12-21 |
Ryuji Sasai, Japanese composer |
1962-02-01 |
Tomoyasu Hotei, Japanese guitarist |
1962-03-02 |
Morioka Hiroyuki, Japanese writer |
1962-03-10 |
Seiko Matsuda, Japanese pop singer |
1962-03-18 |
Etsushi Toyokawa, Japanese actor |
1962-04-12 |
Takada Nobuhiko, Japanese wrestler |
1962-06-07 |
Takuya Kurosawa, Japanese racing driver |
1962-06-18 |
Mitsuharu Misawa, Japanese professional wrestler |
1962-06-21 |
Takeshi Asami, Japanese racing driver |
1962-08-29 |
Hiroki Kikuta, Japanese composer |
1962-09-04 |
Shinya Yamanaka, Higashiōsaka, Osaka, Japanese physician (Nobel Prize for Physiology or Medicine) |
1963-02-01 |
Takashi Murakami, Japanese artist |
1963-03-20 |
Manabu Suzuki, Japanese racing driver and broadcaster |
1963-03-26 |
Natsuhiko Kyogoku, Japanese writer |
1963-04-03 |
Tsuyoshi Sekito, Japanese composer |
1963-05-11 |
Masatoshi Hamada, Japanese comedian |
1963-05-29 |
Ukyo Katayama, Japanese racing driver |
1963-06-03 |
Toshiaki Karasawa, Japanese actor |
1963-08-24 |
Hideo Kojima, Japanese video game director |
1963-09-08 |
Hitoshi Matsumoto, Japanese comedian |
1963-10-04 |
Koji Ishikawa (children's book author and illustrator)Japanese children's author |
1963-10-12 |
Satoshi Kon, Japanese anime director |
1963-11-03 |
Shigeaki Hattori, Japanese racing driver |
1963-11-12 |
Susumu Terajima, Japanese actor |
1963-11-23 |
Mamoru Takuma, Japanese mass murderer and rapist (d. 2004) |
1963-12-08 |
Toshiaki Kawada, Japanese professional wrestler |
1963-12-12 |
Ai Orikasa, Japanese voice actress and singer |
1963-12-22 |
Luna H. Mitani, Japanese American surrealism painter |
1964-01-20 |
Kazushige Nojima, Japanese game scenario writer |
1964-03-19 |
Yoko Kanno, Japanese composer |
1964-04-09 |
Soyo Oka, Japanese musician |
1964-04-28 |
Noriyuki Iwadare, Japanese composer |
1964-06-09 |
Hiroko Yakushimaru, Japanese actress and singer |
1964-07-24 |
Banana Yoshimoto, Japanese author |
1964-08-23 |
Yoshikazu Taru, Japanese professional wrestler |
1964-09-15 |
Ryoko Kikuchi, Zama City, Kanagawa, Japanese cosmonaut (Soyuz TM-11) and reporter |
1964-09-23 |
Koshi Inaba, Japanese singer (B'z) |
1964-10-01 |
Max Matsuura, Japanese record producer |
1964-12-07 |
Tadao Uematsu, Japanese racing driver |
1965-02-02 |
Naoki Sano, Japanese professional wrestler |
1965-02-17 |
Jim Bowie, Japanese/US baseball infielder (Oakland Athletics) |
1965-03-18 |
Yoriko Douguchi, Japanese actress |
1965-04-17 |
Yoshiki Kuroda, Japanese urban planner |
1965-05-09 |
Ken Nomura, Japanese racing driver |
1965-05-13 |
Hikari Ota, Japanese comedian |
1965-05-24 |
Shinichiro Watanabe, Japanese anime director |
1965-08-05 |
Motoi Sakuraba, Japanese composer |
1965-08-06 |
Yuki Kajiura, Japanese composer |
1965-08-11 |
Shinji Mikami, Japanese video game designer (Resident Evil) |
1965-08-13 |
Hayato Matsuo, Japanese composer |
1965-08-18 |
Koji Kikkawa, Japanese singer |
1965-09-17 |
Yuji Naka, Japanese video game programmer |
1965-09-27 |
Ricky Fuji, Japanese professional wrestler |
1965-10-10 |
Toshi, Japanese singer (X Japan) |
1965-11-04 |
Tomoaki Ishizuka "Pata", Japanese musician |
1965-11-20 |
Yoshiki Hayashi, Japanese musician (X Japan) |
1965-11-29 |
Yutaka Ozaki, Japanese musician (d. 1992) |
1966-04-03 |
Mina Tominaga, Japanese seiyu (voice actress) |
1966-06-13 |
Naoki Hattori, Japanese racing driver |
1966-06-19 |
Joichi Ito, Japanese entrepreneur |
1966-07-28 |
Shikao Suga, Japanese singer/songwriter |
1966-09-11 |
Princess Akishino, Japanese Imperial Family |
1966-09-19 |
Yoshihiro Takayama, Japanese professional wrestler |
1966-10-26 |
Masaharu Iwata, Japanese composer |
1966-11-23 |
Jim Bacon, Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift - The Japanese Way |
1966-12-02 |
Jinsei Shinzaki, Japanese professional wrestler |
1966-12-07 |
Shinichi Itoh, Japanese motorcycle racer |
1966-12-12 |
Kouichi Nagano, Japanese voice actor |
1966-12-18 |
Makiko Esumi, Japanese actress |
1967-02-06 |
Izumi Sakai, Japanese singer (Zard) (d. 2007) |
1967-03-07 |
Ai Yazawa, Japanese mangaka |
1967-03-15 |
Naoko Takeuchi, Japanese artist |
1967-03-30 |
Hayashibara Megumi, Japanese voice actress and singer |
1967-05-05 |
Takehito Koyasu, Japanese seiyu (voice actor) |
1967-05-10 |
Nobuhiro Takeda, Japanese footballer and sportscaster |
1967-05-18 |
Ayumi Asakura, Go-Con! Japanese Love Culture |
1967-06-15 |
Yūji Ueda, Japanese voice actor |
1967-07-31 |
Mitsuo Iwata, Japanese seiyū |
1967-07-31 |
Minako Honda, Japanese singer and musical actress (d. 2005) |
1967-08-22 |
Yukiko Okada, Japanese singer (d. 1986) |
1967-09-16 |
Hiroya Oku, Japanese Manga-ka |
1967-10-19 |
Yoko Shimomura, Japanese composer |
1967-11-21 |
Toshihiko Koga, Japanese Judoka |
1967-11-25 |
Kazuya Nakai, Japanese voice actor |
1967-12-08 |
Kotono Mitsuishi, Japanese seiyu (voice actress) |
1967-12-12 |
Yuzo Koshiro, Japanese composer |
1967-12-12 |
Takenobu Mitsuyoshi, Japanese composer |
1968-01-01 |
Miki Higashino, Japanese composer |
1968-01-12 |
Junichi Masuda, Japanese composer |
1968-01-13 |
Chara, Japanese singer and actress |
1968-01-22 |
Heath, Japanese bass guitarist (X Japan) |
1968-02-06 |
Akira Yamaoka, Japanese composer |
1968-02-29 |
Naoko Iijima, Japanese actress |
1968-03-10 |
Shoichi Funaki, Japanese professional wrestler |
1968-03-13 |
Akira Nogami, Japanese professional wrestler |
1968-03-15 |
Kahimi Karie, Japanese singer |
1968-03-18 |
Shinichiro Miki, Japanese seiyu (voice actor) |
1968-03-31 |
Naoya Ogawa, Japanese professional wrestler |
1968-05-02 |
Midorikawa Hikaru, Japanese voice actor |
1968-07-05 |
Kenji Ito, Japanese composer |
1968-07-08 |
Akio Suyama, Japanese seiyu |
1968-07-14 |
Kazushi Sakuraba, Japanese mixed martial artist/professional wrestler |
1968-08-05 |
Tokimitsu Ishizawa, Japanese professional wrestler |
1968-08-20 |
Yuri Shiratori, Japanese voice actress and singer |
1968-08-24 |
Shoichi Funaki, Japanese professional wrestler |
1968-08-25 |
Takeshi Ueda, Japanese singer and composer |
1968-10-29 |
Tsunku, Japanese music producer |
1968-11-12 |
Aya Hisakawa, Japanese voice actress/singer |
1969-01-15 |
Raegan Butcher, The Year of My Japanese Cousin |
1969-01-21 |
Tsubaki Nekoi, Japanese manga artist |
1969-01-27 |
Cornelius, Japanese musician and producer (Flipper's Guitar) |
1969-01-29 |
Hyde, Japanese singer |
1969-02-20 |
Gedo, Japanese professional wrestler |
1969-02-26 |
Hitoshi Sakimoto, Japanese composer |
1969-03-15 |
Yutaka Take, Japanese jockey |
1969-04-11 |
Chisato Moritaka, Japanese singer |
1969-05-05 |
Mark Blaney, Japanese Story |
1969-05-15 |
Hideki Irabu, Japanese baseball player |
1969-05-21 |
Masayo Kurata, Japanese voice actress |
1969-05-22 |
Cathy McMorris Rodgers, Japanese Prime Minister Address to Joint Meeting of Congress |
1969-06-03 |
Hiroyuki Takami, Japanese musician |
1969-06-29 |
Toru Hashimoto, Japanese politician |
1969-07-08 |
Sugizo Japanese guitarist and singer |
1969-07-18 |
Masanori Murakawa, Japanese professional wrestler |
1969-08-08 |
Dick Togo, Japanese professional wrestler |
1969-08-19 |
Kazuyoshi Tatsunami, Japanese baseball player |
1969-09-12 |
Shigeki Maruyama, Japanese golfer |
1969-09-20 |
Megumi Kudo, Japanese pro-wrestler |
1969-10-02 |
Jun Akiyama, Japanese professional wrestler |
1969-10-03 |
Tetsu, Japanese bassist (L'Arc~en~Ciel) |
1969-10-16 |
Takao Ōmori, Japanese professional wrestler |
1969-10-30 |
Masanori Hikichi, Japanese composer |
1969-11-17 |
Ryotaro Okiayu, Japanese voice actor |
1969-12-29 |
Allan McNish, The Japanese Grand Prix: Free Practice 1 |
1970-01-07 |
Taketoshi Nagahori, Go-Con! Japanese Love Culture |
1970-01-19 |
Udo Suzuki, Japanese comedian |
1970-02-01 |
Yasuyuki Kazama, Japanese racing driver |
1970-02-10 |
Nobushige Kumakubo, Japanese racing driver |
1970-04-05 |
Miho Hatori, Japanese singer and songwriter (Cibo Matto) |
1970-04-14 |
Shizuka Kudō, Japanese singer |
1970-04-23 |
Sadao Abe, Japanese actor |
1970-05-26 |
Nobuhiro Watsuki, Japanese cartoonist |
1970-07-09 |
Masami Tsuda, Japanese manga author |
1970-08-03 |
Masahiro Sakurai, Japanese video game developer |
1970-09-13 |
Yuki Matsuoka, Japanese voice actress |
1970-09-19 |
Takanori Nishikawa, Japanese pop/rock singer |
1970-09-27 |
Yoshiharu Habu, Japanese professional shogi player |
1970-09-29 |
Yoshihiro Tajiri, Japanese professional wrestler |
1970-10-08 |
Tetsuya Nomura, Japanese video-game designer |
1970-10-16 |
Kazuyuki Fujita, Japanese professional wrestler and mixed martial arts fighter |
1970-12-29 |
Hidetoshi Mitsusada, Japanese racing driver |
1971-01-04 |
Junichi Kakizaki, Japanese artist, sculptor |
1971-01-05 |
Mayuko Takata, Japanese actress |
1971-01-09 |
Yusuke Naora, Japanese game art director |
1971-01-17 |
Youki Kudoh, Japanese actress |
1971-02-14 |
Noriko Sakai, Japanese singer |
1971-02-28 |
Junya Nakano, Japanese composer |
1971-04-01 |
Shinji Nakano, Japanese race car driver |
1971-04-02 |
ZEEBRA, Japanese hip hop artist |
1971-04-22 |
Daisuke Enomoto, Japanese people space tourist |
1971-04-25 |
Tomoko Kawakami, (Voice Actress), Japanese Seiyuu |
1971-05-18 |
Nobuteru Taniguchi, Japanese racing driver |
1971-06-04 |
Shoji Meguro, Japanese composer |
1971-06-05 |
Takaya Tsubobayashi, Japanese racing driver |
1971-06-28 |
Norika Fujiwara, Japanese actress and television personality |
1971-09-01 |
Yoshitaka Hirota, Japanese composer |
1971-09-13 |
Manabu Namiki, Japanese composer |
1971-09-20 |
Masashi Hamauzu, Japanese composer |
1971-11-16 |
Koshi Rikdo, Japanese mangaka |
1971-12-06 |
Naozumi Takahashi, Japanese seiyuu |
1971-12-18 |
Noriko Matsueda, Japanese composer |
1971-12-23 |
Masayoshi Yamazaki, Japanese singer-songwriter |
1972-01-17 |
Ken Hirai, Japanese singer and songwriter |
1972-01-21 |
Yasunori Mitsuda, Japanese composer |
1972-01-22 |
Romi Paku, Japanese seiyu (voice actress) |
1972-01-24 |
Naoshi Mizuta, Japanese composer |
1972-02-01 |
Kami (musician), drummer of Japanese visual kei band Malice Mizer (d.1999) |
1972-02-05 |
Koriki Chōshū, Japanese comedian |
1972-02-14 |
Hiroshi, Japanese comedian |
1972-02-17 |
Yuki Isoya, Japanese singer (formerly Judy and Mary) |
1972-03-10 |
Takashi Fujii, Japanese television performer |
1972-03-29 |
Junichi Suwabe, Japanese voice actor |
1972-05-09 |
Megumi Odaka, Japanese actress and artist |
1972-05-29 |
Közi, Japanese visual kei artist |
1972-05-30 |
Soichiro Hoshi, Japanese seiyuu |
1972-06-09 |
Tomoe Hanba, Japanese voice actress |
1972-07-08 |
Shōsuke Tanihara, Japanese actor |
1972-07-19 |
Naohito Fujiki, Japanese actor and singer |
1972-07-24 |
Kaiō Hiroyuki, Japanese sumo wrestler |
1972-07-27 |
Takako Fuji, Japanese actress |
1972-08-05 |
Ikuto Hidaka, Japanese professional wrestler |
1972-08-18 |
Keiko Yamada, Japanese singer |
1972-08-19 |
Chihiro Yonekura, Japanese singer |
1972-09-08 |
Tomokazu Seki, Japanese voice actor |
1972-10-29 |
Takafumi Horie, Japanese entrepreneur |
1972-11-13 |
Takuya Kimura, Japanese singer and actor |
1972-11-29 |
Minoru Tanaka, Japanese pro-wrestler |
1973-01-26 |
Mayu Shinjo, Japanese mangaka |
1973-02-01 |
Makiko Ohmoto, Japanese voice actress |
1973-03-01 |
Ryuta Kawabata, Go-Con! Japanese Love Culture |
1973-04-06 |
Rie Miyazawa, Japanese actress/singer |
1973-04-16 |
Bonnie Pink, Japanese singer |
1973-04-17 |
Kaihō Ryōji, Japanese sumo wrestler |
1973-05-08 |
Hiromu Arakawa, Japanese artist |
1973-05-16 |
Gotaro Tsunashima, Japanese Story |
1973-06-19 |
Yasuhiko Yabuta, Japanese baseball player |
1973-07-04 |
Gackt, Japanese singer |
1973-07-04 |
Keiko Ihara, Japanese racing driver |
1973-07-07 |
Natsuki Takaya, Japanese manga-ka |
1973-07-17 |
Kazuhito Kosaka, Go-Con! Japanese Love Culture |
1973-08-14 |
Daisuke Ishiwatari, Japanese game developer and composer |
1973-09-03 |
Norihiko Hibino, Japanese composer |
1973-09-09 |
Kazuhisa Ishii, Japanese baseball player |
1973-09-18 |
Ami Onuki, Japanese singer (Puffy AmiYumi) |
1973-10-03 |
Keiko Agena, Japanese-American actress |
1973-10-13 |
Nanako Matsushima, Japanese actress |
1973-10-22 |
Ichiro Suzuki, Japanese baseball player |
1973-10-26 |
Taka Michinoku, Japanese professional wrestle |
1973-11-19 |
Ryukishi07, Japanese mystery writer |
1973-11-19 |
Takashi Matsumoto, Japanese photographer and business person |
1973-12-19 |
Takashi Sorimachi, Japanese actor |
1974-01-10 |
Akari Kaida, Japanese composer |
1974-02-12 |
Toranosuke Takagi, Japanese race car driver |
1974-02-17 |
Kaoru, Japanese musician |
1974-05-05 |
Seiji Ara, Japanese racing driver |
1974-05-24 |
Masahide Kobayashi, Japanese baseball player |
1974-06-12 |
Hideki Matsui, Japanese baseball player |
1974-06-13 |
Takahiro Sakurai, Japanese voice actor |
1974-07-25 |
Kenzo Suzuki, Japanese professional wrestler |
1974-08-28 |
Takahito Eguchi, Japanese composer |
1974-08-29 |
Kumi Tanioka, Japanese composer |
1974-09-23 |
Harumi Inoue, Japanese actress and model |
1974-10-08 |
Koji Murofushi, Japanese hammer thrower |
1974-10-26 |
LISA, Japanese musician |
1974-11-08 |
Masashi Kishimoto, Japanese manga author |
1974-11-08 |
Seishi Kishimoto, Japanese manga author |
1974-11-24 |
Taro Yamamoto, Japanese actor |
1974-12-04 |
Tadahito Iguchi, Japanese baseball player |
1974-12-20 |
Die, Japanese musician (Dir en grey) |
1974-12-27 |
Masi Oka, Japanese-American actor |
1974-12-31 |
Ryan Sakoda, Japanese American professional wrestler |
1975-01-01 |
Eiichiro Oda, Japanese Manga artist |
1975-01-06 |
Yukana, Japanese seiyū |
1975-01-21 |
Yuji Ide, Japanese racing driver |
1975-01-30 |
Yumi Yoshimura, Japanese singer (Puffy Amiyumi) |
1975-02-06 |
Tomoko Kawase, Japanese singer |
1975-02-10 |
Hiroki Kuroda, Japanese born baseball player |
1975-02-16 |
Nanase Aikawa, Japanese singer |
1975-04-03 |
Yoshinobu Takahashi, Japanese professional baseball player |
1975-04-03 |
Koji Uehara, Japanese professional baseball pitcher |
1975-05-19 |
Masanobu Ando, Japanese actor |
1975-06-14 |
Ryuji Miki, Japanese racing driver |
1975-07-11 |
Riona Hazuki, Japanese actress |
1975-08-31 |
Takahiro Suwa, Japanese professional wrestler |
1975-09-07 |
Norifumi Abe, Japanese motorcycle road racer (d. 2007) |
1975-09-13 |
Akihiro Asai, Japanese racing driver |
1975-11-22 |
Aiko, Japanese singer |
1975-12-11 |
Tomoka Kurotani, Japanese actress |
1975-12-16 |
Nawo Kawakita, Japanese drummer (Maximum the Hormone) |
1975-12-18 |
Masaki Sumitani, Japanese comedian |
1975-12-25 |
Hideki Okajima, Japanese baseball player |
1976-01-12 |
Miki Nakatani, Japanese actress and singer |
1976-01-28 |
Emiko Kado, Japanese professional wrestler (d. 1999) |
1976-02-16 |
Kyo, Japanese singer (Dir en grey) |
1976-02-16 |
Joe Odagiri, Japanese actor |
1976-03-10 |
Kisaki, Japanese musician |
1976-03-18 |
Tomokazu Ohka, Japanese baseball player |
1976-04-18 |
Fayray, Japanese singer |
1976-05-20 |
Tomoya Satozaki, Japanese baseball player |
1976-05-29 |
Yūsuke Iseya, Japanese model and actor |
1976-06-02 |
Aaron Chmielowiec, 100 Yen: The Japanese Arcade Experience |
1976-06-08 |
Kenji Johjima, Japanese baseball player |
1976-06-28 |
Shinobu Asagoe, Japanese tennis player |
1976-07-04 |
Daijiro Kato, Japanese motorcycle racer (d. 2003) |
1976-08-27 |
Milano Collection Akihito Terui, Japanese professional wrestler |
1976-09-20 |
Yui Horie, Japanese seiyuu |
1976-09-20 |
Yo Hitoto, Japanese pop singer |
1976-11-08 |
Ryoji Ando, Go-Con! Japanese Love Culture |
1976-11-13 |
Hiroshi Tanahashi, Japanese professional wrestler |
1976-11-19 |
Jun Shibata, Japanese singer and songwriter |
1976-12-18 |
Koyuki, Japanese actress and model |
1977-01-03 |
Mayumi Iizuka, Japanese voice actress (seiyū) |
1977-01-22 |
Hidetoshi Nakata, Japanese footballer |
1977-01-28 |
Takuma Sato, Japanese Formula One driver |
1977-01-31 |
Shingo Katori, Japanese actor and singer (SMAP) |
1977-03-14 |
Aki Hoshino, Japanese model |
1977-03-31 |
Toshiya, Japanese musician (Dir en grey) |
1977-04-26 |
Kosuke Fukudome, Japanese baseball player |
1977-05-03 |
Mashima Hiro, Japanese Mangaka of Rave Master and Fairy Tail |
1977-05-26 |
Misaki Ito, Japanese actress |
1977-06-10 |
Takako Matsu, Japanese singer and actress |
1977-06-26 |
Kubo Tite, Japanese cartoonist |
1977-07-01 |
Keigo Hayashi, Japanese music artist |
1977-07-20 |
Alessandro dos Santos, Brazilian-born Japanese footballer |
1977-08-26 |
Saeko Chiba, Japanese seiyū |
1977-09-05 |
Minoru Fujita, Japanese professional wrestler |
1977-09-06 |
Kiyoshi Hikawa, Japanese enka singer |
1977-09-13 |
Daisuke Tsuda, Japanese singer (Maximum the Hormone) |
1977-09-15 |
Angela Aki, Japanese singer-songwriter |
1977-09-20 |
Namie Amuro, Japanese pop singer |
1977-10-15 |
Masato Kawabata, Japanese racing driver |
1977-10-25 |
Anita Rani, No Sex Please, We're Japanese |
1977-11-30 |
Kazumi Saitoh, Japanese baseball player |
1977-12-20 |
Nick Marcotti, Japanese Soup Torture |
1978-01-02 |
Toyoguchi Megumi, Japanese seiyuu (voice actress) |
1978-02-24 |
Shinya, Japanese musician (Dir en grey) |
1978-03-12 |
Arina Tanemura, Japanese mangaka |
1978-03-15 |
Takeru Kobayashi, Japanese competitive eater |
1978-03-18 |
Yoshie Takeshita, Japanese volleyball player |
1978-04-20 |
Mirei Kuroda, Japanese gravure idol |
1978-05-01 |
Sachie Hara, Japanese actress |
1978-05-12 |
Aya Ishiguro, Japanese singer (formerly Morning Musume) |
1978-06-13 |
Mikako Ichikawa, Japanese actress and model |
1978-06-17 |
Kumiko Aso, Japanese actress |
1978-06-24 |
Shunsuke Nakamura, Japanese footballer |
1978-07-28 |
Hitomi Yaida, Japanese singer/songwriter |
1978-08-08 |
Miho Shiraishi, Japanese actress |
1978-10-02 |
Ayumi Hamasaki, Japanese singer |
1978-10-15 |
Takeshi Morishima Japanese professional wrestler |
1978-11-07 |
Tomoya Nagase, Japanese actor and singer (TOKIO) |
1978-11-25 |
Ringo Shiina, Japanese musician |
1978-12-13 |
Ryo Kawakita, Japanese guitarist (Maximum the Hormone) |
1978-12-15 |
Reiko Yamaguchi, The Japanese Wife Next Door |
1978-12-26 |
Kaoru Sugayama, Japanese volleyball player |
1979-01-01 |
Koichi Domoto, Japanese artist |
1979-01-09 |
Tomiko Van, Japanese singer |
1979-01-20 |
Asaka Kubo, Japanese gravure idol of 20th Century |
1979-01-23 |
Maki Nishiguchi, Go-Con! Japanese Love Culture |
1979-02-09 |
Akinori Iwamura, Japanese baseball pitcher |
1979-03-26 |
Hiromi Uehara, Japanese jazz pianist |
1979-04-10 |
Tsuyoshi Domoto, Japanese artist |
1979-05-30 |
Kugimiya Rie, Japanese seiyuu (voice actress) |
1979-06-04 |
Naohiro Takahara, Japanese footballer |
1979-06-25 |
Hirooki Goto, Japanese professional wrestler |
1979-06-26 |
Ryo Fukuda, Japanese racing driver |
1979-08-13 |
Taizō Sugimura, Japanese politician |
1979-08-14 |
Yoichiro Morikawa, Japanese film director |
1979-09-04 |
Kosuke Matsuura, Japanese racing driver |
1979-09-29 |
Takumi Beppu, Japanese cyclist |
1979-10-30 |
Yukie Nakama, Japanese actress |
1979-12-07 |
Ayako Fujitani, Japanese actress |
1979-12-09 |
Olivia Lufkin, Japanese singer |
1979-12-29 |
Mitsuhiro Ishida, Japanese mixed-martial arts fighter |
1980-01-13 |
Akira Kaji, Japanese footballer |
1980-01-14 |
Sosuke Sumitani, Japanese announcer |
1980-01-14 |
Hiroshi Tamaki, Japanese actor and model |
1980-01-19 |
Kotoko, Japanese Singer |
1980-01-21 |
Nana Mizuki, Japanese voice actress and singer |
1980-02-06 |
Mamiko Noto, Japanese seiyu |
1980-02-24 |
Shinsuke Nakamura, Japanese professional wrestler |
1980-03-19 |
Mikuni Shimokawa, Japanese singer |
1980-03-31 |
Maaya Sakamoto, Japanese voice actor |
1980-04-01 |
Yūko Takeuchi, Japanese actress |
1980-04-11 |
Keiji Tamada, Japanese footballer |
1980-04-25 |
Kazuhito Tadano, Japanese basaball player |
1980-05-13 |
Waka Inoue, Japanese gravure idol and actress |
1980-06-17 |
Kimeru, Japanese singer |
1980-06-25 |
Nozomi Takeuchi, Japanese actress |
1980-07-18 |
Ryoko Hirosue, Japanese actress and singer |
1980-09-02 |
Hiroki Yoshimoto, Japanese racing driver |
1980-09-04 |
Hitomi Shimatani, Japanese singer |
1980-09-06 |
Yuji Hamano, Japanese archer |
1980-09-08 |
Teruyuki Moniwa, Japanese footballer |
1980-09-13 |
Daisuke Matsuzaka, Japanese baseball player |
1980-11-18 |
Junichi Okada, Japanese singer (V6) |
1980-11-26 |
Satoshi Ohno, Japanese singer and actor |
1980-12-05 |
Shizuka Ito, Japanese voice actress (seiyū) |
1980-12-25 |
Reika Hashimoto, Japanese actress |
1981-01-06 |
Rinko Kikuchi, Japanese actress |
1981-03-05 |
Shugo Oshinari, Japanese actor |
1981-05-08 |
Yasuko Tajima, Japanese swimmer |
1981-05-12 |
Kentaro Sato, Japanese composer |
1981-06-08 |
Ai Nonaka, Japanese voice actor |
1981-07-14 |
Yomi, Japanese vocalist (Nightmare) |
1981-08-05 |
Kō Shibasaki, Japanese singer |
1981-08-08 |
Kaori Iida, Japanese singer and actress |
1981-08-10 |
Natsumi Abe, Japanese singer |
1981-09-14 |
Miyavi, Japanese singer and actor |
1981-09-22 |
Subaru Shibutani, Japanese singer, dancer, actor (Kanjani8) |
1981-10-04 |
Juka, Japanese singer |
1982-01-25 |
Sho Sakurai, Japanese singer and actor |
1982-02-08 |
Satomi Kōrogi, Japanese voice actress |
1982-02-08 |
Sousuke Takaoka, Japanese actor |
1982-02-09 |
Ami Suzuki, Japanese singer |
1982-03-07 |
Erika Yamakawa, Japanese talent |
1982-03-27 |
Kurara Chibana, Japanese beauty queen, first runner-up Miss Universe 2006 |
1982-03-29 |
Hideaki Takizawa, Japanese artist |
1982-04-03 |
Kasumi Nakane, Japanese gravure idol |
1982-05-13 |
Yoko Kumada, Japanese gravure idol |
1982-05-14 |
Ai Shibata, Japanese swimmer |
1982-05-15 |
Tatsuya Fujiwara, Japanese actor |
1982-05-26 |
Yoko Matsugane, Japanese model |
1982-06-22 |
Steve Yano, An American History: Resettlement of Japanese Americans in Greater Cleveland |
1982-07-09 |
Sakon Yamamoto, Japanese race-car driver |
1982-08-01 |
Ai Tominaga, Sagamihara, Japanese model and actress |
1982-09-03 |
Kaori Natori, Japanese singer and model |
1982-09-09 |
Ai Otsuka, Japanese singer and songwriter |
1982-09-12 |
Nana Ozaki, Japanese model |
1982-09-14 |
Hiroki Narimiya, Japanese actor |
1982-09-22 |
Kosuke Kitajima, Japanese swimmer |
1982-10-10 |
Hideki Mutoh, Japanese racing driver |
1982-10-27 |
Takashi Tsukamoto, Japanese actor |
1982-10-28 |
Mai Kuraki, Japanese singer |
1982-11-02 |
Kyoko Fukada, Japanese actress, model and singer |
1982-11-06 |
Sowelu, Japanese pop singer |
1982-11-13 |
Koda Kumi, Japanese singer |
1982-12-24 |
Aiba Masaki, Japanese singer and actor |
1982-12-26 |
Oguri Shun, Japanese Actor/Model |
1983-01-01 |
Emi Kobayashi, Japanese model |
1983-01-19 |
Hikaru Utada, American-born Japanese singer and songwriter |
1983-01-20 |
Mari Yaguchi, Japanese singer (Morning Musume) |
1983-02-19 |
Mika Nakashima, Japanese singer/actress |
1983-04-29 |
Yuriko Shiratori, Japanese gravure idol and actress |
1983-06-08 |
Mamoru Miyano, Japanese seiyuu |
1983-06-17 |
Kazunari Ninomiya, Japanese singer and actor |
1983-07-12 |
Megumi Kawamura, Japanese volleyballer |
1983-08-30 |
Jun Matsumoto, Japanese singer and actor |
1983-09-04 |
Yuichi Nakamaru, Japanese idol, (member of KAT-TUN) |
1983-09-20 |
Yuna Ito, Japanese singer and actress |
1983-10-03 |
Hiroki Suzuki, Japanese actor |
1983-10-04 |
Risa Kudo, Japanese gravure idol |
1983-10-04 |
Ueda Tatsuya, Japanese idol (member of KAT-TUN) |
1983-10-20 |
Takayuki Yamada, Japanese actor |
1983-11-01 |
Yuko Ogura, Japanese model |
1983-12-11 |
Yoh Miyamori, Japanese musician (Orange Range) |
1984-02-17 |
Kenta Kamakari, Japanese actor and seiyuu |
1984-02-21 |
Karina, Japanese model and actress |
1984-03-04 |
Ai Iwamura, Japanese actress |
1984-03-06 |
Becky, Japanese-British entertainer |
1984-03-11 |
Anna Tsuchiya, Japanese model, actress and singer |
1984-03-13 |
Yuuka Nanri, Japanese seiyū |
1984-04-13 |
Hiro Mizushima, Japanese actor |
1984-05-01 |
Keiichiro Koyama, Japanese musician (NEWS) |
1984-07-04 |
Akanishi Jin, Japanese singer |
1984-07-11 |
Hitomi Hyuga, Japanese actress |
1984-07-16 |
Hayanari Shimoda, Japanese racing driver |
1984-07-17 |
Asami Kimura, Japanese singer (Country Musume) |
1984-08-09 |
Saori Horii, Japanese gravure idol |
1984-08-20 |
Mirai Moriyama, Japanese actor |
1984-10-07 |
Ikuta Toma, Japanese Singer/Actor |
1984-10-10 |
Chiaki Kuriyama, Japanese actress |
1984-10-13 |
Misono, Japanese singer (formerly Day After Tomorrow) |
1984-10-24 |
Kaela Kimura, Japanese model and singer |
1984-11-03 |
Ryo Nishikido, Japanese Idol (member of NEWS (band) and Kanjani8) |
1984-11-18 |
Ryohei Chiba, Japanese singer w-inds. |
1985-01-11 |
Rie fu, Japanese singer |
1985-01-11 |
Kazuki Nakajima, Japanese racing driver |
1985-01-17 |
Riyu Kosaka, Japanese singer BeForU |
1985-01-19 |
Rika Ishikawa, Japanese singer (Morning Musume) |
1985-02-06 |
Joji Kato, Japanese speedskater |
1985-02-14 |
Natsume Sano, Japanese gravure idol |
1985-03-05 |
Ken'ichi Matsuyama, Japanese actor |
1985-03-24 |
Haruka Ayase, Japanese actress and model |
1985-04-09 |
Yamashita Tomohisa, Japanese singer News |
1985-04-12 |
Hitomi Yoshizawa, Japanese singer |
1985-05-05 |
Shoko Nakagawa, Japanese actress, illustrator and singer |
1985-05-08 |
Mashio Miyazaki, Japanese actress |
1985-05-11 |
Sifow (Shiho Fujita), Japanese pop star and business woman |
1985-06-22 |
Rosa Kato, Italian-Japanese model and actress |
1985-06-24 |
Yukina Shirakawa, Japanese gravure idol |
1985-07-03 |
Minami Keisuke, Japanese singer and actor. |
1985-07-11 |
Aki Maeda, Japanese actress |
1985-07-22 |
Akira Tozawa, Japanese professional wrestler |
1985-08-17 |
Yū Aoi, Japanese actress |
1985-09-14 |
Aya Ueto, Japanese actress and singer |
1985-09-23 |
Maki Goto, Japanese pop singer |
1985-10-01 |
Ryo Miyamori, Japanese singer |
1985-10-08 |
Eiji Wentz, German-Japanese entertainer |
1985-11-05 |
Tanaka Koki, Japanese idol (member of KAT-TUN) |
1985-11-29 |
Taguchi Junnosuke, Japanese idol (KAT-TUN) |
1985-12-14 |
Nonami Takizawa, Japanese actress |
1985-12-14 |
Ren Yagami, Japanese actor and singer |
1985-12-16 |
Keita Tachibana, member of Japanese boy band w-inds. |
1985-12-17 |
Ryuichi Ogata, member of Japanese boy band w-inds. |
1985-12-26 |
Yuu Shirota, Japanese Idol |
1986-01-05 |
Teppei Koike, Japanese actor and singer |
1986-02-10 |
Yui Ichikawa, Japanese actress and model |
1986-02-19 |
Reon Kadena, Japanese model/actress |
1986-02-23 |
Kazuya Kamenashi, Japanese pop star (KAT-TUN) |
1986-02-26 |
Crystal Kay, Japanese singer |
1986-03-13 |
Chiaki Kyan, Japanese gravure idol |
1986-03-24 |
Kohei Hirate, Japanese racing driver |
1986-03-30 |
Beni Arashiro, Japanese singer |
1986-04-08 |
Erika Sawajiri, Japanese actress, model and singer |
1986-04-14 |
Anne Watanabe, Japanese model |
1986-05-25 |
Juri Ueno, Japanese actress |
1986-06-25 |
Aya Matsuura, Japanese singer |
1986-07-04 |
Takahisa Masuda, Japanese singer |
1986-07-23 |
Ayaka Komatsu, Japanese model and actress |
1986-08-11 |
Kaori Fukuhara, Japanese voice actress |
1986-08-19 |
Saori Kimura, Japanese volleyball player |
1986-08-22 |
Keiko Kitagawa, Japanese actress |
1986-09-10 |
Hiroki Uchi, Japanese Idol |
1986-09-13 |
Kamui Kobayashi, Japanese racing driver |
1986-09-14 |
Ai Takahashi, Japanese singer (Morning Musume) |
1986-09-19 |
Ken Gushi, Japanese racing driver |
1986-09-24 |
Leah Dizon, model, singer and Japanese television |
1986-10-01 |
Sayaka, Japanese singer |
1986-11-16 |
Saeko, Japanese actress |
1986-12-10 |
Ryoichi Tsukada, Japanese acrobat |
1987-02-24 |
Mayuko Iwasa, Japanese entertainer and model |
1987-02-24 |
Chieko Kawabe, Japanese singer, model and actress |
1987-03-25 |
Nobunari Oda, Japanese figure skater |
1987-03-26 |
Yui, Japanese musician |
1987-05-02 |
Nana Kitade, Japanese singer |
1987-06-03 |
Masami Nagasawa, Japanese actress |
1987-06-11 |
TiA, Japanese R&B singer |
1987-06-29 |
Yasuka Saitou, Japanese actor |
1987-07-11 |
Shigeaki Kato, Japanese idol singer (NEWS) |
1987-10-01 |
Hiroki Aiba, Japanese actor, singer |
1987-10-08 |
Aya Hirano, Japanese Seiyuu |
1987-10-29 |
Makoto Ogawa, Japanese singer |
1987-11-11 |
Yuya Tegoshi, Japanese Idol (member of NEWS and Tegomass) |
1987-12-18 |
Miki Andō, Japanese figure skater |
1987-12-18 |
Ayaka, Japanese singer |
1988-02-07 |
Ai Kago, Japanese singer |
1988-02-15 |
Hironori Kusano, Japanese Idol |
1988-06-01 |
Nami Tamaki, Japanese pop singer |
1988-06-11 |
Yui Aragaki, Japanese actress and model |
1988-06-15 |
Miku Ishida, Japanese teen idol |
1988-08-17 |
Erika Toda, Japanese actress |
1988-10-06 |
Maki Horikita, Japanese model and actress |
1988-10-20 |
Risa Niigaki, Japanese singer (Morning Musume) |
1988-11-10 |
Chisaki Hama, former Japanese actress and model |
1988-11-26 |
Yumi Kobayashi, Japanese fashion model |
1988-12-23 |
Eri Kamei, Japanese singer |
1989-04-08 |
Hitomi Takahashi, Japanese singer |
1989-07-13 |
Sayumi Michishige, Japanese singer (Morning Musume) |
1989-08-03 |
Jules Bianchi, The Japanese Grand Prix |
1989-11-11 |
Reina Tanaka, Japanese pop singer |
1990-02-04 |
Haruka Tomatsu, Japanese Seiyū |
1990-04-05 |
Haruma Miura, Japanese Actor |
1990-09-19 |
Saki Fukuda, Japanese actress |
1990-09-25 |
Mao Asada, Japanese figure skater |
1990-11-15 |
Kanata Hongō, Japanese actor |
1991-01-08 |
Asuka Hinoi, Japanese singer |
1991-03-15 |
Kie Kitano, Japanese actress |
1991-05-24 |
Erika Umeda, Japanese singer |
1991-06-30 |
Kaho, Japanese actress |
1991-08-05 |
Esteban Gutiérrez, The Japanese Grand Prix: Qualifying |
1992-01-12 |
Mao Kobayashi, Japanese gravure idol |
1992-02-07 |
Maimi Yajima, Japanese singer |
1992-03-06 |
Momoko Tsugunaga, Japanese singer |
1992-07-15 |
Koharu Kusumi, Japanese singer (Morning Musume) |
1992-08-18 |
Riko Narumi, Japanese actress |
1992-08-25 |
Miyabi Natsuyaki, Japanese singer |
1993-05-10 |
Mirai Shida, Japanese actress |
1993-08-03 |
Yurina Kumai, Japanese singer |
1993-08-05 |
Suzuka Ōgo, Japanese actress |
1993-09-03 |
Rina Koike, Japanese junior idol |
1993-11-15 |
Saaya Irie, Japanese Actress, singer |
1993-11-30 |
Yuuri Chinen, Japanese singer |
1994-04-04 |
Risako Sugaya, Japanese singer |
1994-04-12 |
Airi Suzuki, Japanese singer |
1995-08-24 |
Runa Tsukishima, Japanese child model |
1996-02-07 |
Mai Hagiwara, Japanese singer |
1999-07-01 |
Victor Hjertebjerg Hogue, Father of Four - In Japanese Mode |
Japanese - Notable Weddings
Japanese - Weddings
| Date | Event |
|---|---|
1993-06-09 |
Japanese crown prince Naruhito weds Masaka Owada |
2007-02-17 |
Japanese actress Noria Fujiwara weds comedian Tomonori at Jinnai Ikuta Shrine in Kobe, Japan |
2008-09-14 |
Actor George Takei (68) weds Brad Altman at Japanese American National Museum in Los Angeles |
Japanese - Notable Deaths
Japanese - Deaths
| Date | Event |
|---|---|
1160-02-11 |
Minamoto no Yoshitomo, Japanese general (b. 1123) |
1181-03-21 |
Taira Kiyomori, Japanese Feudal general (b. 1118) |
1189-05-17 |
Minamoto no Yoshitsune, Japanese general (b. 1159) |
1199-02-09 |
Minamoto no Yoritomo, Japanese shogun (b. 1147) |
1204-08-14 |
Minamoto no Yoriie, Japanese shogun (b. 1182) |
1219-02-13 |
Minamoto no Sanetomo, Japanese shogun (b. 1192) |
1225-10-28 |
Jien, Japanese poet and historian (b. 1155) |
1227-08-01 |
Shimazu Tadahisa, Japanese warlord (b. 1179) |
1253-09-22 |
Dogen Kigen, 1st Zen patriarch of Japanese Soto line, dies at 53 |
1256-06-13 |
Tankei, Japanese sculptor (b. 1173) |
1256-09-01 |
Kujo Yoritsune, Japanese shogun (b. 1218) |
1256-10-14 |
Kujo Yoritsugu, Japanese shogun (b. 1239) |
1274-09-02 |
Prince Munetaka, Japanese shogun (b. 1242) |
1282-10-13 |
Nichiren Japanese founder of Nichiren Buddhism (b. 1222) |
1326-11-25 |
Prince Koreyasu, Japanese shogun (b. 1264) |
1328-11-16 |
Prince Hisaaki, Japanese shogun (b. 1276) |
1333-09-25 |
Prince Morikuni, Japanese shogun (b. 1301) |
1358-06-07 |
Ashikaga Takauji, Japanese shogun (b. 1305) |
1367-12-28 |
Ashikaga Yoshiakira, Japanese shogun (b. 1330) |
1384-06-08 |
Kanami, Japanese actor (b. 1333) |
1408-05-31 |
Ashikaga Yoshimitsu, Japanese shogun (b. 1358) |
1425-03-17 |
Ashikaga Yoshikazu, Japanese shogun (b. 1407) |
1428-02-03 |
Ashikaga Yoshimochi, Japanese shogun (b. 1386) |
1441-07-12 |
Ashikaga Yoshinori, Japanese shogun (b. 1394) |
1443-08-16 |
Ashikaga Yoshikatsu, Japanese shogun (b. 1434) |
1489-04-26 |
Ashikaga Yoshihisa, Japanese shogun (b. 1465) |
1490-01-27 |
Ashikaga Yoshimasa, Japanese shogun (b. 1435) |
1511-09-06 |
Ashikaga Yoshizumi, Japanese shogun (b. 1481) |
1520-06-24 |
Hosokawa Sumimoto, Japanese samurai commander (b. 1489) |
1523-05-23 |
Ashikaga Yoshitane, Japanese shogun (b. 1466) |
1531-07-17 |
Hosokawa Takakuni, Japanese military commander (b. 1484) |
1546-01-21 |
Azai Sukemasa, Japanese samurai and warlord (b. 1491) |
1550-05-20 |
Ashikaga Yoshiharu, Japanese shogun (b. 1510) |
1551-04-21 |
Oda Nobuhide, Japanese warlord (b. 1510) |
1551-09-30 |
Ōuchi Yoshitaka, Japanese warlord (b. 1507) |
1553-02-25 |
Hirate Masahide, Japanese diplomat and tutor of Oda Nobunaga (suicide) (b. 1492) |
1556-05-28 |
Saitō Dōsan, Japanese daimyo (b. 1494?) |
1560-06-12 |
Imagawa Yoshimoto, Japanese daimyo (b. 1519) |
1560-06-12 |
Ii Naomori, Japanese warrior (b. 1506) |
1562-01-09 |
Amago Haruhisa, Japanese warlord (b. 1514) |
1563-03-24 |
Hosokawa Harumoto, Japanese military leader (b. 1514) |
1563-06-06 |
Ikeda Nagamasa, Japanese samurai commander (b. 1519) |
1564-01-04 |
Hosokawa Ujitsuna, Japanese military commander (b. 1514) |
1565-06-17 |
Ashikaga Yoshiteru, Japanese shogun (b. 1536) |
1568-10-28 |
Ashikaga Yoshihide, Japanese shogun (b. 1539) |
1568-12-31 |
Shimazu Tadayoshi, Japanese warlord (b. 1493) |
1571-07-15 |
Shimazu Takahisa, Japanese samurai and warlord (b. 1514) |
1573-01-25 |
Hirate Hirohide, Japanese samurai, dies at the Battle of Mikatagahara (b. 1553) |
1573-05-13 |
Takeda Shingen, Japanese warlord (b. 1521) |
1573-08-14 |
Saitō Tatsuoki, Japanese warlord (b. 1548) |
1573-09-23 |
Azai Hisamasa, Japanese warlord (b. 1524) |
1575-12-23 |
Akiyama Nobutomo, Japanese warrior (hanged) (b. 1531) |
1576-05-30 |
Harada Naomasa, Japanese retainer and samurai |
1577-11-19 |
Matsunaga Hisahide, Japanese warlord (b. 1510) |
1578-04-19 |
Uesugi Kenshin, Japanese samurai and warlord (b. 1530) |
1579-06-25 |
Hatano Hideharu, Japanese warlord and samurai (b. 1541) |
1580-02-02 |
Bessho Nagaharu, Japanese retainer (b. 1558) |
1581-08-21 |
Sakuma Nobumori, Japanese retainer and samurai (b. 1527) |
1582-06-21 |
Oda Nobunaga, Japanese warlord (b. 1534) |
1582-06-23 |
Shimizu Muneharu, Japanese military leader (b. 1537) |
1582-07-02 |
Akechi Mitsuhide, Japanese samurai (b. 1528) |
1583-06-06 |
Nakagawa Kiyohide, Japanese warlord (b. 1556) |
1584-05-18 |
Ikeda Motosuke, Japanese samurai commander (b. 1559) |
1585-05-15 |
Niwa Nagahide, Japanese warlord (b. 1535) |
1590-10-12 |
Kano Eitoku, Japanese painter (b. 1543) |
1592-11-27 |
Nakagawa Hidemasa, Japanese samurai commander (b. 1568) |
1597-10-09 |
Ashikaga Yoshiaki, Japanese shogun (b. 1537) |
1598-09-15 |
Hidejoshi, [Hijoshi], Japanese general strategist/kampaku, dies |
1598-09-18 |
Toyotomi Hideyoshi, Japanese warlord (b. 1536) |
1599-04-27 |
Maeda Toshiie, Japanese general (b. 1538) |
1600-10-21 |
Toda Katsushige, Japanese warlord (b. 1557) |
1600-11-08 |
Natsuka Masaie, Japanese warlord (b. 1562) |
1600-11-17 |
Kuki Yoshitaka, Japanese naval commander (b. 1542) |
1602-12-01 |
Kobayakawa Hideaki, Japanese samurai and warlord (b. 1582) |
1603-03-25 |
Ikoma Chikamasa, Japanese warlord (b. 1526) |
1604-08-08 |
Horio Tadauji, Japanese warlord (b. 1578) |
1608-03-12 |
Koriki Kiyonaga, Japanese warlord (b. 1530) |
1610-10-14 |
Amago Yoshihisa, Japanese samurai and warlord (b. 1540) |
1610-12-03 |
Honda Tadakatsu, Japanese general (b. 1548) |
1611-03-05 |
Shimazu Yoshihisa, Japanese warlord and samurai (b. 1533) |
1611-07-26 |
Horio Yoshiharu, Japanese warlord (b. 1542) |
1611-08-02 |
Kato Kiyomasa, Japanese warlord and samurai (b. 1562) |
1612-04-13 |
Sasaki Kojirō, Japanese samurai |
1612-09-09 |
Nakagawa Hidenari, Japanese warlord (b. 1570) |
1615-02-04 |
Dom Justo Takayama, Japanese warlord (b. 1552) |
1615-06-03 |
Sanada Yukimura, Japanese samurai (b. 1567) |
1615-06-23 |
Mashita Nagamori, Japanese warlord (b. 1545) |
1619-08-30 |
Shimazu Yoshihiro, Japanese samurai and warlord (b. 1535) |
1623-03-19 |
Uesugi Kagekatsu, Japanese samurai and warlord (b. 1556) |
1625-04-27 |
Mori Terumoto, Japanese warrior (b. 1553) |
1625-10-22 |
Kikkawa Hiroie, Japanese politician (b. 1561) |
1626-09-26 |
Wakisaka Yasuharu, Japanese warrior (b. 1554) |
1632-10-12 |
Kutsuki Mototsuna, Japanese samurai commander (b. 1549) |
1633-10-26 |
Horio Tadaharu, Japanese warlord (b. 1596) |
1637-04-01 |
Niwa Nagashige, Japanese warlord (b. 1571) |
1638-04-07 |
Shimazu Tadatsune, Japanese ruler of Satsuma (b. 1576) |
1645-06-13 |
Miyamoto Musashi, Japanese swordsman |
1674-11-04 |
Kano Tanjoe, Japanese painter (palaces, portraits), dies at 72 |
1691-11-14 |
Tosa Mitsuoki, Japanese painter (b. 1617) |
1694-10-12 |
Matsuo Basho, greatest Japanese haiku poet, dies |
1701-01-14 |
Tokugawa Mitsukuni, Japanese warlord (b. 1628) |
1701-04-21 |
Asano Naganori, Japanese warlord (b. 1667) |
1703-05-01 |
Kiva Yoshinaka, Japanese monarch, murdered |
1708-10-24 |
Kowa Seki, Japanese mathematician |
1709-02-19 |
Tokugawa Tsunayoshi, Japanese shogun (b. 1646) |
1714-10-05 |
Kaibara Ekiken, Japanese philosopher (b. 1630) |
1716-06-02 |
Ogata Korin, Japanese painter |
1725-06-29 |
Arai Hakuseki, Japanese writer and politician (b. 1657) |
1761-07-13 |
Tokugawa Ieshige, Japanese shogun (b. 1712) |
1775-10-02 |
Chiyo-ni, Japanese poet (b. 1703) |
1783-11-23 |
Yoriyuki Arima, Japanese mathematician (b. 1714) |
1784-12-25 |
Yosa Buson, Japanese painter (b. 1716) |
1801-11-05 |
Norinaga Moto'ori, Japanese scientist, dies |
1828-05-28 |
Daikokuya Kōdayū, Japanese castaway (b. 1751) |
1835-10-19 |
Henry Doeff, translator (Dutch-Japanese dictionary), dies at 57 |
1849-05-10 |
Katsushika Hokusai, Japanese painter, dies at 89 |
1858-10-12 |
Ando Hiroshige, Japanese painter, dies at 61 |
1862-08-10 |
Shusaku Honinbo, Japanese Go player (b. 1829) |
1864-08-12 |
Sakuma Shōzan, Japanese reformer (b. 1811) |
1865-03-20 |
Keisuke Yamanami, Japanese samurai (b. 1833) |
1865-06-03 |
Okada Izō, Japanese samurai (b. 1838) |
1868-07-19 |
Soji Okita, Japanese samurai, 1st Captain of the Shinsengumi (b. 1842 or 1844) |
1878-05-14 |
Ookubo Toshimichi, Japanese statesman, samurai, and one of the three great nobles who led the Meiji Restoration (b. 1830) |
1881-06-03 |
Japanese giant salamander, dies in Dutch zoo at 55; oldest amphibian |
1909-10-26 |
Itō Horiboemi, Japanese samurai, statesman and four time Prime Minister of Japan, assassinated by a Korean nationalist aged 68 |
1912-04-13 |
Ishikawa Takuboku, Japanese author (b. 1886) |
1912-09-13 |
Maresuke Nogi, Japanese general (b. 1849) |
1916-12-09 |
Natsume Sōseki, Japanese novelist (b. 1867) |
1922-07-22 |
Jokichi Takamine, Japanese chemist (b. 1854) |
1926-09-11 |
Matsunosuke Onoe, Japanese actor (b. 1875) |
1927-07-24 |
Ryūnosuke Akutagawa, Japanese writer (b. 1892) |
1929-09-29 |
Giitji Tanaka, Japanese baron/general/premier (1927-29), dies at 66 |
1931-06-13 |
Shibasaburo Kitasato, Japanese physician (b. 1851) |
1931-11-11 |
Shibusawa Eiichi, Japanese industrialist (b. 1840) |
1932-02-09 |
Junnosuke Inouye, Japanese minister of Finance, murdered |
1932-03-05 |
Takuma Dan, Japanese baron/financier/industrial, murdered |
1934-05-30 |
Togo Heihachiro, Japanese admiral (b. 1848) |
1938-11-20 |
Enzo Matsunaga, Japanese writer (b. 1895) |
1939-09-07 |
Kyoka Izumi, Japanese novelist (b. 1873) |
1941-12-07 |
Iida, Japanese pilot/lt, dies in battle at 28 |
1941-12-07 |
Notable casualties of the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor |
1941-12-07 |
Mervyn S. Bennion, United States Navy Captain, Medal of Honor recipient, killed in Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor (b. 1887) |
1941-12-07 |
Herbert C. Jones, United States Navy, Medal of Honor recipient, killed in Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor (b. 1918) |
1941-12-07 |
Thomas J. Reeves, United States Navy, Medal of Honor recipient, killed in Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor (b. 1895) |
1941-12-07 |
Franklin Van Valkenburgh, United States Navy, Medal of Honor recipient, killed in Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor (b. 1888) |
1942-08-21 |
Kiyoano Ichiki, Japanese colonel (WW II), dies |
1943-04-18 |
I Yamamoto, admiral of Japanese fleet, dies |
1944-03-31 |
Mineichi Koga, admiral of Japanese fleet, dies |
1944-11-20 |
Sekio Nishina, Japanese inventor (kaiten-suicide submarine), dies at 21 |
1945-06-22 |
Isamu Tsjo, Japanese chief-staff 32nd Army, commits harakiri |
1945-06-23 |
Lt Gen Ushijima, Japanese commander, commits suicide at Okinawa |
1945-08-15 |
Korechika Anami, Japanese War Minister (b. 1887) |
1945-08-16 |
Takijiro Ohnishi, led Japanese kamikaze pilots (harakiri), dies |
1945-12-16 |
Fumimaro Konu, Japanese prince/PM (1937-39, 40-41), commits harakiri |
1946-02-23 |
Tomoyuki Yamashita, Japanese general (hanged) (b. 1885) |
1946-06-12 |
Count Hisaichi Terauchi, Japanese fieldmarshal, dies |
1946-12-07 |
Sada Yacco, Japanese stage actress (b. 1871) |
1947-06-18 |
Shigematsu Sakaibara, Japanese admiral (b. 1898) |
1948-08-10 |
Kwan-Ichi Asakawa, Japanese historian(b. 1873) |
1948-12-21 |
Seishiro Itagaki, Japanese General/min of War, hanged |
1949-01-25 |
Makino Nobuaki, Japanese statesman (b. 1861) |
1951-01-10 |
Yoshio Nishina, Japanese physicist (b. 1890) |
1953-05-28 |
Hori Tatsuo, Japanese writer (b. 1904) |
1954-09-21 |
Kokichi Mikimoto, Japanese inventor (b. 1858) |
1956-08-24 |
Kenji Mizoguchi, Japanese film director (b. 1898) |
1957-01-25 |
Kiyoshi Shiga, Japanese physician and bacteriologist (b. 1871) |
1957-01-25 |
Ichizo Kobayashi, Japanese industrialist and Minister of Commerce and Industry (b. 1873) |
1957-04-26 |
Gichin Funakoshi, Father of Japanese Shotokan Karatedo (b. 1868) |
1957-09-22 |
Toyoda Soemu, Japanese admiral (b. 1885) |
1958-04-02 |
Josei Toda, Japanese second president of the Buddhist association Soka Gakkai (b. 1900) |
1959-06-20 |
Hitoshi Ashida, Japanese politician, dies at 71 |
1959-12-21 |
Rosanjin, Japanese calligrapher, restaurateur and ceramicist (b. 1883) |
1960-04-23 |
Toyohiko Kagawa, Japanese Christian-social reformer/writer, dies at 71 |
1960-10-12 |
Inejiro Asanuma, leader Japanese Socialist Party, murdered at 61 |
1960-12-26 |
Watsuji Tetsuro, Japanese philosopher (b. 1889) |
1961-10-18 |
Tsuru Aoki, Japanese-born American actress (b. 1892) |
1962-09-06 |
Seiichiro Kashio, Japanese tennis player (b. 1892) |
1962-09-07 |
Eiji Yoshikawa, Japanese novelist (b. 1892) |
1963-12-12 |
Yasujiro Ozu, Japanese film director (b. 1903) |
1965-07-28 |
Edogawa Ranpo, Japanese author (b. 1894) |
1965-07-30 |
Junichiro Tanizaki, Japanese writer (Key), dies at 79 |
1966-11-02 |
Sadao Araki, Japanese general/minister of War (1931-34), dies at 89 |
1968-01-30 |
Tsugouharu T Foujita, Japanese/French painter, dies at 81 |
1969-04-26 |
Morihei Ueshiba, Japanese martial artist and founder of aikido (b. 1883) |
1970-01-25 |
Eiji Tsuburaya, Japanese television writer and producer (Ultraman) (b. 1901) |
1970-11-25 |
Yukio Mishima, Japanese author/nationalist (Harakiri), dies at 45 |
1972-04-02 |
Toshitsugu Takamatsu, Japanese Martial Arts Grandmaster (b. 1887) |
1972-04-16 |
Yasunari Kawabata, Japanese author (Nobel 1968), dies at 72 |
1973-01-24 |
Masao Ohba, world champion Japanese boxer (b. 1949) |
1974-03-24 |
Yoshida Isoya, Japanese architect (modern sukiya style), dies at 79 |
1974-06-02 |
Hiroshi Kazato, Japanese racing driver (b. 1949) |
1975-05-30 |
Tatsuo Shimabuku, Japanese martial artist (b. 1908) |
1976-01-19 |
Hidetsugu Yagi, Japanese electrical engineer (b. 1886) |
1979-07-08 |
Sin-Itiro Tomonaga, Japanese physicist, Nobel laureate (b. 1906) |
1980-09-20 |
Sanpei Hayashiya, Japanese comedian (b. 1925) |
1985-01-01 |
Kamatari Fujiwara, Japanese actor (b. 1905) |
1985-05-02 |
Milton S. Eisenhower, Japanese Relocation |
1986-02-21 |
Shigechiyo Izumi, Japanese sugarcane farmer, once thought to be the world's oldest man ever but now disputed (b. 1865) |
1986-04-08 |
Yukiko Okada, Japanese idol singer (b. 1967) |
1986-07-31 |
Chiune Sugihara, Japanese diplomat (b. 1900) |
1987-07-17 |
Yujiro Ishihara, Japanese actor (b. 1934) |
1988-12-25 |
Ooka Shohei, Japanese novelist (b. 1909) |
1989-02-09 |
Osamu Tezuka, Japanese manga artist (b. 1928) |
1989-04-27 |
Konosuke Matsushita, Japanese industrialist (b. 1894) |
1989-11-06 |
Yusaku Matsuda, Japanese actor (b. 1949) |
1990-01-20 |
Naruhito Higashi-Kuni, Japanese PM (1945), dies |
1990-05-12 |
Chen Kenmin, Japanese chef (b. 1912) |
1990-07-23 |
Kenjiro Takayanagi, Japanese development of television (b. 1899) |
1990-08-26 |
Minoru Honda, Japanese astronomer (b. 1913) |
1991-01-29 |
Yasushi Inoue, Japanese historian, dies |
1991-06-03 |
Takeshi Nagata, Japanese geophysicist (b. 1913) |
1991-07-11 |
Hitoshi Igarashi, Japanese interpreter (Satanic Verses), murdered |
1992-04-02 |
Tomisaburo Wakayama, Japanese actor (b. 1929) |
1992-04-25 |
Yutaka Ozaki, Japanese rock artist, dies at 26 of pulmonary edema |
1992-08-15 |
Osamu Inaba, Japanese min of justice, dies |
1993-01-22 |
Kobo Abe, Japanese writer (Wife in the Sand), dies at 68 |
1993-01-30 |
Taikichiro Mori, Japanese real estate developer, dies at 88 |
1993-02-28 |
Ishiro Honda, Japanese director/producer (Godzilla), dies at 81 |
1993-03-16 |
Chishu Ryu, Japanese actor (Autumn Afternoon), dies of cancer at 86 |
1993-04-18 |
Masahiko Kimura, Japanese judoka (b. 1917) |
1993-07-10 |
Masugi Ibuse, Japanese author (Kuroi ame (Black rain)), dies at 95 |
1993-10-20 |
Sugiyama Yasushi, Japanese painter (b. 1909) |
1993-11-14 |
Sanzo Nosaka, co-founder of Japanese Communist Party (1922), dies |
1994-04-26 |
Masutatsu Oyama, Founder of Japanese Kyokushin Karate (b. 1927) |
1994-07-14 |
Taeko Kuwata, Japanese/Belgian pianist, commits suicide |
1994-11-13 |
Motoo Kimura, Japanese geneticist (b. 1924) |
1995-07-30 |
Charles James Dunn, japanese scholar, dies at 80 |
1996-01-07 |
Tarō Okamoto, Japanese avant-garde artist (b. 1911) |
1996-09-23 |
Fujiko F. Fujio, Japanese cartoonist (b. 1933) |
1996-09-29 |
Shūsaku Endō, Japanese writer ("Sea & Poison", "Silence"), dies at 73 |
1997-06-21 |
Shintaro Katsu, Japanese entertainer (b. 1931) |
1997-07-23 |
Chuhei Nambu, Japanese athlete (b. 1904) |
1997-12-22 |
Juzo Itami, Japanese director, commits suicide at 64 |
1997-12-24 |
Toshiro Mifune, Japanese actor (Shogun), dies at 77 |
1997-12-30 |
Shinichi Hoshi, Japanese novelist (b. 1926) |
1998-01-09 |
Kenichi Fukui, Japanese Nobel Prize for Chemistry (1981) dies at 79 |
1998-05-02 |
Hideto "hide" Matsumoto, Japanese musician (b. 1964) |
1998-05-19 |
Sōsuke Uno, Japanese prime minister (b. 1922) |
1998-09-06 |
Akira Kurosawa, Japanese film director (b. 1910) |
1998-09-27 |
Narita Bryan, Japanese racehorse (b. 1991) |
1998-11-19 |
Ted Fujita, Japanese-born American meteorologist (b. 1920) |
1999-01-31 |
Shohei Baba, Japanese professional wrestler |
1999-06-21 |
Kami, Japanese drummer (Malice Mizer) (b. 1973) |
1999-07-16 |
Hiromi Yanagihara, Japanese singer (b. 1979) |
1999-10-03 |
Akio Morita, Japanese businessman (b. 1921) |
2000-09-22 |
Saburo Sakai, Japanese aviator, (b. 1916) |
2000-10-31 |
Watanabe Kazuki Japanese musician (Raphael) (b. 1981) |
2001-04-14 |
Hiroshi Teshigahara, Japanese director (b. 1927) |
2001-12-29 |
Takashi Asahina, Japanese conductor (b. 1908) |
2003-01-11 |
Ranko Sawa, Japanese Girls at the Harbor |
2003-01-12 |
Kinji Fukasaku, Japanese director (b. 1930) |
2003-04-20 |
Daijiro Kato, Japanese motorcycle racer (b. 1976) |
2004-02-27 |
Yoshihiko Amino, Japanese historians (b. 1928) |
2004-05-05 |
Ritsuko Okazaki, Japanese singer-songwriter (b. 1959) |
2004-12-07 |
Steve Yano, An American History: Resettlement of Japanese Americans in Greater Cleveland |
2005-03-15 |
Shoji Nishio, Japanese martial artist (b. 1927) |
2005-03-22 |
Kenzo Tange, Japanese architect (b. 1913) |
2005-04-20 |
Fumio Niwa, Japanese novelist (b. 1904) |
2005-11-06 |
Minako Honda, Japanese singer and musical actress (b. 1967) |
2006-02-08 |
Akira Ifukube, Japanese composer (b. 1914) |
2006-05-06 |
Shigeru Kayano, Japanese Ainu activist (b. 1926) |
2006-05-07 |
Machiko Soga, Japanese actress, singer, and tokusatsu legend (b. 1943) |
2006-05-10 |
Raizo Matsuno, Japanese politician (b. 1917) |
2006-05-30 |
Shohei Imamura, Japanese film director (b. 1926) |
2006-07-21 |
Mako, Japanese-born American actor (b. 1933) |
2006-08-17 |
Masumi Hayashi, An American History: Resettlement of Japanese Americans in Greater Cleveland |
2006-10-30 |
Junji Kinoshita, Japanese playwright (b. 1914) |
2006-12-25 |
Hiroaki Hidaka, Japanese serial killer (b. 1962) |
2007-02-02 |
Masao Takemoto, Japanese gymnast (b. 1919) |
2007-02-12 |
May Takasugi, Japanese War Bride |
2007-05-03 |
Knock Yokoyama, Japanese comedian and politician (b. 1932) |
2007-05-27 |
Izumi Sakai, Japanese singer (b. 1967) |
2007-05-28 |
Toshikatsu Matsuoka, Japanese politician (b. 1945) |
2007-06-02 |
Kentaro Haneda, Japanese composer (b. 1949) |
2007-07-18 |
Kenji Miyamoto, Japanese politician (b. 1908) |
2007-08-09 |
Akutsu Tetsuzo, Japanese surgeon who built the first artificial heart, dies at 84 |
2007-08-13 |
Yone Minagawa, Japanese woman, oldest person (114) (b. 1893) |
2007-08-28 |
Miyoshi Umeki, Japanese-born American actress (b. 1929) |
2007-09-27 |
Kenji Nagai, Japanese photojournalist (b. 1957) |
2007-10-07 |
Norifumi Abe, Japanese motorcycle racer (b. 1975) |
2007-10-12 |
Kisho Kurokawa, Japanese architect (b. 1934) |
2007-11-13 |
Kazuhisa Inao, Japanese baseball player (b. 1937) |
2008-06-17 |
Tsutomu Miyazaki, Japanese serial killer (b. 1962) |
2008-06-18 |
Miyuki Kanbe, Japanese actor (b. 1984) |
2008-08-02 |
Fujio Akatsuka, Japanese cartoonist (b. 1935) |
2008-09-07 |
Nagi Noda, Japanese pop artist and director (b. 1973) |
2008-10-10 |
Kazuyoshi Miura, Japanese businessman (b. 1947) |
2008-11-30 |
Munetaka Higuchi, Japanese drummer (Loudness) (b. 1958) |
2009-01-03 |
Hisayasu Nagata, Japanese politician (b. 1969) |
2009-03-25 |
Kosuke Koyama, Japanese theologian (b. 1929) |
2009-06-13 |
Mitsuharu Misawa, Japanese professional wrestler (b. 1962) |
2009-06-19 |
Tomoji Tanabe, Japanese supercentenarian (b. 1895) |
2009-11-28 |
Takeo Kajiwara, Japanese Go player (b. 1923) |
2010-01-04 |
Tsutomu Yamaguchi, Japanese Businessman, and Survivor of Hiroshima and Nagasaki Atomic Bombings (b. 1916) |
2010-01-17 |
Daisuke Gouri, Japanese seiyu (b. 1952) |
2010-02-26 |
Nujabes, Japanese Hip Hop producer and inspiration to many around the world. |
2010-03-04 |
Tetsuo Kondo, Japanese politician (b. 1929) |
2010-08-24 |
Satoshi Kon, Japanese anime film director (b. 1963) |
2010-09-01 |
Wakanohana Kanji I, Japanese sumo wrestler, the 45th Yokozuna (b. 1928) |
2010-09-05 |
Shoya Tomizawa Japanese MotoGP Racer (b. 1990) |
2011-08-04 |
Naoki Matsuda, Japanese Soccer player (b. 1977) |
2011-09-21 |
Jun Henmi, Japanese writer and poet (b. 1939) |
2012-02-21 |
Eiko Ishioka, Japanese Costume designer, dies from pancreatic cancer at 74 |
2012-11-19 |
Yukiko Inoue, Japanese Girls at the Harbor |
2013-01-15 |
Nagisa Oshima, Japanese film director and screen writer, dies at 80 |
2013-01-26 |
Hiroshi Nakajima, Japanese doctor, dies at 84 |
2013-02-09 |
Keiko Fukuda, Japanese-born American martial artist, dies at 99 |
2015-07-17 |
Jules Bianchi, The Japanese Grand Prix |
2016-06-24 |
Japanese creator of Othello board game dies aged 83 |
2017-02-12 |
Japanese manga artist Jiro Taniguchi dies aged 69 |
2017-02-23 |
Cult Japanese Helmer Seijun Suzuki Dies Aged 93 |
2018-04-06 |
Japanese animation pioneer Isao Takahata dies aged 82 |
