Portal:Japan/Anniversaries/September/September 13
Events
- 1942 - World War II: Second day of the Battle of Edson's Ridge in the Guadalcanal campaign. U.S. Marines successfully defeated attacks by the Imperial Japanese Army with heavy losses for the Japanese forces.
- 1985 - Super Mario Bros. released for the Nintendo Entertainment System.
Births
- 1761 - Santō Kyōden (d. 1816), poet, writer, and artist
- 1872 - Kijūrō Shidehara (d. 1951), politician, 44th Prime Minister of Japan
- 1941 - Tadao Ando, architect, designed Piccadilly Gardens
- 1958 - Kōji Tamaki, singer-songwriter and actor
- 1961 - KK Null, musician
- 1962 - Hisao Egawa, voice actor
- 1970 - Yuki Matsuoka, voice actress
- 1971 - Manabu Namiki, pianist and composer
- 1975 - Akihiro Asai, race car driver
- 1977 - Daisuke Tsuda, singer-songwriter and drummer
- 1980 - Daisuke Matsuzaka, baseball player
- 1985 - Emi Suzuki, Chinese-Japanese model and actress
- 1986 - Kamui Kobayashi, race car driver
- 1987 - Ai Kayano, voice actress and singer
- 1990 - Aoi Nakabeppu, model and actress
- 1994 - Ayaka Ōhashi, voice actress
Deaths
- 1912 - Maresuke Nogi (b. 1849), general
Film and television
- 2004 - Churasan 3 begins airing on NHK, starring Ryoko Kuninaka, Kenji Kohashi, and Shogo Suzuki
- 2011 - Last Money: Ai no Nedan begins airing on NHK, starring Hideaki Itō, Yūichi Nakamaru, Shin Yazawa, and Takuya Nagaoka