1997 (Heisei 9 in the Japanese calendar) was a year in the 20th Century.
BIRTHS[]
- January 15: Nene Hieda, Japanese singer and voice actress.
- January 22: Shotaro Uzawa, Japanese actor and voice actor.
- February 4: Aya Yamane, Japanese voice actress.
- February 12: Hina Kino, Japanese singer and voice actress.
- February 13: Natsu Yorita, Japanese voice actress.
- March 16: Yuuka Morishima, Japanese voice actress.
- March 22: Gen Sato, Japanese voice actor.
- April 3: Tooru Arizumi, Japanese voice actor.
- April 15: Mana Koshirakawa, Japanese voice actress.
- April 19: Wakana Noguchi, Japanese violinist.
- May 9: Erika Ishitobi, Japanese singer and voice actress.
- May 23: Rui Tanabe, Japanese singer and voice actress.
- June 22: Sayaka Kamitani, Japanese singer and voice actress.
- July 1: Hiyori Nitta, Japanese singer and voice actress.
- July 22: Shiori Mutou, Japanese voice actress.
- July 31: Yuna Ogata, Japanese voice actress.
- August 18: Shinnosuke Tokudome, Japanese voice actor.
- August 19: Rio Tsuchiya, Japanese voice actress.
- August 31: Souhei Horikane, Japanese voice actor.
- September 12: Shunsuke Takeuchi, Japanese singer and voice actor.
- September 22: Rikuto Kurihara, Japanese guitarist.
- September 24: Shizuka Ichinomiya, Japanese semi-retired voice actress.
- October 5: Fumiya Imai, Japanese singer and voice actor.
- October 9: Mei Shibata, Japanese singer and voice actress.
- October 11: Nanami Atsugi, Japanese singer and voice actress.
- November 28: Mayu Mineda, Japanese singer and voice actress.
- December 22: Tomomi Mineuchi, Japanese retired voice actress.
DEATHS[]
- May 24: Mitsuo Hashimoto, Japanese voice actor, 66, laryngeal cancer.