14 Notable alumni of
Ochanomizu University
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Ochanomizu University is 662nd in the world, 133rd in Asia, and 53rd in Japan by aggregated alumni prominence. Below is the list of 14 notable alumni from Ochanomizu 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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Kiko, Crown Princess of Japan
- Occupations
- aristocrat
- Biography
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Kiko, Crown Princess Akishino, is the wife of Fumihito, Crown Prince Akishino. Her husband is the younger brother and heir presumptive of Emperor Naruhito of Japan and the second son of Emperor emeritus Akihito and Empress emerita Michiko.
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Hiromi Kawakami
- Occupations
- science fiction writernovelistwriter
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Hiromi Kawakami is a Japanese writer known for her off-beat fiction, poetry, and literary criticism. She has won numerous Japanese literary awards, including the Akutagawa Prize, the Tanizaki Prize, the Yomiuri Prize, and the Izumi Kyōka Prize for Literature. Her work has been adapted for film, and has been translated into more than 15 languages.
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Ogino Ginko
- Occupations
- physician
- Biography
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Ogino Ginko was the first licensed female physician practicing Western medicine in Japan.
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Mieko Yoshimura
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- politicianadministrative scrivener
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Mieko Yoshimura is governor of Yamagata Prefecture, Japan. She was elected on January 25, 2009. She defeated the sitting governor of Yamagata Prefecture, Hiroshi Saitō in an upset. A native of Ōe, Yamagata, she worked at a help-wanted advertising company before becoming a notary public for the city government of Yamagata. She soon became a member of Yamagata Prefecture's Education Committee before running for governor in 2008. She is Yamagata's first female governor and the sixth in Japanese history.
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Chika Kuroda
- Occupations
- chemist
- Biography
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Chika Kuroda was a Japanese chemist whose research focused on natural pigments. She was the first woman in Japan to receive a Bachelor of Science.
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Wakako Hironaka
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- politicianwriter
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Wakako Hironaka is a Japanese writer and politician. She served four terms in the House of Councillors, the upper house of the national Diet, from 1986 until 2010. Her husband is Heisuke Hironaka, a mathematician.
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Maki Narumiya
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- professional wrestlerdancer
- Biography
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Maki Narumiya is a retired Japanese professional wrestler. A former dancer, Narumiya was trained in professional wrestling by Emi Sakura and made her debut for the Ice Ribbon promotion in March 2011. During her four years in the promotion, she became a one-time ICE×60 Champion and two-time International Ribbon Tag Team Champion. In April 2015, Narumiya transferred over to the Reina Joshi Puroresu promotion, where she already was a one-time holder of both the CMLL-Reina International and CMLL-Reina International Junior Championships. She retired from professional wrestling in March 2016.
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Haruko Hatoyama
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- educator
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Haruko Hatoyama was a Japanese educator of the Meiji, Taishō and Shōwa periods, and the matriarchal head of the prominent Japanese Hatoyama political family which has been called "Japan's Kennedy family." She was a co-founder of what is today Kyoritsu Women's University. Her husband was politician Kazuo Hatoyama.
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Sumie Tanaka
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- screenwriternovelist
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Sumie Tanaka was a Japanese screenwriter and playwright with a feminist agenda. She was a long-time collaborator of film director Mikio Naruse and wrote screenplays for Japan's first major female director Kinuyo Tanaka. A member of the Bungakuza theatre company, she was married to dramatist Chikao Tanaka. Awards she received for her work include the Blue Ribbon Award, the Ministry of Education Award for Arts and the Yomiuri Prize for Literature.
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Yasui Kono
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- botanistbiologistteacher
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Kono Yasui was a Japanese biologist and cytologist. In 1927, she became the first Japanese woman to receive a doctoral degree in science. She received a Medal of Honor with Purple Ribbon and was awarded as an Order of the Precious Crown Third Class for her academic accomplishments and leadership in women’s education in Japan.
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Kaho Miyake
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- waka poetnovelist
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Tatsuko Miyake, known by her pen name Kaho Miyake (三宅 花圃, Miyake Kaho), was a Japanese novelist, essayist, and poet. She has long been associated with joryū bungaku ("women's literature"), acknowledged as the first woman to have written in the modern period. Her most notable work is Yabu no uguisu (藪の鶯, lit. "Warbler in the Grove"), published in 1888.
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Tetsu Yasui
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- 1870-1945 (aged 75)
- Occupations
- writereducator
- Biography
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Tetsu Yasui was a Japanese educator and writer. She was the first dean of Tokyo Woman's Christian University and its second president.
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Fang Junying
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- 1884-1923 (aged 39)
- Occupations
- revolutionary
- Biography
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Fang Junying was a Chinese revolutionary.
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Kunie Iwahashi
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- novelistwriter
- Biography
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Kunie Iwahashi was a Japanese novelist. She was considered "the female Shintaro Ishihara".
