At least three warships of Japan have borne the name Tone:

, a protected cruiser; participated in the World War I Siege of Tsingtao; stricken in 1931 and sunk as an aircraft target in 1933 , lead ship of the of heavy cruisers; sunk in the July 1945 Bombing of Kure; raised and scrapped, 1947–1948 , an launched in 1991