Portal:Japan/Anniversaries/October/October 22
Events
- 794 - Emperor Kanmu relocates the Japanese capital to Heiankyo (now Kyoto)
Births
- 1197 - Emperor Juntoku (d. 1242)
- 1917 - Joan Fontaine (d. 2013), Japanese-American actress and singer
- 1939 - Susumu Kurobe, actor
- 1948 - Tetsuo Kanno, politician
- 1957 - Chris Peppler, radio personality
- 1960 - Shigeru Muroi, actress
- 1961 - Takaaki Ishibashi, comedian, singer, and actor
- 1966 - Yuri Arbachakov, Russian-Japanese boxer
- 1973 - Ichiro Suzuki, baseball player
- 1985 - Manpei Takagi, actor
- 1985 - Shinpei Takagi, actor
- 1986 - Kenji Ebisawa, actor
- 1986 - Akihiro Sato, footballer
Deaths
- 1625 - Kikkawa Hiroie (b. 1561), daimyo
- 1914 - Konishiki Yasokichi I (b. 1866), sumo wrestler, the 17th Yokozuna
- 1979 - Mieko Kamiya (b. 1914), psychiatrist
- 1991 - Hachiro Kasuga (b. 1924), singer
- 1999 - Mitsugi Ohno (b. 1926), glassblower
- 2010 - Eio Sakata (b. 1920), Go player
Film and television
- 2011 - Gyokairui Yamaoka Maiko, a fantasy film starring Uki Satake and Cocoro Takami
- 2012 - Priceless begins airing on Fuji Television, starring Takuya Kimura
Holidays, observances, and anniversaries
- Jidai Matsuri (Kyoto)
- 2010 - The International Nuclear Energy Development of Japan is founded