List of Waseda University people
This is a list of notable alumni, faculty, and students, from Waseda University. Those individuals who qualify for multiple categories have been placed under the section for which they are best known.
Prime ministers
- Tanzan Ishibashi (1956–1957)
- Noboru Takeshita (1987–1989)
- Toshiki Kaifu (1989–1991)
- Keizō Obuchi (1998–2000)
- Mikio Aoki (Acting: 2000-2000)
- Yoshirō Mori (2000–2001)
- Yasuo Fukuda (2007–2008)
- Yoshihiko Noda (2011–2012)
- Fumio Kishida (2021–2024)
Politics
- Nobuaki Futami
- Takashi Hiraoka – Mayor of Hiroshima (1991–1999)
- Iccho Itoh – Mayor of Nagasaki (1995–2007)
- Yohei Kono - Speaker of the House of Representatives (2003-2009)
- Li Dazhao - co-founder of the Chinese Communist Party
- Hideo Higashikokubaru – Governor of Miyazaki Prefecture (2007-2011)
- Peng Pai - Chinese revolutionary
- Ichirō Kōno - Deputy Prime Minister (1964-1965)
- Bukichi Miki
- Hirohide Ishida
- Fukushiro Nukaga
- Masahide Ota - Governor of Okinawa Prefecture (1990-1998)
- Hiroshige Seko
- Mosaburo Suzuki - 2nd chairman of the Japan Socialist Party (1955-1960)
- Tsutomu Takebe
- Makiko Tanaka - First female foreign minister of Japan
- Kisaburo Tokai
- Kiyomi Tsujimoto
- Kozo Watanabe
- Yoshimi Watanabe
- Yuji Yamamoto
- Taku Yamasaki
- Tōru Hashimoto – Mayor of Osaka and Osaka Restoration Association president
- Inejiro Asanuma – 3rd chairman of Japan Socialist Party
Diplomats
- Chiune Sugihara
- Katsuhiko Oku – rugby player and diplomat, promoted posthumously to ambassador
Business leaders
- Takeo Fukui – CEO of Honda
- Norio Sasaki – CEO of Toshiba
- Soichiro Fukutake – president of Benesse
- Shuntaro Furukawa – president of Nintendo[1]
- Masaru Ibuka – co-founder of Sony, recipient of the Order of Culture
- Nobuyuki Idei – ex-CEO of Sony
- Masafumi Miyamoto – founder of Square
- Yasujiro Tsutsumi
- Yoshiaki Tsutsumi
- Michael Kogan – founder of Taito
- Lee Byung-chul – Founder of Samsung
- Lee Kun-hee – current chairman of Samsung
- Kenichi Ohmae – founder and ex-Senior Partner of McKinsey & Co's Japan office
- Isao Okawa – ex-chairman of Sega
- Park Tae-joon – founder and chairman of Pohang Iron & Steels Corp, POSCO
- Masamitsu Sakurai – chairman of Ricoh, chairman of Japan Association of Corporate Executives
- Mikio Sasaki – chairman of Mitsubishi
- Shin Kyuk-Ho – founder and chairman of Lotte Group
- Shunsaku Tamiya – chairman of Tamiya Corporation[2]
- Yoshiaki Tsutsumi – founder of Seibu Railway
- Hiroshi Yamauchi – president of Nintendo
- Tadashi Yanai – CEO of Fast Retailing and Uniqlo
Academics
- Kohki Abe – human rights activist and Dean of Kanagawa University School of Law
- Kanichi Asakawa – historian, professor at Yale University
- Kang Sang-jung – scholar of history of political thought, professor at University of Tokyo
- Tien-Min Li – Chinese political historian
- Ikujiro Nonaka – scholar of management, Knowledge Management theorist, co-author of The Knowledge-Creating Company, visiting professor at University of California, Berkeley
- Ryūsaku Tsunoda (1877–1964) – lecturer of Japanese studies at Columbia University
- Ungku Abdul Aziz Ungku Abdul Hamid – Malaysian academician
- Masayoshi Watanabe – professor at Yokohama National University
- Sakuji Yoshimura – Egyptologist, president of Cyber University
Authors
- Kunikida Doppo
- Taichi Yamada – screenwriter, novelist[3]
- Jun Henmi
- Masuji Ibuse*
- Masahiko Katsuya – columnist
- Hakushū Kitahara*
- Akira Kojima – manga artist
- Lee Hoesung
- Taku Miki – poet, novelist, translator
- Eto Mori
- Manabu Miyazaki*
- Megumi Mizusawa – manga artist
- Haruki Murakami – novelist, translator, writer, recipient of Franz Kafka Prize
- Kim Nae-sung – Korean author
- Kōgo Noda – screenwriter
- Yōko Ogawa – novelist
- Ichirō Ōkouchi – novelist, screenwriter
- Ototake Hirotada – sports writer
- Edogawa Rampo
- Taneda Santoka*
- Yoko Tawada
- Tawara Machi
- Shuji Terayama*
- Yajima Teruo*
- Yokomitsu Riichi*
- Risa Wataya
- Hiroyuki Yoshino
- Rie Yoshiyuki
Journalists
Performing arts
- milet – singer song writer
- Saeko – actress, model
- Kohei Ando – Video artist and experimental filmmaker
- Sharon Au – Singaporean actress, comedian and television presenter
- Rokusuke Ei – composer
- Naohito Fujiki – actor
- Yasuharu Hasebe – film director
- Mitsuhiro Hidaka – singer
- Ryōko Hirosue* – actress[4]
- Toshiharu Ikeda – film director
- Shohei Imamura – film director, winner of two Palme d'Or awards at the Cannes Film Festival
- LaSalle Ishii* – comedian
- Akio Jissoji – film director
- Jyongri – singer
- Hitomi Kamanaka – film director
- Seiji Kameda – composer, producer
- Morio Kazama – actor
- Kinya Kitaoji – actor
- Demon Kogure – singer, sumo commentator
- Yoshio Kojima – comedian
- Shōji Kōkami – playwright, director, filmmaker
- Tetsuya Komuro* – musician
- Hirokazu Koreeda – film director
- Tatsumi Kumashiro – film director
- Matsumoto Kōshirō IX – kabuki actor
- Keisuke Minami – stage actor, model
- Shigeru Muroi* – actress
- Kie Nakai – actress
- Yuichi Nakamaru – actor, singer (member of KAT-TUN), distantly attending
- Kichitaro Negishi – film director
- Kohei Oguri – film director
- Kyosen Ōhashi – TV host and writer
- Eiichi Otaki – musician
- Masato Sakai* – actor
- Bunta Sugawara – actor
- Tamori* – comedian and television presenter
- Yuya Tegoshi – actor, singer (member of NEWS), distantly attending
- Ken Utsui – actor
- Sayuri Yoshinaga – actress
- Kota Yabu – actor, singer (member of Hey! Say! JUMP)
- Yoko Kanno – composer
- Nao Tōyama – voice actress, singer
- Saori Hayami – voice actress, singer
- Aoi Yūki – voice actress, singer
- Yuuki Ono – voice actor, singer
- Kouki Uchiyama – actor, voice actor
- Sōma Saitō – voice actor, singer
- Shimizu Kunio – playwright
- Ichirō Ōkouchi – screenwriter, novelist, winner of two best screenplay awards at the Tokyo Anime Award festival.
- Yamada Tamaru — singer/songwriter
- Edmund Yeo – Malaysian film director
Scientists
- Shingo Futamura - rubber industry scientist
Sports
Baseball
Figure skating
- Shizuka Arakawa – 2006 Winter Olympics gold medalist
- Rena Inoue – Pairs skater
- Yukari Nakano
- Fumie Suguri
- Yuzuru Hanyu – Men's singles figure skater, 2014, 2018 Winter Olympics gold medalist and two-times world champion
Football
- Kunishige Kamamoto
- Saburo Kawabuchi – ex-President of Japan football association and ex-Chairman of Japan professional soccer league
- Yuki Soma
Martial arts
- Yoriko Okamoto – taekwondo, 2000 Sydney Olympics bronze medalist
- Kisshomaru Ueshiba
- Mitsusuke Harada – head of KDS
- Shigeru Egami – founder of Shōtōkai karate
- Tsutomu Ohshima – Chief Instructor of Shotokan Karate of America
- Kenji Tomiki – judo and aikido, founder of Shodokan Aikido
- Hironori Ōtsuka – founder of Wadō-ryū karate
- AnnMaria De Mars – 1984 Judo World Champion
Rugby
- Katsuyuki Kiyomiya – player and coach
- Hiroaki Shukuzawa – player and coach
- Ayumu Goromaru
- Yoshikazu Fujita
Swimming
- Natsumi Hoshi – Olympic bronze medalist
- Toshio Irie – Olympic silver medalist
- Shozo Makino – Olympic silver medalist
- Yoshihiko Osaki – Olympic silver medalist
- Masato Sakai – Olympic silver medalist
- Daiya Seto – Olympic bronze medalist
- Katsuo Takaishi – Olympic bronze medalist
- Tsuyoshi Yamanaka – Olympic silver medalist
Volleyball
- Yoko Zetterlund – former player of United States women's national volleyball team
- Ryuta Homma – former roster of men's national volleyball team and active in V.League Division 1 player for JTEKT Stings
- Taichi Fukuyama – former roster of men's national volleyball team and active V.League Division 1 Player for JTEKT Stings
- Kento Miyaura – current roster of men's national volleyball team and player for Paris Volley
- Tatsunori Otsuka – current roster of men's national volleyball team and active V.League Division 1 player for Panasonic Panthers
Miscellaneous
- Hajime Itoi
- Toshihisa Nishi
- Keijiro Matsumoto
- Mikio Oda – athletics, Japan's first Olympic gold medalist
- Kenji Ogiwara – Nordic combined, 1992/1994 Winter Olympics gold medalist
- Michito Sakaki – Australian rules football
- Jiro Sato – tennis
- Takuma Sato* – Formula One driver
- Toshihiko Seko – marathon runner
- Ōnishiki Uichirō – sumo, 26th yokozuna
- Ai Fukuhara – table tennis
- Yu Hirayama – badminton
- Kenta Matsudaira – table tennis
- Suguru Osako – long-distance runner
Other
- Einosuke Akiya – 5th president of Soka Gakkai
- Nancy Andrew – translator, junior year, 1967–1968
- Akihito Hirose - Professional shogi player, former Ōi title holder.
- Yuji Horii – video game designer
- Tomonobu Itagaki – video game designer, School of Law, 1985–92
- Katsuhiro Harada – video game designer
- Yuichi Matsushima – electrical engineer
- Taichi Nakamura - Professional shogi player, current Ōza title holder.
- Tensai Okamura – director
- Kyohei Sakaguchi
- Yoshio Shirai
Notable current students
Sports
- Tatsuki Machida – Figure skater
- Shingo Nishiyama – Figure skater
- Rika Kihira – Figure skater
- Miyabi Onitsuka – Snowboarder
- Kanako Watanabe – Swimmer
- Ippei Watanabe – Swimmer
- Tatsunori Otsuka – Men's national volleyball player, being a part of 2020 Olympics men's tournament
Performing arts
- Jyongri – singer
- Natsuki Sato – idol singer, former member of AKB48
- Yui Ogura – voice actor, roles include Toki Onjōji (Saki Achiga-hen Episode of Side-A)
Notable faculty members
- Yaichi Aizu, poet, scholar of ancient Chinese and Japanese art, and namesake of Aizu Museum
- Tameyuki Amano, economics scholar and educator
- Kohei Ando, Professor Emeritus of Cinema
- Lafcadio Hearn, novelist, literary scholar, professor of English literature
- Kenji Imai, architect
- Kunitake Kume, historian
- Tachu Naito, architect
- Takayasu Okushima, law professor, former president
- Ikuo Ōyama, scholar of political science
- Shoyo Tsubouchi, playwright, critic, translator, educator, professor of English literature, and namesake of Tsubouchi Memorial Theater Museum
- Takamasa Yoshizaka, architect
Principals, de facto presidents (1907–1923), and presidents
Principals
- Hidemaro Ōkuma, 1882–1886
- Hisoka Maejima, 1886–1890
- Kazuo Hatoyama, 1890–1907
De facto presidents (1907–1923)
- Sanae Takata, 1907–1915
- Tameyuki Amano, 1915–1917
- Yoshiro Hiranuma, 1918–1921
- Masasada Shiozawa, 1921–1923
Presidents
- Shigenobu Ōkuma,[5] 1907–1922
- Masasada Shiozawa, 1923
- Sanae Takata, 1923–1931
- Hozumi Tanaka (public finance scholar, Doctor of Laws, 1876—1944), 1931–1944
- Tomio Nakano, 1944–1946
- Koichi Shimada, 1946–1954
- Nobumoto Ōhama, 1954–1966
- Kenichi Abe, 1966–1968
- Tsunesaburo Tokikoyama, 1968–1970
- Sukenaga Murai, 1970–1978
- Tsukasa Shimizu, 1978–1982
- Haruo Nishihara, 1982–1990
- Chūmaru Koyama, 1990–1994
- Takayasu Okushima, 1994–2002
- Katsuhiko Shirai, 2002–2010
- Kaoru Kamata, 2010–Present
Trustees
- Ryuhoku Narushima, poet, journalist, and one of the first trustees of Waseda
Benefactors
Waseda University has had numerous benefactors, including:
- Eiichi Shibusawa,[6] businessman and philanthropist
- Masaru Ibuka, after whom Masaru Ibuka Auditorium (Hall)[7] is named.
References
- ^ Nakamura, Yuji; Furukawa, Yuki (26 April 2018). "Nintendo Puts Switch Into Hands of Famicom-Generation President". Bloomberg.com. Retrieved 26 April 2018.
- ^ "株式会社タミヤ・会社概要". Tamiya.com. Archived from the original on 2012-06-06. Retrieved 2012-06-05.
- ^ "Kyakuhon, shōsetsuka Yamada Taiichi". Chunichi Shimbun. 9 September 2011. Archived from the original on 15 November 2011. Retrieved 30 October 2011.
- ^ "21年前の広末涼子の早稲田入学の大騒動は何だったのか？". AERA dot. (in Japanese). Asahi Shimbun Publications Inc. 19 March 2020. Retrieved 5 January 2024.
- ^ as an honorary post
- ^ Okushima and Nakamura (eds.), p.53
- ^ Masaru Ibuka Auditorium (Hall) is in the International Conference Center.