Events in the year 1973 in Japan. It corresponds to ShÃ
Âwa 48 (æÂÂÃ¥ÂÂ48å¹´) in the Japanese calendar.
Incumbents
Governors
Events
- January 1 – Health care for those over 70 years of age is made free of charge
- March 8 – According to Japan Fire and Disaster Management Agency official confirmed report, Yawata General Hospital fire in Kitakyushu, Fukuoka Prefecture, total 13 patients were fatalities.
- March 19 – Konami is established.
- July 23 – Nidec was founded, as predecessor name was Nippon Densan (Electric Industry) Corporation.
- August 17 – Miyama Real Estate, as predecessor of Leopalace founded in Nakano, Tokyo.
- September 25 – According to Fire and Disaster Management Agency official confirmed report, a caught fire at under construction for department store in Takatsuki, Osaka Prefecture, kill six construction workers, in an incident caused bx a security guardman has arson acting.
- October 27 – A retailer CGC Group founded.
- November 29 – Fire breaks out in Taiyo department store in Kumamoto City, killing over a hundred.
Births
- January 2 – Michiyo Nakajima, actress, voice actress and former pop singer.
- January 11 – Eri Fukatsu, actress
- January 16 – Maki Miyamae, pop singer
- January 18 – Shinobu Nakayama, singer and former pop singer
- January 31 – Shingo Katayama, golfer
- February 1 – Makiko Ohmoto, voice actress
- February 7 – Mie Sonozaki, voice actress
- February 9 – Yoshitomo Tani, former professional baseball player
- February 11 – Haruhi Terada, voice actress
- February 28 – Masato Tanaka, professional wrestler
- March 6 – Rumi Ochiai, voice actress
- March 7 – Eiji Takemoto, voice actor
- March 24 – Sakura Tange, voice actress and singer
- March 27 – Sayaka Aoki, comedian
- April 6 – Rie Miyazawa, actress and singer
- April 21 – Katsuyuki Konishi, voice actor
- May 8 – Hiromu Arakawa, manga artist
- May 16 – KÃ
Âsuke Toriumi, voice actor
- May 18 – Kaz Hayashi, professional wrestler
- May 29 – Tomoko Kaneda, voice actress and J-pop singer
- June 12 – Mitsuki Saiga, voice actress
- June 18 – Yumi Kakazu, voice actress
- June 19 – Yuko Nakazawa, singer
- June 30 – Hidetada Yamagishi, bodybuilder
- July 2 – Makoto Kosaka, former professional baseball player
- July 4 – Gackt, singer-songwriter and actor
- July 7 – Natsuki Takaya, manga artist
- July 16 – Yoshihiko Hakamada, actor
- July 17
- Takeshi Kaneshiro, Taiwanese/Japanese actor
- Daimaou Kosaka, comedian
- August 13 – RyÃ
Âko Shinohara, actress
- August 31 – Kaori Mizumori, enka singer
- September 1 – Rieko Miura, actress and singer
- September 9 – Kazuhisa Ishii, baseball player
- September 18 – Ami Onuki, singer
- October 11 – Daisuke Sakaguchi, voice actor
- October 13 – Nanako Matsushima, actress and model
- October 14 – Masato Sakai, actor
- October 20 – Tomoka Shibasaki, writer
- October 22 – Ichiro Suzuki, baseball player
- October 26 – Taka Michinoku, professional wrestler
- November 6 – Rumi Shishido, voice actress and singer
- December 11 – YÃ
«ko Obuchi, politician and cabinet minister
- December 19 – Takashi Sorimachi, actor and singer
- December 25 – Daisuke Miura, professional baseball coach and former pitcher
Deaths
See also
References