List of Famous people born in Tokyo, Japan

Banana Yoshimoto is the pen name of Japanese writer Mahoko Yoshimoto . From 2002 to 2015, she wrote her name in hiragana.

Masayuki Ito is a Japanese professional boxer who held the WBO junior lightweight title from 2018 to 2019.

Taeko Onuki is a Japanese singer and songwriter. She was influential in the city pop genre.

Asami Yoshida is a Japanese professional basketball player for the JX-Eneos Sunflowers of the Women's Japan Basketball League (WJBL).

Taiga Ishikawa is a Japanese politician and LGBT activist. He was elected to the House of Councillors in the 2019 Japanese House of Councillors election, becoming the first openly-gay man to be elected to either chamber of the National Diet. Previously, he became one of the first two openly gay male politicians to win an election in Japanese history when he was elected in April 2011 to a seat in the Tokyo's Toshima ward assembly. Wataru Ishizaka, also openly gay, was elected in the same election to the Nakano ward council in Tokyo. Before he was elected to the city council, he was Mizuho Fukushima's chief of staff.

Yu Kanamaru is a Japanese racing driver.

Taeko Kawata is a freelance Japanese voice actress best known for voicing Amy Rose from the Sonic the Hedgehog franchise. While working at a confectionery shop after graduating from Jissen Commercial High School, she attended a voice acting school in the evenings and passed an audition for 81 Produce, where she was later employed until 2010. On October 1, 2019, she announced the formation of a private firm, T-River LLC, and the opening of a private school at the same time.

Toru Iwatani is a Japanese video game designer who spent much of his career working for Namco. He is best known as the creator of the arcade game Pac-Man (1980).

Hiroki Takahashi is a Japanese actor, voice actor and singer whose major roles include Eiji Kikumaru in The Prince of Tennis, Tobias in Pokémon anime series, Kenji Harima in School Rumble, Hisoka in Hunter × Hunter (1999), Katsuya Jonouchi in Yu-Gi-Oh! Duel Monsters and Takato Saijō in Dakaichi In video games, he provides the voice of Ryu in the newer Street Fighter games. He is married to voice actress Aiko Aihashi. Their first son was born on June 24, 2016.

Kenji Yano is a Japanese former professional baseball outfielder. He played for the Yomiuri Giants and the Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters.