21 Notable alumni of
Musashino Art University

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Musashino Art University is 375th in the world, 70th in Asia, and 30th in Japan by aggregated alumni prominence. Below is the list of 21 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.

  1. Lily Franky

    Lily Franky
    Born in
    Japan Flag Japan
    Years
    1963-.. (age 61)
    Occupations
    composeractorlyricistvisual artistmusician
    Biography

    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.

  2. Yukihiro Takahashi

    Yukihiro Takahashi
    Born in
    Japan Flag Japan
    Years
    1952-2023 (aged 71)
    Occupations
    singer-songwritercomposerrecord producerfashion designermusician
    Biography

    Yukihiro Takahashi was a Japanese musician, singer, record producer, and actor, who was best known internationally as the drummer and lead vocalist of the Yellow Magic Orchestra, and as the former drummer of the Sadistic Mika Band. He was also a member of the group Metafive.

  3. Ryū Murakami

    Ryū Murakami
    Born in
    Japan Flag Japan
    Years
    1952-.. (age 72)
    Occupations
    writerscreenwriterscience fiction writerfilm directoressayist
    Biography

    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.

  4. Paru Itagaki

    Paru Itagaki
    Born in
    Japan Flag Japan
    Years
    1993-.. (age 31)
    Occupations
    mangaka
    Biography

    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.

  5. Towa Tei

    Towa Tei
    Born in
    Japan Flag Japan
    Years
    1964-.. (age 60)
    Occupations
    recording artistcomposerdisc jockeyrecord producer
    Biography

    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.

  6. Ken Okuyama

    Ken Okuyama
    Born in
    Japan Flag Japan
    Years
    1959-.. (age 65)
    Occupations
    designer
    Biography

    Ken 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.

  7. Soji Shimada

    Soji Shimada
    Born in
    Japan Flag Japan
    Years
    1948-.. (age 76)
    Occupations
    novelistwriteressayist
    Biography

    Soji Shimada is a Japanese mystery writer. Born in Fukuyama City, Hiroshima Prefecture, Japan.

  8. Yuko Shimizu

    Yuko Shimizu
    Born in
    Japan Flag Japan
    Years
    1946-.. (age 78)
    Occupations
    designerartist
    Biography

    Yuko Shimizu is the Japanese designer who created Hello Kitty.

  9. Kenya Hara

    Kenya Hara
    Born in
    Japan Flag Japan
    Years
    1958-.. (age 66)
    Occupations
    exhibition curatorgraphic designer
    Biography

    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.

  10. Tōru Narita

    Tōru Narita
    Born in
    Japan Flag Japan
    Years
    1929-2002 (aged 73)
    Occupations
    sculptor
    Biography

    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.

  11. Genpei Akasegawa

    Genpei Akasegawa
    Born in
    Japan Flag Japan
    Years
    1937-2014 (aged 77)
    Occupations
    printmakerwritermangakachoreographerphotographer
    Biography

    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.”

  12. Shusaku Arakawa

    Shusaku Arakawa
    Born in
    Japan Flag Japan
    Years
    1936-2010 (aged 74)
    Occupations
    painterfilmmakerarchitectillustrator
    Biography

    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.

  13. Shinro Ohtake

    Shinro Ohtake
    Born in
    Japan Flag Japan
    Years
    1955-.. (age 69)
    Occupations
    painterconceptual artistgraphic artistdrawerphotographer
    Biography

    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.

  14. Shiro Nakamura

    Shiro Nakamura
    Born in
    Japan Flag Japan
    Years
    1950-.. (age 74)
    Occupations
    designer
    Biography

    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".

  15. Hideo Jōjō

    Hideo Jōjō
    Born in
    Japan Flag Japan
    Years
    1975-.. (age 49)
    Occupations
    screenwriterfilm director
    Biography

    Hideo Jōjō is a Japanese film director and scriptwriter.

  16. Morio Matsui

    Morio Matsui
    Born in
    Japan Flag Japan
    Years
    1942-2022 (aged 80)
    Occupations
    painter
    Biography

    Morio Matsui was a Japanese artist who lived and worked in Corsica, France from 1998 until his death.

  17. Tomoki Kyoda

    Tomoki Kyoda
    Born in
    Japan Flag Japan
    Years
    1970-.. (age 54)
    Occupations
    animation directorfilm directorimpresariostoryboard artistanimator
    Biography

    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.

  18. Fumie Shibata

    Fumie Shibata
    Years
    1965-.. (age 59)
    Biography

    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.

  19. Yukinori Yanagi

    Yukinori Yanagi
    Born in
    Japan Flag Japan
    Years
    1959-.. (age 65)
    Occupations
    installation artistartistphotographerassemblage artistconceptual artist
    Biography

    Yukinori Yanagi is a contemporary Japanese artist.

  20. Hung Jui-lin

    Hung Jui-lin
    Born in
    Taiwan Flag Taiwan
    Years
    1912-1996 (aged 84)
    Enrolled in Musashino Art University
    Studied in 1932-1936
    Occupations
    painterminer
    Biography

    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."

  21. Taku Aramasa

    Taku Aramasa
    Born in
    Japan Flag Japan
    Years
    1936-.. (age 88)
    Occupations
    photographer
    Biography

    Taku Aramasa is a Japanese photographer.