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December 19:

Births
 * 1973 - Takashi Sorimachi, actor and singer
 * 1981 - Eriko Sato, actress
 * 1989 - Kousei Miura, jockey
 * 1991 - Sumire Uesaka, voice actress and singer

Deaths
 * 1997 - Masaru Ibuka (b. 1908), businessman, co-founded Sony