List of Famous people born in Tokyo, Japan

Maha Harada

First Name Maha
Born on July 14, 1962 (age 63)
Born in Japan, Tokyo

Maha Harada is a Japanese writer. She has won the Japan Love Story Grand Prize, the Yamamoto Shūgorō Prize, and the Nitta Jiro Literature Prize, she has been nominated multiple times for the Naoki Prize, and several of her novels have been adapted for film and television.

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Megumi Ohara

First Name Megumi
Last Name Ohara
Born on April 16, 1975 (age 51)
Born in Japan, Tokyo

Megumi Ōhara is a female Japanese voice actress affiliated with Kekke Corporation.

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Jirō Satō

First Name Jirō
Born on January 5, 1908
Died on April 5, 1939 (aged 31)
Born in Japan, Tokyo

Jiro Sato was a Japanese tennis player. He was ranked World No. 3 in 1933, but committed suicide in the Strait of Malacca during his trip to the Davis Cup in 1934.

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Yukiko Todoroki

First Name Yukiko
Last Name Todoroki
Born on September 11, 1917
Died on May 11, 1967 (aged 49)
Born in Japan, Tokyo

Yukiko Todoroki was a Japanese actress. Her real name was Tsuruko Nishiyama. She participated in the Takarazuka Revue. At Takarazuka, she was known not by her real name, but by the stage name Toruko. Her birthplace was Shinbori, Azabu-ku in Tokyo. Her two ex-husbands were film directors Masahiro Makino and Koji Shima. Her son is Masayuki Makino, the principal of Okinawa Actors School. Anna Makino, a former member of idol group Super Monkey's, is her granddaughter.

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Sumire Nakamura

First Name Sumire
Born on March 2, 2009 (age 17)
Born in Japan, Tokyo

Sumire Nakamura is a Japanese professional Go player. She became the youngest ever female professional Go player in Japan on April 1, 2019. She made her professional debut on April 22, 2019 in the preliminary round of the Ryusei tournament in western Japan at age 10 years and one month, breaking the record held by Rina Fujisawa in 2010 at age 11 years and 8 months. She is also the first Go player to turn pro under Nihon Ki-in's special screening system for "prospective, talented" players who can compete with top players from other countries.

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Akihito Hirose

First Name Akihito
Last Name Hirose
Born on January 18, 1987 (age 39)
Born in Japan, Tokyo

Akihito Hirose is a Japanese professional shogi player, ranked 8-dan. He is a former Ryūō and Ōi title holder, and is also the first shogi professional to win a major title while attending university.

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Hanami Sekine

First Name Hanami
Born on February 26, 1996 (age 30)
Born in Japan, Tokyo
Height 156 cm | 5'1

Hanami Sekine is a Japanese female long-distance runner who competes in track events. She competed for Japan at the 2016 Rio Olympics.

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Kosuke Kinoshita

First Name Kosuke
Last Name Kinoshita
Born on October 3, 1994 (age 31)
Born in Japan, Tokyo
Height 190 cm | 6'3

Kosuke Kinoshita is a Japanese footballer who plays for Stabæk. He became the first football player from Japan to play in Allsvenskan, the highest league in Sweden.

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Keiichi Ishii

First Name Keiichi
Last Name Ishii
Born on March 20, 1958 (age 68)
Born in Japan, Tokyo

Keiichi Ishii is a Japanese politician of the Komeito Party, a member of the House of Representatives in the National Diet. A native of Toshima, Tokyo and graduate of the University of Tokyo with the Bachelor of Engineering degree in 1981, he worked at the Ministry of Construction from 1981 to 1992. He was elected to the House of Representatives for the first time in 1993. He was appointed to be the Minister of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism by Prime Minister Shinzo Abe on 7 October 2015. He was replaced as minister on 11 September 2020 and was subsequently appointed as Secretary-General of Komeito.

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Reichi Nakaido

First Name Reichi
Born on October 9, 1950 (age 75)
Born in Japan, Tokyo

Hideaki Katō , known professionally as Reichi Nakaido and nicknamed Chabo, is a Japanese musician and singer-songwriter. He is best known as one of the guitarists and vocalists of the influential rock band RC Succession. Nakaido was voted the third greatest Japanese guitarist in a 2019 poll held by goo.

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