Portal:Japan/Anniversaries/October/October 20

October 20:

Events
 * 1944 - World War II: The Formosa Air Battle concludes, resulting in a decisive Allied victory over Imperial Japanese forces

Births
 * 1887 - Prince Yasuhiko Asaka (d. 1981)
 * 1909 - Yasushi Sugiyama (d. 1993), painter
 * 1932 - Rokurō Naya (d. 2014), voice actor
 * 1934 - Empress Michiko
 * 1959 - Koichi Kawanishi, drummer
 * 1961 - Michie Tomizawa, voice actress and singer
 * 1964 - Tomoko Yamaguchi, actress and singer
 * 1983 - Takayuki Yamada, actor and singer
 * 1988 - Risa Niigaki, singer and actress

Film and television
 * 2008 - Innocent Love begins airing on Fuji Television, starring Maki Horikita
 * 2012 - Land of Hope, a film starring Isao Natsuyagi, Naoko Otani, Jun Murakami, Megumi Kagurazaka, and Denden
 * 2012  - Space Sheriff Gavan: The Movie, a tokusatsu film starring Yuma Ishigaki and Kenji Ohba