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Tokyo ranks 10th in number of biographies on Pantheon, behind Chicago, Vienna, and Brooklyn. Memorable people born in Tokyo include Yukio Mishima, Yoko Ono, and Ryūnosuke Akutagawa. Memorable people who died in Tokyo include Hirohito, Emperor Meiji, and Osamu Dazai. Tokyo has been the birth place of many soccer players and actors and the death place of many politicians and writers. Tokyo is located in Japan.

Tokyo, officially the Tokyo Metropolis, is the capital of Japan and one of the most populous cities in the world with a population of over 14 million residents as of 2023. The Tokyo metropolitan area, which includes Tokyo and nearby prefectures, is the world's most-populous metropolitan area with 40.8 million residents as of 2023, and is the second-largest metropolitan economy in the world after New York, with a 2022 gross metropolitan product estimated at US$2.08 trillion. Read more on Wikipedia

Between 1123 and 2006, Tokyo was the birth place of 438 globally memorable people, including Yukio Mishima, Yoko Ono, and Ryūnosuke Akutagawa. Additionaly, 216 globally memorable people have passed away in Tokyo including Hirohito, Emperor Meiji, and Osamu Dazai.

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Over the past 100 years, soccer players have been the top profession of globally memorable people born in Tokyo, including Kakuichi Mimura, Noritaka Hidaka, and Yusuke Omi. Whereas, throughout history, soccer players have been the profession with the most memorable people born in present day Tokyo, including Kakuichi Mimura, Takashi Kano, and Tadao Takayama.

Below is a visual represetation of the lifespans of the top 25 globally memorable people born in Tokyo since 1700.