Portal:Japan/Anniversaries/April/April 11

April 11:

Events
 * 800 - Mount Fuji erupts. (Traditional Japanese Date: Fourteenth Day of the Third Month, 800)
 * 1951 - General Douglas MacArthur completes his duties and is dismissed as the Supreme Allied Commander.

Births
 * 1908 - Masaru Ibuka (d. 1997), businessman, co-founded Sony
 * 1931 - Koichi Sugiyama, composer and conductor
 * 1969 - Chisato Moritaka, singer-songwriter and actress
 * 1980 - Keiji Tamada, footballer
 * 1991 - Erina Mano, singer and actress
 * 1993 - Yuji Takahashi, footballer

Film and television
 * 1993 - Oka no Ue no Himawari begins airing on Tokyo Broadcasting System, starring Kaoru Kobayashi, Yoko Shimada, Michitaka Tsutsui, Riona Hazuki, and Atsuko Takahata
 * 2004 - Orange Days begins airing on Tokyo Broadcasting System, starring Satoshi Tsumabuki, Kou Shibasaki, Hiroki Narimiya, Miho Shiraishi, and Eita
 * 2013 - Last Cinderella begins airing on Fuji Television, starring Ryoko Shinohara, Haruma Miura, and Naohito Fujiki
 * 2015 - Do S Deka begins airing on Nippon TV, starring Mikako Tabe and Tadayoshi Okura