Events in the year 1947 in Japan .
Incumbents
Governors
Events
Full date unknown
Births
January 1 – Hideaki Yanagida , wrestler
January 18
January 22 – Senichi Hoshino , professional baseball pitcher and coach (d. 2018 )[citation needed
February 5 – Teruhiko Saigō , singer and actor
February 11 – Yukio Hatoyama , politician
February 22 – Masahara Nakagawa , politician
March 6 – Teru Miyamoto , author
March 20 – Tamio Kageyama , novelist (died 1998 )
March 21 – Kazuhiko Katō , musician (died 2009 )
March 24 – Meiko Kaji , actress
April 9 – Kazuko Sugiyama , voice actress
June 10 – Hitoshi Igarashi , scholar (died 1991 )
September 20 – Kazumasa Oda , singer
September 26 – Tadayoshi Yokota , volleyball player
September 28 – Keishi Suzuki , former professional baseball pitcher
October 7 – Reiko Kuroda , chemist
November 4 – Toshiyuki Nishida , actor
December 18 – Riyoko Ikeda , manga artist and singer
December 22 – Mitsuo Tsukahara , artistic gymnast
Deaths
January 5: Osami Nagano , admiral (b. 1880 )
January 10: Sakunosuke Oda , novelist (b. 1913 )
March 10 – Harukichi Hyakutake , general (b. 1888 )
March 27: Hisakazu Tanaka (b. 1889 )
April 26: Hisao Tani , lieutenant general (b. 1882 )
June 18: Shigematsu Sakaibara , admiral (b. 1898 )
June 19: Kōsō Abe , admiral (b. 1892 )
July 13: Yone Noguchi , writer, poet, essayist and novelist (b. 1875 )
July 30: Kōda Rohan , writer and author (b. 1867 )
August 7: Masao Baba , general (b. 1892 )
September 10: Hatazō Adachi , general (b. 1890 )
October 18: Michiaki Kamada , vice-admiral (b. 1890 )
December 6: Tadashige Daigo , vice-admiral (b. 1891 )
December 30: Riichi Yokomitsu , novelist (b. 1898 )
See also
References
