Summer Olympics, the city served as part of the route for the athletic 50-kilometer walk and marathon events. Notable people from Chōfu Kondō Isami, Bakumatsu period samurai, born in the village of Kami-Ishihara in Musashi Province, now modern Chōfu Shigeru Mizuki, cartoonist, born in Sakaiminato, Tottori but lived in Chofu for roughly 50 years Saneatsu Mushanokōji, novelist, playwright, poet Shutaro Oku, director Junji Takada, actor Miho Yamada, former rhythmic gymnast References External links Chōfu City Official Website Venues of the 1964 Summer Olympics Cities in Tokyo Western Tokyo