Portal:Japan/Anniversaries/July/July 21

July 21:

Events
 * 1944 - World War II: Battle of Guam - American troops land on Guam near Port Apra starting the battle (ends on August 10).

Births
 * 1948 - Teruzane Utada, songwriter, producer, and manager
 * 1972 - Shinjiro Otani, wrestler
 * 1978 - Kyoko Iwasaki, swimmer
 * 1981 - Yushin Okami, mixed martial artist
 * 1982 - Mao Kobayashi (d. 2017), actress and journalist

Deaths
 * 2006 - Mako (b. 1933), Japanese-born American actor