List of Famous people born in Tokyo, Japan
Ryo Yoshizawa
Ryo Yoshizawa is a Japanese actor. His breakthrough roles includes as Okita Sougo in the Gintama live-action films and as Katagiri Yuichi in the Friends Games live-action films. He is known for his expressive eyes and natural acting style. He is also known for his roles in tokusatsu, including his role as Ryusei Sakuta, the Kamen Rider Meteor in Kamen Rider Fourze.
Fumino Kimura
Fumino Kimura is a Japanese actress.
Ryūhei Matsuda
Ryuhei Matsuda is a Japanese film and television actor. Matsuda's best known film roles include the young and desirable samurai Sōzaburō Kanō in Taboo and the rock star Ren Honjo in Nana.
Inori Minase
Inori Minase is a Japanese voice actress and singer who made her singing debut in December 2015 on the King Records label. In March 2016, she won the Best Lead Actress Award in the 10th Seiyu Awards for her leading roles as Jun Naruse in the box office hit The Anthem of the Heart and as Yuki Takeya in the anime television series School-Live!. Her other major roles include Kirarin/Ciel Kirahoshi/Cure Parfait in Kirakira PreCure a la Mode, Chino in Is the Order a Rabbit?, Noel in Celestial Method, Hestia in Is It Wrong to Try to Pick Up Girls in a Dungeon?, Rem in Re:Zero − Starting Life in Another World, Chito in Girls' Last Tour, Shoko Makinohara in Rascal Does Not Dream of Bunny Girl Senpai and Rascal Does Not Dream of a Dreaming Girl, alongside Tamaki "Kimari" Mari in A Place Further than the Universe.
Satomi Ishihara
Kuniko Ishigami , better known by her stage name Satomi Ishihara , is a Japanese actress from Tokyo.
Anne Watanabe
Anne Watanabe is a Japanese fashion model, actress, and singer. She is the daughter of film actor Ken Watanabe and his first wife Yumiko. In her modeling work, she is known by the mononym Anne.
Tomoya Nakamura
Tomoya Nakamura is a Japanese actor.
Akina Nakamori
Akina Nakamori is a Japanese singer and actress. She is one of the most popular and top selling artists in Japan. Akina achieved national recognition when she won the 1981 season of the talent show Star Tanjō!. Her debut single "Slow Motion" was released to moderate success, peaking at number thirty on the Oricon Weekly Singles Chart. However, Akina's popularity was pushed up by the follow-up single, "Shōjo A", which peaked at number five on the Oricon chart and has sold over 390,000 copies. Her second album Variation became her first number-one on the Oricon Weekly Albums Chart, staying three weeks atop. As an actress, she made her debut in 1985 with the appearance on the Japanese romance movie Ai, Tabidachi. After her extended hiatus from 2010 to 2014, Akina released two compilation album, All Time Best: Original and All Time Best: Utahime Cover, both of which were commercially successful. As of 2011, Akina has sold over 25.3 million records and was named as the third best-selling female Japanese idol singer of all-time.
Kento Kaku
Kento Kaku is a Japanese actor born in Tokyo. He has appeared in a number of feature films, television series and stage productions. He is represented with Amuse, Inc. His wife is actress Nana Eikura.
Takeshi Kitano
Takeshi Kitano is a Japanese comedian, television presenter, actor, filmmaker, and author. While he is known primarily as a comedian and TV host in his native Japan, he is better known abroad for his work as a filmmaker, actor and TV host. With the exception of his works as a film director, he is known almost exclusively by the stage name Beat Takeshi .