Portal:Japan/Anniversaries/September/September 23
Events
- 1889 - Nintendo Koppai (Later Nintendo Company, Limited) founded by Fusajiro Yamauchi to produce and market the playing card game Hanafuda.
- 1942 - First day of the September Matanikau action on Guadalcanal as United States Marine Corps forces attack Imperial Japanese Army units along the Matanikau River.
Births
- 1740 - Empress Go-Sakuramachi (d. 1813)
- 1771 - Emperor Kōkaku (d. 1840)
- 1964 - Koshi Inaba, singer-songwriter
- 1971 - Kenji Matsuda, actor
- 1974 - Harumi Inoue, swimmer and actress
- 1980 - Syu, guitarist
- 1985 - Maki Goto, singer-songwriter and actress
- 1988 - Ryo Kimura, actor
Deaths
- 1573 - Azai Hisamasa (b. 1524), warlord