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List of Waseda University people

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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

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Politics

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Diplomats

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Business leaders

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Academics

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Authors

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Journalists

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Performing arts

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Scientists

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Sports

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Baseball

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Figure skating

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Football

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Martial arts

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Rugby

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Swimming

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Volleyball

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Miscellaneous

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Other

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Notable current students

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Sports

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Performing arts

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Notable faculty members

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  • 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
  • Yasunobu Fujiwara, scholar of political science
  • Lafcadio Hearn, novelist, literary scholar, professor of English literature
  • Smimasa Idditti (Sumimasa Idichi ), professor of English
  • Kenji Imai, architect
  • Tokio Kimura, historian
  • Kunitake Kume, historian
  • Tachu Naito, architect
  • Naoyoshi Nakamura, historian
  • Haruo Nishihara, law professor, former president
  • Takayasu Okushima, law professor, former president
  • Hajime Ōnishi, philosopher
  • Ikuo Ōyama, scholar of political science
  • Yaso Saijo, poet
  • Masasada Shiozawa, scholar of economics, former president
  • Sanae Takata, scholar of political science, former president
  • Ōdō Tanaka, philosopher
  • Shoyo Tsubouchi, playwright, critic, translator, educator, professor of English literature, and namesake of Tsubouchi Memorial Theater Museum
  • Sokichi Tsuda, historian, recipient of the Order of Culture
  • Kazutami Ukita, scholar of political science
  • Shujiro Urata, economist
  • Yoshio Yamanouchi, translator, scholar of French literature
  • Akira Yonekura, law professor
  • Takamasa Yoshizaka, architect

Principals, de facto presidents (1907–1923), and presidents

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Principals

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De facto presidents (1907–1923)

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  • Sanae Takata, 1907–1915
  • Tameyuki Amano, 1915–1917
  • Yoshiro Hiranuma, 1918–1921
  • Masasada Shiozawa, 1921–1923

Presidents

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  • Shigenobu Ōkuma,[7] 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

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  • Ryuhoku Narushima, poet, journalist, and one of the first trustees of Waseda
  • Azusa Ono (1852–1886), law scholar and one of the first trustees of Waseda

Benefactors

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Waseda University has had numerous benefactors, including:

  • Eiichi Shibusawa,[8] businessman and philanthropist
  • Ichizaemon Morimura,[9] businessman
  • Koichiro Kagami,[10] businessman
  • Kenkichi Kodera,[11] presenter of over thirty-six thousand foreign books to the Library
  • Kisaku Maekawa,[12] businessman and philanthropist
  • Masaru Ibuka, after whom Masaru Ibuka Auditorium (Hall)[13] is named.
  • Robert J. Shillman, founder & CEO of Cognex Corporation, namesake of Robert Shillman Hall

References

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  1. ^ Nakamura, Yuji; Furukawa, Yuki (26 April 2018). "Nintendo Puts Switch Into Hands of Famicom-Generation President". Bloomberg.com. Retrieved 26 April 2018.
  2. ^ "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.
  3. ^ "Dr Katsuyuki Shibayama". 10 September 2021.
  4. ^ "Kyakuhon, shōsetsuka Yamada Taiichi". Chunichi Shimbun. 9 September 2011. Archived from the original on 15 November 2011. Retrieved 30 October 2011.
  5. ^ "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.
  6. ^ Whiting, Robert. You Gotta Have Wa (Vintage Departures, 1989), p. 36.
  7. ^ as an honorary post
  8. ^ Okushima and Nakamura (eds.), p.53
  9. ^ Okushima and Nakamura (eds.), p.51
  10. ^ Okushima and Nakamura (eds.), p.63
  11. ^ Okushima and Nakamura (eds.), p.65
  12. ^ Okushima and Nakamura (eds.), p.68
  13. ^ Masaru Ibuka Auditorium (Hall) is in the International Conference Center.
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