13 Notable alumni of
Kanagawa University
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Kanagawa University is 822nd in the world, 169th in Asia, and 60th in Japan by aggregated alumni prominence. Below is the list of 13 notable alumni from Kanagawa 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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Junya Itō
- Occupations
- association football player
- Biography
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Junya Itō is a Japanese professional footballer who plays as a winger or a forward for Belgian Pro League club Genk and the Japan national team.
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Shōgo Hamada
- Occupations
- singercomposersinger-songwriterlyricistdrummer
- Biography
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Shōgo Hamada is a Japanese singer-songwriter and former member of the group Aido. He is a part of Sony Music Japan's SME Records division. He was born in Takehara City in Hiroshima Prefecture, and graduated from Kuremitsuta High School (where he was a member of the baseball team). He attended Kanagawa University, where he studied law, but left the school before graduating.
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Nobuo Uematsu
- Occupations
- composer
- Biography
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Nobuo Uematsu is a Japanese composer and keyboardist best known for his contributions to the Final Fantasy video game series by Square Enix. A self-taught musician, he began playing the piano at the age of twelve, with English singer-songwriter Elton John as one of his biggest influences in pursuing a musical career.
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Haruhiro Hamaguchi
- Occupations
- baseball player
- Biography
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Haruhiro Hamaguchi is a Japanese professional baseball pitcher for the Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks of Nippon Professional Baseball (NPB). He has previously played in NPB for the Yokohama DeNA BayStars.
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Kengo Suzuki
- Occupations
- athletics competitor
- Biography
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Kengo Suzuki is a Japanese long-distance runner. He won bronze in the half marathon at the 2017 Summer Universiade in Taipei, where he finished in a time of 1:06:56. He also previously held the Japanese national record in the marathon with a time of 2:04:56, set at the Lake Biwa Marathon on 28 February 2021.
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Daisuke Kato
- Occupations
- baseball player
- Biography
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Daisuke Kato is a former Nippon Professional Baseball pitcher for the Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles in Japan's Pacific League.
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Hiromichi Kumada
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Hiromichi Kumada is a Japanese politician who is serving as a member of the House of Representatives of Japan.
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Yūichi Adachi
- Occupations
- baseball player
- Biography
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Yūichi Adachi is a professional Japanese baseball player. He plays catcher for the Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles.
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Yūhei Satō
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Yūhei Satō is a former governor of Fukushima Prefecture, Japan. He was first elected in November 2006, after the previous governor, Eisaku Satō, was forced to step down after bribery charges. He chose not to seek a third term in the election held in October 2014, stating that he had made a mark on addressing the problems that Fukushima faced following the 2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami and the resulting nuclear disaster, and that further rehabilitation efforts should take place under a new leader.
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Kai Harada
- Occupations
- rock climber
- Biography
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Kai Harada is a Japanese competition boulderer.
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Yoshio Nakagawa
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Yoshio Nakagawa is a Japanese politician of the Sunrise Party of Japan, and a previous member of the House of Councillors in the Diet (national legislature).
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Yasushi Miura
- Enrolled in Kanagawa University
- Studied law school
- Occupations
- salarymanpoliticiansecretary
- Biography
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Yasushi Miura is a Japanese politician who is a former member of the House of Councillors of Japan.
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Yataro Tsuda
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Yataro Tsuda is a Japanese politician of the Democratic Party of Japan, a member of the House of Councillors in the Diet (national legislature). A native of Takayama, Gifu, he was elected for the first time in 2004.
