2015 Event The Brain Kids, a team of robots from Japan's Chiba Institute of Technology, wins this year's RoboCup, a robotic football (soccer) tournament started 18 years ago to encourage new developments in the robotics field 1994 Event Ice Dance Championship at Chiba Japan won by Gritschuk and Platov (RUS) 1994 Event Ice Pairs Championship at Chiba won by Shishkova/Vadim Naumov (RUS) 1994 Event Ladies Figure Skating Championship in Chiba won by Yuka Sato (JPN) 1994 Event Men's Figure Skating Championship in Chiba won by Elvis Stojko (CAN) 1968 Birthday Akira Nogami, born in Narashino, Chiba, professional Japanese wrestler, actor, wrestled for the New Japan Pro Wrestling promotion, NJPW, in 1991, reigned as IWGP Junior Heavyweight Champion, in 2000, appeared in television show, Kamen Rider Kuuga, competed part-time after 2004, regularly wrestling with Keiji Mutoh's All Japan Pro Wrestling 1956 Birthday Yoshiko Sakakibara, Chiba Japan, actress, Sailor Moon, Vampire Hunter 1942 Birthday Isao Aoki, Abiko Chiba Japan, PGA golfer, 1983 Hawaiian Open
