17 Notable alumni of
Kobe University
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Kobe University is 410th in the world, 80th in Asia, and 32nd in Japan by aggregated alumni prominence. Below is the list of 17 notable alumni from Kobe 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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Kuranosuke Sasaki
- Enrolled in Kobe University
- 1990-1992 studied sake and biotechnology
- Occupations
- actortelevision actor
- Biography
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Kuranosuke Sasaki is a Japanese actor, known primarily for his roles in Japanese television drama.
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Shinya Yamanaka
- Occupations
- biologistphysicistuniversity teacherresearchersurgeon
- Biography
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Shinya Yamanaka is a Japanese stem cell researcher and a Nobel Prize laureate. He is a professor and the director emeritus of Center for iPS Cell (induced Pluripotent Stem Cell) Research and Application, Kyoto University; as well as a senior investigator at the UCSF-affiliated Gladstone Institutes in San Francisco, California and a professor of anatomy at University of California, San Francisco (UCSF). Yamanaka is also a past president of the International Society for Stem Cell Research (ISSCR).
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Sazō Idemitsu
- Occupations
- art collectorbusinesspersonpolitician
- Biography
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Sazō Idemitsu was a Japanese businessman and founder of the petroleum company Idemitsu Kosan. He graduated from Kobe University (then Kobe Koto Shogyo Gakko). He was also an art collector, especially fond of Sengai Gibon. He is the father of the Japanese experimental video artist, Mako Idemitsu.
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Hidekazu Tanaka
- Occupations
- composermusic arranger
- Biography
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Hidekazu Tanaka is a Japanese composer and arranger best known for his work for anime and video games. He was affiliated with the music production company MONACA, but left in 2021 to be freelance.
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Masahito Moriyama
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Masahito Moriyama is a Japanese politician. He is a member of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party and a former member of the House of Representatives in the National Diet (national legislature). A native of Nishinomiya, Hyogo, and an alumnus of the University of Tokyo, he joined the Ministry of Transport in 1977. He was first elected to the House of Representatives in 2005 but lost his seat in the 2009 General Election, regaining it in 2012. During his time out of office, he matriculated as a postgraduate student and studied international law and business at Kobe University, which is located in his constituency. He earned a Master’s degree in Law in 2011, a PhD in International Law in 2013, and an additional PhD in Business Studies in 2014.
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Rizaburō Toyoda
- Occupations
- entrepreneurindustrialist
- Biography
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Risaburo Toyoda was a Japanese entrepreneur. He was the son-in-law of Toyota Industries Co., Ltd founder Sakichi Toyoda, and brother-in-law of Toyota Motor Corporation founder, Kiichiro Toyoda (豊田 喜一郎, Toyoda Kiichirō; June 11, 1894 – March 27, 1952) His original surname was Kodama (児玉).
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Hiroyuki Noritake
- Occupations
- composeruniversity teacherdrummermusician
- Biography
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Hiroyuki Noritake is a Japanese jazz fusion drummer and a lecturer at the Showa Academia Musicae.
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Kumi
- Occupations
- composerpianist
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Kumi Tanioka is a Japanese composer and pianist. Born in Hiroshima, Japan, she graduated from Kobe University with a degree in musical performance, and began working as a video game composer in 1998. She joined video game developer and publisher Square that same year, and worked on over 15 games for them before leaving to work as an independent composer in 2010.
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Masato Sagawa
- Occupations
- physicistresearcher
- Biography
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Masato Sagawa is a Japanese scientist and entrepreneur, and the inventor of the sintered permanent neodymium magnet (NdFeB). Sagawa was awarded the Japan Prize and IEEE Medal for Environmental and Safety Technologies for his efforts.
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Mitsujirō Ishii
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Mitsujirō Ishii was a Japanese politician, cabinet minister, and Speaker of the House of Representatives. He was a member of the House of Representatives from 1946 to 1947 and from 1952 to 1972. In 1955, he played a major role in the merger of Japan's conservative parties into the Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) and, in 1956, led a delegation to meet Taiwan's Chiang Kai-shek. Ishii served as cabinet minister at numerous times, beginning with a stint as Minister of Commerce and Industry in 1947. He was Deputy Prime Minister of Japan from 1957 to 1958 and Speaker of the House of Representatives from 1967 to 1969.
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Yoshifumi Hamano
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Yoshifumi Hamano is a Japanese politician who is a member of the House of Councillors of Japan.
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Masayuki Naoshima
- Occupations
- trade unionistpolitician
- Biography
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Masayuki Naoshima 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 Ikeda, Osaka and graduate of Kobe University, he was elected for the first time in 1992 and served until the 2016 Japanese House of Councillors election. Before becoming a politician, he worked for Toyota and its union for a long time.
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Haruko Wakita
- Occupations
- historian
- Biography
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Haruko Wakita was a Japanese academic, editor and expert in medieval Japanese women's history.
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Masao Miyazaki
- Years
- 1963-.. (age 63)
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Masao Miyazaki is a Japanese politician who is a former member of the House of Councillors of Japan.
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Ryosuke Nunoi
- Occupations
- tennis player
- Biography
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Ryosuke Nunoi was a tennis player from Japan.
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Tomoko Sasaki
- Occupations
- prosecutorlawyerpolitician
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Tomoko Sasaki is a Japanese lawyer, politician, novelist and former prosecutor.
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Keiji Uematsu
- Occupations
- performance artistconceptual artistillustratorsculptorphotographer
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Keiji Uematsu is a Japanese sculptor and contemporary artist.
