23 Notable alumni of
Musashino Art University
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Musashino Art University is 392nd in the world, 76th in Asia, and 31st in Japan by aggregated alumni prominence. Below is the list of 23 notable alumni from Musashino Art 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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Lily Franky
- Occupations
- musicianvisual artistlyricistactorcomposer
- Biography
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Masaya Nakagawa, known professionally as Lily Franky (リリー・フランキー, Rirī Furankī), is a Japanese illustrator, writer, and actor. He has appeared in more than 40 films since 2001.
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Yukihiro Takahashi
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- film actorlyricistdrummerfashion designercomposer
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Yukihiro Takahashi was a Japanese musician, singer, record producer, fashion designer, and actor, who was best known internationally as the drummer, lead vocalist, & 2nd keyboardist of the Yellow Magic Orchestra, as the former drummer of the Sadistic Mika Band, and as the drummer & backing vocalist of the Sadistics. He was also a member of the groups: the Beatniks (w/ Keiichi Suzuki), Sketch Show (w/ Haruomi Hosono), & Metafive (w/ Towa Tei etc.).
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Ryū Murakami
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- film directorscience fiction writerscreenwriterwriternovelist
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Ryū Murakami is a Japanese novelist, short story writer, essayist and filmmaker. His novels explore human nature through themes of disillusion, drug use, surrealism, murder and war, set against the dark backdrop of Japan. His best known novels are Almost Transparent Blue, Audition, Coin Locker Babies and In the Miso Soup.
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Paru Itagaki
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- mangaka
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Paru Itagaki is a Japanese manga artist. She is best known as the creator of the manga series Beastars, for which she has won numerous awards. She is the daughter of manga artist Keisuke Itagaki.
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Towa Tei
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- record producerdisc jockeycomposerrecording artist
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Towa Tei is a Japanese artist, record producer, and DJ. Born in Yokohama, Japan, Towa was a member of Deee-Lite, from the US label Elektra Records in 1990 and shot to fame via their international hit single, "Groove Is In the Heart". He made his solo debut with the album Future Listening! in 1994. He has since relocated from New York to rural Nagano Prefecture in Japan.
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Ken Okuyama
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- designer
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Ken Kiyoyuki Okuyama is a Japanese industrial designer. He is the owner of the Ken Okuyama Design company. Okuyama formerly worked for Pininfarina, designing and supervising projects such as the Enzo Ferrari and Ferrari P4/5.
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Yuko Shimizu
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- artistdesigner
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Yuko Shimizu is the Japanese designer who created Hello Kitty.
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Soji Shimada
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- writernovelistessayist
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Soji Shimada is a Japanese mystery writer. Born in Fukuyama City, Hiroshima Prefecture, Japan.
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Kenya Hara
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- graphic artistuniversity teacherexhibition curatordesignergraphic designer
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Kenya Hara is a Japanese graphic designer, curator and writer. He is a graduate of Musashino Art University. Hara is employed by Musashino Art University as professor, and taught Communication Design and Design Theory in Science on Design Faculty since April 2003.
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Tōru Narita
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- sculptor
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Tōru "Tohl" Narita was a Japanese visual artist. He is best known for creating the characters and mechanics for the television programs in the Ultra series: Ultra Q, Ultraman, and Ultraseven.
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Genpei Akasegawa
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- photographerchoreographermangakawriterprintmaker
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Genpei Akasegawa was a pseudonym of Japanese artist Katsuhiko Akasegawa (赤瀬川 克彦, Akasegawa Katsuhiko), born March 27, 1937 – October 26, 2014 in Yokohama. He used another pseudonym, Katsuhiko Otsuji (尾辻 克彦, Otsuji Katsuhiko), for literary works. A member of the influential artist groups Neo-Dada Organizers and Hi-Red Center, Akasegawa went on to maintain a multi-disciplinary practice throughout his career as an individual artist. He has had retrospective exhibitions at the Hiroshima City Museum of Contemporary Art, Chiba City Museum, and Oita City Museum. His work is in the permanent collection at Museum of Modern Art in New York. Artist Nam June Paik has described Akasegawa as “one of those unexportable geniuses of Japan.”
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Shusaku Arakawa
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- architectfilmmakerpainterillustrator
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Shūsaku Arakawa was a Japanese conceptual artist and architect. He had a personal and artistic partnership with the writer and artist Madeline Gins that spanned more than four decades in which they collaborated on a diverse range of visual mediums, including: painting & printmaking, experimental filmmaking, performance art, and architectural & landscape design.
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Shinro Ohtake
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- photographerdraftspersongraphic artistconceptual artistpainter
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Shinro Ohtake is a Japanese artist who was born in Tokyo and lives in Uwajima, Japan. He paints, creates installations and designs record covers and book covers. He has published dozens of books, such as a dream diary, a picture book, essays and art books.
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Keiichi Tanaami
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- television producergraphic designerdraftspersonuniversity teacherpainter
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Keiichi Tanaami was a Japanese pop artist who was active as multi-genre artist from the 1960s as a graphic designer, illustrator, video artist and fine artist.
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Hideo Jōjō
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- film directorscreenwriter
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Hideo Jōjō is a Japanese film director and scriptwriter.
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Shiro Nakamura
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- designer
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Shiro Nakamura is a former Japanese car designer and company executive. Nakamura served as Senior Vice President of Nissan Motor Co. Ltd. From 2006, Nakamura had been Nissan's Chief Creative Officer. He was Chief Creative Officer of Nissan, Infiniti and Datsun. Nakamura retired in 2017. Known as a hands-on creative, he goes by the nickname "Fingers".
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Tomoki Kyoda
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- impresariofilm directoranimation directoranimatorstoryboard artist
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Tomoki Kyoda is a Japanese animation director and animator born in Osaka, Japan. Formerly a graphic designer, he nurtured the dream of becoming an animator from childhood.
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Morio Matsui
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- painter
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Morio Matsui was a Japanese artist who lived and worked in Corsica, France from 1998 until his death.
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Fumie Shibata
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- 1965-.. (age 60)
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Fumie Shibata is a product designer who is actively based in Tokyo. She handles designs for a wide range of products, from electronics to household items, medical equipment, and even total direction duties for hotels. She is recognized for her gentle and elaborately detailed expressions of form, and she has received very high acclaim primarily throughout Asia. She is one of the most influential female designers in Japan, and she served as Chair of the Judging Committee for the Good Design Award from 2018 to 2020. She is a Japan Design Committee member.
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Lin Chih-chu
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- 1917-2008 (aged 91)
- Enrolled in Musashino Art University
- Graduated with Bachelor of Fine Arts
- Occupations
- educatorpainter
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Lin Chih-chu, a native of Daya, Taichung, Taiwan (now Daya District, Taichung City), was a Taiwanese painter known as the "Father of Taiwanese Nihonga." In his early years, Lin Chih-chu participated in exhibitions in Japan and Taiwan, with his works primarily focusing on portraits and everyday scenes. In his later years, he shifted his focus to paintings of flowers, birds, and landscapes.
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Yukinori Yanagi
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- photographerartistinstallation artistsculptorconceptual artist
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Yukinori Yanagi is a contemporary Japanese artist.
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Hung Jui-lin
- Enrolled in Musashino Art University
- Studied in 1932-1936
- Occupations
- minerpainter
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Hung Jui-lin was a Taiwanese artist from Taipei's Dadaocheng district. He is often referred to as the "Miner Painter" and is also hailed for bringing forth a "Radiance from the Depths of the Earth."
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Taku Aramasa
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- photographer
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Taku Aramasa is a Japanese photographer.
