List of Famous people born in Tokyo, Japan
Miho Takagi
Miho Takagi is a Japanese actress and essayist. She dropped out of Wayo Women's University.
Kanako Watanabe
Kanako Watanabe is a Japanese competitive swimmer who specializes in the breaststroke. She competed in the 2012 London Olympics at the age of 15 for the 200m Women's Breaststroke event. She again competed in the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio De Janeiro.
Kouta Hirano
Kouta Hirano is a Japanese manga artist born in Adachi, Tokyo, Japan, most famous for his manga Hellsing and Drifters.
Ayako Kawasumi
Ayako Kawasumi is a Japanese voice actress and singer. She is affectionately referred to by her fellow voice actors and fans as "Ayachii (あやちー)", "Peyaya ","Ayasumi (あやすみ)" and "Aya-nē (あやねえ)". She is a skilled pianist as she has played the piano since childhood. She composed and performed "...To You", the opening theme to Piano, and played pianists in the anime Piano and Nodame Cantabile. She is one of the most prolific and well-known voice actresses in Japan. Throughout her career, she has voiced plenty of iconic and famous characters, such as Erina Pendleton, Akari Kamigishi, Saber, Melfina, Nodame, Lafiel, Fuu, Leina, Aoi Sakuraba, Mahoro (Mahoromatic) and Natsuki Mogi.
Kyoko Nishikawa
Kyoko Nishikawa is a Japanese politician of the Liberal Democratic Party of Japan, a member of House of Representatives in the Diet.
Tomio Okamura
Tomio Okamura is a Czech far-right politician and entrepreneur of Moravian and Japanese descent. He founded the Czech political parties Dawn of Direct Democracy and Freedom and Direct Democracy (SPD). Since October 2013, he has been Member of the Chamber of Deputies of the Czech Republic (MP), initially for Dawn of Direct Democracy and then from May 2015 for SPD, of which he is also leader. He previously served as an independent Senator for Zlín district from October 2012 until his election to the Chamber of Deputies a year later.
Ira Ishida
Ira Ishida is a Japanese novelist and TV commentator.
Kawai Yukinojô
Ichikawa Shun'en II is a Japanese kabuki actor. He is an onnagata actor, specializing in playing female roles. He has been described as a rapidly rising star, and is said to be particularly superb when portraying tragic figures.
Atsuko Enomoto
Atsuko Enomoto is a Japanese voice actress and singer. Her debut voice acting role was Yukino Miyazawa from Kare Kano in 1998, which she auditioned for while still in high school. Her debut single was Be My Angel the opening theme of the 2001 anime Angelic Layer. She was affiliated with talent agency 81 Produce until 2015. Her former husband is voice actor Mark Ishii. In 2018, she discussed harassment in the industry and how she desperately wanted to quit in her first years as a voice actress.
Katsumi Nakamura
Katsumi Nakamura is a Japanese swimmer. He competed in the men's 4 × 100 metre freestyle relay event at the 2016 Summer Olympics. He qualified to represent Japan at the 2020 Summer Olympics.