25 Notable alumni of
Chukyo University
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Chukyo University is 692nd in the world, 142nd in Asia, and 55th in Japan by aggregated alumni prominence. Below is the list of 25 notable alumni from Chukyo University sorted by their wiki pages popularity. The directory includes famous graduates and former students along with research and academic staff.
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Mao Asada
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- figure skater
- Biography
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Mao Asada is a Japanese former competitive figure skater. She is the 2010 Olympic silver medalist, a three-time World champion (2008, 2010, 2014), a three-time Four Continents champion (2008, 2010, 2013), and a four-time Grand Prix Final champion (2005–06, 2008–09, 2012–13, 2013–14). She is the first female figure skater who has landed three triple Axel jumps in one competition, which she achieved at the 2010 Winter Olympics.
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Shoma Uno
- Occupations
- figure skater
- Biography
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Shoma Uno is a Japanese figure skater. He is a three-time Olympic medalist (2018 silver, 2022 bronze, 2022 team bronze), a two-time World champion (2022, 2023) and a two-time World silver medalist (2018, 2017), the 2019 Four Continents champion, the 2022–23 Grand Prix Final champion, a fourteen-time Grand Prix medalist (8 gold, 6 silver), the 2017 Asian Winter Games champion, and a six-time Japanese national champion (2016–2019, 2022–2023). At the junior level, Uno is the 2015 World Junior champion, the 2014–15 Junior Grand Prix Final champion, and 2012 Youth Olympic silver medalist.
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Koji Murofushi
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- athletics competitorprofessorhammer thrower
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Koji Alexander Murofushi, is a former Japanese-Romanian hammer thrower and sports scientist. He has been among the world elite since the 2001 World Championships, where he won the silver medal. He was the 2004 Olympic champion. In 2011, he was crowned world champion.
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Miki Ando
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- figure skating choreographerfigure skater
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Miki Ando is a retired Japanese figure skater. She is the 2007 and 2011 World champion, 2011 Four Continents champion, 2004 World Junior champion, and a three-time (2003, 2004 & 2010) Japanese national champion.
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Kanako Murakami
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- figure skating choreographerfigure skater
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Kanako Murakami is a Japanese retired figure skater. She is the 2010–11 Grand Prix Final bronze medalist, 2014 Four Continents champion, 2010 World Junior champion, 2009–10 JGP Final champion, and a four-time Japanese national medalist (bronze in 2010, 2011; silver in 2012, 2013).
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Takahiko Kozuka
- Occupations
- figure skater
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Takahiko Kozuka is a former competitive Japanese figure skater. He is the 2011 World silver medalist, a two-time Grand Prix Final medalist, a two-time Four Continents medalist, and the 2010–11 Japanese national champion. He is also the 2006 World Junior champion and the 2005–06 JGP Final champion.
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Mai Asada
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- tarentofigure skatermodel
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Mai Asada is a Japanese former competitive figure skater. She won two gold medals on the ISU Junior Grand Prix series and placed fourth at the 2003 and 2004 World Junior Championships. She made her senior international debut at the 2006 Four Continents Championships, where she placed sixth.
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Rika Hongo
- Occupations
- figure skater
- Biography
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Rika Hongo is a Japanese retired competitive figure skater who is a two-time (2015–16) Four Continents bronze medalist, 2014 Rostelecom Cup champion, 2015 Finlandia Trophy champion and 2014–15 Japanese national silver medalist.
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Akitoshi Saito
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- professional wrestlerswimmer
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Akitoshi Saito is a Japanese professional wrestler who is best known for his work in New Japan Pro-Wrestling (NJPW) and Pro Wrestling Noah (Noah).
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Takeshi Matsuda
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- swimmer
- Biography
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Takeshi Matsuda is a retired Japanese Olympic, Asian and National Record holding swimmer. He swam for Japan at the 2004, 2008 Olympics, 2012 Olympics, and 2016 Olympics, winning four medals. At the 2008 Olympics, he won a bronze medal in the men's 200 m butterfly in an Asian Record of 1:52.97; in doing so, he also set the Japanese Record in the event. On November 12, 2011, Matsuda set a new Japanese record (1:49.50) at the FINA World Cup for the short course 200 m butterfly. In doing so, he became just the third swimmer in history to break the 1:50 barrier for the event.
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Sota Yamamoto
- Occupations
- figure skater
- Biography
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Sōta Yamamoto is a Japanese figure skater. He is the 2022–23 Grand Prix Final silver medalist, a three-time ISU Grand Prix medalist (including gold at the 2023 Skate Canada International), the 2023 World University Games champion, and the 2023–24 Japanese national bronze medalist.
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Takahito Mura
- Occupations
- figure skater
- Biography
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Takahito Mura is a Japanese former competitive figure skater. He is the 2014 Four Continents champion, 2014 Skate Canada International champion, and 2012 Trophée Éric Bompard champion. Nationally, he is a five-time Japan Championships bronze medalist and 2007 Japan Junior champion.
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Mihoko Higuchi
- Occupations
- figure skating coachfigure skaterfigure skating choreographer
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Mihoko Higuchi is a figure skating coach, choreographer, and former competitive figure skater.
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Kana Ichikawa
- Occupations
- track and field coachsprinterathletics competitor
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Kana Ichikawa is a Japanese sprinter.
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Yuhana Yokoi
- Occupations
- figure skater
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Yuhana Yokoi is a retired Japanese figure skater. She is the 2019 CS Finlandia Trophy bronze medalist and the 2020 International Challenge Cup silver medalist. She finished within the top ten at two World Junior Championships (2018, 2019).
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Jungle Kyōna
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- professional wrestler
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Kyona Yano better known by her ring name Jungle Kyona (ジャングル叫女, Janguru Kyōna), is a Japanese professional wrestler. She is best known for her time in the joshi puroresu promotion World Wonder Ring Stardom, where she was a former three-time Artist of Stardom Champion and Goddess of Stardom Champion.
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Yoshiyuki Shinoda
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- association football managerassociation football player
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Yoshiyuki Shinoda is a former Japanese football player and coach and a manager. he is the currently manager of J2 League club Ventforet Kofu.
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Akinori Nakayama
- Occupations
- artistic gymnast
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Akinori Nakayama is a Japanese gymnast and Olympic gold medalist. Nakayama was born in Nagoya, Aichi Prefecture, and is a graduate of Chukyo University in Nagoya. Nakayama is one of only two gymnasts to become an Olympic Champion in rings twice, the first to do so being Albert Azaryan.
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Shigeru Kasamatsu
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- artistic gymnast
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Shigeru Kasamatsu is a retired Japanese artistic gymnast. He competed at the 1972 Olympics and won a gold medal with the Japanese team. Individually he won a silver on parallel bars and bronze medals on the floor and horizontal bar. Kasamatsu won six world titles in 1974 and 1978. The Kasamatsu vault is named after him. In 2006, he was inducted into the International Gymnastics Hall of Fame. His wife Kazue Hanyu and son Akihiro Kasamatsu are also retired Olympic gymnasts.
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Akihiko Nakamura
- Occupations
- athletics competitor
- Biography
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Akihiko Nakamura is a Japanese decathlete. He competed in the 400 m hurdles at the 2012 Summer Olympics, but was disqualified in the heats. At the 2016 Rio Games he placed 22nd in the decathlon. Nakamura won several medals on continental level in heptathlon and decathlon.
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Kenzo Nambu
- Occupations
- association football player
- Biography
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Kenzo Nambu is a Japanese professional footballer who plays as an attacking midfielder for Liga 1 club PSM Makassar.
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Ren Sawai
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- baseball player
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Ren Sawai is a professional Japanese baseball player. He plays outfielder for the Tokyo Yakult Swallows.
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Ryota Nakamura
- Occupations
- association football player
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Ryota Nakamura, nicknamed Azuki, is a Japanese footballer who plays as a midfielder for J2 League club Blaublitz Akita.
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Rumi Suizu
- Occupations
- figure skater
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Rumi Suizu is a Japanese former competitive figure skater. She is the 2007 Japan Junior champion and placed 5th at the 2007 World Junior Championships. She won five ISU Junior Grand Prix medals.
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Hideto Nakane
- Occupations
- sport cyclist
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Hideto Nakane is a Japanese professional road racing cyclist, who competed as a professional from 2012 to 2022.
