Tōkyō (kanji: 東京; hiragana: とうきょう; lit. "eastern capital") is the capital and largest city of Japan, and one of the most populous cities on Earth.
In TMNT[]
It is not rare for Tōkyō to be mentioned or appear in the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles franchise.
Mirage[]
In the Mirage continuity, Tōkyō was the headquarters of the Foot Clan, from where Karai led the global ninja clan.
1987 TV series[]
Ninja Hall of Fame in Tōkyō.
In the 1987 TV series, Oroku Saki's younger brother Kazuo Saki works for the Tōkyō Metropolitan Police force, and parts of "My Brother, the Bad Guy" are set there, where the Shredder breaks into the Ninja Hall of Fame.[1]
2003 TV series[]
In the 2003 TV series, Yukio Mashimi, Hamato Splinter, and Hamato Yoshi are natives of Tōkyō where they lived with the Ancient One and Tang Shen. Yoshi immigrated to New York City with Splinter in response to the Utroms' base relocation to fulfill his role as a Guardian.
2012 TV series[]
In the 2012 TV series, the Hamato Clan was headquartered in Tōkyō and was where Hamato Yoshi lived with Tang Shen and Hamato Miwa. Shen moved to Tōkyō from her hometown for her and Yoshi's relationship. After the Hamato Clan was betrayed and destroyed by Oroku Saki (the Shredder), the new Foot Clan was also established in Tōkyō, and was the primary headquarters of Foot Clan operations until the Shredder moved to New York City to hunt down Yoshi. Miwa also grew up in Tōkyō.
2014 film series[]
In the 2016 film Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Out of the Shadows, Baxter Stockman is taken to the Foot Clan's facilities in Tōkyō.[2]
Rise of the TMNT[]
In Rise of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, Tōkyō debuts in "The Longest Fight" as the location that the Extreme Skateboarding Finals are held in which Sydney Allen competes.