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October 1
Events
- 1957 - The ¥5,000 banknote is first issued featuring a portrait of Prince Shōtoku.
- 1964 - Tōkaidō Shinkansen begins high-speed rail service from Tokyo Station to Shin-Ōsaka Station with the 0 Series Shinkansen.
- 1967 - Radio program All Night Nippon is first broadcast by Nippon Broadcasting System.
- 1969 - Japan's National Space Development Agency (NASDA) is formed.
- 1991 - Yonkoma comic strip Nono-chan debuts in the Asahi Shimbun.
- 1997 - Nagano Shinkansen rail service begins connecting Takasaki Station and Nagano Station.
- 2001 - The Ghibli Museum opens in Mitaka, Tokyo.
- 2003 - Japan's Institute of Space and Astronautical Science (ISAS), National Aerospace Laboratory of Japan (NAL) and National Space Development Agency (NASDA) merge to form the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA).
- 2004 - Seattle Mariners outfielder Ichiro Suzuki gets his 258th hit of the season, breaking George Sisler's 84-year-old single-season record.
- 2007 - An Earthquake Early Warning is first issued to the public.
Births
- 1887 - Shizuichi Tanaka (d. 1945), general
- 1958 - Masato Nakamura, bass player and producer
- 1964 - Max Matsuura, songwriter, producer, and screenwriter
- 1977 - Christel Takigawa, announcer and news presenter
- 1986 - Sayaka Kanda (d. 2021), actress and singer
- 1987 - Hiroki Aiba, actor and singer
Film and television
- 1967 - Ultra Seven begins airing on Tokyo Broadcasting System
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October 2
Events
- 1982 - Sony launches the first consumer compact disc player (model CDP-101).
Births
- 1969 - Jun Akiyama, wrestler
- 1978 - Ayumi Hamasaki, singer-songwriter, producer, and actress
- 1997 - Hana Sugisaki, actress
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October 3
Births
- 1804 - Townsend Harris (d. 1878), American merchant and politician, 1st U.S. Consul to Japan
- 1969 - Yuriko Ishida, Japanese actress and essayist
- 1969 - Tetsu, singer-songwriter, bass player, and producer
- 1973 - Keiko Agena, Japanese-American actress
- 1975 - Satoko Ishimine, singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer
- 1975 - Nakako Tsuzuki, figure skater
- 1978 - Aminishiki Ryūji, sumo wrestler
- 1979 - Yuri Ebihara, model and actress
- 1983 - Hiroki Suzuki, actor and singer
- 1991 - Aki Takajō, singer
- 1997 - Juri Takahashi, singer
Deaths
- 1999 - Akio Morita (b. 1921), businessman
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October 4
Events
- 1943 - World War II: U.S. captures the Solomon Islands from the Imperial Japanese Army
Births
- 1918 - Kenichi Fukui (d. 1998), chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate
- 1922 - Shin Kyuk-Ho, South Korean-Japanese businessman, founded Lotte Group
- 1959 - Hitonari Tsuji, writer, composer, and director
- 1961 - Kazuki Takahashi, author and illustrator, created Yu-Gi-Oh!
- 1963 - Koji Ishikawa, author and illustrator
- 1967 - Tsuyoshi Koyama, actor and voice actor
- 1978 - Kei Horie, actor, writer, producer, and director
- 1981 - Shaura, singer
- 1983 - Risa Kudō, model and actress
- 1983 - Ai Maeda, actress, singer, and model
- 1983 - Tatsuya Ueda, singer and actor
- 1990 - Saki, musician and songwriter
Deaths
- 1305 - Emperor Kameyama (b. 1249)
- 1997 - Gunpei Yokoi (b. 1941), game designer, created Game Boy
Film and Television
- 2003
- Pretty Guardian Sailor Moon began airing on CBC, starring Miyuu Sawai, Rika Izumi, Keiko Kitagawa, Mew Azama, and Ayaka Komatsu
- Fullmetal Alchemist began airing on TBS
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October 5
Births
- 1949 - Yashiki Takajin (d. 2014), singer and television personality
- 1950 - Mari Henmi, singer and actress
- 1960 - Hitomi Kuroki, actress
- 1964 - Keiji Fujiwara, voice actor
- 1989 - Kensho Ono, voice actor
Deaths
- 1714 - Kaibara Ekiken (b. 1630), botanist and philosopher
Film and television
- 1971 - Nantatte 18 sai! begins airing on Tokyo Broadcasting System, starring Yuki Okazaki, Sei Hiraizumi, Jun Tazaki, Haruko Katō, and Mitsuo Hamada
- 2013
- Miss Pilot begins airing on Fuji Television, starring Maki Horikita
- AKB48 Show! begins airing on NHK BS Premium and NHK World Premium, starring AKB48.
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October 6
Births
- 1916 - Chiang Wei-kuo (d. 1997), Japanese-Chinese general
- 1961 - Miyuki Matsuda, actress
- 1982 - Hideki Mutoh, race car driver
- 1988 - Maki Horikita, actress
Film and television
- 2012 - Beyond Outrage, a yazuka film starring Takeshi Kitano, Toshiyuki Nishida, and Tomokazu Miura
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October 7
Events
- 1940 - World War II: the McCollum memo proposes bringing the United States into the war in Europe by provoking the Japanese to attack the United States.
- 1942 - World War II: The October Matanikau action on Guadalcanal begins as United States Marine Corps forces attack Imperial Japanese Army units along the Matanikau River.
Births
- 1960 - Kyosuke Himuro, singer-songwriter and guitarist
- 1965 - Genji Hashimoto, race car driver
- 1965 - Kumiko Watanabe, voice actress
- 1984 - Toma Ikuta, actor and singer
- 1984 - Kazuki Kato, actor and singer
Deaths
- 1242 - Emperor Juntoku (b. 1197)
- 2007 - Norifumi Abe (b. 1975), motorcycle racer
Film and television
- 2007 - Jyouou begins airing on TV Tokyo, starring Hiromi Kitagawa
- 2009 - The Ancient Dogoo Girl begins airing on Mainichi Broadcasting System, starring Erika Yazawa and Masataka Kubota
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October 8
Births
- 1919 - Kiichi Miyazawa (d. 2007), politician, 78th Prime Minister of Japan
- 1930 - Tōru Takemitsu (d. 1996), composer and theorist
- 1970 - Tetsuya Nomura, video game designer and director
- 1974 - Koji Murofushi, hammer thrower
- 1981 - Ryuji Sainei, actor
- 1985 - Eiji Wentz, singer-songwriter and actor
- 1987 - Aya Hirano, voice actress and singer
- 1987 - Yuichi Nakamura, actor
- 1996 - Sara Takanashi, ski jumper
- 1997 - Tina Tamashiro, model and idol
Deaths
- 1317 - Emperor Fushimi (b. 1265)
Film and television
- 1998 - Nemureru Mori begins airing on Fuji Television, starring Miho Nakayama and Takuya Kimura
- 2012 - Perfect Blue begins airing on Tokyo Broadcasting System, starring Miori Takimoto, Naomi Zaizen, Yasufumi Terawaki, and Aya Hirayama
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October 9
Events
- 1942 - The last day of the October Matanikau action on Guadalcanal as United States Marine Corps forces withdraw back across the Matanikau River after destroying most of the Imperial Japanese Army's 4th Infantry Regiment.
Births
- 1924 - Hachiro Kasuga (d. 1991), singer
- 1950 - Yoshiyuki Konishi, Japanese fashion designer
- 1950 - Reichi Nakaido, singer and guitarist
- 1962 - Ōnokuni Yasushi, sumo wrestler, the 62nd Yokozuna
- 1969 - Jun Akiyama, wrestler
- 1972 - Kōki Miyata, voice actor
- 1981 - Maasa Takahashi, announcer and host
Deaths
- 1947 - Yukio Sakurauchi (b. 1888), entrepreneur and politician, cabinet minister in the pre-war Empire of Japan
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October 10
Events
- 1943 - World War II: The Double Tenth Incident occurs in Japanese-occupied Singapore
- 1944 - World War II: The Formosa Air Battle begins
- 1964 - The opening ceremonies of the 1964 Summer Olympics are held in Tokyo
- 1966 - The first Health and Sports Day is held
- 2010 - The 2010 Japanese Grand Prix is held at the Suzuka Circuit in Suzuka, Mie, Japan
Births
- 1938 - Daidō Moriyama, photographer
- 1946 - Naoto Kan, lawyer and politician, Prime Minister of Japan
- 1957 - Rumiko Takahashi, author and illustrator
- 1965 - Toshi, singer-songwriter and producer
- 1979 - Hitomi Satō, actress
- 1982 - Hideki Mutoh, race car driver
- 1984 - Chiaki Kuriyama, actress and singer
Deaths
- 1913 - Katsura Tarō (b. 1848), general and politician, and 6th Prime Minister of Japan
- 1949 - Chikuhei Nakajima (b. 1884), naval officer, engineer, and politician, founded Nakajima Aircraft Company
- 2008 - Kazuyoshi Miura (b. 1947), businessman
Film and television
- 1993 - Iron Chef begins airing on Fuji Television, starring Takeshi Kaga, Kenji Fukui, and Yukio Hattori
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October 11
Events
- 1942 - World War II: The Battle of Cape Esperance begins
- 1943 - World War II: The USS Wahoo submarine is sunk off the coast of Cape Sōya in the La Pérouse Strait
- 1997 - The inaugural event of Pride Fighting Championships is held in the Tokyo Dome
- 2005 - The city of Hokota, Ibaraki is created from the merger of several towns and villages
Births
- 1901 - Masanobu Tsuji (d. ca.1961), politician, author, and tactician of the Imperial Japanese Army
- 1946 - Sawao Kato, gymnast and educator
- 1954 - Atsuko Takahata, actress and voice actress
- 1973 - Takeshi Kaneshiro, actor and singer
- 1974 - Kane Kosugi, American-Japanese martial artist and actor
- 1974 - Fumika Suzuki, voice actress, model, and race queen
- 1977 - Shūhei Izumi, actor
- 1978 - Takuya Kawaguchi, footballer
- 1979 - Reiko Takagaki, model and actress
- 1980 - Motohiro Hata, singer-songwriter and guitarist
- 1980 - Tomokazu Sugita, voice actor
- 1985 - Aya Kiguchi, model
- 1988 - Rika Izumi, model, actress, and singer
Film and television
- 1999 - Ainori begins airing on Fuji Television, starring Masami Hisamoto, Kōji Imada, and Haruhiko Katō
- 2005 - 1 Litre no Namida begins airing on Fuji Television, starring Erika Sawajiri and Ryō Nishikido
- 2014 - Cape Nostalgia, a drama film starring Sayuri Yoshinaga, Hiroshi Abe, Yūko Takeuchi, and Shōfukutei Tsurube II
- 2015 - Angel Heart begins airing on Nippon TV, starring Takaya Kamikawa, Ayaka Miyoshi, and Saki Aibu
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October 12
Events
- 1942 - World War II: The Battle of Cape Esperance concludes, resulting in a victory over Japan for the United States
- 1983 - Former Prime Minister Kakuei Tanaka is convicted of accepting bribes as part of the Lockheed bribery scandals
Births
- 1008 - Emperor Go-Ichijō (d. 1036)
- 1891 - Fumimaro Konoe (d. 1945), politician, founded Taisei Yokusankai, 34th Prime Minister of Japan
- 1950 - Takeshi Kaga, actor
- 1960 - Hiroyuki Sanada, actor
- 1963 - Hideki Fujisawa, musician
- 1963 - Satoshi Kon (d. 2010), animator and screenwriter
- 1970 - Origa (d. 2015), Russian-Japanese singer
- 1979 - Rie Tomosaka, actress and singer
- 1989 - Anna Ohmiya, curler
- 1995 - Karin Ogino, model and actress
Deaths
- 1590 - Kanō Eitoku (b. 1543), painter
- 1632 - Kutsuki Mototsuna (b. 1549), commander
- 1858 - Hiroshige (b. 1797), painter
- 1960 - Inejiro Asanuma (b. 1898), politician
- 2007 - Kisho Kurokawa (b. 1934), architect, designed the Nakagin Capsule Tower
Film and television
- 2007 - Mop Girl begins airing on TV Asahi, starring Keiko Kitagawa
- 2010 - Second Virgin begins airing on NHK, starring Kyōka Suzuki, Kyoko Fukada, Hiroki Hasegawa, You, and Gō Ayano
- 2015 - 5-ji Kara 9-ji Made: Watashi ni Koi Shita Obōsan begins airing on Fuji Television, starring Satomi Ishihara and Tomohisa Yamashita
Holidays, observances, and anniversaries
- 1887 - Yamaha Corporation is founded
- 1940 - Taisei Yokusankai, a para-fascist organization, is organized
- 2004 - Satsumasendai, Kagoshima is founded with the merger of several towns and villages with the city of Sendai, Kagoshima
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October 13
Births
- 1958 - Masako Mori, singer and actress
- 1960 - Katsuhisa Namase, actor
- 1964 - Masaya Onosaka, voice actor and singer
- 1973 - Nanako Matsushima, actress
- 1982 - Mika Hijii, actress and model
- 1984 - Misono, singer-songwriter and guitarist
- 1985 - Tsubasa Masuwaka, model
- 1989 - Wei Son, model
- 1992 - Yuko Takayama, actress
- 1993 - Kaito Ishikawa, voice actor
- 1994 - Hinako Sano, actress and model
Deaths
Film and television
- 1997 - Love Generation begins airing on Fuji Television, starring Takuya Kimura and Takako Matsu
- 2005 - Brother Beat begins airing on Tokyo Broadcasting System, starring Misako Tanaka, Tetsuji Tamayama, Mokomichi Hayami, and Akiyoshi Nakao
- 2011 - Mitsu no Aji: A Taste of Honey begins airing on Fuji Television, starring Nana Eikura, Miho Kanno, and Arata
- 2013 - Andō Lloyd: A.I. knows Love? begins airing on Tokyo Broadcasting System, starring Takuya Kimura
Holidays, observances, and anniversaries
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October 14
Events
- 1854 - The Anglo-Japanese Friendship Treaty between Britain and Japan is signed
- 1943 - World War II: The Second Philippine Republic is established under occupying Japanese forces
- 1994 - 6879 Hyogo is discovered by Kazuyoshi Itō
- 2001 - The 2001 Japanese Grand Prix is held
Births
- 1493 - Shimazu Tadayoshi (d. 1568), daimyo
- 1867 - Masaoka Shiki (d. 1902), poet, author, and literary critic
- 1888 - Yukio Sakurauchi (d. 1947), entrepreneur, politician, and cabinet minister
- 1900 - W. Edwards Deming (d. 1993), American statistician, educator, and author best known for his work in teaching top management in Japan how to improve design, service, product quality, testing, and sales
- 1909 - Mochitsura Hashimoto (d. 2000), officer and submarine commander
- 1953 - Kazumi Watanabe, guitarist
- 1957 - Gen Nakatani, politician, head of the Japan Defense Agency
- 1957 - Ikuo Takahara, footballer
- 1970 - Takako Katou, actress and singer
- 1970 - Hiromi Nagasaku, actress and singer
- 1980 - Ami Ishii, model
- 1987 - Hisashi Takeda, pitcher
Deaths
- 1942 - Noboru Yamaguchi (b. 1902), yakuza leader
- 1953 - Kyuichi Tokuda (b. 1894), politician
- 1959 - Genzo Kurita (b. 1926), serial killer
- 1986 - Takahiko Yamanouchi (b. 1902), physicist
Holidays, observances, and anniversaries
- 1980 - Big Comic Spirits begins publication
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October 15
Events
- 1904 - The Russian Baltic Fleet leaves Reval, Estonia for Port Arthur during the Russo-Japanese War.
Births
- 1910 - Edwin O. Reischauer (d. 1990), Japanese-American scholar, diplomat, and educator, United States Ambassador to Japan
- 1958 - Masako Katsuki, voice actress
- 1977 - Masato Kawabata, race car driver
- 1978 - Takeshi Morishima, wrestler
- 1982 - Yōko Maki, actress
- 1982 - Sachiko Yamada, swimmer
- 1990 - Kiko Mizuhara, American-Japanese model, actress, and singer
Film and television
- 2007 - Galileo begins airing on Fuji Television, starring Kō Shibasaki and Masaharu Fukuyama
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October 16
Births
- 1535 - Niwa Nagahide (d. 1585), samurai
- 1840 - Kuroda Kiyotaka (d. 1900), general and politician, 2nd Prime Minister of Japan
- 1841 - Itō Hirobumi (d. 1909), politician, 1st Prime Minister of Japan
- 1936 - Akira Machida, judge, 15th Chief Justice of Japan
- 1969 - Takao Omori, wrestler
- 1970 - Kazuyuki Fujita, wrestler and mixed martial artist
- 1992 - Rika Adachi, actress and model
Film and television
- 2011 - Nankyoku Tairiku begins airing on Tokyo Broadcasting System, starring Takuya Kimura
- 2014 - Dear Sister begins airing on Fuji Television, starring Satomi Ishihara and Nao Matsushita
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October 17
Births
- 1898 - Shinichi Suzuki (d. 1998), violinist and educator
- 1936 - Hiroo Kanamori, Japanese-American seismologist and academic
- 1972 - Musashi, martial artist and kick-boxer
- 1976 - Rena Inoue, Japanese-American figure skater
- 1977 - Hiroyuki Hirayama, actor
- 1979 - Koichiro Nishi, actor
- 1981 - Tsubasa Imai, singer, actor, and dancer
- 1983 - Toshihiro Matsushita, footballer
- 1983 - Riki Miura, actor
- 1983 - Junichi Miyashita, swimmer
- 1985 - Tomokazu Nagira, footballer
- 1987 - Hideto Takahashi, footballer
- 1988 - Tori Matsuzaka, actor
- 1988 - Yuko Oshima, singer and actress
- 1989 - Tokio Emoto, actor
- 1990 - Saki Kumagai, footballer
- 1990 - Arisa Murata, skier
- 1992 - Nanami Sakuraba, actress and singer
Film and television
- 2005 - Kiken na Aneki begins airing on Fuji Television, starring Misaki Ito
- 2009 - Shōkōjo Seira, begins airing on Tokyo Broadcasting System, starring Mirai Shida
- 2011 - The Reason I Can't Find My Love begins airing on Fuji Television, starring Karina Nose, Yuriko Yoshitaka, Yuko Oshima, and Izumi Inamori
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October 18
Births
- 1127 - Emperor Go-Shirakawa (d. 1192)
- 1850 - Basil Hall Chamberlain (d. 1935), British professor of Tokyo Imperial University
- 1870 - D. T. Suzuki (d. 1966), author and scholar
- 1887 - Takashi Sakai (d. 1946), general in the Imperial Japanese Army and Governor of Hong Kong
- 1893 - George Ohsawa (d. 1966), philosopher and educator
- 1945 - Norio Wakamoto, voice actor
- 1954 - Yūji Mitsuya, actor, voice actor, and audio supervisor
- 1955 - Hiromi Go, singer
- 1958 - Megumi Ishii, actress and politician
- 1970 - Kazuhisa Irii, footballer
- 1970 - Michihiro Morita, Go player
- 1972 - Mika Ninagawa, photographer
- 1974 - Noboru Kaneko, actor
- 1979 - Hikaru Kawamura, model
- 1985 - Iori Nomizu, voice actor
- 1989 - Riisa Naka, actress
Deaths
- 1561 - Yamamoto Kansuke (b. 1501), samurai
- 1886 - Philipp Franz von Siebold (b. 1796), German physician and botanist, first European to teach Western medicine in Japan
- 1908 - Nozu Michitsura (b. 1840), field marshal
- 1947 - Michiaki Kamada (b. 1890), vice admiral and war criminal
- 1956 - Yoshio Markino (b. 1869), artist and author
- 1961 - Tsuru Aoki (b. 1892), Japanese-American actress
Film and television
- 2010 - Nagareboshi begins airing on Fuji Television, starring Yutaka Takenouchi and Aya Ueto
- 2011 - Nazotoki wa Dinner no Ato de begins airing on Fuji Television, starring Sho Sakurai and Keiko Kitagawa
Holidays, observances, and anniversaries
- 1881 - The Liberal Party of Japan is founded
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October 19
Events
- 1956 - The Soviet–Japanese Joint Declaration of 1956 is signed
Births
- 1276 - Prince Hisaaki (d. 1328)
- 1910 - Shunkichi Hamada (d. 2009), field hockey player
- 1916 - Minoru Yasui (d. 1986), Japanese-American lawyer
- 1931 - Atsushi Miyagi, tennis player
- 1955 - LaSalle Ishii, television personality, actor, voice actor, and director
- 1958 - Hiromi Hara, footballer
- 1960 - Ayuo, Japanese-American composer, poet, lyricist, and singer
- 1960 - Takeshi Koshida, footballer
- 1967 - Yōji Matsuda, actor and voice actor
- 1967 - Yoko Shimomura, pianist and composer
- 1975 - Shian-Li Tsang, model
- 1976 - Hiroshi Sakai, footballer
- 1977 - Takamasa Suga, actor
- 1979 - Sachiko Sugiyama, volleyball player
- 1979 - Hiromi Yanagihara (d. 1999), singer and actress
- 1984 - Saki Fujita, voice actress
- 1985 - Erina Yamaguchi, model
- 1987 - Tsunenori Aoki, actor
- 1987 - Fumino Kimura, actress
- 1989 - Rakuto Tochihara, actor
- 1992 - Shiho, actress and model
- 1994 - Kenta Suga, actor
Deaths
- 1619 - Fujiwara Seika (b. 1561), philosopher
Film and television
- 1974 - Castle of Sand, a police procedural film starring Tetsurō Tamba, Go Kato, and Kensaku Morita
- 2010 - Freeter, Ie wo Kau begins airing on Fuji Television and Kyodo Television, starring Kazunari Ninomiya, Naoto Takenaka, Atsuko Asano, and Haruka Igawa
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October 20
Events
- 1944 - World War II: The Formosa Air Battle concludes, resulting in a decisive Allied victory over Imperial Japanese forces
Births
- 1887 - Prince Yasuhiko Asaka (d. 1981)
- 1909 - Yasushi Sugiyama (d. 1993), painter
- 1932 - Rokurō Naya (d. 2014), voice actor
- 1934 - Empress Michiko
- 1959 - Koichi Kawanishi, drummer
- 1961 - Michie Tomizawa, voice actress and singer
- 1964 - Tomoko Yamaguchi, actress and singer
- 1983 - Takayuki Yamada, actor and singer
- 1988 - Risa Niigaki, singer and actress
Film and television
- 2008 - Innocent Love begins airing on Fuji Television, starring Maki Horikita
- 2012 - Land of Hope, a film starring Isao Natsuyagi, Naoko Otani, Jun Murakami, Megumi Kagurazaka, and Denden
- 2012 - Space Sheriff Gavan: The Movie, a tokusatsu film starring Yuma Ishigaki and Kenji Ohba
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October 21
Births
- 1675 - Emperor Higashiyama (d. 1710)
- 1894 - Edogawa Ranpo (d. 1965), author and critic
- 1959 - Ken Watanabe, actor and producer
- 1965 - Hisashi Imai, singer-songwriter and guitarist
- 1972 - Masakazu Morita, voice actor
- 1974 - Yumi Karahashi, announcer
- 1979 - Shiho Takano, actress
- 1984 - Jessica Michibata, Argentine-Japanese model
- 1989 - May'n, singer
- 1998 - Ryoka Oshima, singer
Deaths
- 1600 - Shima Sakon (b. 1540), daimyo
Film and television
- 2005 - Hana Yori Dango begins airing on Tokyo Broadcasting System, starring Mao Inoue, Jun Matsumoto, Shun Oguri, Shota Matsuda, and Tsuyoshi Abe
- 2011 - Jūichinin mo iru! begins airing on TV Asahi, starring Ryunosuke Kamiki
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October 22
Events
- 794 - Emperor Kanmu relocates the Japanese capital to Heiankyo (now Kyoto)
Births
- 1197 - Emperor Juntoku (d. 1242)
- 1917 - Joan Fontaine (d. 2013), Japanese-American actress and singer
- 1939 - Susumu Kurobe, actor
- 1948 - Tetsuo Kanno, politician
- 1957 - Chris Peppler, radio personality
- 1960 - Shigeru Muroi, actress
- 1961 - Takaaki Ishibashi, comedian, singer, and actor
- 1966 - Yuri Arbachakov, Russian-Japanese boxer
- 1973 - Ichiro Suzuki, baseball player
- 1985 - Manpei Takagi, actor
- 1985 - Shinpei Takagi, actor
- 1986 - Kenji Ebisawa, actor
- 1986 - Akihiro Sato, footballer
Deaths
- 1625 - Kikkawa Hiroie (b. 1561), daimyo
- 1914 - Konishiki Yasokichi I (b. 1866), sumo wrestler, the 17th Yokozuna
- 1979 - Mieko Kamiya (b. 1914), psychiatrist
- 1991 - Hachiro Kasuga (b. 1924), singer
- 1999 - Mitsugi Ohno (b. 1926), glassblower
- 2010 - Eio Sakata (b. 1920), Go player
Film and television
- 2011 - Gyokairui Yamaoka Maiko, a fantasy film starring Uki Satake and Cocoro Takami
- 2012 - Priceless begins airing on Fuji Television, starring Takuya Kimura
Holidays, observances, and anniversaries
- Jidai Matsuri (Kyoto)
- 2010 - The International Nuclear Energy Development of Japan is founded
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October 23
Events
- 1992 - Emperor Akihito becomes the first Emperor of Japan to stand on Chinese soil.
- 2004 - A powerful earthquake and its aftershocks hit Niigata prefecture, northern Japan, killing 35 people, injuring 2,200, and leaving 85,000 homeless or evacuated.
Births
- 1920 - Ted Fujita (d. 1998), Japanese-American meteorologist and academic
- 1956 - Akie Asaka, comedian
- 1958 - Hiroyuki Kinoshita, actor
- 1971 - Carlo Forlivesi, Italian-Japanese composer and scholar
- 1973 - Emi Hashino, comedian and actress
- 1983 - Sayaka Isoyama, model, entertainer, actress, and writer
- 1987 - Miyuu Sawai, model and actress
- 1987 - Naomi Watanabe, actress and comedian
- 1991 - Princess Mako of Akishino
Deaths
- 930 - Emperor Daigo (b. 885)
Film and television
- 2011 - Boku to Star no 99 Nichi begins airing on Fuji Television, starring Hidetoshi Nishijima and Kim Tae-hee
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October 24
Events
- 1944 - World War II: The Japanese aircraft carrier Zuikaku, and the battleship Musashi are sunk in the Battle of Leyte Gulf.
- 1964 - The closing ceremonies of the 1964 Summer Olympics are held in Tokyo
Births
- 1931 - Ken Utsui (d. 2014), actor
- 1941 - Peter Takeo Okada, priest, 11th Archbishop of Tokyo
- 1959 - Chihiro Fujioka, director and composer
- 1980 - Aiko Itō, actress
- 1984 - Kaela Kimura, singer-songwriter
- 1986 - Nobuhiko Okamoto, voice actor and singer
Deaths
- 1983 - Jiang Wen-Ye (b. 1910), Taiwanese composer, active mainly in Japan and later in China
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October 25
Births
- 1936 - Masako Nozawa, actress
- 1946 - Koji Yamamoto, baseball player and manager
- 1971 - Midori Gotō, Japanese-American violinist and educator
- 1972 - Sayuri Uchida, actress
- 1978 - Maria Takagi, actress
- 1983 - Hotaru Akane, actress and activist
- 1985 - Ayahi Takagaki, voice actress and singer
Deaths
- 2000 - Mochitsura Hashimoto (b. 1909), officer and submarine commander
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October 26
Events
- 1949 - The Japan Newspaper Publishers and Editors Association creats a "Policy on Kisha Clubs", stating that they are "an organization for the purpose of socialization, and are not to intervene in matters related to reporting"
- 1999 - Yoshifumi Kubota murders Shiori Ino in front of a train station. This incident later revealed significant dereliction of duties on the part of Saitama Prefectural Police, and was the impetus for a stalking law in Japan.
- 2011 - Tsuyoshi Kikukawa resigns as the President and Chairman of Olympus Corporation due to investigations regarding the optical equipment company's recent acquisitions
Births
- 1947 - Kenzo Kitakata, novelist
- 1966 - Masaharu Iwata, keyboard player and composer
- 1968 - Miyuki Imori, entertainer, actress, and singer
- 1972 - Matsuko Deluxe, columnist, essayist, and television personality
- 1973 - Taka Michinoku, wrestler and trainer
- 1974 - Lisa, singer and producer
- 1976 - Shinji Takao, Go player
- 1980 - Koichi Watanabe, kick-boxer
- 1991 - Riho Iida, actress and model
- 1991 - Shu Watanabe, actor
Deaths
- 1609 - Matsudaira Tadayori (b. 1582), samurai and daimyō
- 1909 - Itō Hirobumi (b. 1841), politician, 1st Prime Minister of Japan
- 1919 - Akashi Motojiro (b. 1864), general
- 1927 - Jūkichi Yagi (b. 1898), poet
- 1944 - Hiroyoshi Nishizawa (b. 1920), flying ace
- 1960 - Toshizō Nishio (b. 1881), general
- 1961 - Sadae Inoue (b. 1886), general
- 1998 - Kenkichi Iwasawa (b. 1917), mathematician
- 2009 - Yoshirō Muraki (b. 1924), designer and director
Film and television
- 1979 - Kinpachi-sensei begins airing on Tokyo Broadcasting System, starring Tetsuya Takeda
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October 27
Events
- 1557 - Emperor Ōgimachi, 106th Emperor of Japan, begins his reign
- 1911 - Chikuhei Nakajima pilots Japan's first airship
- 1930 - Wushe Incident: A group of 300 Seediq warriors massacre 136 mostly-Japanese men, women, and children at an athletics meet at the Taiwan-Chinese Musyaji Elementary School in Taiwan
- 1980 - The Tokyo Temple (now Tokyo Japan Temple) of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints is dedicated
- 1992 - Allen R. Schindler, Jr., an American Radioman Petty Officer Third Class in the United States Navy, is killed by a shipmate and an accomplice in a public toilet in Sasebo, Nagasaki for being gay
Births
- 1858 - Saitō Makoto (d. 1936), naval officer and politician, 30th Prime Minister of Japan
- 1884 - Shirō Takasu (d. 1944), naval officer
- 1890 - Toshinari Shōji (d. 1974), general
- 1906 - Kazuo Ohno (d. 2010), dancer
- 1926 - Takumi Shibano (d. 2010), translator and author
- 1933 - Ryō Hanmura (d. 2002), author
- 1935 - Charlie Tagawa, Japanese-American entertainer and banjoist
- 1952 - Atsuyoshi Furuta, footballer
- 1966 - Masanobu Takashima, actor
- 1978 - Manami Konishi, actress and singer
- 1979 - Hiroyuki Yamamoto, footballer
- 1980 - Sayuri Osuga, speed skater and cyclist
- 1982 - Takashi Tsukamoto, actor and singer
- 1983 - Takuro Okuyama, footballer
- 1987 - Thelma Aoyama, singer
- 1991 - Shohei Takahashi, footballer
- 1992 - Junya Ikeda, actor and voice actor
- 1992 - Taiko Katono, actor and model
- 1999 - Haruka Kudo, singer and actress
Deaths
- 1816 - Santō Kyōden (b. 1761), poet, writer and artist
- 2008 - Frank Nagai (b. 1932), singer
Film and television
- 2005 - Reincarnation, a horror film starring Yūka, Karina Nose, Kippei Shiina, and Shun Oguri
- 2012 - A Terminal Trust, a drama film starring Tamiyo Kusakari, Kōji Yakusho, Takao Osawa, and Tadanobu Asano
Holidays, observances, and anniversaries
- 1921 - Michinoku Bank is founded
- 1923 - Supermarket chain CGC Japan is founded
- 2005 - Dengeki Maoh begins publication
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October 28
Events
- 1707 - The 1707 Hōei earthquake, at an estimated 8.6 ML, killed over 5000 people and was the largest quake in Japanese history until the 2011 Tōhoku earthquake
- 1891 - The 1891 Mino–Owari earthquake, at an estimated 8.0 Ms, killed and estimated 7273 and had an estimated 17,175 casualties
Births
- 1837 - Tokugawa Yoshinobu (d. 1913), shogun, 15th and last shogun of the Tokugawa shogunate
- 1860 - Kanō Jigorō (d. 1938), martial artist
- 1917 - Jack Soo (d. 1979), Japanese-American actor and singer
- 1921 - Azumafuji Kin'ichi (d. 1973), sumo wrestler, the 40th Yokozuna
- 1938 - Keigo Abe, master of Shotokan karate who founded the Japan Shotokan Karate Association
- 1944 - Keizō Kanie, actor
- 1959 - Toshio Masuda, composer
- 1960 - Yoko Kagabu, volleyball player
- 1965 - Miyako Yoshida, ballerina
- 1968 - Mayumi Ozaki, wrestler
- 1969 - Noriyoshi Omichi, baseball player
- 1980 - Kanzi, American bonobo known for having exhibited advanced linguistic aptitude
- 1982 - Mai Kuraki, singer-songwriter, pianist, and producer
- 1982 - Hironori Saruta, footballer
- 1983 - Kayo Noro, singer and entertainer
- 1986 - Aki Toyosaki, voice actress and singer
- 1988 - Nanao, model and actress
- 1988 - Shota Kawanishi, footballer
Deaths
- 1225 - Jien (b. 1155), monk, historian, and poet
- 1568 - Ashikaga Yoshihide (b. 1538), shogun
- 1594 - Ōkubo Tadayo (b. 1532), general
- 1945 - Kesago Nakajima (b. 1881), general
- 2007 - Takao Fujinami (b. 1932), politician
Film and television
- 2005 - What the Snow Brings, a film starring Yūsuke Iseya, Kōichi Satō, and Kyōko Koizumi
- 2011 - Kaitō Royale begins airing on Tokyo Broadcasting System, starring Tori Matsuzaka, Aya Ōmasa, and Seiji Fukushi
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October 29
Births
- 1935 - Isao Takahata, director, producer, and screenwriter
- 1936 - Akiko Kojima, model, Miss Universe 1959
- 1965 - Masahiro Takashima, actor
- 1968 - Tsunku, singer-songwriter and producer
- 1972 - Takafumi Horie, businessman, founded Livedoor
- 1985 - Youn-a, South Korean-Japanese model
- 1986 - Tina Yuzuki, porn actress
- 1987 - Makoto Ogawa, singer and actress
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October 30
Events
- 1987 – In Japan, NEC releases the first 16-bit video game console, the PC Engine, which was later sold in other markets under the name TurboGrafx-16.
Births
- 1218 - Emperor Chūkyō (d. 1234)
- 1979 - Yukie Nakama, actress and singer
- 1980 - Rich Alvarez, Filipino-Japanese basketball player
- 1981 - Ayaka Kimura, singer and actress
- 1986 - Keisuke Sohma, actor
- 1996 - Mizuki Fukumura, singer and actress
Deaths
- 1654 - Emperor Go-Kōmyō (b. 1633)
- 2006 - Junji Kinoshita (b. 1914), playwright and scholar
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October 31
Births
- 1881 - Toshizō Nishio (d. 1960), general
- 1933 - Iemasa Kayumi (d. 2014), voice actor
- 1954 - Mari Okamoto, actress and voice actress
- 1966 - Koji Kanemoto, wrestler
- 1976 - Koji Yamamoto, actor and singer
- 1978 - Mika Sugisaki, announcer, radio personality, entertainer, and actress
- 1980 - Samaire Armstrong, Japanese-American actress
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