January 15:

Births

• 1481 - Ashikaga Yoshizumi (d. 1511), shogun
• 1538 - Maeda Toshiie (d. 1599), general
• 1890 - Michiaki Kamada (d. 1947), admiral
• 1905 - Kamatari Fujiwara (d. 1985), actor
• 1943 - Kirin Kiki, actress
• 1955 - Mayumi Tanaka, voice actress
• 1956 - Miki Fujimura, singer

Film and television

• 2012 - Hayami-san to Yobareru Hi begins airing on Fuji Television, starring Nao Matsushita and Yoshihiko Inohara