and composer (d. 2005) September 13: Junko Mihara, politician, former singer, and actress September 23: Koshi Inaba, singer of B'z October 5: Keiji Fujiwara, voice actor Seiko Hashimoto, ice speed skater Megumi Yokota, one of the North Korean abductee victims of the late 1970s (d. ca. 1977?) October 12: Masaru Ogawa, figure skater October 18: Etsuko Inoue, tennis player October 20: Tomoko Yamaguchi, actress October 24: Kotaro Tanaka, actor of 1991 Super Sentai Chōjin Sentai Jetman as Red Hawk/Ryu Tendou. November 4: Yūko Mizutani, voice actress (d. 2016) December 13: hide, musician (d. 1998) December 15: Norihisa Tamura, politician December 23: Kazuhiro Koshi, skeleton racer December 28: Kaori Yamaguchi, judoka Deaths February 8: Boshirō Hosogaya, admiral (b. 1888) February 17: Chūichi Hara, admiral (b. 1889) April 5: Tatsuji Miyoshi, poet, literary critic, and editor (b. 1900) May 6: Haruo Satō, novelist and poet (b. 1892) May 8: Kichisaburo Nomura, politician and military leader (b. 1877) August 17: Keiji Sada, actor (b. 1926) November 29: Ryūsaku Tsunoda, educator and historian (b. 1877) Statistics Yen value: US$1 = ¥360 (fixed) See also 1964 in Japanese television List of Japanese films of 1964 References Years of the 20th century in Japan Japan 1960s in Japan