Births
- 1931 - Kaoru Yachigusa, actress
- 1954 - Yuji Horii, video game designer, created Dragon Quest
- 1960 - Kumiko Ohba, actress and singer
- 1975 - Yukana, voice actress and singer
- 1981 - Rinko Kikuchi, actress and director
- 1989 - Arisa Sugi, entertainer
- 1998 - Yuuka Yano, actress
Deaths
- 1725 - Chikamatsu Monzaemon, playwright (b. 1653)