Tokyo (disambiguation)

Tokyo is the capital of Japan.

Tokyo may also refer to:

City and Prefecture

The history of Tokyo includes

• 1457–present: History of Tokyo
• 1457–1869: historical Edo or Edō (江戸)
• 1869–1943: historical Tokyo Prefecture or Tokyo-fu (東京府)
• 1889–1943: historical Tokyo City or Tokyo-shi (東京市)
• 1943–present: Tokyo or Tokyo-to (東京都)

Places in Tokyo include

• Special wards of Tokyo, 23 urban wards occupying the site of historical Edo and the former city of Tokyo
• Tokyo, the administrative region of present-day Tokyo, including the large western region and Pacific islands
• Greater Tokyo Area, a metropolitan area with Tokyo at its center and including parts of the surrounding prefectures

People

• Tokyo Rose, a generic name given by Allied forces in the South Pacific during World War II to any of approximately a dozen English-speaking female broadcasters of Japanese propaganda.
  • Iva Toguri D'Aquino, also known as Tokyo Rose, a US citizen accused of being a Japanese propagandists during World War II
• Tokyo Sexwale, a South African businessman and former politician

Science

• 498 Tokio is an asteroid discovered by Shin Hirayama and named for Tokyo, the astronomer's native city (spelled according to an older romanization).

Films

• Tokyo-Ga, a 1985 film by Wim Wenders
• Tokyo!, a 2008 film by Michel Gondry, Leos Carax, and Bong Joon-ho

Literature

• Tokyo: A View of the City a 1999 book by Donald Richie
• Tokyo, a 2004 crime novel by British author Mo Hayder

Music

• "Tokyo" (ADX song)
• "Tokyo" (Athlete song)
• "Tokyo" (Danny Saucedo song)
• "Tokyo" (Hans Vandenburg song)
• "Tokyo" (Masaharu Fukuyama song)
• "Tokyo" (Yui song)
• "Tokyo", a song by A Flock of Seagulls, from the album A Flock of Seagulls
• "Tokyo", a song by Eikichi Yazawa
• "Tokyo", a song by Imagine Dragons, from the EP It's Time
• "Tokyo", a song by Owl City
• "Tokyo", a song by The Books, from the album The Lemon of Pink
• "Tokyo", a song performed by Yashiki Takajin
• List of songs about Tokyo

Others

• Tokyo is a beer brewed by Scottish brewers BrewDog
• Tokyō, a bracketing system used in Japanese architecture

See also

• Tokio (disambiguation)
• List of articles that begin with "Tokyo"