Chuo University
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Chuo University is a one of the Japanese leading universities. Thus it is competitive in several rankings such as shown below.

General Rankings

The university has been ranked 27th, 25th, 34th during 2008-2010 respectively in the ranking "Truly Strong Universities
Truly Strong Universities
The Truly Strong Universities is a ranking of the Japan’s top 100 universities by Toyo Keizai, released annually in October on its business magazine "Toyo Keizai"....

(本当に強い大学)" by Toyo Keizai
Toyo Keizai
is a book and magazine publisher specializing in politics, economics and business, based in Tokyo, Japan.The company is famous for established in 1895, one of three Japanese leading business magazines ranked with published by Nikkei Business Publications and published by DIAMOND.- External...

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Research Performance

Chuo has filed the 67 th highest number of patents in the nation as its research outcomes.

Graduate school Rankings

Chuo Law School is considered as one of the top Japanese law schools. In fact, Chuo's number of successful candidates for bar examination has been 2nd in 2009-2010 in Japan. It is the strongest department in this university as the cumulative number of people qualified as lawyer and prosecutor has been historically 2nd after WW2.

Alumni Rankings

The graduate from Chuo enjoy a good success in the Japanese industries.

According to the Weekly Economist's 2010 rankings, graduates from Chuo University have the 36th best employment rate in 400 major companies

École des Mines de Paris ranks Chuo University as 25th in the world in 2011 in terms of the number of alumni listed among CEOs in the 500 largest worldwide companies. The university is also ranked 4th in Japan for the number of alumni holding the position of executive in the listed companies of Japan, and this number per student (probability of becoming an executive) is 14th.

Chuo graduates have been ranked 3rd in Japan in the number of successful national CPA exam applicants. Furthermore, the number of Members of Parliament who graduated Chuo is 7th in Japan.

Popularity and Selectivity

Chuo is a popular university in Japan. The number of applicants per place was 22.8(91674/4020) in the 2011 undergraduate admissions. its entrance difficulty is very selective.

Nikkei BP
Nikkei Business Publications
, commonly known as , is a book and magazine publisher based in Tokyo, Japan. The company was established as "Nikkei McGraw-Hill, Inc", a joint venture of Nihon Keizai Shimbun and McGraw-Hill in 1969, and later it became to be a wholly owned subsidiary of Nikkei.Nikkei BP is known well for its...

 has been publishing a ranking system called "Brand rankings of Japanese universities
Brand rankings of Japanese universities
The Brand rankings of Japanese universities is a ranking of the Japanese universities by Nikkei Business Publications, released annually in November....

" every year, composed by the various indications related to the power of brand, and Chuo was 10th in 2009 in Greater Tokyo Area
Greater Tokyo Area
The Greater Tokyo Area is a large metropolitan area in Kantō region, Japan, consisting of most of the prefectures of Chiba, Kanagawa, Saitama, and Tokyo . In Japanese, it is referred to by various terms, including the , , and others....

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Athletes

  • Shozo Sasahara
    Shozo Sasahara
    is a Japanese wrestler and Olympic champion in Freestyle wrestling.-Olympics:Sasahara competed at the 1956 Summer Olympics in Melbourne where he received a gold medal in Freestyle wrestling, the featherweight class.-References:...

     :de:Shōzō Sasahara(wrestling, Olympic gold medalist)
  • Takao Sakurai
    Takao Sakurai
    was a former professional boxer who won the gold medal at the 1964 Summer Olympics.-Amateur career:...

     (Boxing, Olympic gold medalist)
  • Isao Okano
    Isao Okano
    is a retired judoka who competed in the middleweight division. He was born in Ryūgasaki, Ibaraki, Japan.-Biography:He entered the 1964 Summer Olympics while studying at Chuo University's law school, and won the gold medal in the middleweight division...

     (Judo, Olympic gold medalist)
  • Kōkichi Tsuburaya
    Kokichi Tsuburaya
    was a Japanese athlete who competed mainly in the Marathon. He competed for Japan in the 1964 Summer Olympics held in Tokyo, Japan, where he won the bronze medal, and was overtaken within the final 100 meters by Basil Heatley of the UK.After the Tokyo Olympics, Kokichi suffered from lumbago...

     (athletics,Olympic bronze medalist)
  • Kohei Murakoso (athletics, Games of the XI Olympiad)
  • Hiromori Kawashima (former commissioner of Nippon Professional Baseball)
  • Yutaka Takagi (baseball)
  • Shinnosuke Abe
    Shinnosuke Abe
    is a professional baseball player with the Yomiuri Giants in Japan's Nippon Professional Baseball. He has played for the Japanese national team since 1999 as a catcher. In the 2009 Japan Series, he was named the Most Valuable Player.-Career statistics:...

     (baseball)
  • Yoshiyuki Kamei (baseball)
    Yoshiyuki Kamei (baseball)
    is a Japanese professional baseball player for the Yomiuri Giants in Japan's Nippon Professional Baseball.-Career statistics:Statistics current as of July 22, 2011-External links:...

  • Shiro Takegami (baseball, former Manager of Yakult Swallows)
  • Yoshio Anabuki
    Yoshio Anabuki
    is a retired Japanese baseball player and former manager of the Nankai Hawks.-References:...

     (baseball, former Manager of Nankai Hawks)
  • Yoshimasa Takahashi (baseball, former Pitcher
    Pitcher
    In baseball, the pitcher is the player who throwsthe baseball from the pitcher's mound toward the catcher to begin each play, with the goal of retiring a batter, who attempts to either make contact with the pitched ball or draw a walk. In the numbering system used to record defensive plays, the...

     of Toei Flyers and Yomiuri Giants
    Yomiuri Giants
    The are a professional baseball team based in Bunkyo, Tokyo, Japan. The team competes in the Central League in Nippon Professional Baseball, the top level of professional play in Japan. They play their home games in the Tokyo Dome, opened in 1988. The English-language press occasionally calls the...

     / Manager of Chuo University Baseball Club)
  • Hirokazu Sawamura
    Hirokazu Sawamura
    is a Japanese Nippon Professional Baseball player in Japan's Central League.Sawamura was named the 2011 Central League Rookie of the Year.- References :...

     (baseball, Pitcher
    Pitcher
    In baseball, the pitcher is the player who throwsthe baseball from the pitcher's mound toward the catcher to begin each play, with the goal of retiring a batter, who attempts to either make contact with the pitched ball or draw a walk. In the numbering system used to record defensive plays, the...

     of Yomiuri Giants
    Yomiuri Giants
    The are a professional baseball team based in Bunkyo, Tokyo, Japan. The team competes in the Central League in Nippon Professional Baseball, the top level of professional play in Japan. They play their home games in the Tokyo Dome, opened in 1988. The English-language press occasionally calls the...

    )
  • Tsuyoshi Fukui
    Tsuyoshi Fukui
    is a retired tour and Japan Davis Cup team tennis player. Fukui holds the record for the most singles win for the Japanese in Davis Cup, with 26. On tour, he won two Challenger tennis events in singles and earned a career-high singles ranking of World No. 177, in January 1983.-Circuit career:Fukui...

     (tennis / Managing Director, Japan Tennis Association
    Japan Tennis Association
    Japan Tennis Association is the governing body for professional and amateur tennis in Japan. Founded in 1922 and recognized by International Lawn Tennis Federation in 1923, it is one of the oldest organized sport organization in Asia.Japan Tennis Association operates all of the Japanese national...

    )
  • Dejima
    Dejima Takeharu
    Dejima Takeharu is a former sumo wrestler from Kanazawa, Ishikawa, Japan. A former amateur champion, he made his professional debut in 1996, reaching the top makuuchi division the following year...

     (Sumo
    Sumo
    is a competitive full-contact sport where a wrestler attempts to force another wrestler out of a circular ring or to touch the ground with anything other than the soles of the feet. The sport originated in Japan, the only country where it is practiced professionally...

    , former Ozeki)
  • Takekaze
    Takekaze Akira
    Takekaze Akira is a professional sumo wrestler from Akita Prefecture, Japan. A former amateur sumo champion, he turned professional in 2002, reaching the top division the following year. He has been a runner-up in one tournament and earned two special prizes for Fighting Spirit...

     (Sumo)
  • Tamakasuga
    Tamakasuga Ryoji
    Tamakasuga Ryōji is a former sumo wrestler from Seiyo, Ehime Prefecture, Japan. A former amateur sumo champion, he made his professional debut in 1994 and reached a highest rank of sekiwake in 1997. He fought in the top makuuchi division for twelve years, won five special prizes and earned seven...

     (Sumo)
  • Mai Nakamura
    Mai Nakamura
    is a former backstroke swimmer from Japan. At the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Nakamura won the silver medal in the 100m Backstroke and a bronze medal as part of the Women's Relay Team for the 4x100 Medley.-References:* *...

     (swimmer,Olympic silver medalist)
  • Masami Tanaka
    Masami Tanaka
    is a former breaststroke swimmer from Japan. She won the bronze medal in the 4x100m Medley Relay at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Australia. Her winning teammates in that race were Mai Nakamura, Junko Onishi, and Sumika Minamoto. She competed in three consecutive Summer Olympics, starting in...

     (swimmer,Olympic bronze medalist)
  • Sumika Minamoto
    Sumika Minamoto
    is a former freestyle swimmer from Japan, who won the bronze medal in the 4x100m Medley Relay at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Australia. Her winning teammates in that race were Mai Nakamura, Junko Onishi, and Masami Tanaka. She competed in two consecutive Summer Olympics, starting in 1996.-...

     (swimmer,Olympic bronze medalist)
  • Masahiro Fukuda
    Masahiro Fukuda
    is a former Japanese football player. He was a forward but sometimes played in the midfield.-Club:After studying at and playing for Sagami Institute of Technology High School and Chuo University, he joined Mitsubishi Motors in 1989 and started to play for their football club that played in the...

     (football player)
  • Nobutoshi Kaneda (football player)
  • Kengo Nakamura
    Kengo Nakamura
    is a Japanese football midfielder who currently plays for Kawasaki Frontale of the J. League.-Playing style:K.Nakamura is a playmaking midfielder usually employed by Kawasaki Frontale on the central midfield. His view can supply pass very widely over the wide range.Besides passing, Nakamura is...

     (football player)
  • Ken Naganuma (football player, former President of the Japan Football Association
    Japan Football Association
    The Japan Football Association, sometimes known as the Japan Soccer Association , is the governing body responsible for the administration of association football in Japan. It is responsible for the national team as well as club competitions....

    )
  • Katsuaki Satō
    Katsuaki Sato
    is the founder and director of Satojuku Karate, also known as Odo karate. The Satojuku honbu is located in Tachikawa, Japan....

     (karate)
  • Jumbo Tsuruta
    Jumbo Tsuruta
    , better known by his ring name Jumbo Tsuruta, was a professional wrestler who wrestled for All Japan Pro Wrestling for most of his career, and is well-known for being the first ever AJPW Triple Crown Heavyweight Champion, having won the PWF Heavyweight Championship, the NWA United National...

     (wrestling)
  • Kazushi Sakuraba
    Kazushi Sakuraba
    is a Japanese professional mixed martial artist and former professional wrestler. He has competed in pro-wrestling for New Japan Pro Wrestling, UWFi and Kingdom Pro Wrestling. He has fought in MMA competition in the Ultimate Fighting Championship, PRIDE Fighting Championships, K-1 Hero's and Dream...

     (wrestling)

Lawyers

  • Takuzo Hanai (lawyer)
  • Raizaburo Hayashi (former Chief Justice of the Supreme Court / former Prosecutor-General, former Minister of Justice)
  • Chiharu Saiguchi
    Chiharu Saiguchi
    is a former justice of the Supreme Court of Japan.-References:...

     (former Justice, the Supreme Court)
  • Shigeyori Tsukamoto (former Justice of the Supreme Court / former Professor, Chuo University)
  • Motoo Ono  (former Justice of the Supreme Court)
  • Hisayuki Okuno(former Justice of the Supreme Court)
  • Takehisa Fukazawa (former Justice of the Supreme Court)
  • Tatsuo Kainaka
    Tatsuo Kainaka
    is a member of the Supreme Court of Japan.- References :...

     (former Justice, the Supreme Court / Superintending Prosecutor, Tokyo High Public Prosecutors Office)
  • Masahiko Sudo (Justice, the Supreme Court)
  • Tomoyuki Yokota (Justice, the Supreme Court)
  • Haruo Kasama  (Prosecutor-General, Supreme Public Prosecutors Office)
  • Tomoyuki Yokota  (former Deputy Prosecutor-General, Supreme Public Prosecutors Office)
  • Shuji Iwamura  (Chief Prosecutor, Tokyo District Public Prosecutors Office)

Politicians

  • Toshiki Kaifu
    Toshiki Kaifu
    is a Japanese politician who was the 76th and 77th Prime Minister of Japan from 1989 to 1991.- Career :He was born in Nagoya City, Aichi Prefecture, and was educated at Chuo University and Waseda University. A member of the Liberal Democratic Party , Kaifu ran successfully for the Diet in 1960 and...

     (the 76th and 77th Prime Minister / former Chairman,the Liberal Democratic Party
    Liberal Democratic Party (Japan)
    The , frequently abbreviated to LDP or , is a centre-right political party in Japan. It is one of the most consistently successful political parties in the democratic world. The LDP ruled almost continuously for nearly 54 years from its founding in 1955 until its defeat in the 2009 election...

    )
  • Saburo Tsukamoto (former Chairman, now-defunct“Minshato”─the Democratic Socialist Party
    Democratic Socialist Party (Japan)
    The was a social democratic party in Japan.- History :The Democratic Socialist Party was established in 1960 by a breakaway group of the Japan Socialist Party. It was made up of many members of the former Rightist Socialist Party of Japan, a moderate social-democratic faction that existed...

    )
  • Sadao Yamahana (former Chairman, the Japan Socialist Party)
  • Masahiko Kōmura
    Masahiko Komura
    is a Japanese politician of the Liberal Democratic Party. He was Minister for Foreign Affairs from 1998 to 1999 and again from 2007 to 2008, and he is a member of the House of Representatives for the First District of Yamaguchi Prefecture....

     (Minister for Foreign Affairs)
  • Okiharu Yasuoka
    Okiharu Yasuoka
    is a Japanese politician of the Liberal Democratic Party , a member of the House of Representatives in the Diet . A native of Kagoshima Prefecture and graduate of Chuo University, he was elected to the House of Representatives for the first time in 1972 as an independent. He later joined the LDP...

     (Minister of Justice)
  • Toshihiro Nikai
    Toshihiro Nikai
    is a Japanese politician. He was the Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry. A member of the Liberal Democratic Party , Nikai is currently serving in his eighth term in the Lower House representing Wakayama's Third District....

     (Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry)
  • Kunimatsu Hamada (former Chairman, the House of Representatives)
  • Hirofumi Hirano
    Hirofumi Hirano
    is a Japanese politician of the Democratic Party of Japan , a member of the House of Representatives in the Diet . He is a native of Katsuragi, Wakayama and he started working for Panasonic Corporation in 1971 after graduating from Chuo University. He was elected to the House of Representatives for...

     (Chief Cabinet Secretary, the House of Representatives)
  • Yonezo Maeda(former Seiyukai leader / former Minister of Railways / lawyer)
  • Shigeru Hori (former Chairman, the House of Representatives)
  • Yoshimori Yoneda (the founder of Kanagawa University
    Kanagawa University
    , abbreviated to is a private university in Japan. The main campus is located in Rokkakubashi, Kanagawa-ku, Yokohama, Kanagawa Prefecture.- History :The university was founded in 1928 by as . It was an evening school for the working youth...

    )
  • Osamu Inaba (former Minister of Justice, Lockheed bribery scandals
    Lockheed bribery scandals
    The Lockheed bribery scandals encompassed a series of bribes and contributions made by officials of U.S. aerospace company Lockheed from the late 1950s to the 1970s in the process of negotiating the sale of aircraft....

     / former Professor, Chuo University)
  • Yoshimi Watanabe
    Yoshimi Watanabe
    is a Japanese politician, formerly of the Liberal Democratic Party and currently of the President of Your Party, a member of the House of Representatives in the Diet...

     (former Minister,State for Financial Policy and Administrative Reform)
  • Ichita Yamamoto
    Ichita Yamamoto
    is a neoconservative member of the House of Councillors in Japan. A member of the Liberal Democratic Party, he is also a singer, a songwriter and a composer because he used to be a member of a band of rock'n roll....

    (House of Councilors member)
  • Hideo Usui
    Hideo Usui
    is a Japanese politician of the Liberal Democratic Party, a member of the House of Representatives in the Diet . A native of Chiba, Chiba and graduate of Chuo University, he was elected for the first time in 1980 after an unsuccessful run in 1979.- External links :* in Japanese....

     (former Minister of Justice)
  • Yoshihiko Tsuchiya (former Governor Saitama Prefecture, Upper House Speaker)
  • Masaaki Kanda
    Masaaki Kanda
    is the governor of Aichi Prefecture in Japan. A graduate of Chuo University, he served as mayor of Ichinomiya for three terms from 1989 to 1997 before he was first elected governor of Aichi Prefecture in 1999.- References :*...

     (Governor, Aichi Prefecture)
  • Fumio Ueda
    Fumio Ueda
    is the mayor of Sapporo, Hokkaido in Japan. A native of Makubetsu, Hokkaidō and 1972 graduate of Chuo University, he was first elected in 2003 after an unsuccessful run in the same year prior to being elected....

     (Mayor, Sapporo city / lawyer)
  • Yorikane Masumoto
    Yorikane Masumoto
    was the mayor of Kyoto, Kyoto in Japan. A graduate of Chuo University, he was first elected in February 1996. After finishing three full terms in office he did not run again in the 2008 mayoral election.- References :...

     (former Mayor, Kyoto
    Kyoto
    is a city in the central part of the island of Honshū, Japan. It has a population close to 1.5 million. Formerly the imperial capital of Japan, it is now the capital of Kyoto Prefecture, as well as a major part of the Osaka-Kobe-Kyoto metropolitan area.-History:...

     city)
  • Hwang Jang-yop
    Hwang Jang-yop
    Hwang Jang-yop was a major politician in North Korea who defected to South Korea in 1997, making him to date the highest-ranking defector from the isolated state. He was largely responsible for crafting the Juche Idea, North Korea's official state ideology.-Early life and career:Hwang was born in...

     (North Korean defector; dropped out of the law school in 1944.)
  • Hiroshi Saitō
    Hiroshi Saitō (mayor)
    is a Japanese politician from Tokorozawa, Saitama. Having graduated from Chuo University, Saitō was elected to the city assembly of Tokorozawa in 1971. In 1979, he won the election for the prefectural assembly of Saitama and served for 12 years....

     (mayor of Tokorozawa, Saitama)

Journalists, Intellectuals

  • Hasegawa Nyozekan
    Hasegawa Nyozekan
    was the pen-name of Hasegawa Manjirō, a Japanese social critic, and journalist in the Taishō and Shōwa periods Japan. He was one of the most important and widely-read supporters of liberalism and democracy in inter-war Japan.-Biography:...

  • Sojinkan Sugimura
  • Genji Shibukawa
  • Shunosuke Inada
  • Gennosuke Yokoyama
  • Sanshiro Ishikawa
  • Bungo Sakurada
  • Sozo Matsuura
  • Chiyumi Hioki (fashion journalist)
  • Yang Ho-Min (former Chosun Ilbo columnist; 1992 Ho-Am Prize
    Ho-Am Prize
    The Ho-Am Prize is a Korean annual award awarded to "domestic/abroad ethnic Korean who have made outstanding contributions to the development of science and culture and enhancement of the welfare of mankind," often referred to as the Korean equivalent of the Nobel Prize.Awarded since 1991, it is...

     recipient)

Academics

  • Kiminobu Hashimoto (former Member, The Japan Academy
    The Japan Academy
    is an honorary organization founded in 1879 to bring together leading Japanese scholars with distinguished records of scientific achievements. The Academy is currently organization attached to the Ministry of Education; and the organization's headquarters located in Ueno Park, Tokyo, Japan...

     / Honorary Professor of Constitutional Law, Chuo University)
  • Hachiro Sugimoto (Medicinal Chemist, Ph.D. / Visiting Professor, Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Kyoto University
    Kyoto University
    , or is a national university located in Kyoto, Japan. It is the second oldest Japanese university, and formerly one of Japan's Imperial Universities.- History :...

    )
  • Kazuyuki Nagai (President and Chancellor, Chuo University)
  • Tsutomu Fuse (President, Yokohama City University
    Yokohama City University
    is a public university in Japan. The main campus is located in Kanazawa-ku, Yokohama.- History :An origin of YCU was founded in 1882 as . At first this school was maintained by the society of local merchants. In 1888 the school was renamed Yokohama Commercial School , a five-year school for boys...

    )*Akira Fuse
    Akira Fuse
    is a Japanese singer who was once married to Olivia Hussey. He debuted in 1965 with the single . His greatest hits are and . He currently makes consistent appearances on television, performs occasional seasonal tours, hosts a late night talk show, and is involved in a number of stage plays...

     is his little brother.
  • Yoshiaki Ishizawa (President, Sophia University
    Sophia University
    There are several rankings below related to Sophia University.-General Rankings:The university was ranked 61st in 2010 in the ranking Truly Strong Universities by Toyo Keizai...

    )

Authors

  • Kenzo Kitakata
    Kenzo Kitakata
    is an emminent Japanese novelist, especially known for his hard boiled style. He graduated with a degree in Law from Chuo University in 1973.- Bibliography :[Following is the list of translated to English texts, Kitakata is a prolific writer.]*The Cage...

  • Go Ousaka (Naoki Prize
    Naoki Prize
    The Naoki Prize is a Japanese literary award presented semiannually. The official name is Naoki Sanjugo Prize. It was created in 1935 by Kikuchi Kan, then editor of the Bungeishunjū magazine, and named in memory of novelist Naoki Sanjugo...

    )
  • Kageki Shimoda (Naoki Prize
    Naoki Prize
    The Naoki Prize is a Japanese literary award presented semiannually. The official name is Naoki Sanjugo Prize. It was created in 1935 by Kikuchi Kan, then editor of the Bungeishunjū magazine, and named in memory of novelist Naoki Sanjugo...

    )
  • Yoshie Wada
    Yoshie Wada
    was a Japanese novelist and critic.Wada was born in Oshamambe, Hokkaidō, and graduated from Chuo University with a law degree. In addition to his novels in the naturalist tradition, he edited the diaries of Ichiyō Higuchi and Fumiko Hayashi...

     (Naoki Prize
    Naoki Prize
    The Naoki Prize is a Japanese literary award presented semiannually. The official name is Naoki Sanjugo Prize. It was created in 1935 by Kikuchi Kan, then editor of the Bungeishunjū magazine, and named in memory of novelist Naoki Sanjugo...

    )
  • Kazumasa Hirai
    Kazumasa Hirai (author)
    is a Japanese novelist from Yokosuka, Kanagawa. He graduated from Yokosuka Industrial High School and the law department of Chuo University. Hirai is well known for his SF-manga work...

  • Junji Yamagiwa
  • Sen Saga  (lawyer)
  • Kazuo Koike
    Kazuo Koike
    is a prolific Japanese manga writer, novelist and entrepreneur.-Biography:Early in Koike's career, he studied under Golgo 13 creator Takao Saito and served as a writer on the series....

  • Ken Akamatsu
    Ken Akamatsu
    is a Japanese manga artist from Tokyo.Sailor Moon was his introduction to anime and manga fandom.In his teens, Akamatsu applied himself to Film Study . Eventually, he became famous as an illustrator featured in Comiket . He used the pen name...

     (manga artist
    Mangaka
    is the Japanese word for a comic artist or cartoonist. Outside of Japan, manga usually refers to a Japanese comic book and mangaka refers to the author of the manga, who is usually Japanese...

    )
  • Masashi Ueda
    Masashi Ueda
    is a comic book artist who wrote Kobo, the Li'l Rascal .Ueda began drawing comic book strips when he worked in his brother's cram school. Ueda began producing Furiten-kun, a comic book strip about a mahjong player, in 1979. In 1982 Ueda won the Bungeishunjū Manga Award. During that year he began...

     (manga artist
    Mangaka
    is the Japanese word for a comic artist or cartoonist. Outside of Japan, manga usually refers to a Japanese comic book and mangaka refers to the author of the manga, who is usually Japanese...

    )

Business leaders

  • Kiyoshi Ichimura (the founder of Ricoh
    Ricoh
    or Ricoh, is a Japanese company that was established in 1936 on February 6th, as , a company in the RIKEN zaibatsu. Its headquarters is located in Ricoh Building in Chūō, Tokyo....

     Co.,Ltd.)
  • Hiroshi Okawa (the founder of Toei Company
    Toei Company
    is a Japanese film, television production, and distribution corporation. Based in Tokyo, Toei owns and operates thirty-four movie theaters across Japan, a modest vertically-integrated studio system by the standards of the 1930s United States; operates studios at Tokyo and Kyoto; and is a...

     Co.,Ltd.)
  • Kensuke Matano (former President and chairman, Iino Kaiun Kaisha, Ltd.)
  • Fujio Mitarai
    Fujio Mitarai
    is the chairman of Canon and also of the Japan Business Federation. He studied Law at Chuo University, and was President of Canon in the USA until 1989.-Biography:* 1935 September 23: Born at Kamae, Ōita ....

     (Chairman & CEO, Canon Co.,Ltd. / Chairman, “Nippon Keidanren”Japan Business Federation
    Japan Business Federation
    is an economic organization founded in May 2002 by amalgamation of Keidanren and Nikkeiren...

    )
  • Toshifumi Suzuki
    Toshifumi Suzuki
    Toshifumi Suzuki is the CEO and president of 7-Eleven since November 5, 2005. Taking over after the resignation of Jim Keyes, Suzuki has been the temporary successor to Keyes while the search for a replacement CEO and president continues. Suzuki has been a business man since the early 1970s and...

     (Chairman & CEO, Seven & i Holdings Co.,Ltd. / former Chairman of the Board of Trustees, Chuo University )
  • Shuji Hisano  (President and chairman, Ensuiko Sugar Refining Co.,Ltd. / Chairman of the Board of TrusteesPresident, Chuo University)
  • Jotaro Takagi (former President and chairman, Mitsubishi Estate Co., Ltd. / President, Dai-nippon Karete-do Shoto-kai)
  • Yoshio Sasaki (former President, Nippon Television
    Nippon Television
    is a television network based in the Shiodome area of Minato, Tokyo, Japan and is controlled by the Yomiuri Shimbun publishing company. Broadcasting terrestrially across Japan, the network is commonly known as , contracted to , and abbreviated as "NTV" or "AX".-Offices:*The Headquarters : 6-1,...

     / former Vice President, Yomiuri Shinbun)
  • Sueyoshi Takahashi (former President, Kinden Co.,Ltd.)
  • Osamu Suzuki (Chairman & CEO, Suzuki Motor Co.,Ltd.)
  • Kensho Kusumi (former Executive Vice President, Nissan Co.,Ltd.)
  • Hiroo Mizushima (Former chairman, Sogo
    Sogo
    Sogo Co., Ltd. is a department store chain that operates an extensive network of branches in Japan. It once owned stores in locations as diverse as Beijing in China, Causeway Bay in Hong Kong, Taipei in Taiwan, Jakarta, Medan, Bandung & Surabaya in Indonesia, Kuala Lumpur in Malaysia, Singapore,...

     Co.,Ltd.)
  • Akihiko Otsuka (the Otsuka Group, former President Otsuka Pharmaceutical Co.
    Otsuka Pharmaceutical Co.
    , abbreviated OPC, is a pharmaceutical company headquartered in Tokyo, Osaka and Naruto, Japan. The company was established August 10, 1964, and currently has approximately 27,000 employees worldwide. The company focuses on pharmaceuticals related to nutrition...

    ,Ltd.)
  • Hisao Oguchi
    Hisao Oguchi
    Hisao Oguchi is the current President and COO of Sega Corporation as well as the current Director, Vice Chairman, and Chief Creative Officer of Sega Sammy Holdings Inc. Oguchi originally was President and CEO of Sega until the merger with Sammy.-References:...

     (Vice President, SEGA
    Sega
    , usually styled as SEGA, is a multinational video game software developer and an arcade software and hardware development company headquartered in Ōta, Tokyo, Japan, with various offices around the world...

     Co.,Ltd.)
  • Makoto Naruke (former President, Microsoft Japan
    Microsoft Japan
    Microsoft Japan, officially , is a division of the United States-based computer technology corporation Microsoft based in Japan. The headquarters is in a skyscraper in the Shinjuku district of Tokyo.-External links:...

     Co.,Ltd.)
  • Shinobu Osako (former President, Zenrin
    Zenrin
    Zenrin Co. Ltd. is a Japanese map publisher. Founded in 1948, the company is known as a maker of residential maps and software used in personal computers and Automotive navigation systems...

     Co.,Ltd.)
  • Keiji Okoso (former President Nippon Ham
    Nippon Ham
    is a food processing conglomerate headquartered in Hommachi, Chūō-ku, Osaka, Japan. Founded in 1949, the company is commonly known as Nippon Ham. As a multinational corporation, Nippon Ham operates subsidiaries around the world, including China and the United States...

     Co.,Ltd. / owner, Nippon Ham Fighters)
  • Hirotada Kotaki (Chairman, TOHAN Co.,Ltd.)
  • Naoki Adachi (President & CEO, TOPPAN PRINTING Co.,Ltd.)
  • Koji Miyauchi (former president and chairman, Yamato Transport
    Yamato Transport
    is one of Japan's largest door-to-door delivery service companies with market share of 41%, competing closely with Sagawa Express and Nippon Express...

     Co.,Ltd.)
  • Keiji Aritomi (former president and chairman, Yamato Holdings Co.,Ltd. / Yamato Transport
    Yamato Transport
    is one of Japan's largest door-to-door delivery service companies with market share of 41%, competing closely with Sagawa Express and Nippon Express...

     Co.,Ltd.)
  • Kaoru Seto  (Chairman, Yamato Holdings Co.,Ltd. / Yamato Transport
    Yamato Transport
    is one of Japan's largest door-to-door delivery service companies with market share of 41%, competing closely with Sagawa Express and Nippon Express...

     Co.,Ltd.)
  • Hiroshi Hayakawa (Vice President, TV Asahi
    TV Asahi
    , also known as EX and , is a Japanese television network headquartered in Roppongi, Minato, Tokyo, Japan. The company writes its name in lower-case letters, tv asahi, in its logo and public-image materials. The company also owns All-Nippon News Network....

     Co.,Ltd.)
  • Hiroshi Yanai
    Hiroshi Yanai
    founded the monthly magazine Pia in 1972 when he was still a student at Chuo University.- References :...

     (Chairman, President & CEO, Pia
    Pia
    Pia or Piá may refer to:*Pia, Polynesian arrowroot*Pia , a Korean rock band*Pia Carry, a lifesaving technique*Pia , a given name*Pia, France, a French commune*Pia mater, a layer of the meninges in the brain...

     Co.,Ltd.)
  • Kazuo Komatsuzaki (President, Sports Hochi
    Sports Hochi
    , previously known as literally widely informing newspaper, is a Japanese language daily sports newspaper. As of 2002, it has a circulation of a million.It is an affiliate newspaper of Yomiuri Shimbun.-External links:*...

     Co.,Ltd.)
  • Masahiro Ouga (President, Shougakukan Co.,Ltd.)
  • Fumiaki Shikatani (President, Diamond, Inc.)
  • Kazutoshi Tsukada (President, Fukuinkan Shoten Publishers, Inc.)
  • Kazunori Kataoka (President, AIG Edison Life Insurance Co.,Ltd.)
  • Seiki Tokuni (Chairman, AIG Star Life Insurance Co.,Ltd.)
  • Shigeru Myojin (former Vice Chairman, Salomon Brothers
    Salomon Brothers
    Salomon Brothers was a bulge bracket, Wall Street investment bank. Founded in 1910 by three brothers along with a clerk named Ben Levy, it remained a partnership until the early 1980s, when it was acquired by the commodity trading firm Phibro Corporation and then became Salomon Inc. Eventually...

    )
  • Akio Dobashi (Chairman, Sojitz
    Sojitz
    is a trading corporation based in Tokyo, Japan. It operates in many industries, including construction, forestry, plastics, chemicals, mining, petroleum, textiles, and international trade. Sojitz also participates in joint ventures with foreign companies in Japan....

     Co.,Ltd.)
  • Nanaumi Hideyuki (CEO, Morningstar
    Morningstar, Inc.
    Morningstar, Inc. is an independent investment research company based in Chicago, Illinois, USA.-Businesses:Morningstar, Inc. is a leading provider of independent investment research in North America, Europe, Australia, and Asia. The company offers an extensive line of products and services for...

     Japan)
  • Koichi Kane (President, Mitsubishi Securities Co.,Ltd.)
  • Tsutomu Yoneyama (President, YONEX
    Yonex
    is a Japanese manufacturer of sporting equipment for badminton, golf and tennis, producing racquets, clubs, shoes, shuttlecocks, and other equipment for those sports.-History:...

     Co.,Ltd.)
  • Tadao Kojima (Directors President, Daiwa Seiko, Inc.)
  • Tetsuya Mogi (President, Bunka Shutter Co.,Ltd.)
  • Takanori Okumura (President and Representative Director, OKUMURA CORPORATION)
  • Hirotake Yano (President, Daiso
    Daiso
    is the largest franchise of 100-yen shops in Japan owned by . Daiso has a range of over 100,000 goods, of which over 40 percent are imported goods, many of them from China. Many of these are own-brand goods....

    -Sangyo, Inc.)*100-yen shop
    100-yen shop
    100 Yen Shops are common Japanese shops in the vein of American dollar stores. Stocking a variety of items from clothing to stationery, housewares to food, each item is priced at precisely 100 yen. A recent variation of the 100 Yen Shops are 99 Yen Shops. Daiei also operates 88 Yen stores...

  • Aki Fujinuma (Chairman & President, Japanese Institute of Certified Public Accountants
    Japanese Institute of Certified Public Accountants
    The Japanese Institute of Certified Public Accountants is the sole organization for the CPA profession in Japan. It was originally formed in 1949 as a self-disciplinary association, and reorganized under the Certified Public Accountants Act in 1966. In order to practice as a CPA, a qualified...

    )

Showbiz Celebrities

  • Tetsurō Tamba
    Tetsuro Tamba
    was a Japanese actor.-Biography:Tamba is perhaps best known by Western audiences for his role as Tiger Tanaka in the 1967 James Bond film You Only Live Twice . By then, he had among other roles appeared in two films by director Masaki Kobayashi: Harakiri and Kwaidan...

     (actor)
  • Kiyoshi Atsumi
    Kiyoshi Atsumi
    Kiyoshi Atsumi , born Yasuo Tadokoro , was a Japanese film actor....

    (actor)
  • Noboru Nakaya (actor)
  • Minoru Chiaki
    Minoru Chiaki
    was a Japanese actor who appeared in such films as Akira Kurosawa's Seven Samurai and The Hidden Fortress.In Seven Samurai, he was the good-natured samurai Heihachi, and he was the first of the samurai to be killed. Ironically, in real life, he turned out to be the last of the seven actors to...

     (actor)
  • Housei Komatsu (actor)
  • Susumu Kurobe
    Susumu Kurobe
    , given the birth name of , was born on in Kurobe, Toyama, Japan.He is commonly known for having played the character role Shin Hayata in the Ultraman series, a role he reprised in episode 47 of the 2006 television series Ultraman Mebius and its theatrical film adaption, Ultraman Mebius & Ultraman...

     (actor, Ultraman
    Ultraman
    is Japanese television series that first aired in 1966. Ultraman, the first and best-known of the "Ultra-Crusaders," made his debut in the tokusatsu SF/kaiju/superhero TV series, , a follow-up to the television series Ultra Q...

    )
  • Sakae Takita (actor)
  • Shinji Yamashita (actor)
  • Ikko Furuya (actor)
  • Takaya Kamikawa
    Takaya Kamikawa
    is a Japanese stage, film, and television actor. He played the Anti-Spiral in Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann.- External links :...

     (actor)
  • Goro Kishitani (actor)
  • Hiroshi Abe (actor)
    Hiroshi Abe (actor)
    is a Japanese model and actor.He began his career as a model, but he successfully made the transition to acting, becoming one of the most regularly visible presences in Japanese media. He is a 1988 graduate of Chuo University.-Career:...

  • Masami Imamura (actress)
  • Naoko Morooka (actress / singer / lyricist)
  • Tani Kei (comedian, Crazy Cats)
  • Takagi Boo (comedian, The Drifters)
  • Akiko (jazz singer)
  • Shinji Sōmai
    Shinji Sōmai
    was a Japanese film director. He directed 13 films between 1980 and 2000. His film Ohikkoshi was screened in the Un Certain Regard section at the 1993 Cannes Film Festival.-Filmography:* Tonda kappuru * Sērā-fuku to kikanjū...

     (film director)
  • Akihisa Okamoto (film director)
  • Susumu Fukuhara (film director)
  • Tetsuya Yamauchi (TV director, mitokomon)
  • Yasuo Tsuruhashi (TV director)
  • Makoto Shinkai
    Makoto Shinkai
    , better known by the stage name , is a Japanese anime director, animator, and voice actor. A native of the Koumi Nagano Prefecture in Japan, he studied Japanese literature at Chuo University. He traces his passion for creation to the manga, anime, and novels he was exposed to while in middle...

     (director)
  • Yasushi Akimoto
    Yasushi Akimoto
    is a Japanese television writer, lyricist, record producer, professor and vice president at Kyoto University of Art and Design. He also created some of Japan's top idol groups, Onyanko Club and the AKB48 franchise.- Career :...

    (producer / lyricist)
  • Shozo Uehara (screenwriter)
  • Shinji Nojima (screenwriter)
  • Ippei Hayashiya(Rakugo
    Rakugo
    is a Japanese verbal entertainment. The lone sits on the stage, called the . Using only a paper fan and a small cloth as props, and without standing up from the seiza sitting position, the rakugo artist depicts a long and complicated comical story...

     / Sanpei Hayashiya
    Sanpei Hayashiya
    Sanpei Hayashiya was a Japanese Rakugo comedian. His trademark line was "Sō nansu, okusan! " Shozo Hayashiya is his son.-References:...

    )
  • Taiji Nomura (NHK
    NHK
    NHK is Japan's national public broadcasting organization. NHK, which has always identified itself to its audiences by the English pronunciation of its initials, is a publicly owned corporation funded by viewers' payments of a television license fee....

     announcer / Tokyo Olympic Games)
  • Seigoro Kitade (NHK
    NHK
    NHK is Japan's national public broadcasting organization. NHK, which has always identified itself to its audiences by the English pronunciation of its initials, is a publicly owned corporation funded by viewers' payments of a television license fee....

     announcer, Sumo / Tokyo Olympic Games)
  • Katsuhiko Kaneko (TV announcer, Soccer)
  • Masako Noguchi (former TBS
    Tokyo Broadcasting System
    , TBS Holdings, Inc. or TBSHD, is a stockholding company in Tokyo, Japan. It is a parent company of a television network named and radio network named ....

     announcer)
  • Yuko Yajima (TV Asahi
    TV Asahi
    , also known as EX and , is a Japanese television network headquartered in Roppongi, Minato, Tokyo, Japan. The company writes its name in lower-case letters, tv asahi, in its logo and public-image materials. The company also owns All-Nippon News Network....

     announcer)
  • Yuka Kato
    Yuka Kato
    is a Japanese butterfly swimmer.- Major achievements :2007 World Championships* 50m butterfly 10th 2008 Beijing Olympics* 100m butterfly 23rd * 4×100m medley relay 6th - Personal Bests :In long course...

     (CBC
    Chubu-Nippon Broadcasting
    is a regional radio and television service serving Nagoya, Aichi Prefecture, Japan. Its radio service is affiliated with the Japan Radio Network and its television service affiliated with the Japan News Network and the TBS Network.-Radio:Frequency...

     announcer)
  • Anna Kobayashi (ytv
    Yomiuri Telecasting Corporation
    is a TV station joining Nippon News Network and Nippon Television Network System in Osaka Business Park, Osaka, Japan founded as "" on February 13, 1958...

     announcer)

Others

  • Kunio Yonenaga
    Kunio Yonenaga
    is a retired professional shogi player, and president of Japan Shogi Association.- Biography :Yonenaga became a professional in 1963, and was promoted to 9 dan in 1979....

     (shogi
    Shogi
    , also known as Japanese chess, is a two-player board game in the same family as Western chess, chaturanga, and Chinese Xiangqi, and is the most popular of a family of chess variants native to Japan...

     Meijin
    Meijin (shogi)
    is one of the seven titles in Japanese professional shogi, and is the most prestigious title, along with Ryu-oh.The word "meijin" means "an excellent person" in a certain field...

     / president, Japan Shogi Association)
  • Isao Sawa (owner, Sawanoya Ryokan http://www.tctv.ne.jp/members/sawanoya/)
  • Hiroyuki Nishimura
    Hiroyuki Nishimura
    is the founder and a former administrator of the most accessed Japanese message board site 2channel. He currently holds a position of Director at Niwango Inc., known for its service Nico Nico Douga.In Japan, he is usually known by his given name, Hiroyuki....

     (2ch
    2CH
    2CH is a commercial radio station in Sydney, Australia, at 1170 kHz AM. It broadcasts an oldies format, and is aimed to an older age demographic...

    )
  • Yamashita Shoon

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