Portal:Japan/Anniversaries/August/August 17

August 17:

Events
 * 1942 - U.S. Marines raid the Japanese-held Pacific island of Makin (Butaritari).

Births
 * 1959 - Chika Sakamoto, voice actress and singer
 * 1974 - Tomomi Kahala, singer
 * 1985 - Yū Aoi, actress
 * 1988 - Erika Toda, actress

Deaths
 * 1304 - Emperor Go-Fukakusa (b. 1243)

Film and television
 * 2013 - School Girl Complex Hōsōbu Hen, a film starring Aoi Morikawa, Mugi Kadowaki, Maaya Kondō, Aoi Yoshikura, Ayuri Konno, and Tsukina Takai