Portal:Japan/Anniversaries/January/January 20

January 20:

Births
 * 1435 - Ashikaga Yoshimasa (d. 1490), shogun
 * 1899 - Kenjiro Takayanagi (d. 1990), engineer
 * 1909 - Gōgen Yamaguchi (d. 1989), martial artist
 * 1931 - Hachidai Nakamura (d. 1992), pianist and composer
 * 1955 - Hiromi Ōta, singer
 * 1964 - NoB, singer
 * 1964  - Kaho Minami, actress
 * 1964  - Kazushige Nojima, screenwriter and songwriter
 * 1969 - Noriko Kinohara, actress
 * 1971 - Wakanohana Masaru, sumo wrestler, the 66th Yokozuna
 * 1979 - Asaka Kubo, singer
 * 1983 - Mari Yaguchi, singer and actress
 * 1985 - Marina Inoue, voice actress and singer

Film and television
 * 2012 - Renai Neet: Wasureta Koi no Hajimekata begins airing on Tokyo Broadcasting System, starring Yukie Nakama