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Incumbents

Emperor: Hirohito (Emperor Shōwa)
Prime Minister: Zenko Suzuki (L–Iwate)
Chief Cabinet Secretary: Kiichi Miyazawa (L–Hiroshima)
Chief Justice of the Supreme Court: Takaaki Hattori
President of the House of Representatives: Hajime Fukuda (L–Fukui)
President of the House of Councillors: Masatoshi Tokunaga (L–national)
Diet sessions: 94th (regular session opened in December 1980, to June 6), 95th (extraordinary, September 24 to November 28), 96th (regular, December 21 to 1982, August 21)

Events

March 31 - Pink Lady performs their farewell concert in the same stadium where Candies performed their concert 3 years earlier.
October 10 - Ministry of Education issues jōyō kanji.
October 16 - Gas explosions at a coal mine in Hokutan, Yūbari, Hokkaido kill 93.

Popular culture

Arts and entertainment

In film, Station by Yasuo Furuhata won the Best film award at the Japan Academy Prize, Enrai by Kichitaro Negishi won Best film at the Hochi Film Awards, Muddy River by Kōhei Oguri won Best film at the Blue Ribbon Awards and Something Like It by Yoshimitsu Morita won Best film at the Yokohama Film Festival. For a list of Japanese films released in 1981 see Japanese films of 1981.

In manga, the winners of the Shogakukan Manga Award were Sunset on Third Street by Ryōhei Saigan (general), Dr. Slump by Akira Toriyama (shōnen or shōjo) and Doraemon by Fujiko Fujio (children).^[1] Sanshirō of 1, 2 by Makoto Kobayashi (shōnen) and Ohayō! Spank by Shun'ichi Yukimuro and Shizue Takanashi (shōjo) won the Kodansha Manga Award. Kibun wa mou sensou by Katsuhiro Otomo won the Seiun Award for Best Comic of the Year. For a list of manga released in 1981 see Category:1981 manga.

In music, the 32nd Kōhaku Uta Gassen was won by the White Team (men). Akira Terao won the FNS Music Festival.

In television, see: 1981 in Japanese television.

In radio, Japan FM Network, Japan's biggest FM radio network, was established in May 1981.

Sports

In athletics, Japan hosted the 1981 Asian Athletics Championships where it ranked 1st with 18 gold medals.

In football (soccer), Japan hosted the 1981 Intercontinental Cup. Fujita Engineering won the Japan Soccer League. For the champions of the regional leagues see: 1981 Japanese Regional Leagues.

In tennis, Japan hosted the Federation Cup, won by the United States.

Births

January 4: Hitomi Sakamoto, wrestler
January 10: Kumiko Ikeda, long jumper
January 18: Naoyuki Daigo, athlete
February 2: Milk Ichigo, AV actress
February 10: Yasuyuki Muneta, judoka
February 12: Takashi Takusagawa, football player
February 18: Ami Ayukawa, AV idol
February 21: Jun Kaname, actor
March 6: Masakazu Fujiwara, long-distance runner
March 6: Mizuki Watanabe, J-pop and rock singer
March 23: Takeshi Honda, figure skater
March 31: Ryōko Shintani, voice actress and singer
April 7: Kazuki Watanabe, musician (died 2000)
April 15: Kyoko Ayana, AV idol
April 18: Mai Hoshimura, musician
April 19: Kazuhiro Maeda, long-distance runner
April 23: Megu Hirose, softball player
May 8: Yasuko Tajima, medley swimmer
May 12: Naohiro Ishikawa, footballer
May 13: Hidenori Kato, footballer
May 22: Fumina Hara, actress and idol
May 23: Ema Tōyama, manga artist
May 24: Sayaka Ando, gravure idol
June 6: Daisuke Miyazaki, handball player
July 27: Mari Hoshino, actress and singer
August 4: Ayumi Tanimoto, judoka
August 5: Kou Shibasaki, singer and actress
August 10: Natsumi Abe, singer and actress
August 15: Yoshiko Fujinaga, long-distance runner
August 28: Aira Yuhki, J-pop singer
August 31: Yuria Kato, actress, AV idol, and photo model
September 1: Chisato Morishita, idol, tarento, actress, and former race queen
September 22: Hiromitsu Miura, Boxer and former mixed martial artist
September 23: Hiroka Yaginuma, wrestler
October 6: Chiharu Icho, wrestler
October 17: Tsubasa Imai, singer, actor, and dancer
October 30: Ayaka Kimura, actress and J-pop singer
October 30: Eri Sendai, voice actress
November 3: Ayako Shoda, wrestler
November 7: Nana Katase, actress
November 7: Rina Uchiyama, actress and idol
November 11: Manami Yoshii, adult film actress
December 8: Naoyuki Kotani, mixed martial artist
December 19: Eriko Sato, actress and model
December 29: Shizuka Arakawa, figure skater

Deaths

January 8: Shigeru Egami, master of Shotokan karate
February 11: Fusae Ichikawa, feminist, politician and women's suffrage leader
February 25: Gunichi Mikawa, Vice-Admiral in the Imperial Japanese Navy
April 9: Ichiro Nakayama, economist
April 12: Prince Asaka Yasuhiko, founder of a collateral branch of the Japanese imperial family
April 27: Koji Sone, judoka
May 7: Hiromichi Yahara, senior staff officer
July 4: Isao Kimura, actor
July 19: Daisuke Itō, film director and screenwriter
July 23: Kazuo Taoka, one of the yakuza Godfathers
September 8: Hideki Yukawa, physicist
September 14: Yasuji Kiyose, composer
September 16: Akira Iwasaki, film critic, historian, and producer
December 28: Seishi Yokomizo, author

References

↑ 小学館漫画賞: 歴代受賞者 (in Japanese). Shogakukan. Archived from the original on 12 October 2010. Retrieved 2010-09-25.

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