List of Waseda University people

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This is a list of notable alumni, faculty, and students, from Waseda University. Those individuals who qualify for multiple categories have been placed under the section for which they are best known.

This is a dynamic list and may never be able to satisfy particular standards for completeness. You can help by with reliable sources.

Prime ministers[]

  • Tanzan Ishibashi (1956–1957)
  • Noboru Takeshita (1987–1989)
  • Toshiki Kaifu (1989–1991)
  • Keizō Obuchi (1998–2000)
  • Mikio Aoki (Acting: 2000-2000)
  • Yoshirō Mori (2000–2001)
  • Yasuo Fukuda (2007–2008)
  • Yoshihiko Noda (2011–2012)
  • Fumio Kishida (2021- present)

Politics[]

Diplomats[]

  • Chiune Sugihara
  • Katsuhiko Oku – rugby player and diplomat, promoted posthumously to ambassador

Business leaders[]

Academics[]

  • Kohki Abe – human rights activist and Dean of Kanagawa University School of Law
  • Koji Aikyo – law professor at Nagoya University
  • Hitoshi Arai – mathematician, professor at University of Tokyo
  • Kanichi Asakawa – historian, professor at Yale University
  • Shin Chiba – professor of political science at International Christian University
  • Kunio Doi – professor of radiology at the University of Chicago [1]
  • Hidenori Fujita – educational sociologist, former professor at University of Tokyo, currently professor at International Christian University
  • Toshio Fukuda – scholar of robotics, professor at Nagoya University
  • – medical doctor
  • Hideo Furuido – scholar of theatre arts, professor at University of Tokyo
  • Tatsuro Hanada – sociologist of media, professor at University of Tokyo, currently professor at Waseda
  • Kazuomi Hirakawa – geographer, professor at Hokkaido University
  • Takebumi Itagaki – professor of Computer Architecture at Brunel University
  • Takehiko Kamo (1942–1996) – professor of political science at Waseda University and University of Tokyo
  • Kang Sang-jung – scholar of history of political thought, professor at University of Tokyo
  • Heita Kawakatsu – scholar of economic history, professor at International Research Center for Japanese Studies, president of Shizuoka University of Art and Culture
  • Toshihide Kobayashi – Chief Scientist at the RIKEN Advanced Science Institute [2]
  • Hideo Kuroda – historian, professor emeritus at University of Tokyo
  • Tien-Min Li – Chinese political historian
  • Ichiro Masaki – director of the Intelligent Transportation Research Center, Massachusetts Institute of Technology [3]
  • Masako Mitamura – scholar of Japanese literature, The Tale of Genji expert, professor at Ferris University
  • Tsunetsugu Muraoka (1884–1946) – scholar of history of Japanese philosophy, professor at Tohoku University
  • Masahiro Nei – professor of history of economic thought at Kyoto University
  • Yoshio Nishi – professor of electrical engineering at Stanford University, the 2002 IEEE Robert N. Noyce Medal recipient [4]
  • Toyohiro Nishimoto – archaeologist, professor at National Museum of Japanese History
  • Ikujiro Nonaka – scholar of management, Knowledge Management theorist, co-author of The Knowledge-Creating Company, visiting professor at University of California, Berkeley
  • Katsuyuki Shibayama – Financial Economics Scholar and Academic at the University of Kent[3]
  • Tetsuo Owada – historian, professor at Shizuoka University
  • Shojiro Sakaguchi – law scholar, professor at Hitotsubashi University
  • Minoru Sekishita – professor of economics at Ritsumeikan University
  • Ryūsaku Tsunoda (1877–1964) – lecturer of Japanese studies at Columbia University
  • Ginzo Uchida (1872–1919) – scholar of economic history, professor at Kyoto University
  • Ungku Abdul Aziz Ungku Abdul Hamid – leading Malaysian academician
  • Masayoshi Watanabe – professor at Yokohama National University
  • Saburo Yamada (1869–1965) – scholar of private international law, professor at University of Tokyo
  • Tokuo Yamamoto – professor of applied marine physics at the Rosenstiel School of Marine and Atmospheric Science, University of Miami; recipient of the 2008 Alan Berman Research Publication Award [5]
  • Djakiah Bawie (1922-1988) – Head scientist and Nuclear Physicist of Indonesia's National Nuclear Agency; former Docent of Physics at University of Indonesia
  • Sakuji Yoshimura – Egyptologist, president of Cyber University

Authors[]

Journalists[]

Performing arts[]

  • Saeko – actress, model
  • Kohei Ando – Video artist and experimental filmmaker
  • Sharon Au – Singaporean actress, comedian and television presenter
  • Rokusuke Ei – composer
  • Naohito Fujiki – actor
  • Yasuharu Hasebe – film director
  • Mitsuhiro Hidaka – singer
  • Ryōko Hirosue* – actress
  • Toshiharu Ikeda – film director
  • Shohei Imamura – film director, winner of two Palme d'Or awards at the Cannes Film Festival
  • LaSalle Ishii* – comedian
  • Akio Jissoji – film director
  • Jyongri – singer
  • Hitomi Kamanaka – film director
  • Seiji Kameda – composer, producer
  • Morio Kazama – actor
  • Kinya Kitaoji – actor
  • Hifumi Kato – Shogi player
  • Demon Kogure – singer, sumo commentator
  • Yoshio Kojima – comedian
  • Shōji Kōkami – playwright, director, filmmaker
  • Tetsuya Komuro* – musician
  • Hirokazu Koreeda – film director
  • Tatsumi Kumashiro – film director
  • Matsumoto Kōshirō IX – kabuki actor
  • Keisuke Minami – stage actor, model
  • Tetsuya Murakami – musician, member of The Gospellers
  • Shigeru Muroi* – actress
  • Kie Nakai – actress
  • Yuichi Nakamaru – actor, singer (member of KAT-TUN), distantly attending
  • Kichitaro Negishi – film director
  • Kazumasa Oda – musician, former member of Off Course
  • Kohei Oguri – film director
  • Kyosen Ōhashi – TV host and writer
  • Eiichi Otaki – musician
  • Masato Sakai* – actor
  • Yuji Sakai – musician, member of The Gospellers
  • Bunta Sugawara – actor
  • * – musician
  • Tamori* – comedian and television presenter
  • Yuya Tegoshi – actor, singer (member of NEWS), distantly attending
  • Shinya Ueda – comedian, member of Cream Stew
  • Ken Utsui – actor
  • Tamaru Yamada – musician
  • Yutaka Yasuoka – musician, member of The Gospellers
  • Sayuri Yoshinaga – actress
  • Kota Yabu – actor, singer (member of Hey! Say! JUMP)
  • Yoko Kanno – composer
  • Hiromu Komagome – singer, composer (member of Root Five)
  • Nao Tōyama – voice actress, singer
  • Saori Hayami – voice actress, singer
  • Aoi Yūki – voice actress, singer
  • Yuuki Ono – voice actor, singer
  • Kouki Uchiyama – actor, voice actor
  • Sōma Saitō – voice actor, singer
  • Shimizu Kunio – playwright
  • Ichirō Ōkouchi – screenwriter, novelist, winner of two best screenplay awards at the Tokyo Anime Award festival.
  • Yamada Tamaru — singer/songwriter
  • Edmund Yeo – Malaysian film director

Sports[]

Baseball[]

Figure skating[]

Football[]

  • Kunishige Kamamoto
  • Saburo Kawabuchi – ex-President of Japan football association and ex-Chairman of Japan professional soccer league

Martial arts[]

Rugby[]

Swimming[]

Volleyball[]

Miscellaneous[]

Other[]

Notable current students[]

Sports[]

Performing arts[]

  • Jyongri – singer
  • Natsuki Sato – idol singer, former member of AKB48
  • Yui Ogura – voice actor, roles include Toki Onjōji (Saki Achiga-hen Episode of Side-A)

Notable faculty members[]

  • Yaichi Aizu, poet, scholar of ancient Chinese and Japanese art, and namesake of Aizu Museum
  • Tameyuki Amano, economics scholar and educator
  • Kohei Ando, Professor Emeritus of Cinema
  • Yasunobu Fujiwara, scholar of political science
  • Lafcadio Hearn, novelist, literary scholar, professor of English literature
  • Smimasa Idditti (Sumimasa Idichi ), professor of English
  • Kenji Imai, architect
  • Tokio Kimura, historian
  • Kunitake Kume, historian
  • Tachu Naito, architect
  • Naoyoshi Nakamura, historian
  • Haruo Nishihara, law professor, former President
  • Takayasu Okushima, law professor, former President
  • Hajime Ōnishi, philosopher
  • Ikuo Ōyama, scholar of political science
  • Yaso Saijo, poet
  • Masasada Shiozawa, scholar of economics, former President
  • Sanae Takata, scholar of political science, former President
  • Ōdō Tanaka, philosopher
  • Shoyo Tsubouchi, playwright, critic, translator, educator, professor of English literature, and namesake of Tsubouchi Memorial Theater Museum
  • Sokichi Tsuda, historian, recipient of the Order of Culture
  • Kazutami Ukita, scholar of political science
  • Shujiro Urata, economist
  • Yoshio Yamanouchi, translator, scholar of French literature
  • Akira Yonekura, law professor
  • Takamasa Yoshizaka, architect

Principals, de facto presidents (1907–1923), and presidents[]

Principals[]

De facto presidents (1907–1923)[]

  • Sanae Takata, 1907–1915
  • Tameyuki Amano, 1915–1917
  • Yoshiro Hiranuma, 1918–1921
  • Masasada Shiozawa, 1921–1923

Presidents[]

  • Shigenobu Ōkuma,[5] 1907–1922
  • Masasada Shiozawa, 1923
  • Sanae Takata, 1923–1931
  • Hozumi Tanaka (public finance scholar, Doctor of Laws, 1876—1944), 1931–1944
  • Tomio Nakano, 1944–1946
  • Koichi Shimada, 1946–1954
  • , 1954–1966
  • Kenichi Abe, 1966–1968
  • Tsunesaburo Tokikoyama, 1968–1970
  • Sukenaga Murai, 1970–1978
  • Tsukasa Shimizu, 1978–1982
  • Haruo Nishihara, 1982–1990
  • Chūmaru Koyama, 1990–1994
  • Takayasu Okushima, 1994–2002
  • Katsuhiko Shirai, 2002–2010
  • Kaoru Kamata, 2010–Present

Trustees[]

  • Ryuhoku Narushima, poet, journalist, and one of the first trustees of Waseda
  • Azusa Ono (1852–1886), law scholar and one of the first trustees of Waseda

Benefactors[]

Waseda University has had numerous benefactors, including:

  • Eiichi Shibusawa,[6] businessman and philanthropist
  • Ichizaemon Morimura,[7] businessman
  • Koichiro Kagami,[8] businessman
  • Kenkichi Kodera,[9] presenter of over thirty-six thousand foreign books to the Library
  • Kisaku Maekawa,[10] businessman and philanthropist
  • Masaru Ibuka, after whom Masaru Ibuka Auditorium (Hall)[11] is named.
  • Robert J. Shillman, founder & CEO of Cognex Corporation, namesake of Robert Shillman Hall

References[]

  1. ^ Nakamura, Yuji; Furukawa, Yuki. "Nintendo Puts Switch Into Hands of Famicom-Generation President". Bloomberg. Retrieved 26 April 2018.
  2. ^ "株式会社タミヤ・会社概要". Tamiya.com. Archived from the original on 2012-06-06. Retrieved 2012-06-05.
  3. ^ "Dr Katsuyuki Shibayama".
  4. ^ Whiting, Robert. You Gotta Have Wa (Vintage Departures, 1989), p. 36.
  5. ^ as an honorary post
  6. ^ Okushima and Nakamura (eds.), p.53
  7. ^ Okushima and Nakamura (eds.), p.51
  8. ^ Okushima and Nakamura (eds.), p.63
  9. ^ Okushima and Nakamura (eds.), p.65
  10. ^ Okushima and Nakamura (eds.), p.68
  11. ^ Masaru Ibuka Auditorium (Hall) is in the International Conference Center.

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