Portal:Japan/Anniversaries/December/December 6

December 6:

Births
 * 1890 - Yoshio Nishina (d. 1951), physicist and academic
 * 1950 - Joe Hisaishi, pianist, composer, and conductor
 * 1952 - Shio Satō (d. 2010), illustrator
 * 1953 - Masami Kurumada, author and illustrator
 * 1959 - Satoru Iwata (d. 2015), businessman
 * 1960 - Masahiko Katsuya (d. 2018), journalist and photographer
 * 1965 - Toshihide Wakamatsu, actor
 * 1968 - Akihiro Yano, baseball player
 * 1971 - Naozumi Takahashi, singer and voice actor
 * 1980 - Kei Yasuda, singer, musician, and actress
 * 1988 - Nobunaga Shimazaki, voice actor
 * 1994 - Louis Kurihara, model, television personality, and actor

Deaths
 * 735 - Prince Toneri (b. 676)

Film and television
 * 2008 - Akai Ito begins airing on Fuji Television, starring Nao Minamisawa and Junpei Mizobata