February 23:
Events
Births
- 1646 - Tokugawa Tsunayoshi (d. 1709), shogun
- 1943 - Kin'ya Kitaōji, actor
- 1951 - Shigefumi Mori, mathematician
- 1953 - Satoru Nakajima, race car driver
- 1956 - Brother Tom, singer and entertainer
- 1960 - Naruhito, Crown Prince of Japan
- 1969 - Miyako Itō, voice actress
- 1970 - Shoko Aida, singer and actress
- 1971 - Ryohei Odai, actor and voice actor
- 1976 - Satoshi Yoneyama, wrestler
- 1978 - Yuka Motohashi, actress
- 1986 - Kazuya Kamenashi, singer-songwriter and actor
- 1993 - Kasumi Ishikawa, table tennis player
Deaths