Portal:Japan/Anniversaries/October/October 30
Events
- 1987 – In Japan, NEC releases the first 16-bit video game console, the PC Engine, which was later sold in other markets under the name TurboGrafx-16.
Births
- 1218 - Emperor Chūkyō (d. 1234)
- 1979 - Yukie Nakama, actress and singer
- 1980 - Rich Alvarez, Filipino-Japanese basketball player
- 1981 - Ayaka Kimura, singer and actress
- 1986 - Keisuke Sohma, actor
- 1996 - Mizuki Fukumura, singer and actress
Deaths
- 1654 - Emperor Go-Kōmyō (b. 1633)
- 2006 - Junji Kinoshita (b. 1914), playwright and scholar