Portal:Japan/Anniversaries/May/May 15
Births
- 1922 - Jakucho Setouchi, nun and author
- 1935 - Akihiro Miwa, singer, actor, director, composer, and author
- 1946 - Kenichi Mikawa, singer and television personality
- 1948 - Yutaka Enatsu, baseball player
- 1969 - Hideki Irabu (d. 2011), Japanese-American baseball player
- 1982 - Tatsuya Fujiwara, actor
- 1989 - Akina Minami, model
- 1995 - Ryosuke Yamamoto, actor and model
Deaths
- 1036 - Emperor Go-Ichijō (b. 1008)