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List of events
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)
[1]
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
Events
Ōnaruto Bridge , completed in 1985.
Popular culture
Arts and entertainment
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).
[4]
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 Awards
[5] 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 .
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
February 6
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
March 25 –
Yūsuke Kobayashi , Japanese voice actor
[7]
March 28 –
Akiko Suzuki , figure skater
April 9 –
Tomohisa Yamashita , idol, singer
April 21 –
Takuro Fujii , swimmer
April 24 —
Kaori Nazuka , voice actress
[8]
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
June 2 —
Miyuki Sawashiro , voice actress
[10]
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, singer
[11]
July 11
July 16
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
September 11 –
Kazutaka Murase , football player
September 13 –
Emi Suzuki , Chinese-born Japanese female model
[12]
September 20 –
Mami Yamasaki , gravure idol
September 23 –
Maki Goto , singer, lyricist and former actress
[13]
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
November 18 –
Hiromi Miyake , weightlifter
November 25 –
Masatsugu Kawachi , boxer
November 30
December 14
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 kumicho of the Yamaguchi-gumi (b.
1933 )
January 31 –
Tatsuzō Ishikawa , novelist (b.
1905 )
March 30
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
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第27回日本レコード大賞 (in Japanese).
Japan Composer's Association . Archived from
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"Actor Yukihiro Takiguchi Passes Away at 34" .
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