List of Famous people born in Tokyo, Japan
Yuya Saito
Yuya Saito is a Japanese rugby union player. He plays as No. 8, currently for Toyota Jido Shokki. He graduated from Meiji University and used to play for Suntory Sungoliath before he went to play professional rugby in France for about one season.
Eiichi Koyano
Eiichi Koyano is a Japanese former professional baseball player (infielder) and currently the hitting coach for the Orix Buffaloes of Nippon Professional Baseball (NPB). He is a native of Edogawa, Tokyo, Japan.
Shōta Ōba
Shota Oba is a Japanese former professional baseball pitcher in Japan's Nippon Professional Baseball. He played with the Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks from 2008 to 2014.
Kohei Kono
Kohei Kono is a Japanese professional boxer. He is a two-time world champion, having held the WBA super-flyweight title twice between 2012 and 2016 with three successful defenses.He is Matsuzaka Generation.
Tina Yuzuki
Tina Yuzuki , also known as Rio, is a Japanese actress, singer and former AV idol who debuted as an AV actress in 2005, appearing in videos produced by the Max-A and S1 studios. After starring in AVs in various genres during her first year in the industry, she won an industry award as Best New Actress for 2006. Since late 2007, she has used the stage name of Rio. In 2009, she transferred to IdeaPocket and became one of the studio's most prominent actresses. After a career that spanned over a decade and nearly 500 adult films, she retired in January 2016.
Jun'ichi Yamamoto
Junichi Yamamoto is a Japanese singer, actor, tarento, and professional wrestler. He is a former member of Hikaru Genji.
Misa Shimizu
Misa Shimizu is a Japanese actress. She made her screen debut by winning the heroine audition for 1987 film Shōnan Bōsōzoku. She starred in NHK's morning drama series Seishun Kazoku in 1989. She portrayed Keiko, the female protagonist, in Palme d'Or winning The Eel directed by Shohei Imamura. She also makes regular appearances in Masayuki Suo's films. She won the award for best actress at the 17th Hochi Film Award for Okoge, Sumo Do, Sumo Don't, Future Memories: Last Christmas.
Ryōichi Taguchi
Ryoichi Taguchi is a Japanese former professional boxer. He is the former WBA, IBF and The Ring Light Flyweight champion, having lost these titles in 2018.
Rio Shimamoto
Rio Shimamoto is a Japanese writer. She has won the Gunzo Prize for New Writers, the Noma Literary New Face Prize and the Naoki Prize.
Kensuke Uchimura
Kensuke Uchimura is a Japanese baseball infielder. He previously played for the Yokohama DeNA BayStars in Japan's Pacific League.