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1993 in Japan

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Events in the year 1993 in Japan. It corresponds to Heisei 5 (平成5年)) in the Japanese calendar.

Incumbents

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Events

Births

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  • January 6 – Taku Yashiro, voice actor
  • January 12
  • Aika Mitsui, singer
  • Yu Inaba, actor{{cite web|url=http://www.townnews.co.jp/0303/2010/02/11/18238.html|title="「マルチ」をめざすスターの原石" Town News (February 11, 2010)|access-date=2015-06-12|archive-date=2013-12-04|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131204163825/http://www.townnews.co.jp/0303/2010/02/11/18238.html|url-status=dead}}
  • January 29 – Kyary Pamyu Pamyu, singer and model
  • January 30 - Kodai Senga, professional baseball player
  • February 11 - Takumi Ohshiro, professional baseball player
  • February 13 - Kasumi Arimura, actress
  • February 16 - Sōsuke Genda, professional baseball player
  • February 20 - Nanami Hashimoto, idol singer, model, actress
  • February 23 - Kasumi Ishikawa, table tennis player
  • March 24 - Ryo Ryusei, actor
  • April 1 - Keito Okamoto, singer
  • April 11 - Yūji Takahashi, footballer
  • April 26 - Kaoru Mitsumune, actress and model
  • May 3 - Shuto Takajo, professional baseball player
  • May 9 - Ryosuke Yamada, actor and singer
  • May 10 - Mirai Shida, actress
  • May 17 – Ayaka Sayama, gravure idol
  • June 15 - Kanna Arihara, singer
  • June 21 - Reni Takagi, idol
  • July 2 - Yosuke Kishi, singer and actor
  • July 13 - Rena Nōnen, actress and fashion model
  • July 14 - Sayaka Yamamoto, singer and actress
  • July 15 - Masataka Yoshida, professional baseball player
  • July 30 - Miho Miyazaki, singer and actress
  • August 3 – Yurina Kumai, singer
  • August 4 – Alan Shirahama, singer, dancer and actor
  • August 5 – Suzuka Ohgo, child actress
  • August 6 – Kaori Ishihara, voice actress
  • August 9 - Kensuke Kondo, professional baseball player
  • August 10 - Yuto Nakajima, singer
  • August 28 – Sora Amamiya, voice actress and singer.
  • August 31 – Haruka Imai, figure skater
  • September 1 - Shōta Imanaga, professional baseball player
  • September 19 – Miyuki Watanabe, singer and model
  • November 10 - Azusa Tadokoro, voice actress and singer{{cite web |url=http://www.horipro-international.com/artist/musician/tadokoro |title=田所 あずさ Azusa Tadokoro |publisher=HoriPro International |department=Artists |language=ja |access-date=1 May 2022}}
  • November 20 – Sumire Satō, actress and idol{{cite web |script-title=ja:佐藤 すみれ - すみれだより |trans-title=sumire sato - from sumire |url=https://lounge.dmm.com/detail/963/ |publisher=DMM.com |language=ja |access-date=1 May 2022}}
  • November 26 – Erena Ono, singer{{cite web |website=AKB48 |script-title=ja:小野恵令奈 |trans-title=Erena Ono |language=ja |url=http://www.akb48.co.jp/members/ono_erena/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071029234417/http://www.akb48.co.jp/members/ono_erena/ |archive-date=29 October 2007 |access-date=1 May 2022}}
  • November 30 – Yuri Chinen, singer and actor{{cite web |url=https://www.oricon.co.jp/prof/353145/profile/ |script-title=ja:知念侑李のプロフィール |trans-title=Profile of Yuri Chinen |date=24 March 2009 |website=Oricon News |publisher=oricon ME inc. |language=ja |access-date=10 April 2022}}
  • December 7 - Kiyou Shimizu, karate martial artist{{cite web |url=https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/144403 |title=Kiyou Shimizu |website=Olympedia |publisher=OlyMADMen |access-date=18 October 2021}}
  • December 15 - Yuko Araki, actress and model{{cite web |url=https://www.stardust.co.jp/section3/profile/arakiyuko.html |script-title=ja:新木優子 |trans-title=YUKO NIIGI |publisher=Stardust Promotion, Inc. Stardust Music, Inc. |language=ja |access-date=19 October 2021}}
  • December 18 - Riria Kojima, actress{{Cite web |url=http://www.kirinpro.co.jp/cgi/list/girls.cgi?id=1084&mode=show |title=Official Profile at Kirin Pro |access-date=January 3, 2023 |archive-date=May 17, 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080517213603/http://www.kirinpro.co.jp/cgi/list/girls.cgi?id=1084&mode=show |url-status=dead }}
  • December 23 - Ruriko Kojima, gravure idol and sportscaster{{cite web |url=https://www.horipro.co.jp/kojimaruriko/ |script-title=ja:小島瑠璃子 (コジマルリコ) |trans-title=Ruriko Kojima (Kojima Riko) |publisher=HoriPro Inc. |language=ja |access-date=19 October 2021}}
  • December 24 - Mariya Nishiuchi, actress, model and singer-songwriter{{cite web |url=https://www.zimbio.com/Mariya+Nishiuchi |title=Mariya Nishiuchi |website=Zimbio |publisher=Livingly Media, Inc. |access-date=19 October 2021}}
  • December 25 - Emi Takei, actress, model and singer{{cite web |url=https://www.zimbio.com/Emi+Takei |title=Emi Takei |website=Zimbio |publisher=Livingly Media, Inc. |access-date=16 October 2021}}
  • December 28 - Yua Shinkawa, actress and model{{cite news |url=https://mdpr.jp/news/detail/1484520 |title=「Seventeen」卒業の新川優愛、モデル・女優としての活動を振り返る＜プロフィール・略歴＞ |trans-title=Yuai Shinkawa, graduating from "Seventeen", looks back on her work as a model and actress |date=1 May 2015 |website=Model Press |publisher=Netnative Inc. |language=ja |access-date=19 October 2021}}

Deaths

  • January 22: Kōbō Abe, author (b. 1924)
  • February 9: Saburo Okita, former foreign minister (b. 1914)
  • February 28: Ishirō Honda, film director (b. 1911)
  • April 2: Masaichi Niimi, admiral in the Imperial Japanese Navy during the Second World War (b. 1887)
  • July 3: Tadao Yoshida, founder of the YKK Group, the world's largest zipper manufacturer (b. 1908)
  • July 10: Masuji Ibuse, writer (b. 1898)
  • August 6: Genkei Masamune, botanist (b. 1899)
  • August 21: Ichirō Fujiyama, composer and singer (b. 1911)
  • October 29: Masahiro Makino, film director (b. 1908)
  • November 14: Sanzō Nosaka, one of the founders of the Japanese Communist Party (b. 1892){{cite news |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/obituary-sanzo-nosaka-1504671.html |last=Kirkup |first=James |author-link=James Kirkup |title=Obituary: Sanzo Nosaka |newspaper=The Independent |department=People |date=16 November 1993 |access-date=29 April 2022}}{{cite web |url=http://www.terra.es/personal2/monolith/obit_idx.htm |title=Political Obituary, 1990-2007 |publisher=ZPC, Roberto Ortiz de Zárate |language=es |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070706222559/http://www.terra.es/personal2/monolith/obit_idx.htm |archive-date=6 July 2007 |access-date=29 April 2022}}
  • December 16: Kakuei Tanaka, former Prime Minister of Japan (b. 1918){{cite news |last=Sterngold |first=James |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1993/12/17/obituaries/kakuei-tanaka-75-ex-premier-and-political-force-in-japan-dies.html?pagewanted=all&src=pm |title=Kakuei Tanaka, 75, Ex-Premier and Political Force in Japan, Dies |date=17 December 1993 |journal=The New York Times |access-date=15 October 2021}}
  • December 20: Iichirō Hatoyama, politician and diplomat (b. 1918){{cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1993/12/20/obituaries/iichiro-hatoyama-ex-foreign-minister-75.html |title=Iichiro Hatoyama; Ex-Foreign Minister, 75 |journal=The New York Times |agency=Reuters |date=20 December 1993 |access-date=18 October 2021}}

Statistics

  • Yen value: US$1 = ¥109.91 (December 1)

See also

References

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