Portal:Japan/Anniversaries/October/October 4
Events
- 1943 - World War II: U.S. captures the Solomon Islands from the Imperial Japanese Army
Births
- 1918 - Kenichi Fukui (d. 1998), chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate
- 1922 - Shin Kyuk-Ho, South Korean-Japanese businessman, founded Lotte Group
- 1959 - Hitonari Tsuji, writer, composer, and director
- 1961 - Kazuki Takahashi, author and illustrator, created Yu-Gi-Oh!
- 1963 - Koji Ishikawa, author and illustrator
- 1967 - Tsuyoshi Koyama, actor and voice actor
- 1978 - Kei Horie, actor, writer, producer, and director
- 1981 - Shaura, singer
- 1983 - Risa Kudō, model and actress
- 1983 - Ai Maeda, actress, singer, and model
- 1983 - Tatsuya Ueda, singer and actor
- 1990 - Saki, musician and songwriter
Deaths
- 1305 - Emperor Kameyama (b. 1249)
- 1997 - Gunpei Yokoi (b. 1941), game designer, created Game Boy
Film and Television
- 2003
- Pretty Guardian Sailor Moon began airing on CBC, starring Miyuu Sawai, Rika Izumi, Keiko Kitagawa, Mew Azama, and Ayaka Komatsu
- Fullmetal Alchemist began airing on TBS