Events in the year 1962 in Japan.
Incumbents
Governors
Events
Births
- January 20
- IKKO, make-up artist
- Sakiko Tamagawa, voice actress
- February 1 â Takashi Murakami, pop artist
- February 25 â Junko Ogata, serial killer
- March 10 â Seiko Matsuda, pop singer/songwriter
- March 13 â Shoko Sawada, singer-songwriter
- March 18 â Kazuhiro Mizoguchi, javelin thrower
- March 30 â YÃ
Âko Ogawa, writer
- April 12 â Nobuhiko Takada, mixed martial arts fighter and professional wrestler
- April 30 â Seiji Maehara, politician
- May 5 â Kaoru Wada, composer
- May 31 â Noriko Hidaka, voice actress
- June 10 â Akie Abe, radio DJ
- June 11 â Toshihiko Seki, voice actor
- June 18 â Mitsuharu Misawa, professional wrestler (d. 2009)
- July 19 â Aya KitÃ
Â, writer (d. 1988)
- August 8 â YÃ
«ji Machi, voice actor
- August 21 â Tsutomu Miyazaki, serial killer (d. 2008)
- September 4 â Shinya Yamanaka, physician and researcher
- September 13 â Hisao Egawa, voice actor
- October 12 â Ko Matsushita, conductor
- October 15 â Yasutoshi Nishimura, politician
- October 21 â Miki ItÃ
Â, voice actress
- October 27 â Jun'ichi Kanemaru, voice actor
- November 14 â Atsuko Tanaka, voice actress (d. 2024)
- November 27 â Marumi Shiraishi, actress
- December 1 â Shozo Hayashiya IX, rakugoka, tarento and voice actor
- December 23 â Keiji Mutoh, professional wrestler
Deaths
See also
References