Deaths
- January 4: Kishibe Shigeo, musicologist (born 1912)
- January 14: Takeshi Suzuki, professor of Urdu (born 1932)
- January 16: Yoshito Matsushige, photojournalist (born 1913)
- January 23: Mutsuko Sakura, actress (born 1921)
- February 19: Kihachi Okamoto, film director (born 1924)
- February 28: Yukio Koshimori, politician (born 1930)
- March 6: Sadako Kurihara, poet (born 1913)
- April 20: Fumio Niwa, author (born 1904)
- May 23: Tetsuya Ishida, painter (born 1973)
- June: Satoru Anabuki, flying ace (born 1921)
- June 10: Yumiko Kurahashi, writer (born 1935)
- June 28: Yumika Hayashi, AV idol and pink film actress (born 1970)
- July 3: Kohachi Shigetaka, supercentenarian (born 1895)
- July 11: Shinya Hashimoto, wrestler (born 1965)
- July 16: Gu, Prince Imperial Hoeun (born 1931)
- July 19: Toku Nishio, actor and voice actor (born 1939)
- August 12: Teruo Ishii, film director (born 1924)
- November 4: Hiro Takahashi, singer, lyricist, and composer (born 1964)
- November 4: Mana Nishiura, drummer (born 1971)
- November 6: Minako Honda, idol pop star and singer (born 1967)
- November 22: Airi Kinoshita, murder victim (born 1998)
- November 25: Yoshio Shiga, fighter ace (born 1914)
- November 26: Takanori Arisawa, composer and arranger (born 1951)
- December 10: Sayano Horimoto, murder victim (born 1993)
- Undated: Masao Sasakibara, figher ace (born 1921)
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