13 Notable alumni of
Chiba University

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Chiba University is 566th in the world, 108th in Asia, and 42nd in Japan by aggregated alumni prominence. Below is the list of 13 notable alumni from Chiba University sorted by their wiki pages popularity. The directory includes famous graduates and former students along with research and academic staff.

  1. Takashi Yanase

    Takashi Yanase
    Born in
    Japan Flag Japan
    Years
    1919-2013 (aged 94)
    Occupations
    illustratorchildren's writermangakasongwriterarmy soldier
    Biography

    Takashi Yanase was a Japanese manga artist and writer, poet, illustrator and lyricist.

  2. Norihisa Tamura

    Norihisa Tamura
    Born in
    Japan Flag Japan
    Years
    1964-.. (age 62)
    Occupations
    politician
    Biography

    Norihisa Tamura is a Japanese politician who served as the Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare from September 2020 to October 2021. He is also a member of the House of Representatives representing Mie Prefecture since 1996.

  3. Naoko Ogigami

    Naoko Ogigami
    Born in
    Japan Flag Japan
    Years
    1972-.. (age 54)
    Occupations
    film directorscreenwriter
    Biography

    Naoko Ogigami is a Japanese film director, screenwriter, and cinematographer. She first began gaining attention after winning several prizes at the PIA Film Festival for her short film Hoshino-Kun, Yumeno-Kun (2001). Among her most notable works are her films Kamome Shokudo and Megane. Her filmography is typified by their minimalistic quality and a common theme of questioning national identity. At the 2008 Berlin International Film Festival Megane won the Manfred Salzgeber Award, for "broadening the boundaries of cinema today."

  4. Ai Aoki

    Ai Aoki
    Born in
    Japan Flag Japan
    Years
    1965-.. (age 61)
    Occupations
    songwritertarentosingerpolitician
    Biography

    Ai Aoki is a Japanese politician and current member of the People's Life Party. She is a native of Tokyo and graduate of Chiba University. After a career in education, Aoki entered politics in 2003 and has served a total of four terms in the national Diet of Japan, having sat in the House of Representatives from 2003 to 2005 and 2009–2014, and a partial term in the House of Councillors from 2007 to 2009. Aoki was returned to the House of Councillors in the election held on 10 July 2016.

  5. Yasushi Nagao

    Yasushi Nagao
    Born in
    Japan Flag Japan
    Years
    1930-2009 (aged 79)
    Occupations
    photographerjournalist
    Biography

    Yasushi Nagao was a Japanese press photographer.

  6. Tomisaku Kawasaki

    Tomisaku Kawasaki
    Born in
    Japan Flag Japan
    Years
    1925-2020 (aged 95)
    Occupations
    university teacherpediatricianphysician
    Biography

    Tomisaku Kawasaki was a Japanese pediatrician who first described the condition now known as Kawasaki disease in the 1960s. Alongside rheumatic heart disease, Kawasaki disease is considered to be the leading cause of acquired heart disease in children worldwide.

  7. Makoto Fujita

    Makoto Fujita
    Born in
    Japan Flag Japan
    Years
    1957-.. (age 69)
    Occupations
    researcherchemist
    Biography

    Makoto Fujita is a Japanese chemist who specializes in supramolecular coordination chemistry. He is the Distinguished Professor at the University of Tokyo and a Foreign Honorary Member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences (AAAS).

  8. Eiji Kidoguchi

    Eiji Kidoguchi
    Born in
    Japan Flag Japan
    Years
    1963-.. (age 63)
    Occupations
    politician
    Biography

    Eiji Kidoguchi is a Japanese politician who is a member of the House of Councillors of Japan, serving for the Iwate at-large district as a member of the Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan. Kidoguchi was first elected in 2016, but lost the seat in 2022. Kidoguchi won the seat back in by-election in 2024 after the resignation of the incumbent, Megumi Hirose.

  9. Yoshinori Natsume

    Yoshinori Natsume
    Born in
    Japan Flag Japan
    Years
    1975-.. (age 51)
    Occupations
    graphic designermangaka
    Biography

    Yoshinori Natsume is a Japanese manga artist.

  10. Yasunao Tone

    Yasunao Tone
    Born in
    Japan Flag Japan
    Years
    1935-2025 (aged 90)
    Occupations
    composerjazz musiciansound artistdraftsperson
    Biography

    Yasunao Tone was a Japanese multidisciplinary artist born in Tokyo, Japan, and working in New York City. He graduated from Chiba University in 1957 with a major in Japanese Literature. An important figure in postwar Japanese art during the 1960s, he was active in many facets of the Tokyo art scene. He was a central member of the early noise music collective Group Ongaku and was associated with a number of other Japanese art groups such as Neo-Dada Organizers, Hi-Red Center, and Team Random (the first computer art group organized in Japan).

  11. Sachiko Murata

    Sachiko Murata
    Years
    1943-.. (age 83)
    Occupations
    academic
    Biography

    Sachiko Murata is a Japanese scholar of comparative philosophy and mysticism and a professor of religion and Asian studies at Stony Brook University.

  12. Shota Shakuno

    Shota Shakuno
    Born in
    Japan Flag Japan
    Years
    1983-.. (age 43)
    Occupations
    coach
    Biography

    Shota Shakuno is the head coach of the Hiroshima Dragonflies U-15 in the Japanese B.League.

  13. Susumu Matsushima

    Susumu Matsushima
    Born in
    Japan Flag Japan
    Years
    1913-2009 (aged 96)
    Occupations
    photographerfashion photographer
    Biography

    Susumu Matsushima

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