Portal:Japan/Anniversaries/September/September 13

September 13:

Events
 * 1942 - World War II: Second day of the Battle of Edson's Ridge in the Guadalcanal campaign. U.S. Marines successfully defeated attacks by the Imperial Japanese Army with heavy losses for the Japanese forces.
 * 1985 - Super Mario Bros. released for the Nintendo Entertainment System.

Births
 * 1761 - Santō Kyōden (d. 1816), poet, writer, and artist
 * 1872 - Kijūrō Shidehara (d. 1951), politician, 44th Prime Minister of Japan
 * 1941 - Tadao Ando, architect, designed Piccadilly Gardens
 * 1958 - Kōji Tamaki, singer-songwriter and actor
 * 1961 - KK Null, musician
 * 1962 - Hisao Egawa, voice actor
 * 1970 - Yuki Matsuoka, voice actress
 * 1971 - Manabu Namiki, pianist and composer
 * 1975 - Akihiro Asai, race car driver
 * 1977 - Daisuke Tsuda, singer-songwriter and drummer
 * 1980 - Daisuke Matsuzaka, baseball player
 * 1985 - Emi Suzuki, Chinese-Japanese model and actress
 * 1986 - Kamui Kobayashi, race car driver
 * 1987 - Ai Kayano, voice actress and singer
 * 1990 - Aoi Nakabeppu, model and actress
 * 1994 - Ayaka Ōhashi, voice actress

Deaths
 * 1912 - Maresuke Nogi (b. 1849), general

Film and television
 * 2004 - Churasan 3 begins airing on NHK, starring Ryoko Kuninaka, Kenji Kohashi, and Shogo Suzuki
 * 2011 - Last Money: Ai no Nedan begins airing on NHK, starring Hideaki Itō, Yūichi Nakamaru, Shin Yazawa, and Takuya Nagaoka