1985 in Japan

none January 2023 1985 Events in the year 1985 in Japan which correspond to Shōwa 60 (昭和60年) in the Japanese calendar. Incumbents Emperor: Hirohito (Emperor Shōwa)Hirohito Biography, Accomplishments, & Facts https://www.britannica.com/biography/Hirohito Encyclopedia Britannica 27 March 2019 en Prime Minister: Yasuhiro Nakasone (L–Gunma, 2nd term) Chief Cabinet Secretary: Takao Fujinami (L–Mie) until December 28, Masaharu Gotōda (L–Tokushima) Chief Justice of the Supreme Court: Jirō Terata until November 3, Kōichi Yaguchi from November 5 President of the House of Representatives: Kenji Fukunaga (L–Saitama) until January 24, Michita Sakata (L–Kumamoto) President of the House of Councillors: Mutsuo Kimura (L–Okayama) Diet sessions: 102nd (regular session opened in December 1984, to June 25), 103rd (extraordinary, October 14 to December 21), 104th (regular, December 24 to 1986, May 22) Governors Aichi Prefecture: Reiji Suzuki Akita Prefecture: Kikuji Sasaki Aomori Prefecture: Masaya Kitamura Chiba Prefecture: Takeshi Numata Ehime Prefecture: Haruki Shiraishi Fukui Prefecture: Heidayū Nakagawa Fukuoka Prefecture: Hachiji Okuda Fukushima Prefecture: Isao Matsudaira Gifu Prefecture: Yosuke Uematsu Gunma Prefecture: Ichiro Shimizu Hiroshima Prefecture: Toranosuke Takeshita Hokkaido: Takahiro Yokomichi Hyogo Prefecture: Tokitada Sakai Ibaraki Prefecture: Fujio Takeuchi Ishikawa Prefecture: Yōichi Nakanishi Iwate Prefecture: Tadashi Nakamura (governor) ja 中村直 Tadashi Nakamura Kagawa Prefecture: Tadao Maekawa Kagoshima Prefecture: Kaname Kamada Kanagawa Prefecture: Kazuji Nagasu Kochi Prefecture: Chikara Nakauchi Kumamoto Prefecture: Morihiro Hosokawa Kyoto Prefecture: Yukio Hayashida Mie Prefecture: Ryōzō Tagawa Miyagi Prefecture: Sōichirō Yamamoto Miyazaki Prefecture: Suketaka Matsukata Nagano Prefecture: Gorō Yoshimura Nagasaki Prefecture: Isamu Takada Nara Prefecture: Shigekiyo Ueda Niigata Prefecture: Takeo Kimi Oita Prefecture: Morihiko Hiramatsu Okayama Prefecture: Shiro Nagano Okinawa Prefecture: Junji Nishime Osaka Prefecture: Sakae Kishi Saga Prefecture: Kumao Katsuki Saitama Prefecture: Yawara Hata Shiga Prefecture: Masayoshi Takemura Shiname Prefecture: Seiji Tsunematsu Shizuoka Prefecture: Keizaburō Yamamoto Tochigi Prefecture: Fumio Watanabe Tokushima Prefecture: Shinzo Miki Tokyo: Shun'ichi Suzuki Tottori Prefecture: Yuji Nishio Toyama Prefecture: Yutaka Nakaoki Wakayama Prefecture: Shirō Kariya Yamagata Prefecture: Seiichirō Itagaki Yamaguchi Prefecture: Toru Hirai Yamanashi Prefecture: Kōmei Mochizuki Events thumb|right|Ōnaruto Bridge, completed in 1985. January 28 – twenty-five people were killed when a charter bus carrying students on a ski tour plunged into a river in Nagano.25 Killed In Bus Crash https://apnews.com/d6a9e5a9134e7f191eb4880a27a1fc06 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20191009155913/https://apnews.com/d6a9e5a9134e7f191eb4880a27a1fc06 October 9, 2019 2019-10-09 AP NEWS March 17 – September 16 – Expo '85 was held at the Tsukuba, Ibaraki prefecture. May 17 – sixty-two people were killed after a gas explosion in a Mitsubishi Yubari coal mine, located in Yubari, Hokkaido.https://www.nytimes.com/1985/05/18/world/explosion-in-japanese-coal-mine-leaves-62-dead-and-others-hurt.html Explosion in Japanese Coal Mine Leaves 62 Dead and Others Hurt Ap 1985-05-18 The New York Times 2019-10-09 en-US 0362-4331 June 23 – 1985 Narita International Airport bombing; two people were killed. August 7 – Takao Doi, Mamoru Mohri and Chiaki Mukai are chosen to be Japan's first astronauts. August 12 – Japan Air Lines Flight 123 crashes into Mount Takamagahara. All fifteen crew members and five hundred-five passengers died. 1985-08-12 524 Feared Dead as Packed Jetliner Crashes in Japan: Toll Would Be Worst for Single Plane https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1985-08-12-mn-3934-story.html 2024-08-03 Los Angeles Times en-US September 13 – Super Mario Bros. was released for the Family Computer. Popular culture Arts and entertainment 1985 in anime 1985 in Japanese television Film: Gray Sunset, directed by Shunya Ito, won the Best Film award at the Japan Academy Prize. Ran won Best film at the Blue Ribbon Awards. Sorekara won Best film at the Hochi Film Awards and Love Hotel won Best film at the Yokohama Film Festival. For a list of Japanese films released in 1985, please see Japanese films of 1985. Manga: Bari Bari Densetsu by Shuichi Shigeno (shōnen) and Okashina Futari by Jūzō Yamasaki and Kei Sadayasu and Mahiro Taiken by Naomi Nishi (both tied for general manga) won the Kodansha Manga Award. The winners of the Shogakukan Manga Award were Bokkemon by Takashi Iwashige (general), Hatsukoi Scandal and Tobe! Jinrui II by Akira Oze (shōnen), Zenryaku Milk House by Yumiko Kawahara (shōjo) and Asari-chan by Mayumi Muroyama (children).http://comics.shogakukan.co.jp/mangasho/rist.html ja:小学館漫画賞：歴代受賞者 2010-03-26 Shogakukan ja dead https://web.archive.org/web/20101012022543/http://comics.shogakukan.co.jp/mangasho/rist.html 2010-10-12 Appleseed by Masamune Shirow won the Seiun Award for Best Comic of the Year. Music: the Red Team won the 36th Kōhaku Uta Gassen. They were: Hidemi Ishikawa, Naoko Kawai, Teresa Teng, Kyōko Koizumi, Yoshie Kashiwabara, Hiromi Iwasaki, Akina Nakamori, Rumiko Koyanagi, Naoko Ken, Nobue Matsuhara, Yū Hayami, Seiko Matsuda, Tomoyo Harada, Miyuki Kawanaka, Kyoko Suizenji, Chiyoko Shimakura, Aki Yashiro, Sayuri Ishikawa, Sachiko Kobayashi and Masako Mori. Masahiko Kondō won the Japan Music Awards and the Nippon Television Music Festival. Akina Nakamori won the 27th Japan Record Awardshttp://www.jacompa.or.jp/rekishi/d1985.htm ja:第27回日本レコード大賞 2010-03-26 Japan Composer's Association ja dead https://web.archive.org/web/20090719132037/http://www.jacompa.or.jp/rekishi/d1985.htm 2009-07-19 and the FNS Music Festival with the song Meu amor é. The May edition of the Yamaha Popular Song Contest was won by ROLL-BACK with the song You & Me Tonight. For other music, see 1985 in Japanese music. Japan hosted the Miss International 1985 beauty pageant, won by Nina Sicilia from Venezuela. Sports Japan hosted the 1985 Summer Universiade, where the country placed 6th with a total of 16 medals, 6 of which were gold. The Soviet Union had the highest total number of medals with 84, and the highest number of gold medals with 42. In badminton, Japan hosted the 1985 World Badminton Grand Prix, won by Han Jian (men's singles) and Li Lingwei (women's singles), both from China. At the Japanese National Badminton Championships, Hiroyuki Hasegawa won the Men's singles, Sumiko Kitada the Women's singles, Shinji Matsuura and Shūji Matsuno the Men's doubles, Kazuko Takamine and Kazue Hoshi the Women's doubles and Akio Tomita and Michiko Tomita the Mixed doubles. In baseball, the Hanshin Tigers won the 1985 Japan Series against the Seibu Lions. The MVP in the Central League was Randy Bass and in the Pacific League Hiromitsu Ochiai. In basketball, the All Japan Intercollegiate Basketball Championship was won by Nippon Sport Science. In figure skating, Japan hosted the 1985 World Figure Skating Championships, with the Soviet Union topping the medals table with the most gold and overall total medals. The winners of the 1984–1985 Japan Figure Skating Championships were Masaru Ogawa (men), Midori Ito (women) and Noriko Sato and Tadayuki Takahashi in ice dancing. In football (soccer), Japan hosted the final of the 1985 Intercontinental Cup between Juventus FC and Argentinos Juniors, which Juventus won in a 4-2 penalty shootout. Furukawa Electric (currently the JEF United Ichihara Chiba) won the 1985–86 Japan Soccer League. Nissan Motor Company (currently the Yokohama F. Marinos) won the Emperor's Cup. For the champions of the regional leagues see: Japanese Regional Leagues 1985. In judo, Japan hosted the 1985 Asian Judo Championships and topped the medals table with the most gold and overall total medals tied with China. In rugby union, Ireland toured Japan. In swimming, Japan hosted the first Pan Pacific Swimming Championships. In tennis, Japan hosted the 1985 Federation Cup, won by Czechoslovakia. Births January 5 – Yuka Koide, model and actress January 11 – Rie fu, singer-songwriter January 17 – Riyu Kosaka, J-pop singer January 20 – Marina Inoue, voice actress and singer January 22 – Akira Nagata, singer (Run&Gun), actor and voice actor January 28 – Aya Miyama, football player January 29 Joji Takeuchi, basketball player Kosuke Takeuchi, basketball player February 6 Joji Kato, speedskater Saki Kagami, actress February 17 – Hiroko Sato, actress, singer February 28 – Rin Aoki, model and AV actress March 6 – Maya Nakanishi, Paralympic athlete March 8 – Mio Takeuchi, actress March 24 Haruka Ayase, actress Sayaka Hirano, table tennis playerhttps://www.olympic.org/sayaka-hirano Sayaka Hirano IOC March 16, 2021 March 25 – Yūsuke Kobayashi, Japanese voice actorhttp://www.global-websystem.net/wglist/main.php?s0=20007B255001&s1=1&a2=19850325 Official Profile Yu-rin Pro January 8, 2013 ja March 28 – Akiko Suzuki, figure skater April 9 – Tomohisa Yamashita, idol, singer April 21 – Takuro Fujii, swimmer April 24 – Kaori Nazuka, voice actressja:船岩祐太・木戸邑弥・名塚佳織・高川裕也 http://www.confetti-web.com/sp/feature/article.php?aid=149 Confetti 2017-02-10 ja Profile on right column shows her birth date 2017-01-08 https://web.archive.org/web/20170108001609/http://www.confetti-web.com/sp/feature/article.php?aid=149 dead April 26 – Adachi Yurie, ice hockey player May 5 – Shoko Nakagawa, actress, voice actress and singer May 11 – Sifow, singer May 13 – Yusuke Minato, Nordic combined skier May 29 Nozomi Komuro, skeleton racer Yukihiro Takiguchi, Japanese actor, singer and model (d. 2019)Rafael Antonio Pineda https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2019-11-14/actor-yukihiro-takiguchi-passes-away-at-34/.153286 Actor Yukihiro Takiguchi Passes Away at 34 Anime News Network November 14, 2019 November 14, 2019 June 2 – Miyuki Sawashiro, voice actressVoice Actress Miyuki Sawashiro Gets Married https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2014-06-08/voice-actress-miyuki-sawashiro-gets-married/.75330?ann-edition=uk Anime News Network June 8, 2014 August 31, 2017 June 7 – Marie Miyake, voice actress June 19 – Ai Miyazato, golfer June 22 – Rosa Kato, actress and model June 23 – Kavka Shishido, drummer and vocalist June 27 – Hiroyuki Taniguchi, football player July 3 – Keisuke Minami, actor, singerhttp://www.ruby-parade.com/artist_20.html 公式プロフィール ja 2021-01-12 2021-10-29 https://web.archive.org/web/20211029031825/http://www.ruby-parade.com/artist_20.html dead July 11 Aki Maeda, actress, singer Takahisa Nishiyama, football player July 16 Yōko Hikasa, Japanese actress Hiroyuki Onoue, Japanese actor July 22 – Akira Tozawa, professional wrestler August 17 – Yū Aoi, actress and model August 25 – Naho Emoto, baseball player September 1 – Kosuke Nakamachi, football player September 2 – Hiroyuki Oze, baseball player (d. 2010) September 3 – Yūki Kaji, voice actor September 10 Aya Kamiki, singer Shota Matsuda, actor September 11 – Kazutaka Murase, football player September 13 – Emi Suzuki, Chinese-born Japanese female modelhttp://person.naver.jp/1108859 https://web.archive.org/web/20130218051501/http://person.naver.jp/1108859 2013-02-18 (Naver) ja September 20 – Mami Yamasaki, gravure idol September 23 – Maki Goto, singer, lyricist and former actresshttps://www.oricon.co.jp/prof/270478/profile/ 後藤真希のプロフィール Maki Goto's profile Oricon ja January 20, 2020 September 24 – Yōhei Kajiyama, football player September 25 – Asami Tanno, sprinter October 3 – Megumi Takamoto, voice actress and singer October 6 – Yasuharu Nanri, figure skater October 8 – Eiji Wentz, singer, entertainer, and actor October 13 – Yoshihisa Naruse, baseball player October 18 – Iori Nomizu, voice actress, actress and singer October 21 – Yasuhiro Inaba, freestyle wrestler October 22 Manpei Takagi, actor Shinpei Takagi, actor November 18 – Hiromi Miyake, weightlifter November 25 – Masatsugu Kawachi, boxer November 30 Hikari Mitsushima, actress, singer Aoi Miyazaki, actress December 14 Katsuya Kitamura, wrestler (d. 2022) Nonami Takizawa, actress December 15 – Madoka Harada, luger December 16 – Keita Tachibana, singer December 22 – Yuta Ikeda, golfer December 26 – Yuu Shirota, actor December 27 – Daiki Ito, ski jumper Unknown date Deaths January 9 – Nichidatsu Fujii, Buddhist monk (b. 1885) January 27 – Masahisa Takenaka, 4th ja kumicho of the Yamaguchi-gumi (b. 1933) January 31 – Tatsuzō Ishikawa, novelist (b. 1905) March 30 Kenkichi Oshima, athlete (b. 1908) Yaeko Nogami, author (b. 1885) Shizuko Kasagi, singer (b. 1914) April 12 – Seiji Miyaguchi, actor (b. 1913) June 9 – Matsutarō Kawaguchi, novelist (b. 1899) June 24 – Kuninori Marumo, admiral in the Imperial Japanese Navy (b. 1891) July 7 – Shōzō Sakurai, general (b. 1899) August 12 – Kyu Sakamoto, singer and actor (b. 1941) August 17 – Matsuo Kishi, film critic, filmmaker (b. 1906) September 11 – Masako Natsume, model and actress (b. 1957) September 27 – Ryūtarō Ōtomo, film actor (b. 1912) October 13 – Eiji Kanie, voice actor (b. 1941) October 21 – Masuiyama Daishirō I, sumo wrestler (b. 1919) October 26 – Kikuko Kawakami, author (b. 1904) November 1 – Ōuchiyama Heikichi, sumo wrestler (b. 1926) December 21 – Kamatari Fujiwara, actor (b. 1905) December 24 – Kouzou Sasaki, politician, chairman of the Japan Socialist Party (b. 1900) See also 1985 in Japanese television List of Japanese films of 1985 References 1985 Category:1980s in Japan Category:1985 by country Category:Years of the 20th century in Japan Category:1985 in Asia