Hiroki Muto (Japanese: 武藤 弘樹, Mutō Hiroki) is a Japanese archer. He competed in Archery at the 2020 Summer Olympics. In…
Hiroki Muto (Japanese: 武藤 弘樹, Mutō Hiroki) is a Japanese archer. He competed in Archery at the 2020 Summer Olympics. In the bronze medal match of the Men's team event, Muto hit a do-or-die bullseye in the tie-breaker set to win bronze for Japan.
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Famous Alumni of Tokai High School
Tokai High School: 27 people
Shintaro Yamada (Japanese: 山田 進太郎, Hepburn: Yamada Shintarō; born 1977/1978) is a Japanese businessman, and the…
Shintaro Yamada (Japanese: 山田 進太郎, Hepburn: Yamada Shintarō; born 1977/1978) is a Japanese businessman, and the founder, CEO and one-third owner of the online marketplace Mercari.
🎓 Waseda University🏫 Tokai High School📅 Born September 21🎂 Born 1977📍 From Seto, Aichi💼 Scholar・Professor・Associate Professor💼 Company President・Entrepreneur💼 Investor
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Junji Hasegawa (長谷川 淳二, Hasegawa Junji; born 5 August 1968) is a Japanese politician of the Liberal Democratic Party…
Junji Hasegawa (長谷川 淳二, Hasegawa Junji; born 5 August 1968) is a Japanese politician of the Liberal Democratic Party, who serves as a member of the House of Representatives.
🎓 University of Tokyo🏫 Tokai High School📅 Born August 5🎂 Born 1968📍 From Aichi Prefecture💼 Politician・Legislator💼 Bureaucrat
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Kenichi Hosoda (born 11 July 1964) is a Japanese politician who is a member of the House of Representatives of Japan.
🎓 Kyoto University🏫 Tokai High School📅 Born July 11🎂 Born 1964📍 From Nagoya, Aichi Prefecture💼 Politician・Legislator💼 Bureaucrat
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Tadahiko Ito (伊藤 忠彦, Itō Tadahiko; born 11 July 1964) is a Japanese politician of the Liberal Democratic Party, a…
Tadahiko Ito (伊藤 忠彦, Itō Tadahiko; born 11 July 1964) is a Japanese politician of the Liberal Democratic Party, a member of the House of Representatives in the Diet (national legislature).
Hattori Yūji (born Yūji Hattori; 20 August 1960 – 6 June 2025) was a Japanese sumo wrestler from Obu, Aichi. While an…
Hattori Yūji (born Yūji Hattori; 20 August 1960 – 6 June 2025) was a Japanese sumo wrestler from Obu, Aichi. While an amateur at Doshisha University he won a then–record seventeen collegiate sumo titles. He joined Isenoumi stable and for a time used the prestigious shikona Fujinokawa, the fighting name of Isenoumi Oyakata, formerly sekiwake Fujinokawa Takeo. He made his professional debut in March 1983 and reached the top division in March 1985. However, he was very injury-prone and never made the san'yaku ranks, his highest rank being maegashira 3. He left the sumo world upon retirement from active competition in July 1987 at the age of just 26. Yūji later became a sumo commentator. He died from liver cancer on 6 June 2025, at the age of 64.
🎓 Doshisha University🏫 Tokai High School📅 Born August 20🎂 Born 1960📍 From Ōbu, Aichi Prefecture💼 Sumo
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Hiroshi Mori (森 博嗣, Mori Hiroshi; born December 7, 1957) is a Japanese writer and engineer. He is known for writing…
Hiroshi Mori (森 博嗣, Mori Hiroshi; born December 7, 1957) is a Japanese writer and engineer. He is known for writing mystery novels – particularly his debut work The Perfect Insider, which won him the first Mephisto Prize in 1996 – but he considers himself to be a researcher as well as a craftsman. He writes his name as "MORI Hiroshi," family name first and uppercased, regardless of the language when romanized.
🎓 Nagoya University🏫 Tokai High School📅 Born December 7🎂 Born 1957📍 From Aichi Prefecture💼 Scholar・Professor・Associate Professor💼 Writer・Novelist💼 Essayist
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Arimasa Osawa (大沢在昌, Ōsawa Arimasa; born 8 March 1956) is a Japanese writer of hardboiled fiction and thrillers. He…
Arimasa Osawa (大沢在昌, Ōsawa Arimasa; born 8 March 1956) is a Japanese writer of hardboiled fiction and thrillers. He served as the 12th President of the Mystery Writers of Japan from 2005 to 2009.
Masaaki Kanda (神田 真秋, Kanda Masaaki; born 1 October 1951) is a Japanese politician who served as governor of Aichi…
Masaaki Kanda (神田 真秋, Kanda Masaaki; born 1 October 1951) is a Japanese politician who served as governor of Aichi Prefecture from 1999 to 2011. A graduate of Chuo University, he served as mayor of Ichinomiya for three terms from 1989 to 1998 before he was first elected governor of Aichi Prefecture in 1999.
Shigefumi Mori (森 重文, Mori Shigefumi; born February 23, 1951) is a Japanese mathematician, known for his work in…
Shigefumi Mori (森 重文, Mori Shigefumi; born February 23, 1951) is a Japanese mathematician, known for his work in algebraic geometry, particularly in relation to the classification of three-folds. He won the Fields Medal in 1990.
🎓 Kyoto University🏫 Tokai High School📅 Born February 23🎂 Born 1951📍 From Nagoya, Aichi Prefecture💼 Mathematician
Tomida Yukimitsu (冨田幸光) (born 1950) is a Japanese vertebrate palaeontologist. A student of Shikama Tokio, he did his…
Tomida Yukimitsu (冨田幸光) (born 1950) is a Japanese vertebrate palaeontologist. A student of Shikama Tokio, he did his graduate work at the University of Arizona under Everett H. Lindsay, with mentorship also from George Gaylord Simpson. The curator of Mammalian Palaeontology at the National Museum of Nature and Science, Tokyo, from 1981 until his retirement in 2015, he has published on a wide range of terrestrial and marine mammals, dinosaurs, pterosaurs, crocodilians, and bird tracks, with a special focus on smaller mammals — lagomorphs and rodents — and on the fossil record of Japan. His descriptions and studies of Pliopentalagus spp. have shown their closeness to the Amami rabbit (Pentalagus furnessi). Upon his retirement, Tomida was the honorand of a Festschrift in the journal Historical Biology.
🎓 Yokohama National University🏫 Tokai High School📅 Born April 18🎂 Born 1950📍 From Aichi Prefecture💼 Scholar・Professor・Associate Professor
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Toshio Suzuki (Japanese: 鈴木 敏夫, Hepburn: Suzuki Toshio; born August 19, 1948) is a Japanese film producer and studio…
Toshio Suzuki (Japanese: 鈴木 敏夫, Hepburn: Suzuki Toshio; born August 19, 1948) is a Japanese film producer and studio executive. He is a co-founder and the current chairman of Studio Ghibli. He began his career at Tokuma Shoten, working as a magazine editor and covering manga and animation, before becoming editor of Animage, where he established professional relationships with Hayao Miyazaki and Isao Takahata. After co-founding Studio Ghibli, he served on the production committees of several of its early films, including Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind, My Neighbor Totoro, and Grave of the Fireflies. Suzuki has served as producer or co-producer on numerous Ghibli films, including Kiki's Delivery Service, Only Yesterday, Porco Rosso, Princess Mononoke, Spirited Away, Howl's Moving Castle, Earwig and the Witch, and The Boy and the Heron. He officially retired from his producer role in 2014, becoming general manager, but has remained involved in the studio's management and creative activities. In 2023, following the acquisition of Studio Ghibli by Nippon Television Holdings, Suzuki became chairman.
🎓 Keio University🏫 Tokai High School📅 Born August 19🎂 Born 1948📍 From Nagoya, Aichi Prefecture💼 Producer💼 Editor
Katsuya Takasu (高須 克弥, Takasu Katsuya; January 22, 1945 in Isshiki, Aichi, Japan) is a plastic surgeon based in Tokyo.…
Katsuya Takasu (高須 克弥, Takasu Katsuya; January 22, 1945 in Isshiki, Aichi, Japan) is a plastic surgeon based in Tokyo. He has attracted controversies regarding his stances of Holocaust denial and Nanjing Massacre denial. Takasu is a member of Japan Medical Association, Japan Society of Aesthetic Surgery, Japanese Association of Cosmetic Surgeons, Japan Society of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, and is a former member of the American Academy of Cosmetic Surgery. In January 2011, Takasu was also appointed to be a visiting professor of cosmetic surgery at Showa University School of Medicine.
Tsuneharu Sugiyama (杉山 恒治, Sugiyama Tsuneharu; 23 July 1940 – 22 November 2002) was a Japanese amateur and professional…
Tsuneharu Sugiyama (杉山 恒治, Sugiyama Tsuneharu; 23 July 1940 – 22 November 2002) was a Japanese amateur and professional wrestler. He competed in the men's Greco-Roman heavyweight at the 1964 Summer Olympics. After his competitive career, he worked in International Wrestling Enterprise, All Japan Pro Wrestling and New Japan Pro-Wrestling under the ring name of Thunder Sugiyama, later becoming an actor and tarento until his death.
🎓 Doshisha University🏫 Tokai High School📅 Born July 23🎂 Born 1940📍 From Itoigawa, Niigata Prefecture💼 Wrestler💼 Wrestling
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Tadao Oda (小田忠雄, Oda Tadao) (born 1940, Kyoto) is a Japanese mathematician working in the field of algebraic geometry…
Tadao Oda (小田忠雄, Oda Tadao) (born 1940, Kyoto) is a Japanese mathematician working in the field of algebraic geometry, especially toric varieties. The field of toric varieties was developed by Demazure, Mumford, Miyake, Oda and others in the 1970s. He is also known for a book on toric varieties: Convex Bodies and Algebraic Geometry: An Introduction to the Theory of Toric Varieties. In 1958 Oda graduated from Tokai High School in Nagoya, Japan, where Shigefumi Mori and Hisasi Morikawa also graduated from. He earned his bachelor's degree from Kyoto University in 1962, and five years later earned a Ph.D. under David Mumford from Harvard University with thesis Abelian varieties over a perfect field and Dieudonné Modules. After completing his Ph.D., Oda was an associate professor at Nagoya University and became a professor at Tohoku University in 1975. He remained at the university for 28 years. He is an emeritus professor at Tohoku University. Oda wrote "Algebraic Geometry, Sendai, 1985" with Hisasi Morikawa, a former professor at Nagoya University. Tadao has belonged to the Kiwanis Club of Sendai since 1999 and was elected to a three-year term as a trustee of Kiwanis International in 2008.
Tarō Kimura (木村 太郎, Kimura Tarō; born 12 February 1938 in Berkeley, California, USA) is a Japanese veteran journalist…
Tarō Kimura (木村 太郎, Kimura Tarō; born 12 February 1938 in Berkeley, California, USA) is a Japanese veteran journalist who provides commentary and analysis with Yūko Andō on Japan's Fuji Television Super News. He is also the managing director of Shonan Beach FM, a community radio station.
Takehisa Matsubara (松原 武久, Matsubara Takehisa; born 26 January 1937) is a Japanese politician who served as the 20th…
Takehisa Matsubara (松原 武久, Matsubara Takehisa; born 26 January 1937) is a Japanese politician who served as the 20th mayor of Nagoya City in Aichi Prefecture, Japan. A native of Owariasahi, also in Aichi Prefecture, and graduate of Aichi University of Education. He was first elected in April 1997.
Kisho Kurokawa (黒川 紀章, Kurokawa Kishō) (April 8, 1934 – October 12, 2007) was a leading Japanese architect and a…
Kisho Kurokawa (黒川 紀章, Kurokawa Kishō) (April 8, 1934 – October 12, 2007) was a leading Japanese architect and a founder of the Metabolist Movement.
🎓 University of Tokyo🏫 Tokai High School📅 Born April 8🎂 Born 1934📍 From Aichi Prefecture💼 Architect・Architectural Scholar💼 Thinker💼 Company President・Entrepreneur💼 Activist
Toshiki Kaifu (海部 俊樹, Kaifu Toshiki; 2 January 1931 – 9 January 2022) was a Japanese politician who served as prime…
Toshiki Kaifu (海部 俊樹, Kaifu Toshiki; 2 January 1931 – 9 January 2022) was a Japanese politician who served as prime minister of Japan from 1989 to 1991. Born in Nagoya, Kaifu graduated from Waseda University and was first elected to the Diet in 1960 as a member of the Liberal Democratic Party. He served as education minister from 1976 to 1977 under Takeo Fukuda, and from 1985 to 1986 under Yasuhiro Nakasone. In 1989, Kaifu became prime minister after the resignations of the last two premiers, Noboru Takeshita and Sosuke Uno, amid various scandals; he was chosen in part because of his clean image. During his tenure, Kaifu worked to improve relations with China and made large financial contributions to the coalition in the Persian Gulf War. After his attempts at political reform were unsuccessful, Kaifu resigned as prime minister in 1991 and was replaced by Kiichi Miyazawa.
🎓 Waseda University🏫 Tokai High School📅 Born January 2🎂 Born 1931📍 From Nagoya, Aichi Prefecture💼 Politician・Legislator
Takeshi Umehara (梅原 猛, Umehara Takeshi; March 20, 1925 – January 12, 2019) was born in Miyagi Prefecture in Tōhoku and…
Takeshi Umehara (梅原 猛, Umehara Takeshi; March 20, 1925 – January 12, 2019) was born in Miyagi Prefecture in Tōhoku and graduated from the philosophical faculty of Kyoto University in 1948. He taught philosophy at Ritsumeikan University and was subsequently appointed president of the Kyoto City University of Arts. He is noted for his prolific essays on Japanese culture, in which he has endeavoured to refound the discipline of Japanese studies along more Japanocentric lines, notably in his book Nihongaku kotohajime (日本学事始) written in 1972 in collaboration with Shunpei Ueyama. Aside from his voluminous academic essays on numerous aspects of Japanese culture he has also composed theatrical works on figures as varied as Yamato Takeru and Gilgamesh. He was appointed in 1987 to head the International Research Center for Japanese Studies, otherwise known by the abbreviation of Nichibunken, established by Prime Minister Yasuhiro Nakasone to function as a centralized academic body collecting and classifying all available information about Japanese culture, both within Japan and abroad. He retired as head administrator of Nichibunken in 1995.
Shigeru Sahashi (佐橋滋, Sahashi Shigeru; 5 April 1913 – 31 May 1993) was a Japanese government official.
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Imai Masato (今井 雅人, Imai Masato; born 21 February 1962) is a Japanese politician of the Constitutional Democratic…
Imai Masato (今井 雅人, Imai Masato; born 21 February 1962) is a Japanese politician of the Constitutional Democratic Party, who served as a member of the House of Representatives in the Diet (national legislature). A native of Gero, Gifu he attended Sophia University as an undergraduate. Upon graduation, he joined Sanwa Bank in 1985 and worked in Chicago, Illinois for five years from 1989. He entered The Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi UFJ in 2004 as a currency trader. In 2009 he was elected to the House of Representatives for the first time and has been subsequently re-elected in 2012, 2014 and 2017.
Soichiro Imaeda (今枝宗一郎, Imaeda Soichiro; born 18 February 1984) is a Japanese politician serving as a member of the…
Soichiro Imaeda (今枝宗一郎, Imaeda Soichiro; born 18 February 1984) is a Japanese politician serving as a member of the House of Representatives since 2012. He was the youngest member elected in the 2012 general election.
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Yasumasa Nagasaka (長坂 康正, Nagasaka Yasumasa; born 10 April 1957) is a Japanese politician of the Liberal Democratic…
Yasumasa Nagasaka (長坂 康正, Nagasaka Yasumasa; born 10 April 1957) is a Japanese politician of the Liberal Democratic Party, who serves as a member of the House of Representatives.
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Hideki Niwa (丹羽 秀樹, Niwa Hideki; born 20 December 1972) is a Japanese politician of the Liberal Democratic Party (LDP)…
Hideki Niwa (丹羽 秀樹, Niwa Hideki; born 20 December 1972) is a Japanese politician of the Liberal Democratic Party (LDP), who serves as a member of the House of Representatives in the Diet (national legislature). A native of Kasugai, Aichi and graduate of Tamagawa University, he was elected for the first time in 2005 after an unsuccessful run in 2003. He was defeated in the 2009 election by DPJ candidate Yoshihiro Ishida but regained his seat in special elections in 2011.
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Osamu Hayashi (林 修, Hayashi Osamu; born 2 September 1965 in Nagoya, Aichi Prefecture) is a Japanese tarento and Yobikō…
Osamu Hayashi (林 修, Hayashi Osamu; born 2 September 1965 in Nagoya, Aichi Prefecture) is a Japanese tarento and Yobikō lecturer. Hayashi is a full-time lecturer at Toshin High School Satellite Prep School Language Arts. He teaches modern language. Hayashi is represented with Watanabe Entertainment.
Shōzō Kudō (工藤 彰三, Kudō Shōzō; born 8 December 1964) is a Japanese politician of the Liberal Democratic Party, who…
Shōzō Kudō (工藤 彰三, Kudō Shōzō; born 8 December 1964) is a Japanese politician of the Liberal Democratic Party, who serves as a member of the House of Representatives.
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