1982 in Japan

1982 in Japan
Events in the year 1982 in Japan.
Incumbents
Emperor: Hirohito (Emperor Shōwa)
Prime Minister: Zenko Suzuki (L–Iwate) until 27 November 1982, Yasuhiro Nakasone (L–Gunma)
Chief Cabinet Secretary: Kiichi Miyazawa (L–Hiroshima) until November 27, Masaharu Gotōda (L–Tokushima)
Chief Justice of the Supreme Court: Takaaki Hattori until September 30, Jirō Terata from October 1
President of the House of Representatives: Hajime Fukuda (L–Fukui)
President of the House of Councillors: Masatoshi Tokunaga (L–national)
Diet sessions: 96th (regular session opened in December 1981, to August 21), 97th (extraordinary, November 26 to December 25), 98th (regular, December 28 to 1983, May 26)
Governors
Aichi Prefecture: Yoshiaki Nakaya
Akita Prefecture: Kikuji Sasaki
Aomori Prefecture: Masaya Kitamura
Chiba Prefecture: Takeshi Numata
Ehime Prefecture: Haruki Shiraishi
Fukui Prefecture: Heidayū Nakagawa
Fukuoka Prefecture: Hikaru Kamei
Fukushima Prefecture: Isao Matsudaira
Gifu Prefecture: Yosuke Uematsu
Gunma Prefecture: Ichiro Shimizu
Hiroshima Prefecture: Toranosuke Takeshita
Hokkaido: Naohiro Dōgakinai
Hyogo Prefecture: Tokitada Sakai
Ibaraki Prefecture: Fujio Takeuchi
Ishikawa Prefecture: Yōichi Nakanishi
Iwate Prefecture:
Kagawa Prefecture: Tadao Maekawa
Kagoshima Prefecture: Kaname Kamada
Kanagawa Prefecture: Kazuji Nagasu
Kochi Prefecture: Chikara Nakauchi
Kumamoto Prefecture: Issei Sawada
Kyoto Prefecture: Yukio Hayashida
Mie Prefecture: Ryōzō Tagawa
Miyagi Prefecture: Sōichirō Yamamoto
Miyazaki Prefecture: Suketaka Matsukata
Nagano Prefecture: Gorō Yoshimura
Nagasaki Prefecture: Kan'ichi Kubo (until 1 March); Isamu Takada (starting 1 March)
Nara Prefecture: Shigekiyo Ueda
Niigata Prefecture: Takeo Kimi
Oita Prefecture: Morihiko Hiramatsu
Okayama Prefecture: Shiro Nagano
Okinawa Prefecture: Junji Nishime
Osaka Prefecture: Sakae Kishi
Saga Prefecture: Kumao Katsuki
Saitama Prefecture: Yawara Hata
Shiga Prefecture: Masayoshi Takemura
Shiname Prefecture: Seiji Tsunematsu
Shizuoka Prefecture: Keizaburō Yamamoto
Tochigi Prefecture: Yuzuru Funada
Tokushima Prefecture: Shinzo Miki
Tokyo: Shun'ichi Suzuki
Tottori Prefecture: Kōzō Hirabayashi
Toyama Prefecture: Yutaka Nakaoki
Wakayama Prefecture: Shirō Kariya
Yamagata Prefecture: Seiichirō Itagaki
Yamaguchi Prefecture: Toru Hirai
Yamanashi Prefecture: Kōmei Mochizuki
Events
January 6 - According to Japan Coast Guard official confirmed report, a fishing boat, Akebono Maru No.28 sank with high waves caused by stormy weather in Bering Sea, 32 crew were perished.
February 8 - A fire at the Hotel New Japan in Tokyo kills 33.
February 9 - Japan Airlines Flight 350 crashes in Tokyo Bay, killing 24 on board.
March 21 – According to Japanese government official report, twelve climbers were human fatalities, due suffer heavy fog and avalanche hit on Mount Yatsu, Nagano Prefecture.
April 1 - The 500 yen coin is introduced.
July 23 - A heavy torrential rain, landslide hit in central Kyushu Island, according to Fire and Disaster Management Agency confirmed report, total 326 person lives, including 299 in Nagasaki area.
August 2 - Typhoon Bess, according to Fire and Disaster Management Agency confirmed report, 95 person fatalities.
September 1 – A first edition of Dōshin Sports (道新スポーツ), a subsidiary of Hokkaidō Shinbun (北海道新聞) was published in Sapporo.
September 24 - A Ministry of Education official is arrested on bribery charges.
Date unknown
Yamaha bravo snowmobile is introduced and begins production.
Popular culture
Arts and entertainment
In anime, the winners of the Anime Grand Prix were the TV series Six God Combination Godmars for best work, an episode of Urusei Yatsura for best episode, Takeru Myoujin from Six God Combination Godmars and voiced by Yū Mizushima for best character, Toshio Furukawa for best voice actor, Mami Koyama for best voice actress and Macross, the opening for the TV series Super Dimension Fortress Macross and sung by Makoto Fujiwara for best song. For a list of anime released in 1982 see :Category:1982 anime.
In film, Fall Guy won the Best Film award at the Japan Academy Prize, the Blue Ribbon Awards and the Hochi Film Award. Exchange Students won the Best Film award at the Yokohama Film Festival. For a list of Japanese films released in 1982 see Japanese films of 1982.
In manga, Gakuto Retsuden by Motoka Murakami (shōnen), Yōkihi-den by Suzue Miuchi (shōjo) and Karyūdo no Seiza by Machiko Satonaka (general) were the winners of the Kodansha Manga Award. The winners of the Shogakukan Manga Award were Tsuribaka Nisshi by Jūzō Yamasaki and Ken'ichi Kitami (general), Miyuki and Touch by Mitsuru Adachi (shōnen or shōjo) and Game Center Arashi and Kon'nichiwa! Mi-com by Mitsuru Sugaya (children). Gin no Sankaku by Moto Hagio won the Seiun Award for Best Comic of the Year. For a list manga released in 1982 see :Category:1982 Manga.
In music, the 33rd Kōhaku Uta Gassen was won by the Red Team (women). They were: Junko Mihara, Naoko Kawai, Aming, Mizue Takada, Seiko Matsuda, Kyoko Suizenji, Sugar, Naoko Ken, Los Indios and Sylvia, Mina Aoe, Chiyoko Shimakura, Mieko Makimura, Ikue Sakakibara, Rumiko Koyanagi, Junko Sakurada, Miyuki Kawanaka, Hiromi Iwasaki, Masako Mori, Sayuri Ishikawa, Sachiko Kobayashi, Aki Yashiro and Harumi Miyako. Hiromi Iwasaki won the Nippon Television Music Festival and the Japan Music Awards with her song Madonna tachi no lullaby. The Japan Record Award was won by Takashi Hosokawa with his song Kita Sakaba. The May edition of the Yamaha Popular Song Contest was won by Aming with their song Matsuwa. Seiko Matsuda won the FNS Music Festival with Nobara no Etude.
In television, for dramas initially broadcast in 1982 see: List of Japanese television dramas#1982. For more events see: 1982 in Japanese television.
Sports
At the 1982 Asian Games Japan ranked second in the number of gold medals with 57 and tied with China in the total medal count with 153.
In badminton, Hiroyuki Hasegawa won the Men's singles and Sumiko Kitada the Women's singles at the Japanese National Badminton Championships (for the other results see the article).
In baseball, the Seibu Lions won the Japan Series 4-3 against the Chunichi Dragons. The MVP in the Central League was Takayoshi Nakao and in the Pacific League Hiromitsu Ochiai. At the Japanese High School Baseball Championship Ikeda won 12-2 against Hiroshima.
In basketball, Japan hosted the ABC Championship for Women 1982 that was won by Korea, with the Japanese team winning the third place. The All Japan Intercollegiate Basketball Championship was won by Nippon Sport Science.
In chess, Hiroyuki Nishimura (men's) and Naoko Takemoto (women's) were the winners of the Japanese Chess Championship.
In figure skating, the winners of the 1981–1982 Japan Figure Skating Championships were Fumio Igarashi (men), Mariko Yoshida (women) and Noriko Sato and Tadayuki Takahashi in ice dancing.
In golf, Yoshitaka Yamamoto won the NST Niigata Open, Hideto Shigenobu won the Kansai Pro Championship, Takashi Kurihara won the Hiroshima Open, Masahiro Kuramoto won the Japan PGA Championship, Teruo Sugihara won the Kansai Open and Akira Yabe won the Japan Open Golf Championship.
In football (soccer) Japan hosted the 1982 Intercontinental Cup between C.A. Peñarol and Aston Villa F.C. Peñarol won 2-0. Mitsubishi Motors (currently the Urawa Red Diamonds) won the 1982 Japan Soccer League. Yamaha Motor Company (currently the Júbilo Iwata) won the Second Division of the Soccer League and was promoted to the First Division. It also won the Emperor's Cup. For the champions of the regional leagues see: Japanese Regional Leagues 1982.
Births
January to June
January 5
Norichika Aoki, baseball player
Maki Tsukada, judoka
January 7 - Ryang Yong-Gi, Japanese-born football player
January 12 - Ayumi Murata, singer, voice actor
January 20 - Takatoshi Uchida, football player
January 21 – Go Shiozaki, professional wrestler
January 25 – Sho Sakurai, singer
January 26 – Yasushi Tsujimoto, wrestler
January 30 - Daiki Iwamasa, football player
February 7 - Osamu Mukai, actor
February 9 – Ami Suzuki, singer
February 17 - Satoko Mabuchi, softball player
February 18 - Akiko Chubachi, model
February 20 - Ryosei Konishi, actor, voice actor
March 7 – Erika Yamakawa, gravure idol, talent
March 10 - Shin Koyamada, actor, martial artist, philanthropist
March 12 - Hisato Satō, football player
March 15 - Yōko Maki, actress
March 15 - Tonikaku Akarui Yasumura, comedian
March 19 – Yoshikaze Masatsugu, sumo wrestler
March 24 – Kenichirou Ohashi, voice actor
March 25 - Kayoko Fukushi, long-distance runner
March 25 - Yoshikazu Kotani, actor, singer
March 27 - Kurara Chibana, model
April 3 – Kasumi Nakane, gravure idol
April 3 - Hiraku Hori, kickboxer, martial artist
April 20
Sayaka Kamiya, actress and model
Keiichiro Nagashima, speed skater
May 4 - Norihito Kobayashi, Nordic combined skier
May 13 – Yoko Kumada, gravure idol
May 14 – Ai Shibata, swimmer
May 15 - Tatsuya Fujiwara, actor
May 21 - Kota Ibushi, professional wrestler
May 24 - Hiroyasu Tanaka, baseball player
May 30 - Asahi Uchida, actor
June 4 - Soshi Tanaka, figure skater
June 9 - Yoshito Ōkubo, football player
June 27 – Takeru Shibaki, actor
July to December
July 3 - Cyber Kong, professional wrestler
July 5 - Junri Namigata, tennis player
July 9 – Sakon Yamamoto, racing driver
July 21 - Mao Kobayashi, newscaster and actress (d. 2017)
July 28 - Yoshiyuki Kamei, baseball player
August 4 - Seiichi Uchikawa, baseball player
August 6 - Hiroki Hirako, speed skater
August 15 - Tsuyoshi Hayashi, actor
August 16 - Tomohiro Ito, sprinter
August 24 - Daiki Hata, mixed martial artist
August 24 - Tetsu Sawaki, actor
August 27 - Tatsuyuki Tomiyama, football player
September 3 – Kaori Natori, singer
September 9 – Ai Otsuka, singer, songwriter, pianist and actress
September 12 – Nana Ozaki, gravure idol
September 19 - Shoji Sato, badminton player
September 22 – Kosuke Kitajima, swimmer
September 23 - Ryuichi Kiyonari, motorcycle road racer
September 28 - Takeshi Aoki, football player
October 4 - Takashi Kitano, football player
October 28 - Mai Kuraki, singer-songwriter, producer
November 2 – Kyoko Fukada, actress, singer
November 5 - Saho Harada, synchronized swimmer
November 5 - Akinori Nakagawa, singer, songwriter, actor
November 6 - Daisuke Watanabe, actor
November 8 - Aisa Senda, singer, actress, presenter
November 13 – Kumi Koda, singer
November 15 - Rio Hirai, Japanese actress
November 18 - Masanori Kanehara, mixed martial artist
November 21 - Shingo Takagi, professional wrestler
November 27 - Tatsuya Tanaka, football player
December 12 - Noriyuki Kanzaki, figure skater
December 12 - Ai Kato, actress, model
December 13 - Eita, actor
December 18 - Aya Yasuda, luger
December 24 – Masaki Aiba, singer
December 25 - Yasuhiro Kido, kickboxer, martial artist
December 29 - Noriaki Kinoshita, American football player
Deaths
February 13 - Chiemi Eri, singer, actress
February 26 - Teinosuke Kinugasa, actor, film director
March 12 - Genzō Kitazumi, photographer
March 16 - Arihiro Fujimura, actor, voice actor
May 1 - Torajiro Saito, film director
September 22 - Shin Saburi, actor
December 28 - Shin Kishida, actor
See also
1982 in Japanese television
List of Japanese films of 1982
References
1982 in Asia
External links
1980s in Japan
1982 by country
Years of the 20th century in Japan