Portal:Japan/Anniversaries/April/April 19

April 19:

Events
 * 1160 - Minamoto Yoritomo is banished to Izu. (Traditional Japanese Date: Eleventh Day of the Third Month, 1160)
 * 1951 - Tanaka Shigeki becomes the first Japanese to run and win the Boston Marathon.
 * 1961 - Edwin O. Reischauer is appointed as the U.S. ambassador to Japan.
 * 1988 - NTT's ISDN service is initiated, linking Tokyo and Nagoya.

Births
 * 1897 - Jiroemon Kimura (d. 2013), super-centenarian
 * 1966 - El Samurai, wrestler
 * 1981 - Ryuta Hara, footballer
 * 1988 - Haruna Kojima, singer and actress
 * 1988  - Saya Yūki, actress
 * 1989 - Daisuke Watabe, footballer

Film and television
 * 2004 - Itoshi Kimi e begins airing on Fuji Television, starring Miho Kanno and Naohito Fujiki
 * 2011 - Muscle Girl! begins airing on Mainichi Broadcasting System and Tokyo Broadcasting System, starring Yui Ichikawa and Lee Hong-gi