Portal:Japan/Anniversaries/November

These are the selected anniversaries for November that appear on the Japan portal. The "edit" links edit the portal subpages that are displayed as sections here.

November 1

November 1:

Events

1943 - World War II: In support of the landings on Bougainville, U.S. aircraft carrier forces attack the huge Japanese base at Rabaul.

Births

1852 - Honinbo Shuei (d. 1907), Go player
1886 - Sakutarō Hagiwara (d. 1942), poet and critic
1931 - Chosuke Ikariya (d. 2004), bass player and actor
1931 - Shunsuke Kikuchi, composer
1936 - Katsuhisa Hattori, composer and conductor
1936 - Shizuka Kamei, politician
1946 - Yuko Shimizu, designer
1959 - Eriko Hara, voice actress
1971 - Metal Yoshida, actor and musician
1983 - Yuko Ogura, model and singer
1988 - Ai Fukuhara, table tennis player
1988 - Masahiro Tanaka, baseball player

Film and television

2014 - Clover, a film starring Emi Takei, Tadayoshi Okura, Kento Nagayama, Natsuna Watanabe, and Haruka Kinami

Holidays, observances, and anniversaries

1957 - TV Asahi is founded

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November 2

November 2:

Births

1878 - Ōkido Moriemon (d. 1930), sumo wrestler, the 23rd Yokozuna
1890 - Nishinoumi Kajirō III (d. 1933), sumo wrestler, the 30th Yokozuna
1966 - Yoshinari Ogawa, wrestler
1982 - Kyoko Fukada, actress and singer

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November 3

November 3:

Births

1852 - Emperor Meiji (d. 1912)
1923 - Yamaguchi Hitomi (d. 1995), author and critic
1926 - Genzo Kurita (d. 1959), serial killer
1928 - Goseki Kojima (d. 2000), illustrator
1928 - Osamu Tezuka (d. 1989), animator and producer
1930 - Tsutomu Seki, astronomer and academic
1936 - Takao Saito, author and illustrator, created Golgo 13
1938 - Akira Kobayashi, actor and singer
1947 - Mazie Hirono, Japanese-American lawyer and politician, 9th Lieutenant Governor of Hawaii
1948 - Akira Emoto, actor
1948 - Takashi Kawamura, politician
1949 - Osamu Fujimura, politician
1961 - Dave Hahn, Japanese-American mountaineer and journalist
1963 - Shigeaki Hattori, race car driver
1968 - Seiji Takaiwa, stuntman
1976 - Tōko Aoyama, voice actress
1978 - Hiroko Sakai, softball player
1978 - Koshiro Take, jockey
1984 - Ryo Nishikido, singer-songwriter and actor
1984 - Mina Fukui, actress and model

Holidays, observances, and anniversaries

Culture Day

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November 4

November 4:

Births

1873 - Kyōka Izumi (d. 1939), author of novels, poet, and playwright
1886 - Togo Yamamoto (d. unknown), actor
1925 - Sakae Menda, prisoner
1942 - Masatoshi Abe, politician
1947 - Toshiyuki Nishida, actor
1949 - Garo Aida, photographer
1963 - Nokko, singer-songwriter and producer
1964 - Yūko Mizutani, voice actress
1965 - Pata, guitarist
1967 - Daisuke Asakura, songwriter and producer
1974 - Mirai Yamamoto, actress
1976 - Kenji Osawa, mixed martial artist
1976 - Makoto Tamada, motorcycle racer
1981 - Machiko Ono, actress
1985 - Miki Miyamura, tennis player

Deaths

1930 - Akiyama Yoshifuru (b. 1859), general
2005 - Hiro Takahashi (b. 1964), singer, lyricist, and composer

Film and television

2003 - GameCenter CX begins airing on Fuji TV Two

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November 5

November 5:

Births

1886 - Sadae Inoue (d. 1961), general
1941 - Yoshiyuki Tomino, animator, director, and screenwriter
1979 - Romi Dames, Japanese-American actress
1993 - Hideya Tawada, actor and model

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November 6

November 6:

Events

1941 - World War II: The Southern Expeditionary Army Group is formed
1942 - World War II: The Japanese Fourteenth Area Army is formed

Births

1851 - Asada Nobuoki (d. 1927), general
1880 - Yoshisuke Aikawa (d. 1967), entrepreneur, businessman, and politician, founded Nissan Motor Company
1881 - Otozō Yamada (d. 1965), general
1954 - Minoru Yanagida, politician
1957 - Tōru Nakane, actor
1963 - Tsuyoshi Ihara, Japanese-Korean actor
1967 - Shuzo Matsuoka, tennis player
1967 - Fujiko Takimoto, voice actress
1982 - Sowelu, singer
1982 - Daisuke Watanabe, actor
1983 - Sawa, singer-songwriter
1987 - Naoki Miyata, footballer

Deaths

1231 - Emperor Tsuchimikado (b. 1196)
1989 - Yūsaku Matsuda (b. 1949), actor
2005 - Minako Honda (b. 1967), singer and actress
2010 - Motoichi Kumagai (b. 1909), photographer and illustrator

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November 7

November 7:

Events

1914 - Japanese forces capture the German colony of Kiaochow Bay and its centre at Tsingtao.

Births

1927 - Hiroshi Yamauchi (d. 2013), businessman
1947 - Yutaka Fukumoto, baseball player and coach
1958 - Rissei Ō, Go player
1967 - Hikaru Ijūin, radio personality, reviewer, and commentator
1978 - Tomoya Nagase, singer-songwriter and actor
1981 - Nana Katase, actress, singer, and model
1981 - Rina Uchiyama, actress and model
1994 - Haruna Iikubo, singer and actress
1995 - Runa Natsui, actress
1997 - Nana Okada, singer

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November 8

November 8:

Events

1614 - Japanese daimyō Dom Justo Takayama is exiled to the Philippines by shogun Tokugawa Ieyasu for being Christian.

Births

1885 - Tomoyuki Yamashita (d. 1946), general and politician, 4th Japanese Military Governors of the Philippines
1918 - Kazuo Sakamaki (d. 1999), soldier
1954 - Kazuo Ishiguro, Japanese-English author and screenwriter
1974 - Masashi Kishimoto, author and illustrator, created Naruto
1974 - Seishi Kishimoto, illustrator
1978 - Kensaku Kishida, actor and entertainer
1984 - Yoko Mitsuya, model and actress
1987 - Maryjun Takahashi, model and actress

Deaths

1600 - Natsuka Masaie (b. 1562), daimyō
2013 - Chiyoko Shimakura (b. 1938), singer and actress

Film and television

2014 - 0.5 mm, a drama film starring Sakura Ando, Akira Emoto, and Toshio Sakata

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November 9

November 9:

Events

1867 - Tokugawa shogunate hands power back to the Emperor of Japan, starting the Meiji Restoration.
1937 - Japanese troops take control of Shanghai, China.
1963 - At Miike coal mine, Miike, Japan, an explosion kills 458, and hospitalises 839 with carbon monoxide poisoning.

Births

1954 - Sukekiyo Kameyama (d. 2013), voice actor
1972 - Naomi Shindō, voice actress and singer
1974 - Ryo Kase, actor
1981 - Kengo Ohkuchi, actor

Film and television

2013 - The Kiyosu Conference, a period comedy film starring Kōji Yakusho, Yo Oizumi, Fumiyo Kohinata, and Kōichi Satō

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November 10

November 10:

Births

1868 - Gichin Funakoshi (d. 1957), martial artist, founded Shotokan
1923 - Hachikō (d. 1935), dog
1927 - Sohei Miyashita (d. 2013), politician, Japanese Minister of Defense
1948 - Shigesato Itoi, video game designer and voice actor, created EarthBound
1960 - Naomi Kawashima (d. 2015), actress and singer
1967 - Miyuki Kobayashi, canoeist
1987 - Kana Oya, model

Film and television

2009 - Liar Game: Season 2 begins airing on Fuji Television, starring Erika Toda and Shota Matsuda
2012 - Lesson of the Evil, a slasher film starring Hideaki Itō

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November 11

November 11:

Births

1938 - Haruhiro Yamashita, gymnast and coast
1940 - Shunsuke Ikeda (d. 2010), actor and model
1959 - Misako Tanaka, actress
1973 - Shinji Maggy, comedian and magician
1982 - Aki Higashihara, television personality and model
1983 - Tatsuhisa Suzuki, voice actor and singer
1987 - Yuya Tegoshi, singer and actor
1988 - Mikako Komatsu, voice actress
1989 - Reina Tanaka, singer and actress

Deaths

1931 - Shibusawa Eiichi (b. 1840), businessman

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November 12

November 12:

Births

1927 - Yutaka Taniyama (d. 1958), mathematician and theorist
1948 - Banjō Ginga, voice actor
1950 - Kaoru Yumi, actress
1959 - Toshihiko Sahashi, composer
1962 - Kuniko Asagi, actress and television host
1963 - Susumu Terajima, actor
1968 - Aya Hisakawa, voice actress and singer
1987 - Kengo Kora, actor
1998 - Yuna Taira, actress

Deaths

1986 - Minoru Yasui (b. 1916), Japanese-American lawyer

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November 13

November 13:

Events

1942 - World War II: Naval Battle of Guadalcanal - U.S. and Japanese ships engage in an intense, close-quarters surface naval engagement during the Battle of Guadalcanal.

Births

1924 - Motoo Kimura (d. 1994), biologist and geneticist
1929 - Asashio Tarō III (d. 1988), sumo wrestler, the 46th Yokozuna
1945 - Masahiro Hasemi, race car driver
1948 - Saori Yuki, singer and actress
1949 - Yoshimi Ishibashi, race car driver
1972 - Takuya Kimura, singer and actor
1976 - Hiroshi Tanahashi, wrestler
1979 - Kick, comedian and writer
1982 - Kumi Koda, singer-songwriter and actress
1987 - Hatsune Matsushima, model and actress

Deaths

1994 - Motoo Kimura (b. 1924), biologist and geneticist
2007 - Kazuhisa Inao (b. 1937), baseball player and manager

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November 14

November 14:

Births

1949 - Ryo Hayami, actor
1962 - Satomi Kōrogi, voice actress
1962 - Atsuko Tanaka, voice actress
1988 - Nanase Hoshii, singer, entertainer, and actress
1988 - Takurō Ōno, actor
1993 - Shūhei Nomura, actor

Deaths

1691 - Tosa Mitsuoki (b. 1617), painter

Film and television

2009 - Gaiji Keisatsu begins airing on NHK, starring Atsurō Watabe, Yuriko Ishida, and Machiko Ono

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November 15

November 15:

Births

1912 - Yi Wu (d. 1945), Japanese-Korean colonel
1982 - Rio Hirai, announcer
1990 - Kanata Hongō, actor
1990 - Erika Yazawa, model
1992 - Minami Minegishi, singer and actress
1993 - Saaya Irie, actress and singer

Holidays, observances, and anniversaries

Shichi-Go-San

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November 16

November 16:

Births

1952 - Shigeru Miyamoto, video game designer, created Mario and The Legend of Zelda
1955 - Jun Kunimura, actor
1970 - Lilico, Swedish television personality and critic
1971 - Rikdo Koshi, illustrator
1975 - Yuki Uchida, actress, model, and singer
1978 - Takashi Nagayama, actor
1983 - K, South Korean-Japanese singer
1985 - Maki Nishiyama, model and actress
1985 - Saori Yamamoto, model
1986 - Saeko, actress
1991 - Tomomi Kasai, actress and singer

Deaths

1328 - Prince Hisaaki (b. 1276), shogun
1956 - Ōtori Tanigorō (b. 1887), sumo wrestler, the 24th Yokozuna

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November 17

November 17:

Events

794 - Japanese Emperor Kanmu changes his residence from Nara to Kyoto.
1183 - The Battle of Mizushima.
1990 - Fugendake, part of the Mount Unzen volcanic complex, Nagasaki Prefecture, Japan, becomes active again and erupts.

Births

1906 - Soichiro Honda (d. 1991), engineer and businessman, co-founded the Honda Motor Company
1929 - Gorō Naya (d. 2013), actor and director
1936 - Hisashi Igawa, actor
1969 - Ryōtarō Okiayu, voice actor

Deaths

641 - Emperor Jomei (b. 593)
1600 - Kuki Yoshitaka (b. 1542), commander
2014 - Rokurō Naya (b. 1932), voice actor

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November 18

November 18:

Events

1930 - Sōka Kyōiku Gakkai, a Buddhist association later renamed Soka Gakkai, is founded by Japanese educators Tsunesaburo Makiguchi and Josei Toda.

Births

709 - Emperor Kōnin (d. 782)
1914 - Haguroyama Masaji (d. 1969), sumo wrestler, the 36th Yokozuna
1948 - Kongō Masahiro (d. 2014), sumo wrestler
1969 - Koichiro Kimura (d. 2014), mixed martial artist and wrestler
1970 - Marina Watanabe, actress, singer, and television personality
1980 - Minori Chihara, voice actress and singer
1980 - Junichi Okada, singer and actor
1984 - Ryohei Chiba, singer and dancer
1987 - Hitomi Harada, voice actress and singer
1993 - Makoto Okunaka, singer, dancer, and actress

Holidays, observances, and anniversaries

1957 - Fuji Television is founded

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November 19

November 19:

Births

1464 - Emperor Go-Kashiwabara (d. 1526)
1973 - Ryukishi07, author
1976 - Jun Shibata, singer and songwriter

Deaths

1577 - Matsunaga Hisahide (b. 1510), warlord
1998 - Ted Fujita (b. 1920), Japanese-born American meteorologist

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November 20

November 20:

Events

1943 - World War II: Battle of Tarawa (Operation Galvanic) begins: United States Marines land on Tarawa Atoll in the Gilbert Islands and suffer heavy fire from Japanese shore guns and machine guns.

Births

1896 - Chiyono Hasegawa (d. 2011), super-centenarian
1915 - Kon Ichikawa (d. 2008), director, producer, and screenwriter
1965 - Yoshiki, drummer, songwriter, and producer
1992 - Maiha Ishimura, Japanese singer and singer
1993 - Sumire Satō, Japanese singer and actress

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November 21

November 21:

Births

1866 - Konishiki Yasokichi I (d. 1914), sumo wrestler, the 17th Yokozuna
1967 - Toshihiko Koga, martial artist
1992 - Rino Sashihara, singer

Film and television

1980 - Aoi Zesshō begins airing on Tokyo Broadcasting System, starring Kyōhei Shibata, Ikue Sakakibara, Pinko Izumi, Emi Watanabe, and Haruko Mabuchi

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November 22

November 22:

Births

1904 - Fumio Niwa (d. 2005), author
1975 - Aiko, singer-songwriter
1989 - Minehiro Kinomoto, actor
1991 - Saki Shimizu, singer and actress

Deaths

1913 - Tokugawa Yoshinobu (b. 1837), shōgun, 15th and last shōgun of the Tokugawa shogunate

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November 23

November 23:

Births

1896 - Tsunenohana Kan'ichi (d. 1960), sumo wrestler, the 31st Yokozuna
1963 - Mamoru Takuma (d. 2004), murderer
1976 - Kohei Suwama, wrestler
1979 - Hiroaki Iwanaga, model and actor

Film and television

2012 - Karasu no Oyayubi, a film starring Hiroshi Abe, Shoji Murakami, Satomi Ishihara, Rena Nōnen, and Yu Koyanagi

Holidays, observances, and anniversaries

Labor Thanksgiving Day

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November 24

November 24:

Events

1944 - World War II: Bombing of Tokyo: The first bombing raid against the Japanese capital from the east and by land is carried out by 88 American aircraft.

Births