Portal:Japan/Anniversaries/September/September 17

September 17:

Events
 * 1894 - Battle of Yalu River, the largest naval engagement of the First Sino-Japanese War.

Births
 * 1192 - Minamoto no Sanetomo, shogun (d. 1219)
 * 1903 - Minanogawa Tōzō (d. 1971), sumo wrestler, the 34th Yokozuna
 * 1914 - Shin Kanemaru (d. 1996), politician, Deputy Prime Minister of Japan
 * 1963 - Masahiro Chono, American-Japanese wrestler
 * 1965 - Yuji Naka, video game designer, created Sonic the Hedgehog
 * 1986 - Yoshitsugu Matsuoka, voice actor
 * 1991 - Ryo Ishikawa, golfer
 * 1991  - Minako Kotobuki, voice actress and singer