Meiji University
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Meiji University (明治大学) is a famous private university in Ochanomizu, Tokyo, founded in 1881 by three emerging lawyers of the Meiji Era, Tatsuo Kishimoto, Kozo Miyagi, and Misao Yasiro. Meiji University is also known as one of the Tokyo 6 Universities.
The University has 8 faculties with total of around 33,000 students on three campuses in Ochanomizu, the Izumi neighborhood of Suginami-ku, and the Ikuta neighborhood of Tama-ku, Kawasaki.
The famous film director Takeshi Kitano was awarded an honorary Bachelor of Science in engineering in 2004, 34 years after he dropped out to pursue his career in entertainment.
Every year rugby union and baseball matches (Mēsōsen or Sōmēsen) against Waseda University attract particular attention, and is greatly enjoyed by the students.
Faculties and Graduate Schools
Faculties
- Law
- Commerce
- Political Science and Economics
- Arts and Letters
- Science and Technology
- Agriculture
- Business Administration
- Information and Communication
Graduate Schools
- Law
- Commerce
- Political Science and Economics
- Business Administration
- Arts and Letters
- Science and Technology
- Agriculture
Famous alumni
Prime Ministers
- Takeo Miki(1974-1976)
- Tomiichi Murayama(1994-1996)
- Zhou Enlai (Premier of the People's Republic of China, Auditor Finishing)
- Tatsuji Fuse (Korean independence movement custodian)
- Masao Koga (Composer and People's Honor Award in Japan)
- Naomi Uemura (Mountain climber, Adventurer)
- Syu Hiraide (Novelist, Lawyer)
- Naoki Inose (Political scientist)
- Kan Kikuchi (Novelist)
- Sachio Ito (Novelist)
- Ken Takakura (Film Actor)
- Akira Kobayashi (Film Actor)
- Toshiyuki Nishida (Film Actor)
- Ren Osugi (Film Actor)
- Eijiro Tono (Film Actor)
- Yuzo Takada (manga artist)
- Kaiji Kawaguchi (manga artist)
- Toshio Sakai (Photographer, Pulitzer Prizes)
- Kensuke Isidu (Fashion Designer, Ivy league style clothes)
- Tatsuro Yamashita (Composer, Singer)
- Kazufumi Miyazawa (Composer, Singer)
- Morio Agata (Singer)
- Senichi Hoshino (Baseball Player, Manager)
- Masaaki Hatsumi (Martial Artist, Founder of Bujinkan)
- Sohn Kee-Chung (Marathon Runner:Berlin Olympic Gold Medalist)
- Kihachi Okamoto (Film Director)
- Takeshi Kitano(Film Director)
- Yuzo Kawashima (Film Director)
- Hideo Gosya (Film Director)
- Kiyoshi Sasabe (Film Director)
- Tetsuo Shinohara (Film Director)
- Tomohisa Yamashita (Actor, Singer)
- Koyama Keiichiro (Singer)
- Kenzo Suzuki (professional wrestler)
- Hiroko Suzuki (Kenzo Suzuki's geisha valet)
- Fusako Shigenobu (The female leader of the Japanese Red Army)
- Moriteru Ueshiba (Third Aikido Doshu)
- Masaru Kitano (Doctor of Engineering and TV commentator)
External links
| Tokyo Big Six Baseball League: Hosei University | Keio University | Meiji University Rikkyo University | University of Tokyo | Waseda University |
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