Portal:Japan/Anniversaries/October/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