Births
- 1833 - Kido Takayoshi (d. 1877), politician
- 1892 - Eiji Yoshikawa (d. 1962), author
- 1909 - Yūji Koseki (d. 1989), composer
- 1959 - Yoshiaki Murakami, investor
- 1963 - Hiromi Makihara, baseball player
- 1965 - Shinji Mikami, video game designer
- 1986 - Kaori Fukuhara, voice actress
- 1987 - Shouta Aoi, voice actor