24 Notable alumni of
Tokyo University of Foreign Studies
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The Tokyo University of Foreign Studies is 419th in the world, 82nd in Asia, and 33rd in Japan by aggregated alumni prominence. Below is the list of 24 notable alumni from the Tokyo University of Foreign Studies sorted by their wiki pages popularity. The directory includes famous graduates and former students along with research and academic staff.
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Ryohei Suzuki
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- actor
- Biography
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Ryohei Suzuki is a Japanese actor who is represented by the talent agency Horipro.
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Masabumi Hosono
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- explorer
- Biography
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Masabumi Hosono was a Japanese civil servant. He survived the sinking of the Titanic on 15 April 1912 but found himself condemned and ostracized by the Japanese public, press, and government because of a misconception that he decided to save himself rather than go down with the ship. Hosono's grandson is Haruomi Hosono, leading member of the Japanese band Yellow Magic Orchestra.
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Yukihide Takekawa
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- singer-songwriterrecord producercomposernovelistvisiting professor
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Yukihide Takekawa is a Japanese singer, songwriter and composer from Urawa-ku, Saitama, Saitama Prefecture. He is best known for being the vocalist to the band Godiego as well as his solo career and his work as an author. Some of his compositions have been featured in video game, anime, films, and television drama soundtracks. These include the Galaxy Express 999 film, Saiyūki, Genesis Climber MOSPEADA, Soul Blazer, and Choushinsei Flashman.
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Nankichi Niimi
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- writerchildren's writerpoet
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Nankichi Niimi was a Japanese author, sometimes known as the Hans Christian Andersen of Japan.
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Yūko Nakamura
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- actor
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Yūko Nakamura is a Japanese actress, born on 7 January 1975 in Fukui, Japan. She won the award for best actress at the Buenos Aires International Festival of Independent Cinema 2001 for the film Firefly (Hotaru) and the award for best supporting actress at the 28th Yokohama Film Festival for Strawberry Shortcakes.
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Masahiko Shimada
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- university teacherwriterpoetnovelist
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Masahiko Shimada is a Japanese writer. He has won the Noma Literary New Face Prize, the Izumi Kyōka Prize for Literature, the Itō Sei Literature Prize, and the Mainichi Publishing Culture Award. His work has been translated into English.
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O Sonfa
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- criticjournalist
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Oh Sonfa, also known by her Korean name Oh Seon-hwa (Korean: 오선화), is a professor in the School of International Relations at Takushoku University in Tokyo. She is also active as an author and journalist in Japan. She is a critic in many fields such as current issues, history, and culture, particularly in East Asian Countries.
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Jun Ishikawa
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- writertranslatorpoetnovelist
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Jun Ishikawa was the pen name of a modernist author, translator and literary critic active in Shōwa period Japan. His real name (written in the same kanji) was Ishikawa Kiyoshi.
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Kazuyuki Hamada
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- politiciancriticpolitical scientist
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Kazuyuki Hamada is a Japanese politician. He has served one term in the House of Councillors for the Tottori At-large district. After being elected in 2010 as a candidate for the Liberal Democratic Party, he changed parties three times before unsuccessfully seeking re-election as an independent candidate in 2016.
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Naniwa Kawashima
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- 1866-1949 (aged 83)
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- spy
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Kawashima Naniwa was a Japanese adventurer in China, known for his activities supporting the Qing dynasty. He was the foster father of the Japanese spy Kawashima Yoshiko, who was the biological daughter of the Manchu Prince Su Shanqi.
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Chen Chih-hsiung
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- 1916-1963 (aged 47)
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- politician
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Chen Chih-hsiung was a Taiwanese independence activist.
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Teijirō Toyoda
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- politicianmilitary personnelbusinesspersondiplomat
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Teijirō Toyoda was a career naval officer who served as Minister for Foreign Affairs in 1941 and as admiral in the Imperial Japanese Navy during World War II.
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Junpei Gomikawa
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- writernovelist
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Junpei Gomikawa was the pen name of Japanese novelist Kurita Shigeru. He is best known for his 1958 World War II novel The Human Condition (Ningen no joken), which became a best seller. Gomikawa's novel became the basis for Masaki Kobayashi's film trilogy The Human Condition as well as a radio drama. Another novel by Gomikawa, the eighteen-volume Men and War (Senso to ningen), formed the basis for Satsuo Yamamoto's 1970–1973 film trilogy of the same name.
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Yasuhiro Matsuda
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- historianpolitical scientist
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Yasuhiro Matsuda is a Japanese professor of international politics at the University of Tokyo.
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Yayori Matsui
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- journalist
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Yayori Matsui was a Japanese journalist and women's rights activist noted for her work to raise awareness of sex slaves and sex tourism in post-war Asia. In 1961 she began work as a journalist for the newspaper Asahi Shimbun, retiring in 1994 to work as a full-time social activist, founding numerous women's organizations and writing on gender inequality in Japan and on sex crimes committed by the Japanese Imperial Army, namely against the comfort women of the Second World War. Her work culminated in the 2000 Tokyo Women's War Crimes Tribunal, a tribunal held to gain some form of justice for the victims of Japanese military sexual slavery.
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Jo Iimura
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- military personnel
- Biography
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Jo Iimura was a general in the Imperial Japanese Army in the Pacific War.
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Hiroshi Saitō
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- politician
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Hiroshi Saitō is a Japanese politician who served as the governor of Yamagata Prefecture.
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Korehito Kurahara
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- translatorliterary criticwriter
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Korehito Kurahara was a Japanese Marxist literary critic. He wrote under the name Soichiro Furukawa.
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Jinzai Kiyoshi
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- 1903-1957 (aged 54)
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- translatorwriterplaywrightnovelistlinguist
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Kiyoshi Jinzai was a Japanese novelist, Russian translator and literary critic active during the Shōwa period of Japan.
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Yasuo Ogata
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- politician
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Yasuo Ogata is a member and the Vice Chairman of the Japanese Communist Party. He was a member of the House of Councillors from 2000 to 2010. In 1989, Ogata appealed to the Supreme Court of Japan to reopen a case where five officers were investigated for possible violations of the Telecommunications Enterprise Law after an eavesdropping device was found on his telephone line that was diverted to the apartment of the son of a police officer. Ogata is a supporter of the elimination of nuclear weapons.
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Hiroaki Katō
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- translatorsinger-songwriterinterpreteractor
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Hiroaki Katо̄, known by his stage name Hiro, is a Japanese singer, actor, songwriter, TV presenter, radio host, Indonesian language lecturer, and translator who is active in Indonesia. He is known for his love for Indonesia, which he expresses through his works.
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Yamaoka Kōtarō
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- interpreterethnologist
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Mitsutarō Yamaoka, also known as Umar Yamaoka (Japanese: ウマル・ヤマオカ) was a Japanese Islamic and Judaic scholar known for being the first Japanese pilgrim to Mecca.
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Terao Hisashi
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- 1855-1923 (aged 68)
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- mathematicianastronomersurveyorteacher
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Hisashi Terao was a Japanese astronomer and mathematician. He graduated from the Tokyo imperial University as well as from the University of Paris, and he was one of the founding members and the first principal of The Tokyo Academy of Physics (now Tokyo University of Science). Notable students that studied under him include Shin Hirayama, Hisashi Kimura, and Kiyotsugu Hirayama. He is also called one of the first astronomers of the Meiji era.
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Morishige Takei
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- composerclassical guitarist
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Morishige Takei was a Japanese composer and court official during the reign of Emperor Showa.
