Events in the year 1955 in Japan. It corresponds to ShÃ
Âwa 30 (æÂÂÃ¥ÂÂ30å¹´) in the Japanese calendar.
Incumbents
Governors
Events
- January 28 – Benesse Corporation was founded, as predecessor name was Fukutake Shoten.
- February 17 - According to Japan Fire and Disaster Management Agency official confirmed report, Seibo no Sono (Our Lady's Garden) fire in Totsuka-ku, Yokohama, total 99 person were death.
- February 27 - 1955 Japanese general election
- April Unknown date – Bunka Shutter was founded, as predecessor name was Nippon Bunka Steel Door.
- April 7 - Radio Tokyo TV (now Tokyo Broadcasting System Television (TBS)) begins broadcasting.
- April 16âÂÂ17 - Abe coal mine debris collapse, due to heavy torrential rain hit in Sasebo, Nagasaki Prefecture, resulting in 73 persons death, according to JFDMA official confirmed report.
- April 21 - Opening of GokÃ
 Station
- May 11 - Shiun Maru disaster
- May 14 - According to Japan National Police Agency official confirmed report, a charter bus plunged into the Kitakami River in Iwate Prefecture, resulting in twelve deaths and twenty-eight injured.
- July 28- According to JFDMA official confirmed report, 36 junior school students died when a high wave hit, during school swimming lesson in Nakakawara beach, Tsu, Mie Prefecture.
- September 3 - Yumiko-chan incident
- November 1 - According to JFDMA official confirmed report, Moshiri Coal mine gas explosion hit in Akabira, Hokkaido, official death toll number is 60, with 17 person were wounded.
- November 15 - Japan Liberal Party and Democratic Party of Japan were unified, ruling Liberal Democratic Party of Japan has started.
- Establishment of Akkeshi Prefectural Natural Park
Births
Many notable Japanese individuals from Young Japanese Baby Boom/Danso Generation were born in 1955, such as Ran Ito, Mayumi Tanaka, Mami Koyama, Hiromi Ã
Âta, Keiko Takahashi, Pac-Man creator TÃ
Âru Iwatani, George Tokoro, Setsuko Karasuma, Toshiyuki Watanabe, Kenji Ohba, Emily Hatoyama, Akiko Yano, Toshifumi Hinata, ShirÃ
 Sano, Jiro Watanabe, Mariya Takeuchi, Hiroshi Nishihara, Jun Murai, , Dragon Ball creator Akira Toriyama, Akira Nishino, Hideki Saijo, Yuko Moriguchi, Fumi Hirano, YÃ
«ko Tanaka, Suguru Egawa, Masaharu Morimoto, , Chiyonofuji Mitsugu, Shinobu Sato, , Sanma Akashiya, Kiyoshi Kurosawa, Kiyoshi Murota, ABC-Mart founder Masahiro Miki, Eiko Nagashima, Jun Sawada, Hideo Fukuyama, Shinji Hiramatsu, Mayumi Asaka, Takashi Nakamura, Shinbo Nomura, Toshimitsu Motegi, TetsurÃ
 Amino, Hiromi Go, LaSalle Ishii, Yasukazu Hamada, Toshio Hosokawa, Etsuko Shihomi, Yukihiko Tsutsumi, Jun Kunimura, Katsunobu KatÃ
Â, YÃ
ÂjirÃ
 Takita, Takeshi Masu, Nakamura Baijaku II, Masanori Sera, and Chiharu Matsuyama. Other notable Japanese individuals were Akio Saito, Mayumi Muroyama, and Koichi Nakano.
JanuaryâÂÂMarch
- January 5 – Hiromi Yano, volleyball player
- January 11 – , actor and voice actor (d. 2022)
- January 13
- Ran ItÃ
Â, actress
- Tomoko Kami, politician
- January 15 – Mayumi Tanaka, voice actress
- January 17 – Mami Koyama, voice actress
- January 20 – Hiromi Ã
Âta, singer
- January 22 – Keiko Takahashi, actress
- January 25 – TÃ
Âru Iwatani, video game designer and creator of Pac-Man
- January 28 – George Tokoro, television personality and singer-songwriter
- February 2 – , actor
- February 3
- Setsuko Karasuma, actress and model
- Toshiyuki Watanabe, musician and composer
- February 5 – Kenji Ohba, actor and stuntman
- February 11 – Emily Hatoyama, essayist and former actress
- February 12 – Ai SatÃ
Â, voice actress
- February 13 – Akiko Yano, singer-songwriter
- February 16 – Saburo Fujiki, professional golfer
- February 17
- Masao Yoshida, nuclear engineer
- Shun Sugata, actor
- February 22 – Junko Mabuki, retired pink film actress
- February 23
- Akio Saito, former professional baseball player
- Toshifumi Hinata, musician and composer
- March 1 – , drummer
- March 2 – Shoko Asahara, cult leader (Aum Shinrikyo) (d. 2018)
- March 4 – ShirÃ
 Sano, actor
- March 9 – Juri Yokoyama, volleyball player
- March 16
- Chieko Kikkawa, gymnast
- Jiro Watanabe, boxer
- March 18 – Mikiyasu Tanaka, volleyball player
- March 20 – Mariya Takeuchi, musician
- March 21 – Hiroshi Nishihara, chemist
- March 29 – Jun Murai, internet researcher
- March 30
- Hiroshi Okachi, bobsledder
- Tadashi Mihara, former professional boxer
AprilâÂÂJune
- April 3 – , artist
- April 5 – Akira Toriyama, manga artist and creator of Dragon Ball (d. 2024)
- April 7 – Akira Nishino, soccer player and manager
- April 13
- Hideki Saijo, singer and actor (d. 2018)
- Yuko Moriguchi, professional golfer
- April 15
- RyÃ
«tarÃ
 Nakamura, anime director (d. 2013)
- Yasuhiro Funatogawa, professional golfer
- April 23 – Fumi Hirano, voice actress and essayist
- April 29 – YÃ
«ko Tanaka, actress
- May 3 – Nobuyuki Kajitani, gymnast
- May 9 – Masayuki Kakefu, former professional baseball player
- May 24 – Rumiko Ukai, voice actress
- May 25 – Suguru Egawa, baseball player
- May 26 – Masaharu Morimoto, chef
- May 28 – , actor
- May 30 – Nakamura KanzaburÃ
 XVIII, Kabuki actor (d. 2012)
- June 1 – Chiyonofuji Mitsugu, sumo wrestler (58th Yokozuna grand champion) (d. 2016)
- June 5 – Shinobu Sato, classical guitarist
- June 8 – , renowned Shotokan karate master
- June 18 – , actress
- June 23 – Kazuhito Hashimoto, chemist
- June 26
- Masaaki Kanagawa, professional golfer
- Yoko Gushiken, boxer
- June 29 – Yasuhiko Nishimura, Grand Steward of Imperial Household Agency
JulyâÂÂSeptember
- July 1 – Sanma Akashiya, comedian and actor
- July 12 – Tadashi Miyazawa, voice actor
- July 15 – Takatoshi Nishiwaki, Governor of Kyoto Prefecture
- July 19 – Kiyoshi Kurosawa, director and writer
- July 26
- Kiyoshi Murota, professional golfer
- Masahiro Miki, founder of ABC-Mart
- July 28 – Eiko Nagashima, actress
- July 30 – Jun Sawada, businessman and chairman of Nippon Telegraph and Telephone (NTT)
- August 5 – Kaneshige Wakamatsu, politician and accountant
- August 10 – Yaeko Taguchi, hostess one of several kidnapped by North Korea in late 1970s and early 1980s (d. 1978)
- August 13 – Hideo Fukuyama, retired motorsport car race driver
- August 20 – Agnes Chan, television personality
- August 22 – Shinji Hiramatsu, manga artist
- August 30 – Mayumi Muroyama, manga artist
- September 4 – Hiroshi Izawa, actor
- September 5 – Yoshinori Oguchi, politician
- September 6 – Mayumi Asaka, actress
- September 8 – Rikiko Yamanaka, diver
- September 12 – Takashi Nakamura, anime director and animator
- September 15 – Atsuko Tokuda, retired badminton player
- September 20 – Minako Sato, archer
- September 24 – Shinbo Nomura, manga artist
OctoberâÂÂDecember
- October 7 – Toshimitsu Motegi, politician and Japanese Minister of Foreign Affairs
- October 10 – TetsurÃ
 Amino, anime director
- October 18
- Hiromi Go, musician
- Hiroshi Kajiyama, politician
- October 19 – LaSalle Ishii, television personality
- October 21 – Yasukazu Hamada, politician
- October 23 – Toshio Hosokawa, classical music composer
- October 29 – Etsuko Shihomi, actress
- November 3 – Yukihiko Tsutsumi, film director
- November 13 – Yasushi Ueta, track and field athlete
- November 14 – Koichi Nakano, bicycle rider
- November 16 – Jun Kunimura, actor
- November 22 – Katsunobu KatÃ
Â, politician, three-time Minister of Health, Labor, and Welfare, Chief Cabinet Secretary, and Minister of Finance
- November 26 – Nobuto Hosaka, mayor of Setagaya
- November 28 – Noriko Kosai, sport shooter
- December 2 – Nanami Kino, former handball player
- December 4 – YÃ
ÂjirÃ
 Takita, director
- December 9
- Asashio TarÃ
 IV, sumo wrestler (d. 2023)
- Shigeyuki Goto, politician
- Takeshi Masu, actor
- December 12 – Nakamura Baijaku II, actor, bassist, and music composer
- December 14 – Masanori Sera, musician and actor
- December 15 – Daizou Araki, modern pentathlete
- December 16 – Chiharu Matsuyama, musician
- December 17 – Shinsuke Suematsu, politician
- December 24 – Mizuho Fukushima, politician
- December 29 – Mitsu Shimojo, politician
Deaths
See also
References