Hachidai Nakamura (中村 八大, Nakamura Hachidai; January 20, 1931 – June 10, 1992) was a Japanese songwriter and jazz…
Hachidai Nakamura (中村 八大, Nakamura Hachidai; January 20, 1931 – June 10, 1992) was a Japanese songwriter and jazz pianist.
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Shigeaki Uchino (内野 重昭, Uchino Shigeaki; 20 January 1931 – 28 February 2017) was a Japanese modern pentathlete. He…
Shigeaki Uchino (内野 重昭, Uchino Shigeaki; 20 January 1931 – 28 February 2017) was a Japanese modern pentathlete. He competed at the 1960 and 1964 Summer Olympics.
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Sawako Ariyoshi (有吉 佐和子 Ariyoshi Sawako, 20 January 1931 – 30 August 1984) was a Japanese writer, known for such works…
Sawako Ariyoshi (有吉 佐和子 Ariyoshi Sawako, 20 January 1931 – 30 August 1984) was a Japanese writer, known for such works as The Doctor's Wife and The River Ki. She was known for her advocacy of social issues, such as the elderly in Japanese society, and environmental issues. Several of her novels describe the relationships between mothers and their daughters. She also had a fascination with traditional Japanese arts, such as kabuki and bunraku. She also described racial discrimination in the United States, something she experienced firsthand during her time at Sarah Lawrence, and the depopulation of remote Japanese islands during the 1970s economic boom.
🎓 Tokyo Woman's Christian University🏫 Takenodai High School📅 Born January 20🎂 Born 1931📍 From Wakayama(city), Wakayama Prefecture💼 Writer・Novelist💼 Playwright💼 Stage Director
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Yasushi Akashi (明石 康 Akashi Yasushi, born January 19, 1931) is a Japanese senior diplomat and United Nations…
Yasushi Akashi (明石 康 Akashi Yasushi, born January 19, 1931) is a Japanese senior diplomat and United Nations administrator.
🎓 University of Tokyo🏫 Akita High School📅 Born January 19🎂 Born 1931📍 From Ōdate, Akita Prefecture💼 Diplomat💼 Civil Servant💼 Politician・Legislator
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Masaaki Hirano (平野 雅章, Hirano Masaaki; January 15, 1931 – November 22, 2008) was a Japanese food historian from the…
Masaaki Hirano (平野 雅章, Hirano Masaaki; January 15, 1931 – November 22, 2008) was a Japanese food historian from the city of Futtsu, Chiba. He was a courtesy member of the Cultural Academic Society. He wrote under the pen name Masaaki.
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Noriyuki Sekine (Japanese: 関根則之 Sekine Noriyuki; 13 January 1931 – 19 June 2022) was a Japanese politician. A member of…
Noriyuki Sekine (Japanese: 関根則之 Sekine Noriyuki; 13 January 1931 – 19 June 2022) was a Japanese politician. A member of the Liberal Democratic Party, he served in the House of Councillors from 1991 to 1998. Sekine died in Kawagoe, Saitama on 19 June 2022 at the age of 91.
🎓 University of Tokyo🏫 Matsuyama High School📅 Born January 13🎂 Born 1931📍 From Yoshimi, Saitama💼 Bureaucrat💼 Politician・Legislator
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Inahata Teiko (Japanese: 稲畑汀子; 8 January 1931 – 27 February 2022) was a Japanese haiku poet, essayist and literary…
Inahata Teiko (Japanese: 稲畑汀子; 8 January 1931 – 27 February 2022) was a Japanese haiku poet, essayist and literary critic.
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Kaoru Yachigusa (八千草 薫, Yachigusa Kaoru; 6 January 1931 – 24 October 2019) was a Japanese actress from Osaka…
Kaoru Yachigusa (八千草 薫, Yachigusa Kaoru; 6 January 1931 – 24 October 2019) was a Japanese actress from Osaka Prefecture. From 1947 to 1957, she was a member of the Takarazuka Revue. After leaving the revue, she was active in film, television, and narration. In 1975, She famously quit part way through the filming of the television series Akai Giwaku, outraged at being forced to work at times dictated by idol Momoe Yamaguchi's schedule. Her husband, director Senkichi Taniguchi, died on October 29, 2007, in Tokyo, Japan. The couple had been married since 1957. Yachigusa died on October 24, 2019, at a Tokyo hospital from pancreatic cancer, aged 88.
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Shinsaku Tsukawaki (塚脇伸作, Tsukawaki Shinsaku; 3 January 1931 – 15 September 1993) was a Japanese gymnast who competed…
Shinsaku Tsukawaki (塚脇伸作, Tsukawaki Shinsaku; 3 January 1931 – 15 September 1993) was a Japanese gymnast who competed in the 1956 Summer Olympics.
Rokusaburō Michiba (Japanese: 道場 六三郎, Hepburn: Michiba Rokusaburō; born 3 January 1931) is a Japanese chef, best known…
Rokusaburō Michiba (Japanese: 道場 六三郎, Hepburn: Michiba Rokusaburō; born 3 January 1931) is a Japanese chef, best known as the inaugural Japanese Iron Chef on the television series Iron Chef. He was born in Yamanaka, Ishikawa. His tenure on the program lasted from its debut in 1993 until his retirement on his 65th birthday, January 3, 1996.
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Toshiki Kaifu (海部 俊樹, Kaifu Toshiki; 2 January 1931 – 9 January 2022) was a Japanese politician who served as prime…
Toshiki Kaifu (海部 俊樹, Kaifu Toshiki; 2 January 1931 – 9 January 2022) was a Japanese politician who served as prime minister of Japan from 1989 to 1991. Born in Nagoya, Kaifu graduated from Waseda University and was first elected to the Diet in 1960 as a member of the Liberal Democratic Party. He served as education minister from 1976 to 1977 under Takeo Fukuda, and from 1985 to 1986 under Yasuhiro Nakasone. In 1989, Kaifu became prime minister after the resignations of the last two premiers, Noboru Takeshita and Sosuke Uno, amid various scandals; he was chosen in part because of his clean image. During his tenure, Kaifu worked to improve relations with China and made large financial contributions to the coalition in the Persian Gulf War. After his attempts at political reform were unsuccessful, Kaifu resigned as prime minister in 1991 and was replaced by Kiichi Miyazawa.
🎓 Waseda University🏫 Tokai High School📅 Born January 2🎂 Born 1931📍 From Nagoya, Aichi Prefecture💼 Politician・Legislator
Masatoshi Nei (根井正利, Nei Masatoshi; January 2, 1931 – May 18, 2023) was a Japanese-born American evolutionary biologist.
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Yoshio Masui (増井 禎夫, Masui Yoshio; January 1, 1931 – April 18, 2024) was a Japanese-Canadian cell biologist. Masui…
Yoshio Masui (増井 禎夫, Masui Yoshio; January 1, 1931 – April 18, 2024) was a Japanese-Canadian cell biologist. Masui retired in 1997 and held the position of Professor Emeritus at the University of Toronto.
Hisashi Miura (Japanese: 三浦 久 Miura Hisashi; 1 January 1931 – 3 April 2024) was a Japanese lawyer and politician. A…
Hisashi Miura (Japanese: 三浦 久 Miura Hisashi; 1 January 1931 – 3 April 2024) was a Japanese lawyer and politician. A member of the Japanese Communist Party, he served in the House of Representatives from 1972 to 1976, 1979 to 1986, and 1990 to 1993. Miura died on 3 April 2024, at the age of 93.
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Kyoko Yoneda is a Japanese athlete. She won a gold medal in High jump and 80 meters hurdles in the 1951 Asian Games.
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Miyozo Yamazaki (山崎 三四造, Yamazaki Myōzō; born 1931) is an amateur archaeologist in Japan. He reenacted the Jōmon period…
Miyozo Yamazaki (山崎 三四造, Yamazaki Myōzō; born 1931) is an amateur archaeologist in Japan. He reenacted the Jōmon period (the Stone Age in Japan) for 20 years. He is well known in Japan since the mass media introduced his Jōmon life. He is now compiling a memoir of his Jōmon life. He established a private museum of the Jōmon period at Tsu, Mie Prefecture.
Hidé Ishiguro (Japanese: 石黒ひで, Ishiguro Hidé; 4 August 1931 – 18 February 2026) was a Japanese analytic philosopher and…
Hidé Ishiguro (Japanese: 石黒ひで, Ishiguro Hidé; 4 August 1931 – 18 February 2026) was a Japanese analytic philosopher and emeritus professor at Keio University, Tokyo. She is considered an expert on the philosopher Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz on whom she published many papers. She was also a Wittgenstein scholar.
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Tetsurō Fujiwara is a Japanese physician. In 1996 he was awarded the King Faisal International Prize in Medicine…
Tetsurō Fujiwara is a Japanese physician. In 1996 he was awarded the King Faisal International Prize in Medicine together with Bengt Robertson for contributions to the understanding of neonatal medicine.
Seiryū Inoue (井上 青龍, Inoue Seiryū; 1931 – 18 August 1988) was a Japanese photographer. Born in 1931 in Tosa, Kōchi…
Seiryū Inoue (井上 青龍, Inoue Seiryū; 1931 – 18 August 1988) was a Japanese photographer. Born in 1931 in Tosa, Kōchi Prefecture, Inoue became the first apprentice to Takeji Iwamiya in Osaka in 1951. While continuing to work with Iwamiya in 1954, he started work as temporary cameraman for Asahi Broadcasting Corporation in Osaka. Iwamiya recognized his talent and from 1958 encouraged the young Inoue to roam the streets of Kamagasaki in Nishinari-ku, Osaka, permitting him to develop his private work in the studio darkroom. During the 1950s, Inoue developed a reputation as a young documentary photographer. In 1959 he was a prizewinner in the Fuji Photo Film Contest Professional Section. In Tokyo, during May 1960, he held his first solo exhibition, "The Hundred Faces of Kamagasaki", which was awarded Newcomer Prize by Camera Geijutsu magazine. In 1961 he also received the Newcomer's Award from the Japan Photography Critics' Association. In 1959, Daidō Moriyama joined Iwamiya's studio before moving to Tokyo in 1961. Moriyama credits Inoue with setting him on the road to photography and as being highly influential in developing his photographic style. Writing for Inoue's Retrospective exhibition in 2005, Moriyama wrote: "his words - 'You coming, Mori?' - calling me to accompany him to Kamagasaki set me on the road to becoming a photographer" and "without the pioneering Inoue I would not have set out upon the long road of photography that I have followed". Inoue continued to work in Osaka, becoming a teacher of documentary photography at Osaka Geijutsu (Art) University and eventually a full professor in 1987. Following his work in Kamagasaki, Inoue photographed ethnic Koreans emigrating from Japan to North Korea and the festivals and city of Kyoto, among other subjects. He was engaged in photographing daily life on the Amami Islands in Kagoshima Prefecture when he met an accidental death in Tokunoshima in 1988.
Takeshi Kaikō (開高 健, Kaikō Takeshi; 30 December 1930 – 9 December 1989), also known as Ken Kaikō, was a Japanese…
Takeshi Kaikō (開高 健, Kaikō Takeshi; 30 December 1930 – 9 December 1989), also known as Ken Kaikō, was a Japanese novelist, short-story writer, essayist, literary critic, and television documentary writer. He was distinguished by his knowledge, intellect, sense of humor and conversational skills, and although his style has been criticized as wordy and obtuse, he was one of the more popular Japanese writers in the late Shōwa period.
🎓 Osaka City University🏫 Tennoji High School📅 Born December 30🎂 Born 1930📍 From Osaka, Osaka Prefecture💼 Writer・Novelist
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Kōji Chino is Japanese film director.
Makoto Moroi (諸井 誠, Moroi Makoto) (17 December 1930 – 2 September 2013) was a Japanese composer.
Kirio Urayama (浦山 桐郎, Urayama Kirio; 14 December 1930 – 20 October 1985) was a Japanese film director and screenwriter.
Yukio Koshimori (越森 幸夫, Koshimori Yukio; 10 December 1930 – 28 February 2005) was a Japanese politician. He was mayor…
Yukio Koshimori (越森 幸夫, Koshimori Yukio; 10 December 1930 – 28 February 2005) was a Japanese politician. He was mayor of Okushiri, Hokkaidō when Okushiri Island was hit by a devastating earthquake with tsunami that caused 201 deaths on 12 July 1993. Koshimori was elected to Okushiri's assembly in April 1959. He was elected mayor of Okushiri in 1975, and served for 22 consecutive years in spite of his arrest and conviction for bribery in 1984 of which he denied. In 2001, Koshimori was arrested and indicted for another act of bribery, for which he was forced to resign and succeeded by Tōru Gambara. The District Court of Sapporo ordered a two-year jail term for Koshimori, but the High Court granted him a suspended term with consideration for his illness in 2004. The following year, he died of liver cancer at age 74 in Hakodate, Hokkaidō.
🏫 Hakodate Technical High School📅 Born December 10🎂 Born 1930📍 From Okushiri, Hokkaido💼 Politician・Legislator
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Takafumi Isomura (磯村 隆文, Isomura Takafumi; 8 December 1930 – 26 November 2007) was a Japanese politician. He served as…
Takafumi Isomura (磯村 隆文, Isomura Takafumi; 8 December 1930 – 26 November 2007) was a Japanese politician. He served as the former mayor of Osaka from 1995 until 2003 and professor emeritus of Osaka City University.
Tomio Kubota (久保田 富雄, Kubota Tomio) (6 December 1930 – 30 June 2020) was a Japanese mathematician working in number…
Tomio Kubota (久保田 富雄, Kubota Tomio) (6 December 1930 – 30 June 2020) was a Japanese mathematician working in number theory. His contributions include works on p-adic L functions and real-analytic automorphic forms. His work on p-adic L-functions, later recognised as an aspect of Iwasawa theory, was done jointly with Leopoldt. He extended the concept of metaplectic group, in a way significant for arithmetic applications. This opened a field for later research on associated Dirichlet series and automorphic forms, and was a major step in the solution of Kummer's conjecture.
Syun-Ichi Akasofu (赤祖父 俊一, Akasofu Shun'ichi; born December 4, 1930, Saku, Nagano, Japan) is a Japanese-American…
Syun-Ichi Akasofu (赤祖父 俊一, Akasofu Shun'ichi; born December 4, 1930, Saku, Nagano, Japan) is a Japanese-American geophysicist known for his research on auroras, auroral substorms, and magnetospheric physics. He is the founding director of the International Arctic Research Center of the University of Alaska Fairbanks (UAF), serving in that position from the center's establishment in 1998 until January 2007. Previously he had been director of the university's Geophysical Institute from 1986.
Susumu Takita (滝田 進, Takita Susumu; 29 November 1930 – 3 May 2015), known by the stage name Yūsuke Takita (滝田 裕介, 祐介…
Susumu Takita (滝田 進, Takita Susumu; 29 November 1930 – 3 May 2015), known by the stage name Yūsuke Takita (滝田 裕介, 祐介, Takita Yūsuke), was a Japanese actor. He was born in Kitazawa, Setagaya (now Kitazawa, Setagaya, Tokyo), Ehara, Tokyo Prefecture. He formerly belonged to Gekidan Haiyūza.
🎓 Waseda University🏫 Tokyo Metropolitan Toyama High School📅 Born November 29🎂 Born 1930💼 Actor💼 Voice Actor
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Fuyukichi Maki (牧冬吉, Maki Fuyukichi; November 28, 1930 – June 27, 1998) was a Japanese actor. He worked in TV and film…
Fuyukichi Maki (牧冬吉, Maki Fuyukichi; November 28, 1930 – June 27, 1998) was a Japanese actor. He worked in TV and film from 1951 to 1997. His birth name was Nobuyuki Okamura (岡村 信行). He was born in Ōdate, Akita, Japan. He played the role of the Iga ninja Tombei the Mist (Kiri no Tonbei) in the Edo period historical drama TV series The Samurai. This series became a surprise hit in Australia in 1965 and was the first Japanese TV series shown in that country.
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Akira Takeda (竹田 晃, November 26, 1930 – August 6, 2021) was a Japanese scholar of Chinese literature. He served as a…
Akira Takeda (竹田 晃, November 26, 1930 – August 6, 2021) was a Japanese scholar of Chinese literature. He served as a professor at the College of Arts and Sciences at the University of Tokyo and later held the titles of professor emeritus at both the University of Tokyo and Meikai University. His specialties were zhiguai tales from the Six Dynasties period and chuanqi tales from the Tang Dynasty. He also served as the manager of the University of Tokyo Baseball Club.
Wakamaeda Eiichirō (born Hideo Yui; 24 November 1930 – 3 June 2007) was a sumo wrestler from Nishibiwajima, Aichi…
Wakamaeda Eiichirō (born Hideo Yui; 24 November 1930 – 3 June 2007) was a sumo wrestler from Nishibiwajima, Aichi, Japan. Making his professional debut in January 1950, he reached the top makuuchi division in May 1954. His highest rank was sekiwake. He won four special prizes and three gold stars for defeating yokozuna. He retired in January 1964 and became an elder of the Japan Sumo Association under the name of Onoe.
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Sasazawa Saho (笹沢左保; November 15, 1930 – October 21, 2002) was a Japanese author, known as the creator of the Kogarashi…
Sasazawa Saho (笹沢左保; November 15, 1930 – October 21, 2002) was a Japanese author, known as the creator of the Kogarashi Monjirō novels, which became a hit televised drama series. He was a self-declared member of the shinhonkaku-ha or "new orthodox" school of detective fiction writing. Aside from mysteries, he also wrote thrillers, essays and history books, with some 380 books to his credit.
Fumiko Kometani (米谷ふみ子, Kometani Fumiko; born 1930 in Osaka, Japan) is a Japanese author and artist (painter) and a…
Fumiko Kometani (米谷ふみ子, Kometani Fumiko; born 1930 in Osaka, Japan) is a Japanese author and artist (painter) and a longtime resident of the United States. Kometani moved to the US in 1960 when she was working as an abstract painter, spending time at the MacDowell Colony in New Hampshire where she met her husband, Josh Greenfeld (they later moved to California). She changed her focus to writing when her developmentally disabled son Noah became too hard to handle when he was around the art supplies in her studio. Her older son, Karl Taro Greenfeld, is also a writer. Kometani is also noted for her expressed displeasure of what she terms the fascist mentality of the World War II Japanese Army. She regularly participates in anti-war and anti-nuclear protests. Her first book, Passover, received the distinguished Akutagawa Prize. It was subsequently described in The New York Times as "anti-Semitic" and an example of Japan's "widespread anti-Semitism", although Kometani's husband is Jewish, and the novel was an adaption of a visit to his parents' house. A judge for the Akutagawa Prize claimed that the Times had misinterpreted the sardonic and self-ridiculing tone of the novel. In January 2025 Kometani's home was destroyed in the Palisades Fire.
🎓 Osaka Prefecture University🏫 Yuhigaoka High School📅 Born November 15🎂 Born 1930📍 From Osaka Prefecture💼 Writer・Novelist💼 Painter
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Minako Ōba (大庭 みな子, Ōba Minako; born November 11, 1930, death May 24, 2007) was a Japanese author and social critic.…
Minako Ōba (大庭 みな子, Ōba Minako; born November 11, 1930, death May 24, 2007) was a Japanese author and social critic. She was awarded the 1968 Akutagawa Prize for Sanbiki no kani (Three Crabs), and the 1982 Tanizaki Prize for Katachi mo naku (寂兮寥兮). Ōba suffered a stroke in 1996 and died on May 24, 2007.
🎓 Tsuda University🏫 Kamo High School📅 Born November 11🎂 Born 1930📍 From Shibuya, Tokyo💼 Writer・Novelist
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Michiya Mihashi (三橋美智也 Mihashi Michiya, November 10, 1930 – January 8, 1996), born Michiya Kitazawa (北沢 美智也 Kitazawa…
Michiya Mihashi (三橋美智也 Mihashi Michiya, November 10, 1930 – January 8, 1996), born Michiya Kitazawa (北沢 美智也 Kitazawa Michiya) in Kamiiso, Hokkaidō, was an enka singer in postwar Japan. Along with Hachiro Kasuga and Hideo Murata, he was regarded as one of the most notable singers to have established the genre enka. Mihashi was among the leading Enka singers in his time and was known for his high-pitched and elastic singing voice. He recorded around 2,500 songs. By 1983, he sold more than 100 million records. Takashi Hosokawa was his pupil.
Kazuo Kuroki (黒木和雄, Kuroki Kazuo) was a Japanese film director who was particularly known for his films on World War II…
Kazuo Kuroki (黒木和雄, Kuroki Kazuo) was a Japanese film director who was particularly known for his films on World War II and the question of personal guilt.
Shigeaki Uno (宇野 重昭, Uno Shigeaki; October 28, 1930 – 1 April 2017) was a political scientist; Professor Emeritus of…
Shigeaki Uno (宇野 重昭, Uno Shigeaki; October 28, 1930 – 1 April 2017) was a political scientist; Professor Emeritus of Seikei University; Honorary President and Professor Emeritus of University of Shimane. Majored in International Relations (Modern Chinese History, Study on Northeast Asian Region). Shigeaki Uno was born in Kanazawa City, Ishikawa Prefecture; His wife, Mieko Uno is Educator and Professor Emeritus of Ferris University. Shigeki Uno, Political Scientist and Professor of Research Institute for Social Science, University of Tokyo is a son of Mr. & Mrs. Uno.
🎓 University of Tokyo🏫 Shirakawa High School📅 Born October 28🎂 Born 1930💼 Scholar・Professor・Associate Professor
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Yoshinobu Shiba (斯波義信, Shiba Yoshinobu) (born 20 October 1930) is a retired Japanese historian of China and professor…
Yoshinobu Shiba (斯波義信, Shiba Yoshinobu) (born 20 October 1930) is a retired Japanese historian of China and professor emeritus of Osaka University, who specializes in Song dynasty history. A member of the Japan Academy, he has received the Order of Culture, Order of the Sacred Treasure, and Person of Cultural Merit in Japan. In 2018, he jointly received the Tang Prize in Sinology with Stephen Owen, "for his mastery and depth of insight in Chinese social-economic history achieved through his original theoretical lens that fuses the distinctive fortes of Chinese, Japanese, and Western scholarship."
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Ichirō Nakatani (Japanese: 中谷 一郎, Hepburn: Nakatani Ichirō; born April 1, 1930) was a Japanese actor. He attended…
Ichirō Nakatani (Japanese: 中谷 一郎, Hepburn: Nakatani Ichirō; born April 1, 1930) was a Japanese actor. He attended Waseda University, but withdrew before completing his degree and joined the Haiyuza Theatre Company. In 1959, Nakatani won Elan d'or Award for Newcomer of the Year. Nakatani was well known for his role as Ninja Kazaguruma no Yahichi in the jidaigeki drama Mito Kōmon.
Shōichi Watanabe (渡部 昇一, Watanabe Shōichi; 15 September 1930 – 17 April 2017) was a Japanese scholar of English and one…
Shōichi Watanabe (渡部 昇一, Watanabe Shōichi; 15 September 1930 – 17 April 2017) was a Japanese scholar of English and one of Japan's cultural critics. He is known for ultranationalist historical negationism. He was born in Tsuruoka, Yamagata Prefecture. A graduate of Sophia University, where he obtained his Master's degree, he completed his doctorate at University of Münster in 1958. Two volumes of autobiography on his years in Germany narrate his varied experiences during this period. Returning to his alma mater, he became successively lecturer, assistant professor and full professor, until his retirement. He served as emeritus professor at the same university until his death. A passionate book-collector, he was chairman of the Japan Bibliophile Society. His personal collection of books on English philology (see Bibliography) was perhaps his most important contribution to the field of English philology in Japan, containing many rare items.
Akiyuki Nosaka (野坂 昭如, Nosaka Akiyuki; October 10, 1930 – December 9, 2015) was a Japanese novelist, journalist…
Akiyuki Nosaka (野坂 昭如, Nosaka Akiyuki; October 10, 1930 – December 9, 2015) was a Japanese novelist, journalist, singer, lyricist, and member of the House of Councillors. As a broadcasting writer he used the name Yukio Aki (阿木 由紀夫, Aki Yukio) and his alias as a chanson singer was Claude Nosaka (クロード 野坂, Kurōdo Nosaka). He wrote the short story "Grave of the Fireflies" based on his experiences in the wake of American bombing during the Second World War; the short story has been adapted into both an animated film and a live-action film.
🎓 Waseda University🏫 Osaka Ichiritsu High School📅 Born October 10🎂 Born 1930📍 From Osaka Prefecture💼 Writer・Novelist💼 Singer・Vocalist💼 Lyricist💼 TV Personality💼 Politician・Legislator
Tōru Takemitsu (武満 徹; pronounced [takeꜜmitsɯ̥ toːɾɯ]; 8 October 1930 – 20 February 1996) was a Japanese composer of…
Tōru Takemitsu (武満 徹; pronounced [takeꜜmitsɯ̥ toːɾɯ]; 8 October 1930 – 20 February 1996) was a Japanese composer of contemporary classical music and writer on music. Largely self-taught, Takemitsu was admired for his subtle manipulation of instrumental and orchestral timbre. In his early years, Takemitsu was also a founding member of the Jikken Kōbō (実験工房, experimental workshop) in Japan, a group of avant-garde artists who distanced themselves from academia and whose collaborative work is often regarded among the most influential of the 20th century. His 1957 Requiem for string orchestra attracted international attention, led to several commissions from across the world and established his reputation as the leading 20th-century Japanese composer. He was the recipient of numerous awards and honours and founded the Toru Takemitsu Composition Award.
🎓 Tokyo Music School🏫 Keika High School📅 Born October 8🎂 Born 1930📍 From Bunkyō, Tokyo💼 Composer💼 Producer
Reiji Okazaki (岡崎 令治, Okazaki Reiji; October 8, 1930 – August 1, 1975) was a pioneer Japanese molecular biologist…
Reiji Okazaki (岡崎 令治, Okazaki Reiji; October 8, 1930 – August 1, 1975) was a pioneer Japanese molecular biologist, known for his research on DNA replication and especially for describing the role of Okazaki fragments along with his wife Tsuneko. Okazaki was born in Hiroshima, Japan. He graduated in 1953 from Nagoya University, and worked as a professor there after 1963. He died of leukemia in Japan in 1975 at the age of 44 after traveling to the United States and Canada; he had been heavily irradiated in Hiroshima when the first atomic bomb was dropped.
🎓 Nagoya University🏫 Hiroshima University Affiliated High School📅 Born October 8🎂 Born 1930📍 From Hiroshima, Hiroshima Prefecture💼 Scholar・Professor・Associate Professor
Tadao Satō (Japanese: 佐藤 忠男, Hepburn: Satō Tadao; 6 October 1930 – 17 March 2022) was a Japanese film critic, theorist…
Tadao Satō (Japanese: 佐藤 忠男, Hepburn: Satō Tadao; 6 October 1930 – 17 March 2022) was a Japanese film critic, theorist and historian. His real name was Tadao Iiri (飯利 忠男, Iiri Tadao).
Senji Yamaguchi (山口 仙二, Yamaguchi Senji; 3 October 1930 – 6 July 2013) was a survivor of the atomic bombing of Nagasaki…
Senji Yamaguchi (山口 仙二, Yamaguchi Senji; 3 October 1930 – 6 July 2013) was a survivor of the atomic bombing of Nagasaki and later an anti-nuclear movement leader. Yamaguchi was born in 1930 to a poor family in Nagasaki. In 1945, he was employed as an under-age weapons maker. On August 9, 1945, he suffered keloid scars while working digging shelters at the weapon factory when the United States dropped a nuclear bomb 1.3km from the hypocenter of the explosion. When working with 5 other co-workers he was the sole survivor of the group . Mr.Yamaguchi suffered severe third degree burns on parts of his face, shoulder and abdomen area. Yamaguchi has served in two anti-nuclear organizations, one being the Anti-nuclear arms movement in 1955 and heading the Japan Confederation of A- and H-Bomb Sufferers Organizations between the years of 1981 and 2010. He even once was granted permission to be involved in the 1982 United Nations meeting. In his last years, he was hospitalized and died of an illness on July 6, 2013 in Unzen, Nagasaki.
Akito Arima, KBE (有馬 朗人, Arima Akito; 13 September 1930 – 7 December 2020) was a Japanese nuclear physicist…
Akito Arima, KBE (有馬 朗人, Arima Akito; 13 September 1930 – 7 December 2020) was a Japanese nuclear physicist, politician, and haiku poet, known for the interacting boson model.
🎓 University of Tokyo🏫 Hamamatsu Kita High School📅 Born September 13🎂 Born 1930📍 From Osaka, Osaka Prefecture💼 Scholar・Professor・Associate Professor💼 Haiku Poet・Waka Poet💼 Politician・Legislator
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Akira Suzuki (鈴木 章, Suzuki Akira; born September 12, 1930) is a Japanese chemist and Nobel Prize Laureate (2010), who…
Akira Suzuki (鈴木 章, Suzuki Akira; born September 12, 1930) is a Japanese chemist and Nobel Prize Laureate (2010), who first published the Suzuki reaction, the organic reaction of an aryl- or vinyl-boronic acid with an aryl- or vinyl-halide catalyzed by a palladium(0) complex, in 1979.
🎓 Hokkaido University🏫 Tomakomai Higashi High School📅 Born September 12🎂 Born 1930📍 From Mukawa, Hokkaido💼 Scholar・Professor・Associate Professor
Fumiko Ikawa-Smith is a Japanese Canadian archaeologist. She is an emeritus professor in the department of anthropology…
Fumiko Ikawa-Smith is a Japanese Canadian archaeologist. She is an emeritus professor in the department of anthropology at McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada. She trained as an anthropologist and prehistorian and specialises in the Early Palaeolithic cultures in East Asia, specifically Japan). She is married to Philip E. L. Smith, also an archaeologist, with one son.
🎓 マギル大学🏫 Nara Women's University Affiliated Secondary School📅 Born September 10🎂 Born 1930📍 From Nara Prefecture💼 Archaeology💼 Scholar・Professor・Associate Professor
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Kiyohiro Miura (三浦清宏, Miura Kiyohiro; born 1930 in Muroran, Hokkaido) is a Japanese writer. After attending the…
Kiyohiro Miura (三浦清宏, Miura Kiyohiro; born 1930 in Muroran, Hokkaido) is a Japanese writer. After attending the University of Tokyo he went to the United States for further education. He received his B.A. from San Jose State University in 1955 and his MFA from University of Iowa in 1958. His novel Chōnan no shukke (長男の出家) or My Young Son Becomes a Zen Monk won the Akutagawa Prize in 1988.
Minoru Hara (原 實, Hara Minoru; 9 September 1930 – 1 November 2021) was a Japanese writer, Indologist, philologist, and…
Minoru Hara (原 實, Hara Minoru; 9 September 1930 – 1 November 2021) was a Japanese writer, Indologist, philologist, and a scholar of Sanskrit and Buddhist literature and philosophy.
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