Portal:Japan/Anniversaries/November/November 3

November 3:

Births
 * 1852 - Emperor Meiji (d. 1912)
 * 1923 - Yamaguchi Hitomi (d. 1995), author and critic
 * 1926 - Genzo Kurita (d. 1959), serial killer
 * 1928 - Goseki Kojima (d. 2000), illustrator
 * 1928  - Osamu Tezuka (d. 1989), animator and producer
 * 1930 - Tsutomu Seki, astronomer and academic
 * 1936 - Takao Saito, author and illustrator, created Golgo 13
 * 1938 - Akira Kobayashi, actor and singer
 * 1947 - Mazie Hirono, Japanese-American lawyer and politician, 9th Lieutenant Governor of Hawaii
 * 1948 - Akira Emoto, actor
 * 1948  - Takashi Kawamura, politician
 * 1949 - Osamu Fujimura, politician
 * 1961 - Dave Hahn, Japanese-American mountaineer and journalist
 * 1963 - Shigeaki Hattori, race car driver
 * 1968 - Seiji Takaiwa, stuntman
 * 1976 - Tōko Aoyama, voice actress
 * 1978 - Hiroko Sakai, softball player
 * 1978  - Koshiro Take, jockey
 * 1984 - Ryo Nishikido, singer-songwriter and actor
 * 1984  - Mina Fukui, actress and model

Holidays, observances, and anniversaries
 * Culture Day