1982 in Japan

none 1982 Japan Template:Year in Japan: Flag of Japan (1870–1999).svg 80px Other events of 1982 History of Japan Timeline Years Events in the year 1982 in Japan. Incumbents Emperor: Hirohito (Emperor Shōwa)Hirohito Biography, Accomplishments, & Facts https://www.britannica.com/biography/Hirohito Encyclopedia Britannica 27 March 2019 en Prime Minister: Zenko Suzuki (L–Iwate) until 27 November 1982, Yasuhiro Nakasone (L–Gunma) Chief Cabinet Secretary: Kiichi Miyazawa (L–Hiroshima) until November 27, Masaharu Gotōda (L–Tokushima) Chief Justice of the Supreme Court: Takaaki Hattori until September 30, Jirō Terata from October 1 President of the House of Representatives: Hajime Fukuda (L–Fukui) President of the House of Councillors: Masatoshi Tokunaga (L–national) Diet sessions: 96th (regular session opened in December 1981, to August 21), 97th (extraordinary, November 26 to December 25), 98th (regular, December 28 to 1983, May 26) Governors Aichi Prefecture: Yoshiaki Nakaya Akita Prefecture: Kikuji Sasaki Aomori Prefecture: Masaya Kitamura Chiba Prefecture: Takeshi Numata Ehime Prefecture: Haruki Shiraishi Fukui Prefecture: Heidayū Nakagawa Fukuoka Prefecture: Hikaru Kamei Fukushima Prefecture: Isao Matsudaira Gifu Prefecture: Yosuke Uematsu Gunma Prefecture: Ichiro Shimizu Hiroshima Prefecture: Toranosuke Takeshita Hokkaido: Naohiro Dōgakinai 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: Issei Sawada Kyoto Prefecture: Yukio Hayashida Mie Prefecture: Ryōzō Tagawa Miyagi Prefecture: Sōichirō Yamamoto Miyazaki Prefecture: Suketaka Matsukata Nagano Prefecture: Gorō Yoshimura Nagasaki Prefecture: Kan'ichi Kubo (until 1 March); Isamu Takada (starting 1 March) 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: Yuzuru Funada Tokushima Prefecture: Shinzo Miki Tokyo: Shun'ichi Suzuki Tottori Prefecture: Kōzō Hirabayashi Toyama Prefecture: Yutaka Nakaoki Wakayama Prefecture: Shirō Kariya Yamagata Prefecture: Seiichirō Itagaki Yamaguchi Prefecture: Toru Hirai Yamanashi Prefecture: Kōmei Mochizuki Events March 2011 January 6 - According to Japan Coast Guard official confirmed report, a fishing boat, Akebono Maru No.28 sank with high waves caused by stormy weather in Bering Sea, 32 crew were perished.January 2020 February 8 - A fire at the Hotel New Japan in Tokyo kills 33. February 9 - Japan Airlines Flight 350 crashes in Tokyo Bay, killing 24 on board. March 21 – According to Japanese government official report, twelve climbers were human fatalities, due suffer heavy fog and avalanche hit on Mount Yatsu, Nagano Prefecture.December 2020 April 1 - The 500 yen coin is introduced. July 23 - A heavy torrential rain, landslide hit in central Kyushu Island, according to Fire and Disaster Management Agency confirmed report, total 326 person lives, including 299 in Nagasaki area.:ja:長崎大水害#長崎大水害 (’’’Japanese ‘‘‘) Reserved date 13 November 2016 August 2 - Typhoon Bess, according to Fire and Disaster Management Agency confirmed report, 95 person fatalities.:ja:昭和57年台風第10号#昭和57年台風第10号 (’’’Japanese‘‘‘) Reserved date 13 November 2016 September 1 – A first edition of Dōshin Sports (道新スポーツ), a subsidiary of Hokkaidō Shinbun (北海道新聞) was published in Sapporo.:ja:道新スポーツ (Japanese language edition) Ritriveted date on 12 June 2020. September 24 - A Ministry of Education official is arrested on bribery charges. Date unknown Yamaha bravo snowmobile is introduced and begins production.Snowgoer Magazine Say 'Adios' to Yamaha Brave retrieved December 22, 2011u Popular culture Arts and entertainment In anime, the winners of the Anime Grand Prix were the TV series Six God Combination Godmars for best work, an episode of Urusei Yatsura for best episode, Takeru Myoujin from Six God Combination Godmars and voiced by Yū Mizushima for best character, Toshio Furukawa for best voice actor, Mami Koyama for best voice actress and Macross, the opening for the TV series Super Dimension Fortress Macross and sung by Makoto Fujiwara for best song.http://animage.jp/old/gp/gp_1983.html ja:第5回アニメグランプリ　［1983年6月号］ Animage 2010-03-14 ja dead https://web.archive.org/web/20101019175228/http://animage.jp/old/gp/gp_1983.html 2010-10-19 For a list of anime released in 1982 see :Category:1982 anime. In film, Fall Guy won the Best Film award at the Japan Academy Prize, the Blue Ribbon Awards and the Hochi Film Award. Exchange Students won the Best Film award at the Yokohama Film Festival. For a list of Japanese films released in 1982 see Japanese films of 1982. In manga, Gakuto Retsuden by Motoka Murakami (shōnen), Yōkihi-den by Suzue Miuchi (shōjo) and Karyūdo no Seiza by Machiko Satonaka (general) were the winners of the Kodansha Manga Award. The winners of the Shogakukan Manga Award were Tsuribaka Nisshi by Jūzō Yamasaki and Ken'ichi Kitami (general), Miyuki and Touch by Mitsuru Adachi (shōnen or shōjo) and Game Center Arashi and Kon'nichiwa! Mi-com by Mitsuru Sugaya (children). Gin no Sankaku by Moto Hagio won the Seiun Award for Best Comic of the Year. For a list manga released in 1982 see :Category:1982 Manga. In music, the 33rd Kōhaku Uta Gassen was won by the Red Team (women). They were: Junko Mihara, Naoko Kawai, Aming, Mizue Takada, Seiko Matsuda, Kyoko Suizenji, Sugar, Naoko Ken, Los Indios and Sylvia, Mina Aoe, Chiyoko Shimakura, Mieko Makimura, Ikue Sakakibara, Rumiko Koyanagi, Junko Sakurada, Miyuki Kawanaka, Hiromi Iwasaki, Masako Mori, Sayuri Ishikawa, Sachiko Kobayashi, Aki Yashiro and Harumi Miyako. Hiromi Iwasaki won the Nippon Television Music Festival and the Japan Music Awards with her song Madonna tachi no lullaby. The Japan Record Award was won by Takashi Hosokawa with his song Kita Sakaba. The May edition of the Yamaha Popular Song Contest was won by Aming with their song Matsuwa. Seiko Matsuda won the FNS Music Festival with Nobara no Etude. For other music in 1982, see 1982 in Japanese music. In television, for dramas initially broadcast in 1982 see: List of Japanese television dramas#1982. For more events see: 1982 in Japanese television. Sports At the 1982 Asian Games Japan ranked second in the number of gold medals with 57 and tied with China in the total medal count with 153.http://www.ocasia.org/Game/MWinner.aspx?AMWCode=13&GCode=1 Over all Medal Standings - New Delhi 1982 Olympic Council of Asia 2010-03-14 https://web.archive.org/web/20100616235056/http://ocasia.org/Game/MWinner.aspx?AMWCode=13&GCode=1 2010-06-16 dead In badminton, Hiroyuki Hasegawa won the Men's singles and Sumiko Kitada the Women's singles at the Japanese National Badminton Championships (for the other results see the article). In baseball, the Seibu Lions won the Japan Series 4-3 against the Chunichi Dragons. The MVP in the Central League was Takayoshi Nakao and in the Pacific League Hiromitsu Ochiai. At the Japanese High School Baseball Championship Ikeda won 12-2 against Hiroshima. In basketball, Japan hosted the ABC Championship for Women 1982 that was won by Korea, with the Japanese team winning the third place. The All Japan Intercollegiate Basketball Championship was won by Nippon Sport Science. In chess, Hiroyuki Nishimura (men's) and Naoko Takemoto (women's) were the winners of the Japanese Chess Championship. In figure skating, the winners of the 1981–1982 Japan Figure Skating Championships were Fumio Igarashi (men), Mariko Yoshida (women) and Noriko Sato and Tadayuki Takahashi in ice dancing. In golf, Yoshitaka Yamamoto won the NST Niigata Open, Hideto Shigenobu won the Kansai Pro Championship, Takashi Kurihara won the Hiroshima Open, Masahiro Kuramoto won the Japan PGA Championship, Teruo Sugihara won the Kansai Open and Akira Yabe won the Japan Open Golf Championship. In football (soccer) Japan hosted the 1982 Intercontinental Cup between C.A. Peñarol and Aston Villa F.C. Peñarol won 2-0. Mitsubishi Motors (currently the Urawa Red Diamonds) won the 1982 Japan Soccer League. Yamaha Motor Company (currently the Júbilo Iwata) won the Second Division of the Soccer League and was promoted to the First Division. It also won the Emperor's Cup. For the champions of the regional leagues see: Japanese Regional Leagues 1982. Births January to June January 5 Norichika Aoki, baseball player Maki Tsukada, judoka January 7 - Ryang Yong-Gi, Japanese-born football player January 12 - Ayumi Murata, singer, voice actor January 20 - Takatoshi Uchida, football player January 21 – Go Shiozaki, professional wrestler January 25 – Sho Sakurai, singer January 26 – Yasushi Tsujimoto, wrestler January 30 - Daiki Iwamasa, football player February 7 - Osamu Mukai, actor February 9 – Ami Suzuki, singer February 17 - Satoko Mabuchi, softball player February 18 - Akiko Chubachi, model February 20 - Ryosei Konishi, actor, voice actor March 7 – Erika Yamakawa, gravure idol, talent March 10 - Shin Koyamada, actor, martial artist, philanthropist March 12 - Hisato Satō, football player March 15 - Yōko Maki, actress March 15 - Tonikaku Akarui Yasumura, comedian March 19 – Yoshikaze Masatsugu, sumo wrestler March 24 – Kenichirou Ohashi, voice actor March 25 - Kayoko Fukushi, long-distance runner March 25 - Yoshikazu Kotani, actor, singer March 27 - Kurara Chibana, model April 3 – Kasumi Nakane, gravure idol April 3 - Hiraku Hori, kickboxer, martial artist April 20 Sayaka Kamiya, actress and model Keiichiro Nagashima, speed skater May 4 - Norihito Kobayashi, Nordic combined skier May 13 – Yoko Kumada, gravure idol May 14 – Ai Shibata, swimmer May 15 - Tatsuya Fujiwara, actor May 21 - Kota Ibushi, professional wrestler May 24 - Hiroyasu Tanaka, baseball player May 30 - Asahi Uchida, actor June 4 - Soshi Tanaka, figure skater June 9 - Yoshito Ōkubo, football player June 27 – Takeru Shibaki, actor July to December July 3 - Cyber Kong, professional wrestler July 5 - Junri Namigata, tennis player July 9 – Sakon Yamamoto, racing driver July 21 - Mao Kobayashi, newscaster and actress (d. 2017) July 28 - Yoshiyuki Kamei, baseball player August 4 - Seiichi Uchikawa, baseball player August 6 - Hiroki Hirako, speed skater August 15 - Tsuyoshi Hayashi, actor August 16 - Tomohiro Ito, sprinter August 24 - Daiki Hata, mixed martial artist August 24 - Tetsu Sawaki, actor August 27 - Tatsuyuki Tomiyama, football player September 3 – Kaori Natori, singer September 9 – Ai Otsuka, singer, songwriter, pianist and actress September 12 – Nana Ozaki, gravure idol September 19 - Shoji Sato, badminton player September 22 – Kosuke Kitajima, swimmer September 23 - Ryuichi Kiyonari, motorcycle road racer September 28 - Takeshi Aoki, football player October 4 - Takashi Kitano, football player October 28 - Mai Kuraki, singer-songwriter, producer November 2 – Kyoko Fukada, actress, singer November 5 - Saho Harada, synchronized swimmer November 5 - Akinori Nakagawa, singer, songwriter, actor November 6 - Daisuke Watanabe, actor November 8 - Aisa Senda, singer, actress, presenter November 13 – Kumi Koda, singer November 15 - Rio Hirai, Japanese actress November 18 - Masanori Kanehara, mixed martial artist November 21 - Shingo Takagi, professional wrestler November 27 - Tatsuya Tanaka, football player December 12 - Noriyuki Kanzaki, figure skater December 12 - Ai Kato, actress, model December 13 - Eita, actor December 18 - Aya Yasuda, luger December 24 – Masaki Aiba, singer December 25 - Yasuhiro Kido, kickboxer, martial artist December 29 - Noriaki Kinoshita, American football player Deaths February 13 - Chiemi Eri, singer, actress February 26 - Teinosuke Kinugasa, actor, film director March 12 - Genzō Kitazumi, photographer March 16 - Arihiro Fujimura, actor, voice actor May 1 - Torajiro Saito, film director September 22 - Shin Saburi, actor December 28 - Shin Kishida, actor See also 1982 in Japanese television List of Japanese films of 1982 References Category:1982 in Asia External links 1982 Category:1980s in Japan Category:1982 by country Category:Years of the 20th century in Japan