Portal:Japan/Anniversaries/May/May 4

May 4:

Births
 * 1914 - Maedayama Eigorō (d. 1971), sumo wrestler, the 39th Yokozuna
 * 1918 - Kakuei Tanaka, (d. 1993), soldier and politician, 64th Prime Minister
 * 1967 - Akiko Yajima, voice actress
 * 1968 - Momoko Kikuchi, actress, entertainer, singer, and scholar
 * 1978 - Daisuke Ono, voice actor
 * 1990 - Asana Mamoru, actress and model
 * 1994 - Sairi Ito, actress

Deaths
 * 1938 - Kanō Jigorō (b. 1860), educator and martial artist, founded judo