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List of events
Events in the year 1981 in
Japan .
Incumbents
Governors
Events
Popular culture
Arts and entertainment
In
film ,
Station by
Yasuo Furuhata won the Best film award at the
Japan Academy Prize ,
Enrai by
Kichitaro Negishi won Best film at the
Hochi Film Awards ,
Muddy River by
Kōhei Oguri won Best film at the
Blue Ribbon Awards and
Something Like It by
Yoshimitsu Morita won Best film at the
Yokohama Film Festival . For a list of Japanese films released in 1981 see
Japanese films of 1981 .
In
manga , the winners of the
Shogakukan Manga Award were
Sunset on Third Street by
Ryōhei Saigan (general),
Dr. Slump by
Akira Toriyama (shōnen or shōjo) and
Doraemon by
Fujiko Fujio (children).
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Sanshirō of 1, 2 by
Makoto Kobayashi (shōnen) and
Ohayō! Spank by
Shun'ichi Yukimuro and
Shizue Takanashi (shōjo) won the
Kodansha Manga Award .
Kibun wa mou sensou by
Katsuhiro Otomo won the
Seiun Award for Best Comic of the Year. For a list of manga released in 1981 see
Category:1981 manga .
In
music , the 32nd
Kōhaku Uta Gassen was won by the White Team (men).
Akira Terao won the
FNS Music Festival .
In
television , see:
1981 in Japanese television .
In
radio ,
Japan FM Network , Japan's biggest FM radio network, was established in May 1981.
Sports
In
athletics , Japan hosted the
1981 Asian Athletics Championships where it ranked 1st with 18 gold medals.
In
football (soccer) , Japan hosted the
1981 Intercontinental Cup .
Fujita Engineering won the
Japan Soccer League . For the champions of the
regional leagues see:
1981 Japanese Regional Leagues .
In
tennis , Japan hosted the
Federation Cup , won by the United States.
Births
January 4:
Hitomi Sakamoto , wrestler
January 6:
Rinko Kikuchi , actress
January 10:
Kumiko Ikeda , long jumper
January 14:
Chiharu Niiyama , actress and model
January 18:
Naoyuki Daigo , athlete
February 10:
Yasuyuki Muneta , judoka
February 12:
Takashi Takusagawa , football player
February 21:
Jun Kaname , actor
March 6
March 18 –
Shohei Tateyama , former professional baseball pitcher
March 23:
Takeshi Honda , figure skater
March 31:
Ryōko Shintani , voice actress and singer
April 7:
Kazuki Watanabe , musician (d.
2000 )
April 14:
Shinjiro Koizumi , politician
April 18:
Mai Hoshimura , musician
April 19:
Kazuhiro Maeda , long-distance runner
April 23:
Megu Hirose , softball player
May 8:
Yasuko Tajima , medley swimmer
May 12:
Naohiro Ishikawa , footballer
May 13:
Hidenori Kato , footballer
May 22:
Fumina Hara , actress and idol
May 23:
Ema Tōyama , manga artist
May 24:
Sayaka Ando , gravure idol
June 6:
Daisuke Miyazaki , handball player
June 8:
Ai Nonaka , voice actress
June 18:
Yurin , actress, voice actress and singer
July 27:
Mari Hoshino , actress and singer
August 4:
Ayumi Tanimoto , judoka
August 5:
Kou Shibasaki , singer and actress
August 10:
Natsumi Abe , singer and actress
August 15:
Yoshiko Fujinaga , long-distance runner
August 28:
Aira Yuhki , J-pop singer
September 19:
Rika Fujiwara , tennis player
September 22:
Hiromitsu Miura , Boxer and former mixed martial artist
September 23:
Hiroka Yaginuma , wrestler
September 26
October 6:
Chiharu Icho , wrestler
October 8:
Ryuji Sainei , actor
October 17:
Tsubasa Imai , singer, actor, and dancer
October 25:
Hiroshi Aoyama , motorcycle road racer
October 30
November 3:
Ayako Shoda , wrestler
November 7
December 8:
Naoyuki Kotani , mixed martial artist
December 19:
Eriko Sato , actress and model
December 29:
Shizuka Arakawa , figure skater
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Deaths
January 8:
Shigeru Egami , master of Shotokan karate
February 11:
Fusae Ichikawa , feminist, politician and women's suffrage leader
February 25:
Gunichi Mikawa , Vice-Admiral in the Imperial Japanese Navy
April 9:
Ichiro Nakayama , economist
April 12:
Prince Asaka Yasuhiko , founder of a collateral branch of the Japanese imperial family
April 27:
Koji Sone , judoka
May 7:
Hiromichi Yahara , senior staff officer
July 4:
Isao Kimura , actor
July 19:
Daisuke Itō , film director and screenwriter
July 23:
Kazuo Taoka , one of the
yakuza Godfathers
August 22:
Kuniko Mukōda , screen writer (b.
1929 )
September 8:
Hideki Yukawa , physicist
September 14:
Yasuji Kiyose , composer
September 16:
Akira Iwasaki , film critic, historian, and producer
December 28:
Seishi Yokomizo , author
See also
References