Portal:Japan/Anniversaries/October/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