List of Famous people born in Tokyo, Japan
Jun Sena
Jun Sena , real name Asako Doi is a Japanese actress and former top star of the Takarazuka Revue's Moon Troupe, a Japanese theatre organization in which women portray all parts. She was born April 1, 1974 and grew up in Suginami, Tokyo. During her time in the Revue, she was an otokoyaku, an actress who specializes in male roles. After two years of intensive training at the Takarazuka Music School, she joined the revue in 1992 and reached top star status in 2005. Her nicknames are Asa and Asako. The first otokoyaku from her class of 1992 to reach top star status, she resigned her position as top star and retired in December 2009 after the run of Last Play / Heat on Beat and is now pursuing an acting career outside of the Revue.
Mei Kurokawa
Mei Kurokawa is a Japanese actress and singer. Her given name Mei originates from her birth month (May) in English. She has been frequently featured in many Japanese dramas and films.
Hekiru Shiina
Hekiru Shiina is a Japanese voice actress and singer from Tokyo, Japan. She debuted as a singer at the age of 17. Her first voice role was Tenshiko in K.O. Beast in 1992. Some of her major voice roles include Hikaru Shidou in Magic Knight Rayearth, Alpha in Yokohama Kaidashi Kikō, Ami Chono in Girls und Panzer, Tenjōin Katsura in YAT Anshin! Uchu Ryokou, and Celestia in Danganronpa: The Animation. In video games, she provided the voice of Mega Man in Mega Man: The Power Battle and Mega Man 2: The Power Fighters and Pastel in the TwinBee games. Shiina is associated with Arts Vision, a major agency for talent in Tokyo, and was working under Sony Music Records, her record label until 2009, when she changed over to Lantis.
Aimi Tanaka
Aimi Tanaka is a Japanese voice actress affiliated with 81 Produce. She won the Best Rookie Actress Award at the 10th Seiyu Awards. She debuted as a singer under Wave Master with her debut album "Cobalt".
Yoshikazu Kotani
Yoshikazu Kotani is a Japanese actor and singer. He played Takashi Kawamura in The Prince of Tennis musical series, Tenimyu and the live film adaptation.
Meiko Kaji
Meiko Kaji is a Japanese actress and singer. She has appeared in about 100 films, with her most famous roles being outlaw characters in early 1970s films, such as the rebels of the Stray Cat Rock series, the assassin Lady Snowblood, and the murderous Nami Matsushima from the Female Prisoner 701: Scorpion series.
Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa
Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa is an actor, film producer and martial artist of Japanese ethnicity and citizenship of the United States and Russia.
Iyo Matsumoto
Iyo Matsumoto , married name Iyo Ozono , was a popular pop idol in the early '80s. She is now a Japanese TV personality, singer and actress, and is currently signed to Production No Title.
Yūji Yoshioka
Yuji Yoshioka is a former Nippon Professional Baseball infielder and the current coach of the Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters.。
Fumi Dan
Fumi Dan is a Japanese actress. She was nominated for Best Supporting Actress at the 17th Japan Academy Prize for her role in Bloom in the Moonlight. Her father is the novelist Kazuo Dan and she herself has won awards for her essays.