Portal:Japan/Anniversaries/January/January 15

January 15:

Births
 * 1481 - Ashikaga Yoshizumi (d. 1511), shogun
 * 1538 - Maeda Toshiie (d. 1599), general
 * 1890 - Michiaki Kamada (d. 1947), admiral
 * 1905 - Kamatari Fujiwara (d. 1985), actor
 * 1943 - Kirin Kiki, actress
 * 1955 - Mayumi Tanaka, voice actress
 * 1956 - Miki Fujimura, singer

Film and television
 * 2012 - Hayami-san to Yobareru Hi begins airing on Fuji Television, starring Nao Matsushita and Yoshihiko Inohara