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 1820s Clear ×
Matsudaira Yoshinaga
1828 - 1890
Takahashi Yuichi
1828 - 1894
Kanagaki Robun
1829 - 1894
Oguri Kozukenosuke
1827 - 1868
Tokugawa Yoshikatsu
1824 - 1883
Nishimura Shigeki
1828 - 1902
Tokugawa Iesada
1824 - 1858
Umewaka Minoru I
1828 - 1909
Ichikawa Danjūrō VIII
1823 - 1854
Inoue Genzaburō
1829 - 1868
Hachisuka Narihiro
1821 - 1868
Shibata Takenaka
1823 - 1877
Kanō Shōsen'in
1823 - 1880
Konakamura Kiyonori
1822 - 1895
Utagawa Yoshifuji
1828 - 1887
Itakura Katsukiyo
1823 - 1889
Makino Tadayuki
1824 - 1878
Matsudaira Narisawa
1820 - 1838
Nishio Tadasaka
1821 - 1861