21 Notable alumni of
International Christian University

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International Christian University is 658th in the world, 132nd in Asia, and 52nd in Japan by aggregated alumni prominence. Below is the list of 21 notable alumni from International Christian University sorted by their wiki pages popularity. The directory includes famous graduates and former students along with research and academic staff.

  1. Hio Miyazawa

    Hio Miyazawa
    Born in
    United States Flag United States
    Years
    1994-.. (age 30)
    Occupations
    fashion modelmodeltarentoactor
    Biography

    Hio Miyazawa is a Japanese-American actor and model. He was born in San Francisco, United States.

  2. Princess Kako of Akishino

    Princess Kako of Akishino
    Born in
    Japan Flag Japan
    Years
    1994-.. (age 30)
    Occupations
    aristocrat
    Biography

    Princess Kako of Akishino is the second daughter of the Crown Prince and Crown Princess of Japan and a member of the Japanese imperial family. She is a niece of Emperor Naruhito and the second-eldest grandchild of Emperor emeritus Akihito and Empress emerita Michiko.

  3. Jay Rockefeller

    Jay Rockefeller
    Born in
    United States Flag United States
    Years
    1937-.. (age 87)
    Enrolled in International Christian University
    Studied in 1957-1960
    Occupations
    politician
    Biography

    John Davison "Jay" Rockefeller IV is a retired American politician who served as a United States senator from West Virginia (1985–2015). He was first elected to the Senate in 1984, while in office as governor of West Virginia (1977–1985). Rockefeller moved to Emmons, West Virginia, to serve as a VISTA worker in 1964 and was first elected to public office as a member of the West Virginia House of Delegates (1966-1968). Rockefeller was later elected secretary of state of West Virginia (1968–1973) and was president of West Virginia Wesleyan College (1973–1975). He became the state's senior U.S. senator when the long-serving Senator Robert Byrd died in June 2010.

  4. Mako Komuro

    Mako Komuro
    Born in
    Japan Flag Japan
    Years
    1991-.. (age 33)
    Enrolled in International Christian University
    In 2014 graduated with bachelor's degree in art and cultural heritage
    Occupations
    aristocratresearcher
    Biography

    Mako Komuro, formerly Princess Mako of Akishino (眞子内親王, Mako Naishinnō), is a Japanese art historian and former member of the Japanese imperial family. She is the eldest child of Crown Prince Fumihito and Crown Princess Kiko, niece of Emperor Naruhito, and granddaughter of Emperor emeritus Akihito and Empress emerita Michiko. After marrying outside the imperial family in October 2021, she gave up her title as required by the Imperial Household Law.

  5. Jon Kabira

    Jon Kabira
    Born in
    Japan Flag Japan
    Years
    1958-.. (age 66)
    Occupations
    tarentonews presenter
    Biography

    Jon Kabira, born Jion Kabira (川平 慈温, Kabira Jion, November 1, 1958 in Naha, Okinawa, Japan), is a Japanese freelance presenter, tarento, radio personality, narrator who is affiliated with Sony Music Artists. He is very popular in Japan having participated in various TV commercials, TV shows, among other Audio-visual-related activities. Kabira is well known in the West due to his narration in the Winning Eleven video game series. He comments alongside former ex-Japanese footballers Tsuyoshi Kitazawa and Hiroshi Nanami, in the past games he also comments alongside other ex-Japanese players like Yasutaro Matsuki, Kozo Tashima, Hiroshi Hayano and Tetsuo Nakanishi.

  6. Kazuo Hirai

    Kazuo Hirai
    Born in
    Japan Flag Japan
    Years
    1960-.. (age 64)
    Occupations
    international forum participantentrepreneur
    Biography

    Kazuo "Kaz" Hirai is a Japanese businessman. He is best known as the former chairman of Sony Corporation, serving from April 2018 to June 2019, as well as president and CEO from April 2012 to April 2018. He also served as a board member of Sony Computer Entertainment and chairman and co-CEO of Sony Entertainment. He was noted by Entertainment Weekly as one of the most powerful executives in the entertainment industry. He led the Sony Computer Entertainment division between 2007 and 2012, and then became president and CEO of Sony in April 2012. Through his tenure as CEO, Sony experienced a resurgence during the 2010s. In 2018, Hirai stepped down as president and CEO, becoming chairman of Sony Corporation. He fully retired from Sony in June 2019, otherwise remaining as a senior adviser to the company.

  7. Karen Makishima

    Karen Makishima
    Born in
    Japan Flag Japan
    Years
    1976-.. (age 48)
    Occupations
    political scientistpolitician
    Biography

    Karen Makishima is a Japanese politician who served as Minister of Digital Affairs, Minister for Digital Reform, Minister in charge of Administrative Reforms, Minister in charge of Civil Service Reform and Minister of State for Regulatory Reform in the First Kishida Cabinet. A member of the Liberal Democratic Party, she has been a member of the House of Representatives from the Kanagawa 17th district since 2012.

  8. Toyohiro Akiyama

    Toyohiro Akiyama
    Born in
    Japan Flag Japan
    Years
    1942-.. (age 82)
    Occupations
    journalistastronautreporter
    Biography

    Toyohiro Akiyama is a retired Japanese TV journalist and professor at Kyoto University of Art and Design. In December 1990, he spent seven days aboard the Mir space station. He became the first person of Japanese nationality to fly in space, and his space mission was the second spaceflight to be commercially sponsored and funded. Akiyama was also the first civilian to use a commercial space flight, and the first journalist to report from outer space.

  9. Oriza Hirata

    Oriza Hirata
    Born in
    Japan Flag Japan
    Years
    1962-.. (age 62)
    Occupations
    writerfilm directordirectorimpresarioplaywright
    Biography

    Oriza Hirata is a Japanese playwright, director, and academic. For the majority of his life, he has been best known for his work in theater and creating what he has coined, “contemporary colloquial theater,” or as theater critics call it, “quiet drama.”

  10. Arimura Haruko

    Arimura Haruko
    Born in
    Japan Flag Japan
    Years
    1970-.. (age 54)
    Occupations
    politician
    Biography

    Haruko Arimura is a Japanese politician of the Liberal Democratic Party (LDP), a member of the House of Councillors in the Diet of Japan. She is a descendant of Arimura Tsugizaemon, the ringleader of the Sakuradamon Incident, and Togo Heihachiro, the admiral of the Russo-Japanese War.

  11. Tsutomu Nishioka

    Tsutomu Nishioka
    Born in
    Japan Flag Japan
    Years
    1956-.. (age 68)
    Occupations
    critic
    Biography

    Tsutomu Nishioka is a professor of International Christian Studies at Tokyo Christian University. He specializes in Japan-Korean relations, South Korea/North Korea Studies. His research focuses on the Comfort women and the North Korean abductions of Japanese citizens. He is a chairman of the National Association for the Rescue of Japanese Kidnapped by North Korea (NARKN).

  12. Hirotaka Takeuchi

    Hirotaka Takeuchi
    Born in
    Japan Flag Japan
    Years
    1946-.. (age 78)
    Occupations
    professorinternational forum participanteconomist
    Biography

    Hirotaka Takeuchi is a professor of management practice in the Strategy Unit at Harvard Business School. He co-authored The New New Product Development Game which influenced the development of the Scrum framework.

  13. Hiroe Makiyama

    Hiroe Makiyama
    Born in
    Japan Flag Japan
    Years
    1964-.. (age 60)
    Occupations
    politicianlawyer
    Biography

    Hiroe Makiyama is a Japanese politician of the Constitutional Democratic Party and a member of the House of Councillors in the Diet (national legislature) representing the Kanagawa at-large district.

  14. Masako Okawara

    Masako Okawara
    Born in
    Japan Flag Japan
    Years
    1953-.. (age 71)
    Enrolled in International Christian University
    Studied in 1972
    Occupations
    Office ladypoliticiansocial activist
    Biography

    Masako Ōkawara is a Japanese politician of the Constitutional Democratic Party and a member of the House of Representatives in the Diet (national legislature). A native of Yokohama in Kanagawa Prefecture and 1977 graduate of International Christian University, she had served in the assembly of Tokyo for three terms (10 years) since 1993. She was a member of the House of Councillors between 2007 and 2013.

  15. Hiroaki Kitano

    Hiroaki Kitano
    Born in
    Japan Flag Japan
    Years
    1961-.. (age 63)
    Occupations
    biologistresearchercomputer scientistbusinessperson
    Biography

    Hiroaki Kitano is a Japanese scientist. He is the head of the Systems Biology Institute (SBI); Senior Executive Vice President and Chief Technology Officer of Sony Group Corporation, Chief Executive Officer of Sony Research Inc. and Sony Computer Science Laboratories, Inc.; a Group Director of the Laboratory for Disease Systems Modeling at and RIKEN Center for Integrative Medical Sciences; and a professor at Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology (OIST). Kitano is known for developing AIBO, and the robotic world cup tournament known as Robocup.

  16. Charles Honoris

    Charles Honoris
    Born in
    Indonesia Flag Indonesia
    Years
    1984-.. (age 40)
    Occupations
    politician
    Biography

    Charles Honoris is a member of the Indonesian House of Representatives from the Indonesian Democratic Party - Struggle (PDI-P). He was elected from the DKI Jakarta III (North Jakarta, West Jakarta and the Thousand Islands) electoral district with 102,408 votes. Currently he is serving as vice-chairperson of Commission IX of the House of Representatives overseeing Health Services and Manpower. He was previously a member of Commission I of the House of Representatives overseeing Defence, Foreign Affairs, Intelligence, Communications and Informations. He is married to Irene Bertina Irawan and resides in West Jakarta. Charles is the son of Indonesian businessman Luntungan Honoris.

  17. Jonathan Schell

    Jonathan Schell
    Born in
    United States Flag United States
    Years
    1943-2014 (aged 71)
    Occupations
    journalistauthorwriternon-fiction writer
    Biography

    Jonathan Edward Schell was an American author and visiting fellow at Yale University, whose work primarily dealt with campaigning against nuclear weapons.

  18. Kurt Tong

    Kurt Tong
    Born in
    United States Flag United States
    Years
    1964-.. (age 60)
    Occupations
    diplomat
    Biography

    Kurt Walter Tong is a business consultant and former American diplomat, and the former Consul General of the United States of America to Hong Kong and Macau. He joined The Asia Group LLC in July 2019 and is a Managing Partner at the firm.

  19. Mariko Peters

    Mariko Peters
    Born in
    United States Flag United States
    Years
    1969-.. (age 55)
    Occupations
    politicianlawyer
    Biography

    Mariko Peters is a former Dutch politician and civil servant as well as lawyer. She was an MP from November 30, 2006, to September 19, 2012 (with two interruptions because of maternity leave). She focused on matters of foreign policy, judiciary, public administration, mass media and culture.

  20. Nozomi Watanabe

    Nozomi Watanabe
    Born in
    Japan Flag Japan
    Years
    1971-.. (age 53)
    Occupations
    figure skating coachice dancer
    Biography

    Nozomi Watanabe is a Japanese former ice dancer. She regularly danced with Akiyuki Kido. They are the three time Japanese national champions. They placed 15th at the Torino Olympics.

  21. Lydia Yu-Jose

    Lydia Yu-Jose
    Born in
    Philippines Flag Philippines
    Years
    1944-2014 (aged 70)
    Occupations
    scientist
    Biography

    Lydia N. Yu-Jose was a professor of political science and Japanese Studies at the Ateneo de Manila University in the Philippines. A graduate of Sophia University, she was best known for her research into the history of Japan–Philippines relations, as well as aiding in the development of Japanese studies in the Philippines as a separate academic discipline.