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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