35.6855° N, 139.7239° E
TOKYO
Most Famous People Born in Tokyo, Japan
- Notable people
- 5,034
- Peak decade
- 1980s
- Median birth year
- 1957
- Most distinctive
- Seiyū 131.4×
An ecosystem of fame that barely exists outside Japan. Tokyo's two most distinctive professions — seiyū (voice actor) at more than 130 times the global rate and manga artist at over 60 times — are job titles that simply don't have English equivalents, and they sit alongside one of the world's biggest novelist, photographer, and model benches. The list also runs from Tokugawa shoguns through the woodblock masters of Edo to the directors and animators who exported postwar Japanese cinema to the world.
One face per decade — the most globally famous figure born in Tokyo during each.
Notable Births by Decade
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What Tokyo Is Known For
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Actor is Tokyo's biggest profession — 17% of all notables (840).
Tokyo over-indexes on seiyū — 131.4× the global rate.
Tokyo under-produces politician — only 0.3× the global rate.
Profession Mix Over Time
Each band shows a profession family's share of Tokyo's notable births by decade. Hover the chart for the breakdown at any decade.
- Film & TV
- Sports
- Music
- Art & Design
- Writing
- Science
- Other
- Filtered to 1740s Clear ×
Shiba Kōkan
1747 - 1818
Ōta Nanpo
1749 - 1823
Satake Yoshiatsu
1748 - 1785
Katsukawa Shunkō I
1743 - 1812
Ichikawa Danjūrō V
1741 - 1806
Akera Kankō
1740 - 1800
Karagoromo Kisshū
1743 - 1802
Matsudaira Shigetomi
1748 - 1809
Matsudaira Shigemasa
1743 - 1758
Watanabe Gentai
1749 - 1822
Nishio Tadayuki
1749 - 1801
Hayashi Ryūtan
1744 - 1771