- "東條 英機" is Tojo's name in Japanese script (Kyūjitai)
- Tojo was short at 5'4" (163 cm)
- Wore spectacles for his nearsightedness
- Not considered highly intelligent by most of his peers but was a hard worker
- Heavy smoker and drank up to six cups of coffee an evening at home
- Did not drink alcohol and ate sparingly; he loved sweet rice cakes
- According to British observers, he "learned nothing and forgot nothing"
- He was nicknamed "Razor Tōjō" (カミソリ Kamisori) for his "bureaucratic ruthlessness" rather than his intelligence
- “Remember Pearl Harbor” was secretly drilled in his teeth in Morse code
- ".-. . -- . -- -... . .-. / .--. . .- .-. .-.. / .... .- .-. -... --- .-." is "Remember Pearl Harbor" in Morse code