1981 in Japan

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Events in the year 1981 in Japan.

Incumbents[]

  • Emperor: Hirohito (Emperor Shōwa)[1]
  • Prime Minister: Zenko Suzuki (L–Iwate)
  • Chief Cabinet Secretary: Kiichi Miyazawa (L–Hiroshima)
  • Chief Justice of the Supreme Court: Takaaki Hattori
  • President of the House of Representatives: (L–Fukui)
  • President of the House of Councillors: (L–national)
  • Diet sessions: 94th (regular session opened in December 1980, to June 6), 95th (extraordinary, September 24 to November 28), 96th (regular, December 21 to 1982, August 21)

Governors[]

Events[]

  • January to March - A heavy massive snowfall with avalanche hit around Japan, according to Japan Fire and Disaster Management Agency confirmed report, 152 peoples lost their lives, 2,158 peoples were wounded.[2]
  • March 31 - Pink Lady performs their farewell concert in the

same stadium where Candies performed their concert 3 years earlier.

Popular culture[]

Arts and entertainment[]

In film, Station by Yasuo Furuhata won the Best film award at the Japan Academy Prize, Enrai by Kichitaro Negishi won Best film at the Hochi Film Awards, Muddy River by Kōhei Oguri won Best film at the Blue Ribbon Awards and Something Like It by Yoshimitsu Morita won Best film at the Yokohama Film Festival. For a list of Japanese films released in 1981 see Japanese films of 1981.

In manga, the winners of the Shogakukan Manga Award were Sunset on Third Street by (general), Dr. Slump by Akira Toriyama (shōnen or shōjo) and Doraemon by Fujiko Fujio (children).[3] by Makoto Kobayashi (shōnen) and Ohayō! Spank by Shun'ichi Yukimuro and Shizue Takanashi (shōjo) won the Kodansha Manga Award. by Katsuhiro Otomo won the Seiun Award for Best Comic of the Year. For a list of manga released in 1981 see Category:1981 manga.

In music, the 32nd Kōhaku Uta Gassen was won by the White Team (men). Akira Terao won the FNS Music Festival.

In television, see: 1981 in Japanese television.

In radio, Japan FM Network, Japan's biggest FM radio network, was established in May 1981.

Sports[]

In athletics, Japan hosted the 1981 Asian Athletics Championships where it ranked 1st with 18 gold medals.

In football (soccer), Japan hosted the 1981 Intercontinental Cup. Fujita Engineering won the Japan Soccer League. For the champions of the regional leagues see: 1981 Japanese Regional Leagues.

In tennis, Japan hosted the Federation Cup, won by the United States.

Births[]

  • January 4: Hitomi Sakamoto, wrestler
  • January 6: Rinko Kikuchi, actress
  • January 10: Kumiko Ikeda, long jumper
  • January 14: Chiharu Niiyama, actress and model
  • January 18: Naoyuki Daigo, athlete
  • February 10: Yasuyuki Muneta, judoka
  • February 12: Takashi Takusagawa, football player
  • February 21: Jun Kaname, actor
  • March 6
  • March 18 – Shohei Tateyama, former professional baseball pitcher
  • March 23: Takeshi Honda, figure skater
  • March 31: Ryōko Shintani, voice actress and singer
  • April 7: Kazuki Watanabe, musician (d. 2000)
  • April 14: Shinjiro Koizumi, politician
  • April 18: Mai Hoshimura, musician
  • April 19: Kazuhiro Maeda, long-distance runner
  • April 23: Megu Hirose, softball player
  • May 8: Yasuko Tajima, medley swimmer
  • May 12: Naohiro Ishikawa, footballer
  • May 13: Hidenori Kato, footballer
  • May 22: Fumina Hara, actress and idol
  • May 23: Ema Tōyama, manga artist
  • May 24: Sayaka Ando, gravure idol
  • June 6: Daisuke Miyazaki, handball player
  • June 8: Ai Nonaka, voice actress
  • June 18: Yurin, actress, voice actress and singer
  • July 27: Mari Hoshino, actress and singer
  • August 4: Ayumi Tanimoto, judoka
  • August 5: Kou Shibasaki, singer and actress
  • August 10: Natsumi Abe, singer and actress
  • August 15: Yoshiko Fujinaga, long-distance runner
  • August 28: Aira Yuhki, J-pop singer
  • September 19: Rika Fujiwara, tennis player
  • September 22: Hiromitsu Miura, Boxer and former mixed martial artist
  • September 23: Hiroka Yaginuma, wrestler
  • September 26
    • Asuka, wrestler
    • Marica Hase, gravure model and pornographic actress
  • October 6: Chiharu Icho, wrestler
  • October 8: Ryuji Sainei, actor
  • October 17: Tsubasa Imai, singer, actor, and dancer
  • October 25: Hiroshi Aoyama, motorcycle road racer
  • October 30
    • Ayaka Kimura, actress and J-pop singer
    • Eri Sendai, voice actress
  • November 3: Ayako Shoda, wrestler
  • November 7
    • Nana Katase, actress
    • Rina Uchiyama, actress and idol
  • December 8: Naoyuki Kotani, mixed martial artist
  • December 19: Eriko Sato, actress and model
  • December 29: Shizuka Arakawa, figure skater[4]

Deaths[]

  • January 8: Shigeru Egami, master of Shotokan karate
  • February 11: Fusae Ichikawa, feminist, politician and women's suffrage leader
  • February 25: Gunichi Mikawa, Vice-Admiral in the Imperial Japanese Navy
  • April 9: Ichiro Nakayama, economist
  • April 12: Prince Asaka Yasuhiko, founder of a collateral branch of the Japanese imperial family
  • April 27: Koji Sone, judoka
  • May 7: Hiromichi Yahara, senior staff officer
  • July 4: Isao Kimura, actor
  • July 19: Daisuke Itō, film director and screenwriter
  • July 23: Kazuo Taoka, one of the yakuza Godfathers
  • August 22: Kuniko Mukōda, screen writer (b. 1929)
  • September 8: Hideki Yukawa, physicist
  • September 14: Yasuji Kiyose, composer
  • September 16: Akira Iwasaki, film critic, historian, and producer
  • December 28: Seishi Yokomizo, author

See also[]

References[]

  1. ^ "Hirohito | Biography, Accomplishments, & Facts". Encyclopedia Britannica. Retrieved 27 March 2019.
  2. ^ ja:五六豪雪 (Japanese language) Retrieved date on June 15, 2017.
  3. ^ 小学館漫画賞: 歴代受賞者 (in Japanese). Shogakukan. Archived from the original on 12 October 2010. Retrieved 2010-09-25.
  4. ^ Shizuka Arakawa at the International Skating Union
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