Portal:Japan/Anniversaries/December/December 4
Births
- 1972 - Yūko Miyamura, voice actress and singer
- 1973 - Atsushi Tamura, actor and singer
- 1974 - Tadahito Iguchi, baseball player
- 1987 - Yukina Kinoshita, model, actress, singer, and television personality
Deaths
- 1696 - Empress Meishō (b. 1624)
- 1938 - Tamanishiki San'emon (b. 1903), sumo wrestler, the 32nd Yokozuna
- 1971 - Shunryu Suzuki (b. 1904), Japanese-American monk and educator, founded the San Francisco Zen Center