Events in the year 1943 in Japan.
Incumbents
Governors
Events
Films
Births
- January 7 â Sadako Sasaki, hibakusha (d. 1955)
- January 15 â Kirin Kiki, actress (d. 2018)
- January 19 â Haruo Yasuda, golfer
- February 20 â Antonio Inoki, wrestler
- February 22 – Otoya Yamaguchi, assassin (d. 1960)
- April 3 â Hikaru Saeki, Japanese admiral, the first female star officer of the Japan Self-Defense Forces
- April 5 â Fighting Harada, boxer (real name Masahiko Harada)
- May 4 â Michiyo Azusa, singer and actress (real name Michiyo Hayashi) (d. 2020)
- June 20 â Masayuki Uemura, engineer and video game producer (d. 2021)
- August 17 â Yukio Kasaya, ski jumper
- September 16 â Tadamasa Goto, Japanese yakuza boss
- November 20 â Mie Hama, actress
- December 2 – Kiwako Taichi, actress (d. 1992)
- December 11 – Mariko Kaga, actress
Deaths
- June 9- Mie Dong Long,film maker
- February 4 – SenjÃ
«rÃ
 Hayashi, Prime Minister of Japan (b. 1876)
- March 19
- Tsugi Takano, poet (b. 1890)
- Fujishima Takeji, painter (b. 1867)
- April 18 – Isoroku Yamamoto, admiral (b. 1884)
- May 29 – Yasuyo Yamasaki, army officer (b. 1891)
- June 11 – Heisuke Abe, general (b. 1886)
- July 6 – Teruo Akiyama, admiral (b. 1891)
- July 12/13 – Shunji Isaki, admiral (b. 1892)
- July 18 – Miyake Kaho, novelist, essayist and poet (b. 1868)
- August 21 – Hirohide Fushimi, lieutenant Commander (b. 1912)
- August 22 – TÃ
Âson Shimazaki, author (b. 1872)
- September 10 – Takeshi Sakurada, lieutenant general (b. 1891)
- October 16 – Yanagihara Naruko, lady-in-waiting and concubine (b. 1859)
- October 17 –Denji Kuroshima, author (b. 1898)
- November 20 – Keiji Shibazaki, rear admiral (b. 1894)
- November 26 – Kiyoto Kagawa, admiral (killed in action) (b. 1895)
See also
References