11 Notable alumni of
Tokyo College of Music
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The Tokyo College of Music is 720th in the world, 148th in Asia, and 56th in Japan by aggregated alumni prominence. Below is the list of 11 notable alumni from the Tokyo College of Music sorted by their wiki pages popularity. The directory includes famous graduates and former students along with research and academic staff.
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Tetsuko Kuroyanagi
- Years
- 1933-.. (age 92)
- Occupations
- tarentoactorseiyūwriterautobiographer
- Biography
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Tetsuko Kuroyanagi is a Japanese actress, television personality, World Wide Fund for Nature advisor, and Goodwill Ambassador for UNICEF. She joined NHK Broadcasting Theatre Company as the first television actress in 1953. In 1954, she made her debut as the lead actress in the radio drama Yambō Nimbō Tombō. In 1976, TV Asahi's Tetsuko's Room (Tetsuko no Heya) started airing. This program was recognized by the Guinness World Records in 2011 for having the highest number of broadcasts by the same host. It has been airing on weekdays at noon every week, and as of 2023, it has surpassed 11,000 episodes in its 48th year. Her autobiographical book, Totto-Chan: The Little Girl at the Window, which depicts her childhood, became a post-WW2 bestseller with over 8 million copies sold in Japan and 25 million copies worldwide. It has also been adapted into a television series twice.
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Nao Matsushita
- Enrolled in the Tokyo College of Music
- Studied piano
- Occupations
- actorsingerpianistmodelfashion model
- Biography
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Nao Matsushita is a Japanese actress and singer.
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Yui Makino
- Enrolled in the Tokyo College of Music
- In 2008 studied piano
- Occupations
- singeractorseiyūsinger-songwriterpianist
- Biography
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Yui Makino is a Japanese actress, voice actress, singer, and pianist. She is best known for her work in the anime Tsubasa: Reservoir Chronicle where she voices Sakura and some of the theme songs for the Aria anime series. She is associated with Amuse, Inc. One of her earliest voice acting performances was the character "Sister" in a short-anime movie Bavel no Hon when she was 10. She married singer Yutaro Miura in 2020.
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Noriko Awaya
- Occupations
- singer
- Biography
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Noriko Awaya was a Japanese female soprano chanteuse and popular music (ryūkōka) singer. She was dubbed the "Queen of Blues" (ブルースの女王, Burūsu no Joō) in Japan.
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Yugo Kanno
- Occupations
- composermusic arrangeraudio engineerfilm directorpainter
- Biography
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Yugo Kanno is a Japanese composer and musician known for his work on many television dramas, anime series, and movies.
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Hachiro Kasuga
- Occupations
- composersinger
- Biography
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Hachiro Kasuga, born Minoru Watabe, was a Japanese enka singer. He has been dubbed "the first enka singer".
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Kamatari Fujiwara
- Occupations
- actor
- Biography
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Kamatari Fujiwara was a Japanese stage and film actor who appeared in over 200 films between 1933 and 1984. In addition to regular appearances in the films of Akira Kurosawa, he worked for directors such as Mikio Naruse, Yasujirō Ozu, Heinosuke Gosho and others.
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Hitomi Noda
- Occupations
- housewife
- Biography
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Hitomi Noda is the spouse of Yoshihiko Noda and served as the spouse of the prime minister of Japan.
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Hirofumi Yoshida
- Occupations
- conductor
- Biography
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Hirofumi Yoshida is a Japanese orchestral conductor. He resides in Italy, but grew up in Funabashi, Chiba, Japan.
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Katharina Treutler
- Occupations
- pianist
- Biography
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Katharina Treutler is a German pianist.
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Kazumasa Hashimoto
- Occupations
- composermusicianaudio engineer
- Biography
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Kazumasa Hashimoto is a Japanese composer, mastering engineer and web designer.
