Portal:Japan/Anniversaries/September/September 17
Events
- 1894 - Battle of Yalu River, the largest naval engagement of the First Sino-Japanese War.
Births
- 1192 - Minamoto no Sanetomo, shogun (d. 1219)
- 1903 - Minanogawa Tōzō (d. 1971), sumo wrestler, the 34th Yokozuna
- 1914 - Shin Kanemaru (d. 1996), politician, Deputy Prime Minister of Japan
- 1963 - Masahiro Chono, American-Japanese wrestler
- 1965 - Yuji Naka, video game designer, created Sonic the Hedgehog
- 1986 - Yoshitsugu Matsuoka, voice actor
- 1991 - Ryo Ishikawa, golfer
- 1991 - Minako Kotobuki, voice actress and singer