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December 2:

Births
 * 1915 - Takahito, Prince Mikasa
 * 1931 - Masaaki Hatsumi, martial artist, founded Bujinkan
 * 1949 - Shūichi Ikeda, actor and voice actor
 * 1966 - Jinsei Shinzaki, wrestler and promoter, co-founded Sendai Girls' Pro Wrestling
 * 1971 - Mine Yoshizaki, illustrator
 * 1973 - Nana Rokusha, model, entertainer, and actress
 * 1976 - Masafumi Gotoh, singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer
 * 1990 - Hikaru Yaotome, singer-songwriter and actor
 * 1993 - Haruka Ishida, singer
 * 1994 - Fumika Shimizu, actress and model

Deaths
 * 1348 - Emperor Hanazono (b. 1297)
 * 1944 - Eiji Sawamura (b. 1917), baseball player and soldier
 * 2012 - Hiroshi Kato (b. 1935), martial artist