Events in the year1982 inJapan .
January 6 - According toJapan Coast Guard official confirmed report, a fishing boat,Akebono Maru No.28 sank with high waves caused by stormy weather inBering Sea , 32 crew were perished.[page needed February 8 - A fire at the Hotel New Japan inTokyo kills 33. February 9 -Japan Airlines Flight 350 crashes inTokyo Bay , killing 24 on board. March 21 – According toJapanese government official report, twelve climbers were human fatalities, due suffer heavy fog andavalanche hit on Mount Yatsu,Nagano Prefecture .[citation needed April 1 - The500 yen coin is introduced. July 23 - A heavy torrential rain, landslide hit in centralKyushu Island , according to Fire and Disaster Management Agency confirmed report, total 326 person lives, including 299 inNagasaki area.[ 2] August 2 -Typhoon Bess , according to Fire and Disaster Management Agency confirmed report, 95 person fatalities.[ 3] September 1 – A first edition ofDōshin Sports (道新スポーツ), a subsidiary ofHokkaidō Shinbun (北海道新聞) was published inSapporo .[ 4] September 24 - AMinistry of Education official is arrested on bribery charges. Date unknown Arts and entertainment [ edit ] Inanime , the winners of theAnime Grand Prix were the TV seriesSix God Combination Godmars Urusei Yatsura Six God Combination Godmars and voiced byYū Mizushima for best character,Toshio Furukawa for best voice actor,Mami Koyama for best voice actress andMacross , the opening for the TV seriesSuper Dimension Fortress Macross and sung byMakoto Fujiwara for best song.[ 6] Category:1982 anime .
Infilm ,Fall Guy Japan Academy Prize , theBlue Ribbon Awards and theHochi Film Award .Exchange Students Yokohama Film Festival . For a list of Japanese films released in 1982 seeJapanese films of 1982 .
Inmanga ,Gakuto Retsuden Motoka Murakami (shōnen),Yōkihi-den Suzue Miuchi (shōjo) andKaryūdo no Seiza Machiko Satonaka (general) were the winners of theKodansha Manga Award . The winners of theShogakukan Manga Award wereTsuribaka Nisshi Jūzō Yamasaki andKen'ichi Kitami (general),Miyuki Touch Mitsuru Adachi (shōnen or shōjo) andGame Center Arashi Kon'nichiwa! Mi-com Mitsuru Sugaya (children).Gin no Sankaku Moto Hagio won theSeiun Award for Best Comic of the Year. For a list manga released in 1982 seeCategory:1982 Manga .
Inmusic , the 33rdKōhaku 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 andSylvia ,Mina Aoe ,Chiyoko Shimakura ,Mieko Makimura ,Ikue Sakakibara ,Rumiko Koyanagi ,Junko Sakurada ,Miyuki Kawanaka ,Hiromi Iwasaki ,Masako Mori ,Sayuri Ishikawa ,Sachiko Kobayashi ,Aki Yashiro andHarumi Miyako .Hiromi Iwasaki won theNippon Television Music Festival and theJapan Music Awards with her songMadonna tachi no lullaby . TheJapan Record Award was won byTakashi Hosokawa with his songKita Sakaba . The May edition of theYamaha Popular Song Contest was won byAming with their songMatsuwa .Seiko Matsuda won theFNS Music Festival withNobara no Etude . For other music in 1982, see1982 in Japanese music .
Intelevision , for dramas initially broadcast in 1982 see:List of Japanese television dramas#1982 . For more events see:1982 in Japanese television .
At the1982 Asian Games Japan ranked second in the number of gold medals with 57 and tied with China in the total medal count with 153.[ 7]
Inbadminton ,Hiroyuki Hasegawa won the Men's singles andSumiko Kitada the Women's singles at theJapanese National Badminton Championships (for the other results see the article).
Inbaseball , theSeibu Lions won theJapan Series 4-3 against theChunichi Dragons . TheMVP in theCentral League wasTakayoshi Nakao and in thePacific League Hiromitsu Ochiai . At theJapanese High School Baseball Championship Ikeda won 12-2 against Hiroshima.
Inbasketball , Japan hosted theABC Championship for Women 1982 that was won byKorea , with theJapanese team winning the third place. The All Japan Intercollegiate Basketball Championship was won byNippon Sport Science .
Inchess ,Hiroyuki Nishimura (men's) andNaoko Takemoto (women's) were the winners of theJapanese Chess Championship .
Infigure skating , the winners of the 1981–1982Japan Figure Skating Championships wereFumio Igarashi (men),Mariko Yoshida (women) andNoriko Sato andTadayuki Takahashi in ice dancing.
Ingolf ,Yoshitaka Yamamoto won theNST Niigata Open ,Hideto Shigenobu won theKansai Pro Championship ,Takashi Kurihara won theHiroshima Open ,Masahiro Kuramoto won theJapan PGA Championship ,Teruo Sugihara won theKansai Open andAkira Yabe won theJapan Open Golf Championship .
Infootball (soccer) Japan hosted the1982 Intercontinental Cup betweenC.A. Peñarol andAston Villa F.C. Peñarol won 2-0. Mitsubishi Motors (currently theUrawa Red Diamonds ) won the1982 Japan Soccer League . Yamaha Motor Company (currently theJúbilo Iwata ) won the Second Division of the Soccer League and was promoted to the First Division. It also won theEmperor's Cup . For the champions of theregional leagues see:Japanese Regional Leagues 1982 .
January 5 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 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 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 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
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