Meiji University

The Meiji University (Japanese明治 大学, Meiji daigaku, in short: Meidai (明 大)) is one of the most prestigious private universities in Japan. She has three locations: the Surugadai campus in Chiyoda, the Izumi Campus in Suginami, and the Ikuta Campus in Kawasaki ( Kanagawa ).

The school was in the Meiji period was established in 1881 by the scholar Tatsuo Kishimoto, explaining in 1903 to a full-fledged university. Large parts of the campus were destroyed during the bombing of Tokyo in World War II.

Meiji's film academy is especially famous and is one of the directors Takeshi Kitano and Kihachi Okamoto and actor Ken Takakura to their graduates. Some famous politicians such as the former Prime Minister Takeo Miki and Tomiichi Murayama are also former students of Meiji.

Known graduates

Politicians:

  • Zhou Enlai (1898-1976), Chinese Prime Minister 1949-1976
  • Takeo Miki (1907-1988), Japanese Prime Minister 1974-1976
  • Tomiichi Murayama (* 1924), Japanese Prime Minister from 1994 to 1996
  • Tatsuji Fuse, Korean independence fighters
  • Fusako Shigenobu, leader of the radical leftist Japanese Red Army

Filmmakers:

  • Hideo Gosya, Film Director
  • Yuzo Kawashima, Film Director
  • Takeshi Kitano ( b. 1947 ), film director
  • Akira Kobayashi, actor
  • Toshiyuki Nishida, actor
  • Kihachi Okamoto (1923-2005), Film Director
  • Kiyoshi Sasabe, Film Director
  • Tetsuo Shinohara, Film Director
  • Ken Takakura (* 1931), actor
  • Eijiro Tono, actor

Artists and Athletes:

  • Morio Agata, singer
  • Syu Hiraide, author and lawyer
  • Senichi Hoshino ( born 1947 ), baseball player and sports managers
  • Kensuke Isizu, fashion designer
  • Sachio Ito (1864-1913), author
  • Kaiji Kawaguchi (* 1948), mangaka
  • Son Kitei (1912-2002), marathon runner, Olympic champion
  • Kan Kikuchi (1888-1948), author
  • Masao Koga, composer
  • Kazufumi Miyazawa, composer and singer
  • Yuzo Takada (* 1963), mangaka
  • Toshio Sakai, photographer, and Pulitzer Prize winner
  • Naomi Uemura, mountain climber and adventurer
  • Tatsuro Yamashita, composer and singer
  • Keiichiro Koyama, singer of the group NEWS
  • Tomohisa Yamashita ( born 1985 ), singer of the group NEWS
  • Keiko Kitagawa ( born 1986 ), actress and model
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