List of Famous people born in Tokyo, Japan
Hideyuki Hori
Hidemitsu Hori , better known by his stage name Hideyuki Hori , is a Japanese actor, voice actor and younger brother of fellow voice actor Yukitoshi Hori and works at Aoni Production. He is most known for his roles in Saint Seiya, Sakigake!! Otokojuku, Kinnikuman, Dragon Ball Z, Mobile Fighter G Gundam, the Dead or Alive series and Ninja Gaiden, and One Piece.
Yukito Kishiro
Yukito Kishiro is a Japanese manga artist born in Tokyo in 1967 and raised in Chiba. As a teenager he was influenced by the mecha anime Armored Trooper Votoms and Mobile Suit Gundam, in particular the designs of Yoshikazu Yasuhiko, as well as the works of manga artist Rumiko Takahashi. He began his career at age 17, with his debut manga, Space Oddity, in the Weekly Shonen Sunday. He is best known for the cyberpunk series Battle Angel Alita.
Ryohei Shirasaki
Ryōhei Shirasaki is a Japanese football player for Kashima Antlers.
Yukari Yoshihara
Yukari Yoshihara née Yukari Umezawa is a Japanese Go professional.
Yoshiaki Nishimura
Yoshiaki Nishimura is a Japanese lead film producer formerly of Studio Ghibli and founder of the company Studio Ponoc. He was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Animated Feature in 2014 for The Tale of Princess Kaguya and received a consecutive Oscar nomination at the 88th Academy Awards for When Marnie Was There in the same category.
Ryota Aoki
Ryota Aoki is a Japanese football player.
Masako Watanabe
Masako Watanabe is a Japanese manga artist. She began her professional career as an illustrator of books in 1949. She switched to creating manga after reading Osamu Tezuka's works, debuting in 1952 with Namida no Sanbika. She quickly became the most popular female manga artist of her time.
Mariko Asabuki
Mariko Asabuki is a Japanese writer. Her novels have won the Akutagawa Prize and the Bunkamura Deux Magots Prize, and she was named one of Vogue Japan's 2011 Women of the Year.
Kunio Ōkawara
Kunio Okawara is a mechanical designer in the Japanese anime industry. Okawara was the first in the industry to be specifically credited as a mechanical designer. He designed mecha for the Gundam and Brave Series franchises, as well as those of numerous Super Robot and Real Robot shows.
Maasa Sudo
Maasa Sudo is a Japanese actress, singer, and tarento. She is a former member of Berryz Kobo, a J-pop idol group within Hello! Project.