Portal:Japan/Anniversaries/October/October 21

October 21:

Births
 * 1675 - Emperor Higashiyama (d. 1710)
 * 1894 - Edogawa Ranpo (d. 1965), author and critic
 * 1959 - Ken Watanabe, actor and producer
 * 1965 - Hisashi Imai, singer-songwriter and guitarist
 * 1972 - Masakazu Morita, voice actor
 * 1974 - Yumi Karahashi, announcer
 * 1979 - Shiho Takano, actress
 * 1984 - Jessica Michibata, Argentine-Japanese model
 * 1989 - May'n, singer
 * 1998 - Ryoka Oshima, singer

Deaths
 * 1600 - Shima Sakon (b. 1540), daimyo

Film and television
 * 2005 - Hana Yori Dango begins airing on Tokyo Broadcasting System, starring Mao Inoue, Jun Matsumoto, Shun Oguri, Shota Matsuda, and Tsuyoshi Abe
 * 2011 - Jūichinin mo iru! begins airing on TV Asahi, starring Ryunosuke Kamiki