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459 Notable deaths
in Tokyo
Kirin Kiki
Japanese actress (1943-2018).
Born January 15th, 1943 in Tokyo City.
Died September 15th, 2018 at 75 years old in Tokyo (breast cancer).
Taihō Kōki
Japanese sumo wrestler and the 48th yokozuna (1940-2013).
Born May 29th, 1940 in Shisuka.
Died January 19th, 2013 at 72 years old in Tokyo (heart failure). [ref]
Kōji Suzuki
Japanese writer (1957-2026).
Born May 13th, 1957 in Hamamatsu.
Died May 8th, 2026 at 68 years old in Tokyo. [ref]
Machiko Kyō
Japanese actress (1924-2019).
Born March 25th, 1924 in Osaka.
Died May 12th, 2019 at 95 years old in Tokyo (myocardial infarction).
Eiji Yoshikawa
Japanese historical novelist (1892–1962).
Born August 11th, 1892 in Yokohama.
Died September 7th, 1962 at 70 years old in Tokyo (lung cancer).
Kijūrō Shidehara
Japanese politician (1872-1951).
Born September 13th, 1872 in Kadoma. [ref]
Died March 10th, 1951 at 78 years old in Tokyo (myocardial infarction).
Donald Keene
Japanese/american academic (1922–2019).
Born June 18th, 1922 in New York City.
Died February 24th, 2019 at 96 years old in Tokyo (heart failure). [ref]
Thomas Blake Glover
Scottish merchant in bakumatsu and meiji japan.
Born June 6th, 1838 in Fraserburgh.
Died December 16th, 1911 at 73 years old in Tokyo.
Kitasato Shibasaburō
Japanese bacteriologist, immunologist.
Born January 29th, 1853 in Oguni.
Died June 13th, 1931 at 78 years old in Tokyo.
Hayato Ikeda
Prime minister of japan from 1960 to 1964.
Born December 3rd, 1899 in Yoshina.
Died August 13th, 1965 at 65 years old in Tokyo (pneumonia, laryngeal cancer).
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Death must be so beautiful. To lie in the soft brown earth, with the grasses waving above one’s head, and listen to silence. To have no yesterday, and no to-morrow. To forget time, to forget life, to be at peace. Oscar Wilde