Portal:Japan/Anniversaries/May/May 15

May 15:

Births
 * 1922 - Jakucho Setouchi, nun and author
 * 1935 - Akihiro Miwa, singer, actor, director, composer, and author
 * 1946 - Kenichi Mikawa, singer and television personality
 * 1948 - Yutaka Enatsu, baseball player
 * 1969 - Hideki Irabu (d. 2011), Japanese-American baseball player
 * 1982 - Tatsuya Fujiwara, actor
 * 1989 - Akina Minami, model
 * 1995 - Ryosuke Yamamoto, actor and model

Deaths
 * 1036 - Emperor Go-Ichijō (b. 1008)