1985 in Japan explained
Events in the year 1985 in Japan which correspond to Shōwa 60 (昭和60年) in the Japanese calendar.
Incumbents
Hirohito (Emperor Shōwa)[1]
Yasuhiro Nakasone (L–Gunma, 2nd term)
Governors
- 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
Sakae Kishi
- Shiname Prefecture: Seiji Tsunematsu Shizuoka Prefecture: Keizaburō Yamamoto Tochigi Prefecture: Fumio Watanabe
- Tokushima Prefecture: Shinzo Miki Tokyo
- 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
Popular culture
Arts and entertainment
See also: 1985 in anime and 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).[5] 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[6] 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[8]
- March 28 – Akiko Suzuki, figure skater
- April 9 – Tomohisa Yamashita, idol, singer
- April 21 – Takuro Fujii, swimmer
- April 24 — Kaori Nazuka, voice actress[9]
- 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[11]
- 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[12]
- 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[13]
- September 20 – Mami Yamasaki, gravure idol
- September 23 – Maki Goto, singer, lyricist and former actress[14]
- 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 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
Notes and References
- Web site: Hirohito Biography, Accomplishments, & Facts . Encyclopedia Britannica . 27 March 2019 . en.
- Web site: 25 Killed In Bus Crash . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20191009155913/https://apnews.com/d6a9e5a9134e7f191eb4880a27a1fc06 . October 9, 2019 . 2019-10-09 . AP NEWS.
- News: 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.
- Web site: 1985-08-12 . 524 Feared Dead as Packed Jetliner Crashes in Japan: Toll Would Be Worst for Single Plane . 2024-08-03 . Los Angeles Times . en-US.
- Web site: http://comics.shogakukan.co.jp/mangasho/rist.html . ja:小学館漫画賞：歴代受賞者 . 2010-03-26 . . ja . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20101012022543/http://comics.shogakukan.co.jp/mangasho/rist.html . 2010-10-12 .
- Web site: http://www.jacompa.or.jp/rekishi/d1985.htm . ja:第27回日本レコード大賞 . 2010-03-26 . . ja . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20090719132037/http://www.jacompa.or.jp/rekishi/d1985.htm . 2009-07-19 .
- Web site: Sayaka Hirano. IOC. March 16, 2021.
- Web site: Official Profile. Yu-rin Pro. January 8, 2013. ja.
- Web site: ja: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 .
- News: Rafael Antonio . Pineda . Actor Yukihiro Takiguchi Passes Away at 34 . . November 14, 2019 . November 14, 2019.
- Web site: Voice Actress Miyuki Sawashiro Gets Married. Anime News Network. June 8, 2014. August 31, 2017.
- Web site: 公式プロフィール. ja.
- http://person.naver.jp/1108859 (Naver)
- Web site: 後藤真希のプロフィール . Maki Goto's profile . . ja . January 20, 2020.
