Portal:Japan/Anniversaries/December/December 5

December 5:

Births
 * 1537 - Ashikaga Yoshiaki (d. 1597), shogun
 * 1909 - Musashiyama Takeshi (d. 1969), sumo wrestler
 * 1953 - Sachiko Kobayashi, singer and voice actress
 * 1955 - Miyuki Kawanaka, singer
 * 1976 - Sachiko Kokubu, actress and model
 * 1976  - Alisa Mizuki, actress, singer, and model
 * 1980 - Shizuka Itō, voice actress and singer
 * 1985 - Angelica Michibata, model

Deaths
 * 2012 - Nakamura Kanzaburō XVIII (b. 1955), actor