Emperor
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Prime Minister
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Yasuhiro Nakasone
was a Japanese politician who served as Prime Minister of Japan and President of the Liberal Democratic Party from 1982 to 1987. He was a member of the House of Representatives for more than 50 years. He was best known for pushing through the ...
House of Representatives
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Kenji Fukunaga
was a Japanese politician who was Chief Cabinet Secretary on four separate occasions, and, as well as serving in various other cabinet positions, was also appointed as Speaker of the House of Representatives of Japan. He was also seen as an ...
(L–Saitama)
* President of the
House of Councillors
The is the upper house of the National Diet of Japan. The House of Representatives is the lower house. The House of Councillors is the successor to the pre-war House of Peers. If the two houses disagree on matters of the budget, treaties, or ...
Diet
Diet may refer to:
Food
* Diet (nutrition), the sum of the food consumed by an organism or group
* Dieting, the deliberate selection of food to control body weight or nutrient intake
** Diet food, foods that aid in creating a diet for weight loss ...
sessions: 101st (special session opened in December 1983, to August 8), 102nd (regular, December 1 through 1985, June 25)
Masaya Kitamura
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*Chiba Prefecture:
Takeshi Numata
Takeshi ( in hiragana or in katakana) is a masculine Japanese given name.
Possible writings
*武, "warrior"
*毅, "strong"
*猛, "fierce"
*健, "healthy"
*剛, "sturdy"
*彪, "spotted"
*威, "intimidate"
*壮, "robust"
*丈, "length"
*雄, "mas ...
*Ehime Prefecture:
Haruki Shiraishi Haruki is both a masculine/neutral Japanese given name and a Japanese surname. Notable people with the name include:
Given name:
*, Japanese footballer
*, Japanese-born theatre performer
*, Japanese footballer
*, Nippon Professional Baseball pla ...
Isao Matsudaira
is a masculine Japanese given name which was popular during the Shōwa period.
Possible writings
Isao can be written using different kanji characters and can mean:
*功, "achievement"
*勲, "meritorious"
*績, "exploits"
*公, "public"
*勇男 ...
Toranosuke Takeshita
was the Governor of Hiroshima Prefecture from 1981 to 1993.
In August 1990, while participating in a symposium in Hiroshima, publicly called on Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev
Mikhail Sergeyevich Gorbachev (2 March 1931 – 30 August 20 ...
*
Hokkaido
is Japan's second largest island and comprises the largest and northernmost prefecture, making up its own region. The Tsugaru Strait separates Hokkaidō from Honshu; the two islands are connected by the undersea railway Seikan Tunnel.
The lar ...
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Takahiro Yokomichi
is a Japanese politician who belongs to the Democratic Party of Japan (DPJ) and was a member of the House of Representatives in the Diet (national legislature). A native of Sapporo, Hokkaidō and graduate of the University of Tokyo, he was ele ...
Ibaraki Prefecture
is a prefecture of Japan located in the Kantō region of Honshu. Ibaraki Prefecture has a population of 2,871,199 (1 June 2019) and has a geographic area of . Ibaraki Prefecture borders Fukushima Prefecture to the north, Tochigi Prefecture ...
:
Fujio Takeuchi
Fujio (written: 正行, 藤雄, 藤夫, 不二夫, 富士雄, 冨士夫, 富士夫, 富士男, 希仁男 or ふじを, ふじお in hiragana) is a masculine Japanese given name. Notable people with the name include:
*, Japanese manga artist
*, Mon ...
Kanagawa Prefecture
is a prefecture of Japan located in the Kantō region of Honshu. Kanagawa Prefecture is the second-most populous prefecture of Japan at 9,221,129 (1 April 2022) and third-densest at . Its geographic area of makes it fifth-smallest. Kanag ...
Kumamoto Prefecture
is a prefecture of Japan located on the island of Kyūshū. Kumamoto Prefecture has a population of 1,748,134 () and has a geographic area of . Kumamoto Prefecture borders Fukuoka Prefecture to the north, Ōita Prefecture to the northeast, M ...
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Morihiro Hosokawa
is a Japanese politician and noble who was Prime Minister of Japan from 1993 to 1994, leading a coalition government which was the first non- Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) government of Japan since 1955. After a funding scandal in early 1994, h ...
Niigata Prefecture
is a prefecture in the Chūbu region of Honshu of Japan. Niigata Prefecture has a population of 2,227,496 (1 July 2019) and is the fifth-largest prefecture of Japan by geographic area at . Niigata Prefecture borders Toyama Prefecture and ...
Junji Nishime
was a Japanese politician who served as the 4th Governor of Okinawa from 1978 until 1990 and mayor of Naha, the capital of Okinawa. He studied and graduated at the University of Tokyo.Osaka Prefecture: Sakae Kishi
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Saga Prefecture
is a prefecture of Japan located on the island of Kyushu. Saga Prefecture has a population of 809,248 (1 August 2020) and has a geographic area of 2,440 km2 (942 sq mi). Saga Prefecture borders Fukuoka Prefecture to the northeast and Nagasa ...
Yawara Hata was a Japanese politician, who served as a member of the House of Representatives and a governor of Saitama Prefecture.
In 1993 he received the highest distinction of the Scout Association of Japan, the Golden Pheasant Award
The is the highest ...
*
Shiga Prefecture
is a prefecture of Japan located in the Kansai region of Honshu. Shiga Prefecture has a population of 1,412,916 (1 October 2015) and has a geographic area of . Shiga Prefecture borders Fukui Prefecture to the north, Gifu Prefecture to the north ...
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Masayoshi Takemura
was a Japanese politician. Elected as a representative of the Liberal Democratic Party, in 1993 he broke away to form New Party Sakigake, before joining the newly formed Democratic Party of Japan in 1997. He served as chief cabinet secretary and ...
*Shiname Prefecture:
Seiji Tsunematsu
Seiji (written: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , or in hiragana) is a masculine Japanese given name. Notable people with the name include:
*, Japanese ski jumper
*, Japanese racing driver
*, Japanese politician
*, Japanese film directo ...
Fumio Watanabe
(October 31, 1929 – August 4, 2004) was a Japanese actor most known for his work with Japanese New Wave director Nagisa Oshima. He was born in Tokyo and graduated from the University of Tokyo before joining the Shōchiku studio in 1956.
S ...
(starting 9 December)
*Tokushima Prefecture:
Shinzo Miki
''Shinzo'', known as in Japan, is an anime television series produced by TV Asahi, Toei Advertising, and Toei Animation. It was directed by Tetsuo Imazawa, with Mayori Sekijima handling series scripts, Sachiko Kamimura designing the characte ...
*
Tokyo
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Toru Hirai TORU or Toru may refer to:
*TORU, spacecraft system
*Toru (given name), Japanese male given name
*Toru, Pakistan, village in Mardan District of Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan
*Tõru
Tõru is a village in Saaremaa Parish, Saare County in western Est ...
*January to March - 1984 Heavy snowfall in Japan, according to Fire and Disaster Management Agency confirmed report, 131 person fatalities, 1,366 are injures.
*January 18 - 83 are killed during an explosion at the
Mitsui
is one of the largest ''keiretsu'' in Japan and one of the largest corporate groups in the world.
The major companies of the group include Mitsui & Co. ( general trading company), Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation, Nippon Paper Industries ...
Miike coal mine
, also known as the , was the largest coal mine in Japan,Karan, P.P. & Stapleton, K.E. (1997) ''The Japanese city'p.181University Press of Kentucky Retrieved January 2012. located in the area of Ōmuta, Fukuoka and Arao, Kumamoto, Japan.
In 19 ...
in
Ōmuta, Fukuoka
is a city in Fukuoka Prefecture on the island of Kyūshū, Japan. , the city has an estimated population of 112,052 and a population density of 1,376 persons per km2. The total area is 81.45 km2.
The mayor is Michio Koga.
Geography
Ōmuta ...
clostridium botulinum
''Clostridium botulinum'' is a Gram-positive, rod-shaped, anaerobic, spore-forming, motile bacterium with the ability to produce the neurotoxin botulinum.
The botulinum toxin can cause botulism, a severe flaccid paralytic disease in humans ...
in
Kumamoto
is the capital city of Kumamoto Prefecture on the island of Kyushu, Japan. , the city has an estimated population of 738,907 and a population density of 1,893 people per km2. The total area is 390.32 km2.
had a population of 1,461,000, ...
, According to official confirmed report, resulting to 11 persons lives in this case.
*September 13 – Otaki earthquake
*October date unknown – Japan Telecom, as predecessor of
SoftBank
is a Japanese multinational conglomerate holding company headquartered in Minato, Tokyo which focuses on investment management. The Group primarily invests in companies operating in technology, energy, and financial sectors. It also runs the Vi ...
Juzo Itami
, born , was a Japanese actor, screenwriter and film director. He directed eleven films (one short and ten features), all of which he wrote himself.
Early life
Itami was born Yoshihiro Ikeuchi in Kyoto. The name Itami was passed on from his fath ...
Hochi Film Awards
The are film-specific prizes awarded by the ''Hochi Shimbun
, previously known as , is a Japanese-language daily sports newspaper. In 2002, it had a circulation of a million copies a day.
It is an affiliate newspaper of ''Yomiuri Shimbun''.
...
, ''
MacArthur's Children
is a 1984 Japanese film. Describing the impact of the United States' occupation of Japan from the perspective of the inhabitants of a small, rural island community, the film featured the big screen debut of actor Ken Watanabe.
The film was sel ...
'' by
Masahiro Shinoda
is a retired Japanese film director, originally associated with the Shochiku Studio, who came to prominence as part of the Japanese New Wave in the 1960s.
Early life
Shinoda attended Waseda University, where he studied theater and also partici ...
won Best film at the
Blue Ribbon Awards
The are film-specific prizes awarded solely by movie critics and writers in Tokyo, Japan.
The awards were established in 1950 by which is composed of film correspondents from seven Tokyo-based sports newspapers. In 1961, the six major Japanes ...
and ''
Mahjong hōrōki
is a 1984 Japanese film directed by Makoto Wada. The film is based on a autobiographical novel by Takehiro Irokawa.
Awards and nominations
6th Yokohama Film Festival
* Won: Best Film
* Won: Best Actor - Takeshi Kaga
* Won: Best Supporting Acto ...
'' by
Makoto Wada
(10 April 1936 – 7 October 2019) was a Japanese illustrator, essayist, and film director.
Biography
Wada was born in Osaka on 10 April 1936. He attended Tama Art University, where he won the Japan Advertising Art Award in 1957. As an illust ...
Shogakukan Manga Award
The is one of Japan's major manga awards, and is sponsored by Shogakukan Publishing. It has been awarded annually for serialized manga and features candidates from a number of publishers. It is the oldest manga award in Japan, being given since ...
were ''
Human Crossing
''Human Crossing'', originally titled , is a Japanese manga written by Masao Yajima and illustrated by Kenshi Hirokane. The manga is about a series of unrelated stories of people's life and their lessons in life. ''Human Crossing'' received ...
Kenshi Hirokane
is a Japanese manga artist from Iwakuni, Yamaguchi. He graduated from Waseda University with a degree in law, then worked for Matsushita Electric for four years, before making his manga debut in 1974 with ''Kaze Kaoru''."Manga Snapshot: Big Comic ...
(general), ''
Futari Daka
is a Japanese motorcycle racing manga written and illustrated by Kaoru Shintani. It received the 1984 Shogakukan Manga Award for shōnen manga. The series focuses on Sawatari Taka and Toujou Taka as they compete with each othe ...
'' and ''
Area 88
is a Japanese manga series by Kaoru Shintani serialized between 1979 and 1986. The story is about a young pilot named Shin Kazama and his experiences at Area 88, a mercenary air force base secluded in the desert of a war-torn country. Sh ...
'' by
Kaoru Shintani
is a Japanese manga artist. Shintani is best known for his series '' Area 88''. In addition to his pilot comics, Shintani has ventured into science fiction, fantasy, comedy, and hentai comics as well. In 1985, he was awarded the Shogakukan Manga A ...
Toshie Kihara
is a Japanese manga artist and a member of the Year 24 Group. She made her professional debut in 1969 with the short story in ''Bessatsu Margaret''. She is best known for her manga series , serialized from 1977 to 1984 in ''LaLa'', which fol ...
(shōjo) and ''
Kinnikuman
is a Japanese manga series created by the duo Yoshinori Nakai and Takashi Shimada, known as Yudetamago. It follows Suguru Kinniku, a superhero who must win a wrestling tournament to retain the title of prince of Planet Kinniku. ...
'' by
Yudetamago is the pen name of the Japanese manga artists duo consisting of story writer Takashi Shimada and artist Yoshinori Nakai. They are best known for the popular manga '' Kinnikuman'', '' Ultimate Muscle'' (Kinnikuman Nisei), and ''Tatakae!! Ramenman' ...
Seiun Award
The is a Japanese speculative fiction award given each year for the best science fiction works and achievements during the previous calendar year. Organized and overseen by , the awards are given at the annual Japan Science Fiction Convention. ...
for Best Comic of the Year. For a list of manga released in 1984 see :1984 manga.
In
music
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, the 35th
Kōhaku Uta Gassen
, more commonly known simply as ''Kōhaku'', is an annual New Year's Eve television special produced by Japanese public broadcaster NHK. It is broadcast live simultaneously on television and radio, nationally and internationally by the NHK net ...
was won by the Red Team (women).
Hiroshi Itsuki
is a Japanese singer and composer. As of 1987, he had sold 20 million singles and 4 million LP albums.
Itsuki is usually regarded as an ''enka'' singer, but he has also released a cover version of Southern All Stars' J-pop song "Tsunami".
Care ...
FNS Music Festival FNS may refer to:
Television
* '' Food Network Star'', an American reality television series
* ''Fox News Sunday'', an American television news show
* Fuji Network System, a Japanese television network
* ''WWE Friday Night SmackDown'', an Americ ...
.
In
television
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, see:
1984 in Japanese television
Events in 1984 in Japanese television.
Debuts
*''Uchuu Keiji Shaider'', tokusatsu (1984–1985)
*''Adventures of the Little Koala'', anime (1984–1985)
*''Attacker You!'', anime (1984–1985)
*'' Bismark'', anime (1984–1985)
*''Chikkun Takkun'' ...
.
Japan hosted the
Miss International 1984
Miss International (''Miss International Beauty'' or ''The International Beauty Pageant'') is a Japan-based international beauty pageant organized by the International Culture Association. First held in 1960, it is the fourth largest pageant i ...
1984 Summer Olympics
The 1984 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the XXIII Olympiad and also known as Los Angeles 1984) were an international multi-sport event held from July 28 to August 12, 1984, in Los Angeles, California, United States. It marked the sec ...
Japan ranked 7th with 10 gold medals. At the
Winter Olympics
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Japan ranked 14th with one silver medal.
In
football (soccer)
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, Japan hosted the
1984 Intercontinental Cup
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Japan Soccer League
, or JSL, was the top flight association football league in Japan between 1965 and 1992, and was the precursor to the current professional league, the J.League. JSL was the second national league of a team sport in Japan after the professional ...
. For the champions of the
regional leagues
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Hideki Asai
is a Nippon Professional Baseball pitcher for the Yomiuri Giants in Japan's Central League
The or is one of the two professional baseball leagues that constitute Nippon Professional Baseball in Japan. The winner of the league championshi ...
, baseball player
*January 30 – Yushi Aida, baseball player
February
*February 1 –
Risa Wataya
is a female Japanese novelist from Kyoto. Her short novel ''Keritai senaka'' won the Akutagawa Prize and has sold more than a million copies. Wataya has also won the Bungei Prize and the Kenzaburo Oe Prize. Her work has been translated into Ge ...
Masaru Akiba
is a former Japanese football player.
Playing career
Akiba was born in Kaminoyama on February 19, 1984. He joined the J2 League club Montedio Yamagata from his youth team in 2002. He played many matches as defensive midfielder during the first ...
, football player
*February 21 –
Karina Nose
(born February 21, 1984) is a Japanese
Japanese may refer to:
* Something from or related to Japan, an island country in East Asia
* Japanese language, spoken mainly in Japan
* Japanese people, the ethnic group that identifies with Japan throu ...
, model, actress
March
*March 3 –
Akiho Yoshizawa
, often known simply as Acky (あっきー), is a Japanese former adult video (AV) actress, who also appeared in pink film and mainstream (non-erotic) film, as well as television. With a career spanning over more than 15 years and over 1,000 adu ...
, adult video actress
*March 4 – Ai Iwamura, actress
*March 6 – Becky, singer, model, actress
*March 8 –
Eri Yamada
is a Japanese softball player who won the gold medal at the 2008 Summer Olympics and the 2020 Summer Olympics.
At Beijing, Yamada hit .344 in the tournament while belting two home runs and driving in five for Japan. In the gold medal game s ...
, softball player
*March 20 – Nomura Yuka, actress
Taku Akahoshi
is a retired Japanese footballer
A football player or footballer is a sportsperson who plays one of the different types of football. The main types of football are association football, American football, Canadian football, Australian r ...
, football player
May
*May 1 -
Keiichiro Koyama
is a Japanese musician and leader of the Johnny's Entertainment group NEWS.
Biography
Koyama, born in Sagamihara, Kanagawa as the youngest of two children, is the oldest member of NEWS and is often seen as the mother figure of the group.
Upon ...
, singer
*May 7 –
Miyuki Kanbe
(7 May 1984 – 18 June 2008) was a Japanese actress, model and singer. Throughout her career, she starred as Sailor Moon in the ''Sailor Moon'' musicals, as well as portraying Hinaka Tachibana in ''Kamen Rider Hibiki'' and Kyouko Kakehi in ' ...
, model and actress (died
2008
File:2008 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: Lehman Brothers went bankrupt following the Subprime mortgage crisis; Cyclone Nargis killed more than 138,000 in Myanmar; A scene from the opening ceremony of the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing; ...
)
*May 17 –
Sakurako Terada
is a Japanese curler, born May 17, 1984, in Sorachi District, Hokkaidō.
History
Terada is a member of Team Aomori which was selected to represent Japan at the 2006 Winter Olympicsbr> At the Games she was the alternate under skip Ayumi Onode ...
Hiromi Matsunaga
is a Japanese female professional ten-pin bowler. She is a member of the Japan Professional Bowling Association, license no. 384.
Major accomplishments
* 2006 - Pro Bowling Women vs Rookies (2nd place)
* 2007 - G Japan Championship (4th ...
, bowling player
*June 7
** Shu Abe, football player
**
Eri Yanetani
Eri Yanetani (born 7 June 1984 in Kobe) is a Japanese snowboarder.
Yanetani competed in the women's parallel giant slalom event at the 2006 Winter Olympics, placing 18th, and the 2010 Winter Olympics, placing 21st.
At the 2017 Asian Winter Ga ...
Ryuji Akiba
is a former Japanese football player.
Club statistics
References
External links
*
1984 births
Living people
Association football people from Shizuoka Prefecture
Japanese men's footballers
J1 League players
J2 League players
Nagoy ...
, football player
*June 16 –
Emiri Miyasaka
(born June 16, 1984) is a Japanese actress, model, dancer and beauty pageant titleholder. She competed in the Miss Universe 2009 pageant on August 23, 2009, held in the Bahamas, but didn't place.
Miss Universe Japan 2009
Miyasaka beat more than ...
, model
*June 23 –
Takeshi Matsuda
is a retired Japanese Olympic, Asian and National Record holding swimmer. He swam for Japan at the 2004, 2008 Olympics, 2012 Olympics, and 2016 Olympics, winning four medals. At the 2008 Olympics, he won a bronze medal in the men's 200 m bu ...
, swimmer
*June 26 –
Emi Tawata
, born on June 26, 1984 in Okinawa, is a Japanese singer. Her music is a mix of soul, R&B, jazz, blues and funk.
Biography
Early career
In early 2005, Emi Tawata traveled to Vancouver to study language. During her time there she became a member ...
, singer
*June 29 –
Keiji Obiki
Keiji Ohbiki (Japanese:大引 啓次, born June 29, 1984) is a Japanese professional baseball shortstop who is a free agent. He previously played for the Orix Buffaloes, Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters and Tokyo Yakult Swallows of the Nippon Profes ...
, baseball player
July
*July 4 –
Jin Akanishi
is a Japanese musician, singer, songwriter and actor. He has been active since 1998 as one of the two lead vocalists of the J-pop boy-band KAT-TUN before starting a solo career in 2009. Akanishi has also acted in several films and dramas.
Biog ...
, actor, singer-songwriter
*July 8 –
Nobu Naruse
(born July 8, 1984) is a Japanese cross-country skier. He competed at the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin. He represented Japan at the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver.
Naruse's best finish at the Winter Olympics was 13th in the team ...
Hajime Ohara
is a Japanese professional wrestler. Ohara worked for Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre (CMLL) in Mexico for several years as part of his training, mixing the ''lucha libre'' style of Mexico with the Japanese Puroresu style of wrestling. In Japan, ...
, professional wrestler
*July 25
**
Kenji Narisako
(born 25 July 1984) is a Japanese hurdler.
He won the bronze medal at the 2001 World Youth Championships, and the gold medals at the 2005 Summer Universiade and the 2006 Asian Games. He also competed at the World Championships in 2005 and 2 ...
*August 3 – Erika Araki, volleyball player
*August 5 –
Takamasa Anai
is a Japanese judoka.
He began judo at the age of 5.
He is Coached by former world champion and olympic silver medalist Shinichi Shinohara. He won the All-Japan Championships and took the bronze medal
at the World Championships in 2009. H ...
, judoka
*August 12 –
Yua Aida
is a former Japanese model and AV idol.
Life and career
Early life
Yua Aida was born in Aichi Prefecture, Japan, on 12 August 1984. Aida was an active girl and involved in many sporting activities during primary and middle school. Tennis was ...
, model and AV idol
*August 19 – Ryota Aoki, football player
*August 21 – Nonaka Emi, ice hockey player
*August 27 – Miyuki Akiyama, volleyball player
Yukiya Arashiro
is a Japanese road bicycle racer, who currently rides for UCI WorldTeam .
Career
Born in Ishigaki, Okinawa Prefecture, Arashiro was the Japanese Under-23 National Time Trial and Road Race Champion in 2005. He has also won the Japanese National ...
, road bicycle racer
October
*October 5 – Yutaro Abe, football player
*October 7 –
Toma Ikuta
is a Japanese actor. Ikuta is known for his roles in '' Hanazakari no Kimitachi e'', ''Honey & Clover'', '' Sensei!'', '' Maō'' and '' Ouroboros''. He also stars in feature films, notably ''Hanamizuki'', '' Ningen Shikkaku'' and ''Brain Man'' ...
Misono
, publicly known mononymously as Misono (stylized as misono), is a Japanese singer-songwriter and TV personality. She was born in Kyoto, Japan, and is the younger sister of singer Koda Kumi.
Career
In 2000, Misono participated in the summer v ...
, singer-songwriter
*October 22 –
Takuya Asao
is a retired Nippon Professional Baseball pitcher. He spent his entire career at the Chunichi Dragons in Japan's Central League
The or is one of the two professional baseball leagues that constitute Nippon Professional Baseball in Japan. ...
, baseball player
*October 24 –
Kaela Kimura
is a Japanese pop rock singer, lyricist, fashion model and television presenter.
Career
Born in Adachi, Tokyo, Japan to a Japanese mother and British father, Kimura started working as a model in 2002 for the Japanese magazine ''Seventeen (Jap ...
, singer, model
November
*November 3 –
Ryo Nishikido
is a Japanese singer and actor. He was formerly under the management of Johnny & Associates as a member of Japanese boy bands Kanjani Eight and News. His first solo album was released in December 2019.
Biography
Ryo Nishikido was born in Hyogo ...
, actor, singer
*November 10 –
Moe Meguro
is a Japanese curler. She was born November 20, 1984, in Kushiro, Hokkaido, but grew up in Minamifurano, Hokkaido.
Career
Moe Meguro won her first medal at the international level at the 2004 Pacific Curling Championships winning the gold me ...
*December 4 - Takayuki Kishi, professional baseball player
*December 5 –
Shuhei Aoyama
Shuhei Aoyama (born December 5, 1984, in Ichihara, Chiba) is a former Grand Prix motorcycle road racer. He is the younger brother of MotoGP rider Hiroshi Aoyama.
He rode in the All-Japan Road Racing Championship until 2005, when he won the 250 ...
, motorcycle racer
*December 17 –
Asuka Fukuda
(born December 17, 1984) is a Japanese pop singer, and she was a member of Japanese girl group Morning Musume from 1997 until April 18, 1999. Her only album with the group is the 1998 release '' First Time''. She was the first ever Hello! Pro ...
, J-pop singer
*December 23 –
Manabu Soya
is a Japanese professional wrestler, best known for his work in All Japan Pro Wrestling. He previously lived in Canada training at the Can-Am Wrestling School under Scott D'Amore, working regularly for the Maximum Pro Wrestling promotion. He is c ...
1899
Events January 1899
* January 1
** Spanish rule ends in Cuba, concluding 400 years of the Spanish Empire in the Americas.
** Queens and Staten Island become administratively part of New York City.
* January 2 –
**Bolivia sets up a c ...
)
*April 5 –
Keisuke Serizawa
was a Japanese textile designer. In 1956, he was designated as a Living National Treasure by the Japanese government for his ''katazome'' stencil dyeing technique. A leading member of the ''mingei'' movement founded by Yanagi Sōetsu, Serizawa ...
, textile designer (b.
1895
Events
January–March
* January 5 – Dreyfus affair: French officer Alfred Dreyfus is stripped of his army rank, and sentenced to life imprisonment on Devil's Island.
* January 12 – The National Trust for Places of Histor ...
)
*April 6 -
Kazuo Hasegawa
was a Japanese film and stage actor. He appeared in over 300 films between 1927 and 1963.
Career
Born to a sake brewing family in Kyoto, he first appeared on stage at age five in a theater run by his family as a side business. In 1918, he beca ...
, film actor (b.
1908
Events
January
* January 1 – The British ''Nimrod'' Expedition led by Ernest Shackleton sets sail from New Zealand on the ''Nimrod'' for Antarctica.
* January 3 – A total solar eclipse is visible in the Pacific Ocean, and is the 4 ...
)
*April 9 -
Masashi Amenomori
was a Japanese actor and voice actor.
Death
Amenomori died of cirrhosis on April 9, 1984. At the time of his death he was represented by Aoni Production.
Notable voice work
*''Ai Shite Knight'' (Juliano) ''final role''
*''Gatchaman'' (Debu)
*'' ...
, voice actor (b.
1930
Events
January
* January 15 – The Moon moves into its nearest point to Earth, called perigee, at the same time as its fullest phase of the Lunar Cycle. This is the closest moon distance at in recent history, and the next one will b ...
1909
Events
January–February
* January 4 – Explorer Aeneas Mackintosh of the Imperial Trans-Antarctic Expedition escaped death by fleeing across ice floes.
* January 7 – Colombia recognizes the independence of Panama.
* Jan ...
)
*May 25 - Jūrō Gotō, Major-General in the Japanese Imperial Army (b.
1887
Events
January–March
* January 11 – Louis Pasteur's anti-rabies treatment is defended in the Académie Nationale de Médecine, by Dr. Joseph Grancher.
* January 20
** The United States Senate allows the Navy to lease Pearl ...
1903
Events January
* January 1 – Edward VII is proclaimed Emperor of India.
* January 19 – The first west–east transatlantic radio broadcast is made from the United States to England (the first east–west broadcast having bee ...
)
*June 23 –
Yatarō Kurokawa
(15 November 1910 – 23 June 1984) was a Japanese film actor.
Filmography
The filmography of Yatarō Kurokawa includes 228 films from 1935 to 1971: http://www.jmdb.ne.jp/person/p0120320.htm accessed 9 June 2009
* '' A Mother's Love'' (1 ...
, actor (b.
1910
Events
January
* January 13 – The first public radio broadcast takes place; live performances of the operas '' Cavalleria rusticana'' and ''Pagliacci'' are sent out over the airwaves, from the Metropolitan Opera House in New York C ...
)
*July 25 –
Akihiko Hirata
(December 16, 1927 – July 25, 1984), born , was a Japanese film actor. While Hirata starred in many movies (including Hiroshi Inagaki's ''Samurai'' trilogy), he is most well known for his work in the '' kaiju'' genre, including such films as ' ...
, actor (b.
1927
Events January
* January 1 – The British Broadcasting ''Company'' becomes the British Broadcasting ''Corporation'', when its Royal Charter of incorporation takes effect. John Reith becomes the first Director-General.
* January 7
...
)
*November 13 -
Shizo Kanakuri
was a Japanese marathon runner and one of the early leaders of track and field athletics in Japan. He has been celebrated as the "father of marathon" in Japan.
Biography
Kanakuri was a native of Tamana, Kumamoto, Japan and attended the Tokyo H ...
, marathon runner (b.
1891
Events
January–March
* January 1
** Paying of old age pensions begins in Germany.
** A strike of 500 Hungarian steel workers occurs; 3,000 men are out of work as a consequence.
** Germany takes formal possession of its new Af ...
)
*November 21 -
Kōsaku Takii
was a noted Japanese haiku poet, short story writer, and author of the celebrated I novel ''Mugen Hōyō''.
Takii was born in Takayama, Gifu where his father was a cabinetmaker. At age 13, he lost his mother and two brothers, and was forced to ...
, writer (b.
1894
Events January–March
* January 4 – A military alliance is established between the French Third Republic and the Russian Empire.
* January 7 – William Kennedy Dickson receives a patent for motion picture film in the United S ...
1911
A notable ongoing event was the Comparison of the Amundsen and Scott Expeditions, race for the South Pole.
Events January
* January 1 – A decade after federation, the Northern Territory and the Australian Capital Territory ...
)
See also
*
1984 in Japanese television
Events in 1984 in Japanese television.
Debuts
*''Uchuu Keiji Shaider'', tokusatsu (1984–1985)
*''Adventures of the Little Koala'', anime (1984–1985)
*''Attacker You!'', anime (1984–1985)
*'' Bismark'', anime (1984–1985)
*''Chikkun Takkun'' ...