List of Famous people born in Tokyo, Japan
Risa Hirako
Risa Hirako is a Japanese fashion model who is represented by Newpower. She produced fashion brands and appeared in the music industry. She is a charismatic model and a star in her forties. Her ex-husband is actor Eisaku Yoshida.
Mayumi Wakamura
Mayumi Wakamura is a Japanese actress. She decided to be an actress at age sixteen when she saw a stage production by Tatsuya Nakadai's troupe. Later she joined his stage production to be an actress. She debuted in the six-month Asadora TV series Hassai Sensei in 1987 when she was 21 years old. After the show, she started appearing on other TV shows including several TV movies and series. In 1988 she was cast in a drama Kigakaikyo.
Sadaharu Oh
Sadaharu Oh, also known as Wang Chen-chih, is a Japanese-born Taiwanese former baseball player and manager in Japan. Oh holds the world lifetime home run record, having hit 868 home runs during his professional career. He established many NPB batting records, including runs batted in (RBIs) (2,170), slugging percentage (.634), bases on balls (2,390), and on-base plus slugging percentage (OPS) (1.080). In 1977, Oh became the first recipient of the People's Honour Award. He was inducted into the Japanese Baseball Hall of Fame in 1994.
Dewi Sukarno
Dewi Sukarno , complete name Ratna Sari Dewi Sukarno , widely known in Japan as Dewi Fujin, is a Japanese businesswoman, socialite, television personality and philanthropist. She was one of the wives of the first President of Indonesia, Sukarno.
Kō Shibasaki
Yukie Yamamura , better known as Ko Shibasaki , is a Japanese actress and singer who has performed in numerous television shows, movies, and commercials. She is managed by Stardust Promotion.
Megumi Hayashibara
Megumi Hayashibara is a Japanese voice actress, singer, lyricist and radio personality from Kita ward in Tokyo and is affiliated with self-founded Woodpark Office. One of the most prominent Japanese voice actresses of the 1990s, Hayashibara is best known for her roles in Love Hina, Saber Marionette J, Ranma ½, Neon Genesis Evangelion, Cowboy Bebop, Slayers, Detective Conan, Pokémon, All Purpose Cultural Catgirl Nuku Nuku, Video Girl Ai, Danganronpa V3: Killing Harmony, and Shaman King.
Tōru Nakamura
Toru Nakamura is a Japanese actor. His real name is Tōru Nakamura .
Yoshiharu Habu
Yoshiharu Habu is a professional shogi player and a chess FIDE Master. His master is Tatsuya Futakami. He is the only person to simultaneously hold seven major professional shogi titles at the same time and is also the only person to qualify as a lifetime title holder for seven major titles. In January 2018, Habu became the first professional shogi player to be awarded Japan's People's Honour Award.
Yumi Matsutoya
Yumi Matsutoya , nicknamed Yuming , is a Japanese singer, composer, lyricist and pianist. Generally the writer of both the lyrics and the music in her songs, she is renowned for her idiosyncratic voice and live performances, and is one of the most prominent figures in the history of Japanese popular music.
Haru
Haru is a Japanese actress and model from Adachi, Tokyo. She is known for the film Koizora (2007), Maria-sama ga Miteru (2010), the TV drama Asa ga Kita (2015-2016), and for co-hosting of the TBS talk show A-Studio.