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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.
Prime ministers
Politics
Diplomats
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
Kunio Anzai
Tatsuo Taniguchi
Kazuhito Koizumi – 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
[5]
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
Sunplaza Nakano* – 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
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
Jerome Polin -
YouTubers
Scientists
Sports
Baseball
Figure skating
Martial arts
Rugby
Swimming
Volleyball
Miscellaneous
Other
Notable current students
Sports
Performing arts
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,
[7] 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
Nobumoto Ōhama , 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 ,
[8] businessman and philanthropist
Ichizaemon Morimura,
[9] businessman
Koichiro Kagami,
[10] businessman
Kenkichi Kodera,
[11] presenter of over thirty-six thousand foreign books to the
Library
Kisaku Maekawa,
[12] businessman and philanthropist
Masaru Ibuka , after whom Masaru Ibuka Auditorium (Hall)
[13] is named.
Robert J. Shillman, founder & CEO of
Cognex Corporation , namesake of Robert Shillman Hall
References
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"Nintendo Puts Switch Into Hands of Famicom-Generation President" . Bloomberg.com . Retrieved 26 April 2018 .
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"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 .
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"Dr Katsuyuki Shibayama" . 10 September 2021.
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"Kyakuhon, shōsetsuka Yamada Taiichi" .
Chunichi Shimbun . 9 September 2011. Archived from
the original on 15 November 2011. Retrieved 30 October 2011 .
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"21年前の広末涼子の早稲田入学の大騒動は何だったのか?" . AERA dot. (in Japanese). Asahi Shimbun Publications Inc. 19 March 2020. Retrieved 5 January 2024 .
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Whiting, Robert . You Gotta Have Wa (Vintage Departures, 1989), p. 36.
^ as an honorary post
^ Okushima and Nakamura (eds.), p.53
^ Okushima and Nakamura (eds.), p.51
^ Okushima and Nakamura (eds.), p.63
^ Okushima and Nakamura (eds.), p.65
^ Okushima and Nakamura (eds.), p.68
^ Masaru Ibuka Auditorium (Hall) is in the International Conference Center.
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