14 Notable alumni of
Musashino Art University
Musashino Art University is 348th in the world, 67th in Asia, and 29th in Japan by aggregated alumni prominence. Below is the list of 14 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
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Lily Franky is a Japanese illustrator, writer and actor. He has appeared in more than forty films since 2001.
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Ryū Murakami
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- writerscreenwriternovelistfilm directoressayist
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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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Yukihiro Takahashi
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- musiciansinger-songwriterrecord producercomposerdrummer
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Yukihiro Takahashi is a Japanese musician, singer, record producer and actor, who is 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 is currently a member of the group METAFIVE.
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Towa Tei
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- disc jockeyrecord producercomposerrecording artist
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Towa Tei is an artist, record producer and DJ born in Yokohama, Japan. Towa debuted as 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 back 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 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. His given name is Kiyoyuki Okuyama (奥山 清行, Okuyama Kiyoyuki) but goes by Ken Okuyama (ケン・オクヤマ) outside Japan. He was born in the city of Yamagata, Japan, lives in Tokyo, and speaks Japanese, Italian, and English fluently.
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Soji Shimada
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- writernovelist
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Soji Shimada is a Japanese mystery writer. Born in Fukuyama City, Hiroshima Prefecture, Japan.
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Yuko Shimizu
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Yuko Shimizu is the Japanese designer who created Hello Kitty.
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Kenya Hara
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- graphic designer
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Kenya Hara is a Japanese graphic designer, curator and writer. He is a graduate of Musashino Art University. Hara employed by Musashino Art University as professor, and teaches Communication Design and Design Theory in Science on Design Faculty since April 2003.
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Shusaku Arakawa
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- artistarchitectpainterillustrator
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Shusaku 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. Later in his life, Arakawa and Gins were more commonly associated with architectural projects aimed toward the longevity of human life expectancy.
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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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- film directoranimator
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Tomoki Kyoda is a Japanese animation director and animator.
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Morio Matsui
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- painter
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Morio Matsui is a Japanese artist who has lived and worked in Corsica, France, since 1998.
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Yukinori Yanagi
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- artist
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Yukinori Yanagi is a contemporary Japanese artist.
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Taku Aramasa
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- photographer
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Taku Aramasa is a Japanese photographer.