Portal:Japan/Anniversaries/November/November 10

November 10:

Births

• 1868 - Gichin Funakoshi (d. 1957), martial artist, founded Shotokan
• 1923 - Hachikō (d. 1935), dog
• 1927 - Sohei Miyashita (d. 2013), politician, Japanese Minister of Defense
• 1948 - Shigesato Itoi, video game designer and voice actor, created EarthBound
• 1960 - Naomi Kawashima (d. 2015), actress and singer
• 1967 - Miyuki Kobayashi, canoeist
• 1987 - Kana Oya, model

Film and television

• 2009 - Liar Game: Season 2 begins airing on Fuji Television, starring Erika Toda and Shota Matsuda
• 2012 - Lesson of the Evil, a slasher film starring Hideaki Itō