Portal:Japan/Anniversaries/December/December 26

December 26:

Events
 * 1933 - The Nissan Motor Company is organized in Tokyo.

Births
 * 1958 - Mieko Harada, actress, singer, and producer
 * 1959 - Kōji Morimoto, animator and director
 * 1961 - Kazuhisa Kawahara, actor
 * 1973 - Nobuhiko Matsunaka, baseball player
 * 1978 - Kaoru Sugayama, volleyball player
 * 1982 - Shun Oguri, actor
 * 1983 - Yu Takahashi, singer-songwriter
 * 1985 - Yu Shirota, Japanese-Spanish actor and singer
 * 1986 - Mew Azama, model and actress
 * 1988 - Kayo Satoh, model and television personality
 * 1990 - Shota Matsushima, actor
 * 1996 - Airi Matsui, singer, model, and actress
 * 1996  - Kasumi Yamaya, actress and model

Deaths
 * 1960 - Tetsuro Watsuji (b. 1889), historian and philosopher