|
Letter
|
Population
|
City
|
|
T
|
42,855,721
|
Tokyo
|
|
O
|
19,032,805
|
Ōsaka
|
|
N
|
10,093,516
|
Nagoya
|
|
S
|
5,102,036
|
Saitama
|
|
Y
|
3,831,498
|
Yokohama
|
|
K
|
3,716,885
|
Kobe
|
|
F
|
3,178,950
|
Fukuoka
|
|
S
|
2,364,319
|
Sapporo
|
|
K
|
2,273,057
|
Kyōto
|
|
O
|
1,709,053
|
Okayama
|
|
S
|
1,674,443
|
Sendai
|
|
H
|
1,593,075
|
Hiroshima
|
|
K
|
1,550,002
|
Kawasaki
|
|
K
|
1,442,370
|
Kitakyushu
|
|
S
|
1,305,852
|
Shizuoka
|
|
H
|
1,196,437
|
Hamamatsu
|
|
O
|
1,107,229
|
Okinawa
|
|
C
|
1,002,296
|
Chiba
|
|
K
|
948,150
|
Kumamoto
|
|
N
|
927,480
|
Niigata
|
|
U
|
874,294
|
Utsunomiya
|
|
T
|
851,794
|
Toyama
|
|
S
|
820,255
|
Sakai
|
|
S
|
726,975
|
Sagamihara
|
|
H
|
708,830
|
Hachiōji
|
|
N
|
704,075
|
Nagano
|
|
N
|
682,804
|
Nara
|
|
O
|
660,160
|
Ōita
|
|
K
|
649,024
|
Kanazawa
|
|
H
|
628,114
|
Himeji
|
|
M
|
622,068
|
Matsuyama
|
|
T
|
620,477
|
Toyohashi
|
|
K
|
606,235
|
Kagoshima
|
|
K
|
599,007
|
Kawaguchi
|
|
K
|
592,389
|
Kurashiki
|
|
F
|
588,103
|
Funabashi
|
|
W
|
574,990
|
Wakayama
|
|
M
|
570,090
|
Machida
|
|
T
|
558,066
|
Tokushima
|
|
K
|
546,396
|
Kōfu
|
|
Y
|
536,101
|
Yokkaichi
|
|
Y
|
520,084
|
Yamagata
|
|
O
|
510,077
|
Ōtsu
|
|
H
|
502,169
|
Higashiōsaka
|
|
I
|
500,384
|
Ichikawa
|
|
F
|
497,522
|
Fukuyama
|
|
N
|
493,749
|
Nishinomiya
|
|
N
|
483,505
|
Nagasaki
|
|
M
|
479,881
|
Matsudo
|
|
A
|
461,202
|
Amagasaki
|
|
N
|
451,212
|
Numazu
|
|
F
|
439,728
|
Fujisawa
|
|
K
|
435,578
|
Kashiwa
|
|
T
|
427,190
|
Toyota
|
|
M
|
422,680
|
Miyazaki
|
|
T
|
421,455
|
Takamatsu
|
|
Y
|
421,397
|
Yokosuka
|
|
M
|
417,049
|
Mito
|
|
G
|
416,655
|
Gifu
|
|
M
|
409,225
|
Matsumoto
|
|
H
|
406,331
|
Hirakata
|
|
F
|
402,744
|
Fuji
|
|
T
|
399,263
|
Toyonaka
|
|
K
|
394,992
|
Kurume
|
|
K
|
390,013
|
Kōchi
|
|
K
|
385,807
|
Kōriyama
|
|
N
|
382,775
|
Niihama
|
|
S
|
381,238
|
Suita
|
|
I
|
375,939
|
Ichinomiya
|
|
T
|
374,156
|
Takasaki
|
|
O
|
371,380
|
Okazaki
|
|
K
|
354,800
|
Kawagoe
|
|
T
|
354,468
|
Takatsuki
|
|
F
|
349,097
|
Fukushima
|
|
K
|
345,353
|
Koshigaya
|
|
T
|
344,800
|
Tokorozawa
|
|
A
|
333,924
|
Asahikawa
|
|
M
|
330,072
|
Maebashi
|
|
M
|
328,109
|
Morioka
|
|
I
|
328,026
|
Iwaki
|
|
S
|
314,055
|
Shimonoseki
|
|
N
|
313,410
|
Naha
|
|
K
|
306,764
|
Kasugai
|
|
A
|
305,925
|
Akashi
|
|
A
|
305,151
|
Akita
|
|
T
|
304,514
|
Tsu
|
|
Y
|
301,411
|
Yamaguchi
|
|
A
|
293,120
|
Aomori
|
|
T
|
286,905
|
Tsukuba
|
|
I
|
285,224
|
Ibaraki
|
|
I
|
279,591
|
Ichihara
|
|
|
Letter
|
Population
|
City
|
|
Y
|
273,244
|
Yao
|
|
F
|
271,642
|
Fukui
|
|
S
|
271,120
|
Sasebo
|
|
N
|
270,035
|
Nagaoka
|
|
K
|
267,631
|
Kakogawa
|
|
H
|
260,419
|
Hiratsuka
|
|
A
|
259,009
|
Ashikaga
|
|
S
|
258,316
|
Saga
|
|
H
|
254,766
|
Hakodate
|
|
M
|
251,036
|
Marugame
|
|
S
|
249,645
|
Sōka
|
|
F
|
248,445
|
Fuchū
|
|
Y
|
244,113
|
Yamato
|
|
C
|
242,798
|
Chigasaki
|
|
N
|
239,029
|
Neyagawa
|
|
C
|
238,087
|
Chōfu
|
|
H
|
237,403
|
Hachinohe
|
|
K
|
236,854
|
Kasukabe
|
|
S
|
235,095
|
Suzuka
|
|
I
|
233,714
|
Isahaya
|
|
F
|
229,517
|
Fukaya
|
|
A
|
225,163
|
Atsugi
|
|
U
|
223,089
|
Ube
|
|
A
|
222,479
|
Ageo
|
|
T
|
222,071
|
Takarazuka
|
|
O
|
221,370
|
Ōta
|
|
T
|
213,698
|
Takaoka
|
|
I
|
213,303
|
Isesaki
|
|
N
|
211,620
|
Nagareyama
|
|
N/H
|
211,180
|
Nobeoka (Hyūga)
|
|
N
|
208,011
|
Nasushiobara
|
|
T
|
207,622
|
Tottori
|
|
N
|
207,270
|
Nishitōkyō
|
|
Y
|
205,748
|
Yachiyo
|
|
K
|
204,853
|
Kumagaya
|
|
K
|
203,957
|
Kure
|
|
Y
|
203,177
|
Yonago
|
|
O
|
203,035
|
Odawara
|
|
M
|
201,136
|
Matsue
|
|
K
|
200,538
|
Kishiwada
|
|
J
|
200,132
|
Jōetsu
|
|
K
|
198,977
|
Kodaira
|
|
H
|
198,265
|
Hirosaki
|
|
I
|
197,215
|
Itami
|
|
U
|
196,561
|
Ueda
|
|
H
|
196,021
|
Hitachi
|
|
M
|
190,403
|
Mitaka
|
|
H
|
190,186
|
Higashihiroshima
|
|
H
|
187,048
|
Hino
|
|
M
|
185,300
|
Miyakonojō
|
|
O
|
185,042
|
Oyama
|
|
I
|
184,615
|
Izumi
|
|
T
|
184,383
|
Tachikawa
|
|
O
|
184,011
|
Ōsaki
|
|
T
|
183,930
|
Toyokawa
|
|
K
|
182,263
|
Kushiro
|
|
U
|
180,742
|
Uji
|
|
A
|
176,046
|
Anjō
|
|
T
|
173,761
|
Tomakomai
|
|
S
|
173,740
|
Sakura
|
|
K
|
173,588
|
Kamakura
|
|
I
|
173,521
|
Izumo
|
|
I
|
172,583
|
Iwata
|
|
N
|
172,355
|
Narashino
|
|
I
|
171,204
|
Ishinomaki
|
|
U
|
170,533
|
Urayasu
|
|
N
|
169,984
|
Nishio
|
|
M
|
169,571
|
Matsusaka
|
|
H
|
169,201
|
Hadano
|
|
O
|
168,188
|
Obihiro
|
|
N
|
166,208
|
Niiza
|
|
I
|
164,705
|
Imabari
|
|
E
|
162,173
|
Echizen
|
|
S
|
160,843
|
Sayama
|
|
K
|
157,461
|
Kawanishi
|
|
O
|
156,302
|
Ōgaki
|
|
H
|
155,338
|
Hitachinaka
|
|
N
|
154,811
|
Nagahama
|
|
N
|
154,114
|
Noda
|
|
K
|
153,162
|
Kariya
|
|
S
|
150,299
|
Shūnan
|
|
T
|
149,404
|
Tama
|
|
K
|
149,060
|
Komaki
|
|
H
|
148,275
|
Higashimurayama
|
|
O
|
148,085
|
Onomichi
|
|
I
|
147,166
|
Iruma
|
|
I
|
146,885
|
Iwakuni
|
|
F
|
145,032
|
Fujieda
|
|
K
|
144,392
|
Koga
|
|
T
|
143,986
|
Tsuchiura
|
|
K
|
143,796
|
Kakamigahara
|
|
|
Letter
|
Population
|
City
|
|
O
|
143,792
|
Otaru
|
|
M
|
142,835
|
Misato
|
|
O
|
141,708
|
Ōme
|
|
E
|
141,276
|
Ebina
|
|
K
|
141,045
|
Kuwana
|
|
T
|
140,902
|
Toda
|
|
Y
|
140,288
|
Yatsushiro
|
|
K
|
140,004
|
Kusatsu
|
|
Y
|
139,578
|
Yaizu
|
|
M
|
139,118
|
Minoh
|
|
M
|
138,516
|
Musashino
|
|
I
|
137,475
|
Inazawa
|
|
K
|
136,023
|
Kisarazu
|
|
T
|
133,747
|
Tsuyama
|
|
I
|
133,547
|
Ise
|
|
N
|
132,941
|
Narita
|
|
F
|
132,507
|
Fujinomiya
|
|
S
|
132,311
|
Seto
|
|
T
|
132,218
|
Tsuruoka
|
|
I
|
132,208
|
Iizuka
|
|
A
|
131,183
|
Abiko
|
|
Z
|
130,667
|
Zama
|
|
K
|
130,026
|
Kadoma
|
|
A
|
129,388
|
Aizuwakamatsu
|
|
U
|
128,001
|
Uruma
|
|
O
|
127,474
|
Ōmuta
|
|
A
|
126,902
|
Asaka
|
|
K
|
126,791
|
Kokubunji
|
|
D
|
125,847
|
Daitō
|
|
M
|
125,274
|
Matsubara
|
|
K
|
124,892
|
Kiryū
|
|
K
|
124,291
|
Kitami
|
|
K
|
123,698
|
Koganei
|
|
S
|
123,034
|
Sano
|
|
K
|
122,472
|
Kirishima
|
|
T
|
122,205
|
Tondabayashi
|
|
K
|
121,118
|
Karatsu
|
|
E
|
120,940
|
Ebetsu
|
|
S
|
120,072
|
Sakata
|
|
K
|
119,768
|
Kōnosu
|
|
K
|
118,660
|
Kakegawa
|
|
K
|
118,350
|
Kan'onji
|
|
H
|
118,281
|
Habikino
|
|
H
|
118,259
|
Handa
|
|
K
|
117,192
|
Kashihara
|
|
H
|
117,020
|
Higashikurume
|
|
H
|
116,393
|
Hōfu
|
|
I
|
116,353
|
Ikoma
|
|
H
|
116,087
|
Hatsukaichi
|
|
T
|
116,042
|
Tanabe
|
|
B
|
115,061
|
Beppu
|
|
T
|
114,866
|
Tajimi
|
|
H
|
114,588
|
Higashiōmi
|
|
K
|
114,428
|
Kawachinagano
|
|
T
|
113,698
|
Tōkai
|
|
S
|
113,607
|
Sanda
|
|
M
|
113,479
|
Mishima
|
|
I
|
113,046
|
Ichinoseki
|
|
S
|
112,543
|
Saijō
|
|
H
|
111,958
|
Hikone
|
|
K
|
111,840
|
Kasuga
|
|
A
|
111,763
|
Akishima
|
|
C
|
110,813
|
Chikusei
|
|
O
|
110,662
|
Ōshū
|
|
T
|
109,953
|
Toride
|
|
K
|
109,941
|
Kamagaya
|
|
U
|
108,052
|
Urasoe
|
|
H
|
107,796
|
Hakusan
|
|
I
|
107,129
|
Iida
|
|
C
|
106,513
|
Chikushino
|
|
K
|
105,560
|
Komatsu
|
|
F
|
105,286
|
Fujimi
|
|
I
|
104,426
|
Ikeda
|
|
T
|
104,096
|
Tosu
|
|
F
|
103,724
|
Fujimino
|
|
H
|
103,718
|
Hanamaki
|
|
K
|
103,690
|
Kanuma
|
|
S
|
103,490
|
Shibata
|
|
M
|
103,209
|
Mihara
|
|
S
|
103,199
|
Sanjō
|
|
O
|
102,818
|
Ōnojō
|
|
I
|
101,415
|
Isehara
|
|
I
|
101,085
|
Izumisano
|
|
K
|
100,933
|
Kanoya
|
|
K
|
100,908
|
Kani
|
|
S
|
100,612
|
Sakado
|
|
G
|
100,319
|
Ginowan
|
|
I
|
100,304
|
Itoshima
|
|
S
|
100,077
|
Saku
|
|
K
|
100,064
|
Kōnan
|
|
I
|
100,017
|
Iga
|
|
For a quiz like this it’d be better to use City proper population, but for Tokyo (since it’s made up of 23 separate municipalities) just use the combined population of the ‘Special Ward Area’