Events in the year 1929 in Japan. It corresponds to ShÃ
Âwa 4 (æÂÂÃ¥ÂÂ4å¹´) in the Japanese calendar.
Incumbents
Governors
Events
Films
Births
JanuaryâÂÂMarch
- January 1
- Akihiko Okamura, photographer (d. 1985)
- Haruo Nakajima, actor, stuntman, and choreographer (d. 2017)
- January 15
- Teizo Matsumura, composer and poet (d. 2007)
- Wataru Kubo, politician (d. 2003)
- January 16 – Shigeru Koyama, actor (d. 2017)
- January 17 – Hideo Murata, rÃ
Âkyoku and enka singer (d. 2002)
- January 20 – Masaharu Kawakatsu, zoologist
- January 23 – Kenji Suzuki, television announcer (d. 2024)
- January 24 – Katsuo Nishida, long-distance runner (d. 2001)
- January 26 – Sumiteru Taniguchi, survivor of the Nagasaki atomic bombing, and antiâÂÂnuclear weapons activist (d. 2017)
- January 30 – Isamu Akasaki, Nobel Prize-winning physicist and engineer (d. 2021)
- February 1 – JinzÃ
 Toriumi, screenwriter (d. 2008)
- February 3 – Koichi Saito, film director (d. 2009)
- February 5 – Taitetsu Unno, scholar, writer, and lecturer (d. 2014)
- February 6 – Masaharu Nagashima, dermatologist and the first professor of dermatology at Kyorin University (d. 2010)
- February 7 – Nobuyoshi Sadanaga, long-distance runner (d. 2003)
- February 13
- Frankie Sakai, comedian, actor, and musician (d. 1996)
- Sen-itiroh Hakomori, a Japanese-American biochemist (d. 2020)
- February 14
- Hirokazu Kobayashi, aikidoka (d. 1998)
- Masamoto Yashiro, businessman
- February 15 – Tachikawa Sumito, baritone singer and radio host presenter (d. 1985)
- February 17 – Shosaku Numa, neuroscientist (d. 1992)
- February 18 – Takako Saito, visual artist (d. 2025)
- February 19 – Kiyoshi Awazu, graphic designer (d. 2009)
- February 20 – Toshiro Mayuzumi, music composer (d. 1997)
- February 26 – Hideo Gosha, director and screenwriter (d. 1992)
- March 3 – , film director (d. 1995)
- March 5 – Takao Saito, cinematographer (d. 2014)
- March 20 – Kazue Takahashi, voice actress (d. 1999)
- March 22 – Yayoi Kusama, artist
- March 28 – Takehiro Irokawa, writer (d. 1989)
AprilâÂÂJune
- April 3
- Masato Yamanouchi, voice actor (d. 2003)
- Shinichiro Sakurai, automotive engineer (d. 2011)
- April 6 – Shoichi Ozawa, actor, radio host and singer (d. 2012)
- April 8 – Eiji Kitamura, jazz clarinetist and tenor saxophonist
- April 9 – Hashizo Okawa, film actor (d. 1984)
- April 10 – Yozo Aoki, football player (d. 2014)
- April 11 – Hiroko Takenishi, fiction writer and literary critic
- April 18 – Masayuki Ishii, sailor (d. 2014)
- April 20 – Kazumasa Nagai, printmaker and graphic designer
- April 22 – Otohiko Kaga, writer (d. 2023)
- April 26 – Tsurugamine Akio, sumo wrestler (d. 2006)
- May 4 – Noboru Nakaya, actor (d. 2006)
- May 8 – Miyoshi Umeki, actress (d. 2007)
- May 24 – , actor and voice actor (d. 2015)
- June 4 – Nakamura TomijÃ
«rÃ
 V, Kabuki actor (d. 2011)
- June 7 – , actress (d. 1985)
- June 14 – Keizo Hino, writer (d. 2002)
- June 29 – Michio Mamiya, composer (d. 2024)
JulyâÂÂSeptember
- July 5 – Chikao Ohtsuka, voice actor (d. 2015)
- July 17 – Eiichi Kudo, film director (d. 2000)
- July 22 – KiichirÃ
 Furukawa, astronomer (d. 2016)
- July 28 – Shozo Sasahara, freestyle wrestler (d. 2023)
- August 4 – KÃ
Âhei Miyauchi, actor and voice actor (d. 1995)
- August 11
- , writer (d. 2017)
- Tetsuo Kondo, politician (d. 2010)
- August 12 – Joji Yuasa, music composer (d. 2024)
- August 18
- Hidenobu Takahide, politician (d. 2002)
- Tetsutaro Murano, director (d. 2020)
- August 20 – Yasuro Kikuchi, amateur Go player (d. 2021)
- August 21 – Susumu Nakanishi, linguist
- August 22 – Satoko Kitahara, Japanese Roman Catholic woman (d. 1958)
- August 24 – RyÃ
Âko Akamatsu, politician (d. 2024)
- August 31 – Osamu Yamaji, professional footballer (d. 2021)
- September 1 – Tomisaburo Wakayama, actor (d. 1992)
- September 10 – Akio Yashiro, composer (d. 1976)
- September 11 – Akira Kono, Olympic gymnast (d. 1995)
- September 19 – Kojiro Kusanagi, actor (d. 2007)
- September 22 – Kiyoko Sugimura, athlete
- September 29 – TÃ
Âru Ã
Âhira, voice actor (d. 2016)
- September 30 – Kazuko, Princess Taka (Now Kazuko Takatsukasa), daughter of Emperor Hirohito and oldest sister of Emperor Emeritus Akihito (d. 1989)
OctoberâÂÂDecember
- October 4 – Chokei Kishaba, Okinawan martial artist master (d. 2000)
- October 5 – Takeshi Ito, economist and peace activist (d. 2000)
- October 14 – , film actor (d. 2024)
- October 23 – Akiko Kawarai, artist, jewellery designer, and composer
- October 25
- Hosei Norota, politician (d. 2019)
- Kazuo Ikehiro, film director (d. 2025)
- November 7 – Akio Suzuki, medical scientist, educator (d. 2010)
- November 13 – Asashio TarÃ
 III, professional sumo wrestler and rikishi (d. 1988)
- November 15 – Albert Ando, JapaneseâÂÂAmerican economist (d. 2002)
- November 17 – GorÃ
 Naya, voice actor (d. 2013)
- November 18 – Kiyoshi Kawakubo, voice actor (d. 2019)
- November 28 – Kuniko MukÃ
Âda, screenwriter (d. 1981)
- December 1
- Hidesaburo Hanafusa, virologist (d. 2009)
- Tomoko Naraoka, actress and narrator (d. 2023)
- December 7 – Keijiro Kaitoku, sailor (d. 1997)
- December 12 – Toshiko Akiyoshi, jazz composer/arranger, bandleader and pianist
- December 14 – Hiroshi Tada, aikido teacher
- December 15 – Jiro Kikkawa, JapaneseâÂÂAustralian ornithologist (d. 2016)
Deaths
- February 10 – Nagai Nagayoshi, chemist and pharmacologist (b. 1844)
- March 22 – Inoue Yoshika, Marshal Admiral (b. 1845)
- April 13 – GotÃ
 Shinpei, politician and scouting pioneer (b. 1857)
- April 27 – HÃ
ÂjÃ
 Tokiyuki, educator, mathematician and politician (b. 1858)
- June 29 – Prince Kuniyoshi Kuni, prince and field marshal (b. 1873)
- July 25 – ShÃ
ÂzÃ
 Makino silent film director and producer (b. 1878)
- August 16 – Tsuda Umeko, educator (b. 1864)
- August 26 – Ernest Mason Satow, British scholar, diplomat and Japanologist (b. 1843)
- September 29 – Tanaka Giichi, general and Prime Minister of Japan (b. 1864)
- October 31 – SenshÃ
 Murakami, Buddhist scholar and priest
- November 22 – Kamakichi Kishinouye, marine biologist and cnidariologist (b. 1867)
- December 20 – RyÃ
«sei Kishida, painter (b. 1891)
See also
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