List of University of Tokyo people
Notable alumni
Nobel prize laureates
- Yasunari Kawabata, Literature, 1968
- Leo Esaki, Physics, 1973
- Eisaku Satō, Peace, 1974
- Kenzaburō Ōe, Literature, 1994
- Masatoshi Koshiba, Physics, 2002
- Yoichiro Nambu*, Physics, 2008
- Ei-ichi Negishi, Chemistry, 2010
Prime Ministers
- Hara Takashi(1918–1921)
- Katō Takaaki(1924–1926)
- Wakatsuki Reijirō(1926-1927 1931-1931)
- Osachi Hamaguchi (1929–1931)
- Kōki Hirota(1936–1937)
- Fumimaro Konoe(1937–1939, 1940–1941)
- Hiranuma Kiichirō(1939-1939)
- Kijūrō Shidehara(1945–1946)
- Shigeru Yoshida (吉田茂) (1946–1947, 1948–1954)
- Tetsu Katayama(1947–1948)
- Hitoshi Ashida(1948-1948)
- Ichirō Hatoyama(1954–1956)
- Nobusuke Kishi (岸信介) (1957–1960)
- Eisaku Satō (佐藤栄作), Nobel laureate (1964–1972)
- Takeo Fukuda (福田赳夫) (1976–1978)
- Yasuhiro Nakasone (中曽根康弘) (1982–1987)
- Kiichi Miyazawa (宮沢喜一) (1991–1993)
- Yukio Hatoyama (鳩山由紀夫) (2009–2010)
Mathematicians
- Tadatoshi Akiba
- Kiyoshi Itō
- Kenkichi Iwasawa
- Kunihiko Kodaira, Fields Medal winner
- Mikio Sato
- Goro Shimura
- Yutaka Taniyama
- Teiji Takagi
- Kentaro Yano
- Tsuyoshi Mori
- Maxi Aoi
Physicists
- Akito Arima
- Leo Esaki, Nobel laureate
- Chūshirō Hayashi
- Jun Kondo
- Masatoshi Koshiba, Nobel laureate
- Ryogo Kubo
- Hantaro Nagaoka
- Ukichiro Nakaya
- Yoichiro Nambu,Nobel laureate
- Yoshio Nishina
- Shohé Tanaka
- Seiji Ogawa discoverer of fMRI
- Toyoichi Tanaka
- Morikazu Toda
- Yoji Totsuka
- Fushimi Kazuo
Chemists
Physicians
- Kitasato Shibasaburō
- Katsusaburo Yamagiwa
Architects
- Kisho Kurokawa, Japanese architect
- Kenzo Tange, Pritzker Prize laureate
- Fumihiko Maki, Pritzker Prize laureate
- Arata Isozaki, Royal Gold Medal laureate
- Toyo Ito, Pritzker Prize laureate, Royal Gold Medal laureate
Authors
- Kōbō Abe
- Ryūnosuke Akutagawa
- Yasunari Kawabata, Nobel laureate
- Dhan Gopal Mukerji
- Yukio Mishima
- Wafu Nishijima, Zen Buddhist priest
- Mori Ōgai
- Natsume Sōseki
- Kenzaburō Ōe, Nobel laureate
- Tatsuhiko Shibusawa
- Otohiko Kaga
- Naoya Shiga
- Jun'ichirō Tanizaki
- Atsushi Nakajima
- Masaoka Shiki
- Shinichi Hoshi
- Osamu Dazai
- Hiro Sachiya
Entertainers
- Toshiya Fujita, Film director
- Bai Guang, one of the Seven great singing stars of China
- Ai Hazuki, Film director
- Teruyuki Kagawa, Actor
- Tokiko Kato, Singer
- Rei Kikukawa, Actress
- Tamayo Marukawa, TV Announcer
- Towa Oshima, manga artist
- Kenji Ozawa, Musician
- Koichi Sugiyama, Music composer
- Isao Takahata, Anime director
- Mayuko Takata, Actress
- Kiyohiko Ushihara, Film director
- Yoji Yamada, Film director
- Yoshishige Yoshida, Film director
- Anton Wicky, Educator, Talent
Foreigners
- Ong Iok-tek, Linguist
- Peng Ming-min, DPP Senior Advisor to President Chen Shui-Bian and former president of WUFI
- John Nathan, translator, first American admitted as a regular student
- Nam June Paik, video artist
- Charles Dickinson West (mechanical engineer)
Others
- Tadatoshi Akiba, Mayor of Hiroshima
- Naohiro Amaya, head of the Ministry of International Trade and Industry (MITI)[1]
- Inokuchi Ariya, founder of Ebara Corporation
- Toshihiko Fukui, Governor of the Bank of Japan
- Kanō Jigorō, the Creator of judo
- Takashi Kawamura, 9th President of Hitachi
- Furuichi Kōi
- Susumu Kuno, Linguist, Professor Emeritus at Harvard University
- Akihiko Kumashiro, politician, three-time member of the House of Representatives of Japan
- Kiyozawa Manshi, Buddhist thinker
- Shinrokuro Miyoshi (三好晋六郎)
- Hiroo Mori, Real Estate Developer
- Tsunetaro Moriyama, Hall of Fame baseball pitcher
- Toshirō Mutō, Deputy Governor of the Bank of Japan
- Makoto Nakajima, former Commissioner of the Japan Patent Office
- Yoshiro Nakamatsu, Inventor
- Hiroaki Nakanishi (MS 1979), President of Hitachi
- Kitaro Nishida, Philosopher
- Namihei Odaira, entrepreneur and philanthropist, founder of Hitachi
- Masaharu Ōhashi, Justice of the Supreme Court of Japan
- Hisashi Owada, International Court of Justice Judge
- Masako Owada, Crown Princess of Japan
- Daisetz Teitaro Suzuki, Buddhist scholar
- Takejirō Tokonami, Government minister and governor
- Eiji Toyoda, Industrialist
- Kazuhide Uekusa, Economist
- Hidesaburō Ueno, agricultural scientist and owner of world's most loyal dog, Hachiko
- Yoichi Wada, president of Square Enix
- Tetsuro Watsuji, Philosopher
- Hakuo Yanagisawa, politician, Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare
- Takashi Yuasa, Lawyer, Economist
- Minoru Harada, Buddhist leader, 6th President of Soka Gakkai
References
- ↑ Pollack, Andrew. "Naohiro Amaya, 68; Helped Industry in Japan" (obituary). The New York Times. September 1, 1994. Retrieved on January 20, 2014.
See also
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