Tokyo (disambiguation)

Tokyo is the capital of Japan, and one of the 47 prefectures of Japan. It may also refer to:

Geography and history

• Tokyo City, a city in the prefecture, established in 1869 and abolished in 1943
• The special wards of Tokyo, 23 cities occupying the place that was formerly the city of Tokyo
• Greater Tokyo Area, a metropolitan area with Tokyo at its center and including parts of the surrounding prefectures
• 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.

People

• 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 (novel), a crime novel by British author Mo Hayder

Music

Bands

• Tokyo Dragons, a London-based hard rock band
• Tokyo Police Club, an indie rock band from Canada

Songs

• "Tokyo" A Song written and preformed by the band Tokyo .
• "Tokyo" (Athlete song), a song by the English band Athlete
• "Tokyo" (The Books song), a song by the band The Books
• "Tokyo", a song written and performed by Sound Tribe Sector 9
• "Tokyo" (Danny Saucedo song), a song by Danny (see Danny Saucedo)
• "Tokyo" (Yui song), a song by Yui
• "Tokyo" (Masaharu Fukuyama song), a song by Masaharu Fukuyama
• "Tokyo", a song by A Flock of Seagulls

see List of songs about Tokyo

Record Labels

• Tokyo Dawn Records, a record label

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"