List of Waseda University people

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

• Tanzan Ishibashi (1956–1957)
• Noboru Takeshita (1987–1989)
• Toshiki Kaifu (1989–1991)
• Keizō Obuchi (1998–2000)
• Yoshirō Mori (2000–2001)
• Yasuo Fukuda (2007–2008)
• Yoshihiko Noda (2011–2012)

Politics

• Mikio Aoki*
• Takashi Hiraoka – former mayor of Hiroshima (in office: 1991–1999)
• Iccho Itoh – former mayor of Nagasaki (in office: 1995–2007)
• Fumio Kishida
• Yohei Kono
• Li Dazhao
• Hideo Higashikokubaru – former governor of Miyazaki Prefecture (2007-2011)
• Peng Pai
• Soichi Usui
• Hidehiko Noda
• Ichiro Kohno
• Bukichi Miki
• Hirohide Ishida
• Taro Hatoyama
• Kazumasa Okajima
• Fukushiro Nukaga
• Masahide Ota
• Hiroshige Seko
• Mosaburo Suzuki
• Tsutomu Takebe
• Makiko Tanaka
• Kisaburo Tokai
• Kiyomi Tsujimoto
• Kozo Watanabe
• Yoshimi Watanabe
• Yuji Yamamoto
• Taku Yamasaki
• Tōru Hashimoto – mayor of Osaka and Osaka Restoration Association president

Diplomats

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

Business leaders

• Takeo Fukui – CEO of Honda
• Norio Sasaki – CEO of Toshiba
• Soichiro Fukutake – president of Benesse
• Shuntaro Furukawa – president of Nintendo^[1]
• Masaru Ibuka – co-founder of Sony, recipient of the Order of Culture
• Nobuyuki Idei – ex-CEO of Sony
• Masafumi Miyamoto – founder of Square
• Yasujiro Tsutsumi
• Yoshiaki Tsutsumi
• Michael Kogan – founder of Taito Corporation
• Lee Byung-chul* – Founder of Samsung
• Lee Kun-hee – current chairman of Samsung
• Kenichi Ohmae – founder and ex-Senior Partner of McKinsey & Co's Japan office
• Isao Okawa – ex-chairman of Sega
• Park Tae-joon – founder and chairman of Pohang Iron & Steels Corp, POSCO
• Masamitsu Sakurai – chairman of Ricoh, chairman of Japan Association of Corporate Executives
• Mikio Sasaki – chairman of Mitsubishi
• Shin Kyuk-Ho – founder and chairman of Lotte Group
• Shunsaku Tamiya – chairman of Tamiya Corporation^[2]
• Yoshiaki Tsutsumi – founder of Seibu Railway
• Hiroshi Yamauchi – president of Nintendo
• Tadashi Yanai – CEO of Fast Retailing and Uniqlo

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
• 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
• 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
• 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
• 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
• 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

• Kunikida Doppo
• Maki Fukazawa – columnist
• Jun Henmi
• Masuji Ibuse*
• Masahiko Katsuya – columnist
• Hakushū Kitahara*
• Akira Kojima – manga artist
• Lee Hoesung
• Taku Miki – poet, novelist, translator
• Eto Mori
• Manabu Miyazaki*
• Megumi Mizusawa – manga artist
• Haruki Murakami – novelist, translator, writer, recipient of Franz Kafka Prize
• Kōgo Noda – screenwriter
• Yoko Ogawa – novelist
• Ichirō Ōkouchi
• Ototake Hirotada – sports writer
• Edogawa Rampo
• Hisae Sawaji
• Taneda Santoka*
• Yoko Tawada
• Tawara Machi
• Shuji Terayama*
• Miho Toshima
• Yajima Teruo*
• Yokomitsu Riichi*
• Risa Wataya
• Hisashi Yamanaka
• Hiroyuki Yoshino
• Rie Yoshiyuki

Journalists

• Soichiro Tawara
• Yoh Henmi
• Satoshi Kamata

Performing arts

• Saeko – actress, model
• 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
• 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
• 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 actor, roles include Kanon Nakagawa (The World God Only Knows)
• Saori Hayami – voice actor, roles include Ayase Aragaki (Ore no Imōto ga Konna ni Kawaii Wake ga Nai)
• Aoi Yūki – voice actor, roles include Madoka Kaname (Puella Magi Madoka Magica)
• Yuuki Ono – voice actor, roles include Taiga Kagami (Kuroko's Basketball)
• Kouki Uchiyama – actor, voice actor
• Shimizu Kunio – playwright
• Ichirō Ōkouchi – screenwriter, novelist, winner of two best screenplay awards at the Tokyo Anime Award festival.
• Edmund Yeo – Malaysian film director

Sports

Other

• Nancy Andrew – translator, junior year, 1967–1968
• Yuji Horii – video game designer
• Yoshio Shirai
• Tensai Okamura – director
• Tomonobu Itagaki – video game designer, School of Law, 1985–92
• Shizuo Tsuji
• Kyohei Sakaguchi
• Einosuke Akiya – 5th President of Soka Gakkai
• Akihito Hirose - Professional shogi player, former Ōi title holder.
• Taichi Nakamura - Professional shogi player, current Ōza title holder.

Notable current students

Notable faculty members

• Yaichi Aizu, poet, scholar of ancient Chinese and Japanese art, and namesake of Aizu Museum
• Tameyuki Amano, economics scholar and educator
• 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

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,^[5] businessman and philanthropist
• Ichizaemon Morimura,^[6] businessman
• Koichiro Kagami,^[7] businessman
• Kenkichi Kodera,^[8] presenter of over thirty-six thousand foreign books to the Library
• Kisaku Maekawa,^[9] businessman and philanthropist
• Masaru Ibuka, after whom Masaru Ibuka Auditorium (Hall)^[10] is named.
• Robert J. Shillman, founder & CEO of Cognex Corporation, namesake of Robert Shillman Hall

References

External links

• Waseda University Alumni Association (WUAA) website