Portal:Japan/Anniversaries/October/October 17

October 17:

Births
 * 1898 - Shinichi Suzuki (d. 1998), violinist and educator
 * 1936 - Hiroo Kanamori, Japanese-American seismologist and academic
 * 1972 - Musashi, martial artist and kick-boxer
 * 1976 - Rena Inoue, Japanese-American figure skater
 * 1977 - Hiroyuki Hirayama, actor
 * 1979 - Koichiro Nishi, actor
 * 1981 - Tsubasa Imai, singer, actor, and dancer
 * 1983 - Toshihiro Matsushita, footballer
 * 1983  - Riki Miura, actor
 * 1983  - Junichi Miyashita, swimmer
 * 1985 - Tomokazu Nagira, footballer
 * 1987 - Hideto Takahashi, footballer
 * 1988 - Tori Matsuzaka, actor
 * 1988  - Yuko Oshima, singer and actress
 * 1989 - Tokio Emoto, actor
 * 1990 - Saki Kumagai, footballer
 * 1990  - Arisa Murata, skier
 * 1992 - Nanami Sakuraba, actress and singer

Film and television
 * 2005 - Kiken na Aneki begins airing on Fuji Television, starring Misaki Ito
 * 2009  - Shōkōjo Seira, begins airing on Tokyo Broadcasting System, starring Mirai Shida
 * 2011 - The Reason I Can't Find My Love begins airing on Fuji Television, starring Karina Nose, Yuriko Yoshitaka, Yuko Oshima, and Izumi Inamori