Events in the year 1973 in Japan . It corresponds to Shōwa 48 (昭和48年) in the Japanese calendar .
January 1 – Health care for those over 70 years of age is made free of charge
March 8 – According to Japan Fire and Disaster Management Agency official confirmed report, Yawata General Hospital fire in Kitakyushu , Fukuoka Prefecture , total 13 patients were fatalities.[page needed ]
March 19 – Konami is established.
July 23 – Nidec was founded, as predecessor name was Nippon Densan (Electric Industry) Corporation.[citation needed ]
August 17 – Miyama Real Estate , as predecessor of Leopalace founded in Nakano, Tokyo .[ 2]
September 25 – According to Fire and Disaster Management Agency official confirmed report, a caught fire at under construction for department store in Takatsuki, Osaka Prefecture , kill six construction workers, in an incident caused bx a security guardman has arson acting.[citation needed ]
October 27 – A retailer CGC Group founded.[page needed ]
November 29 – Fire breaks out in Taiyo department store in Kumamoto City , killing over a hundred.
Eri Fukatsu
Nanako Matsushima
January 2 – Michiyo Nakajima , actress, voice actress and former pop singer.
January 11 – Eri Fukatsu , actress
January 16 – Maki Miyamae , pop singer
January 18 – Shinobu Nakayama , singer and former pop singer
January 31 – Shingo Katayama , golfer
February 1 – Makiko Ohmoto , voice actress
February 7 – Mie Sonozaki , voice actress
February 9 – Yoshitomo Tani , former professional baseball player
February 11 – Haruhi Terada , voice actress
February 28 – Masato Tanaka , professional wrestler[ 3]
March 6 – Rumi Ochiai , voice actress
March 7 – Eiji Takemoto , voice actor
March 24 – Sakura Tange , voice actress and singer
March 27 – Sayaka Aoki , comedian
April 6 – Rie Miyazawa , actress and singer
April 21 – Katsuyuki Konishi , voice actor
May 8 – Hiromu Arakawa , manga artist
May 16 – Kōsuke Toriumi , voice actor
May 18 – Kaz Hayashi , professional wrestler
May 29 – Tomoko Kaneda , voice actress and J-pop singer
June 12 – Mitsuki Saiga , voice actress
June 18 – Yumi Kakazu , voice actress
June 19 – Yuko Nakazawa , singer
June 30 – Hidetada Yamagishi , bodybuilder
July 2 – Makoto Kosaka , former professional baseball player
July 4 – Gackt , singer-songwriter and actor
July 7 – Natsuki Takaya , manga artist
July 16 – Yoshihiko Hakamada , actor
July 17
August 13 – Ryōko Shinohara , actress
August 31 – Kaori Mizumori , enka singer
September 1 – Rieko Miura , actress and singer
September 9 – Kazuhisa Ishii , baseball player
September 18 – Ami Onuki , singer
October 11 – Daisuke Sakaguchi , voice actor
October 13 – Nanako Matsushima , actress and model
October 14 – Masato Sakai , actor
October 20 – Tomoka Shibasaki , writer
October 22 – Ichiro Suzuki , baseball player
October 26 – Taka Michinoku , professional wrestler[ 4]
November 6 – Rumi Shishido , voice actress and singer
December 11 – Yūko Obuchi , politician and cabinet minister
December 19 – Takashi Sorimachi , actor and singer
December 25 – Daisuke Miura , professional baseball coach and former pitcher