is an educational institute in

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Aoyama Gakuin University is a private Christian university in Shibuya, Tokyo, Japan. Originally established in 1874 by missionaries from the Methodist Episcopal Church, it was reconfigured in its current form in 1949 as part of Aoyama Gakuin. Aoyama Gakuin Universit ...

, Aoyama Gakuin Women's Junior College, Aoyama Gakuin Senior High School, Aoyama Gakuin Junior High School, Aoyama Gakuin Elementary School, and Aoyama Gakuin Kindergarten. The institute was founded in 1874 by Dora E. Schoonmaker, an American missionary sent to Japan by the Women's Foreign Missionary Society of the Methodist Episcopal Church. Canadian missionary Davidson Macdonald MD played a role in the establishment of Aoyama Gakuin, and his contribution to the improvement of Japan's educational system is considered an important episode in the early history of Japanese-Canadian relations.Foreign Ministry of Japan
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Notable alumni

* Rie fu (singer-songwriter) * Fuzjko Hemming (pianist) *

Renhō , commonly known by her given name, , is a Japanese politician and former journalist who is a current member of House of Councillors. She was the leader of the now-defunct major Japanese opposition party, the Democratic Party. Early and person ...

(member of the house of councilors, consumer affairs minister) *

Tsuyoshi Takagi is a Japanese politician serving in the House of Representatives in the Diet (national legislature) as a member of the Liberal Democratic Party. Overview A native of Tsuruga, Fukui and graduate of Aoyama Gakuin University is a private ...

(member of the house of representatives, Minister for Reconstruction) *

Shunichi Yamaguchi is a Japanese politician of the Liberal Democratic Party, a member of the House of Representatives in the Diet (national legislature). Overview After graduating from Aoyama Gakuin University, Yamaguchi went to Paris to study at Paris IV Un ...

(member of the house of representatives, Minister of state for science and technology policy) *

Haruko Arimura is a Japanese politician of the Liberal Democratic Party (LDP), a member of the House of Councillors in the Diet of Japan. She is a descendant of Arimura Tsugizaemon, the ringleader of the Sakuradamon Incident, and Togo Heihachiro, the admira ...

（member of the House of councilors, Minister in charge of women's activities ） *

Ikuma Dan was a Japanese composer. Biography Dan was born in Tokyo, the descendant of a prominent family, his grandfather Baron Dan Takuma having been President of Mitsui before being assassinated in 1932. He graduated from Aoyama Gakuin and Tokyo M ...

(Japanese composer) *

Shin Dong-bin Shin Dong-bin (; born February 14, 1956) is a Korean-Japanese businessman. He also has a Japanese name Akio Shigemitsu ( ja, 重光昭夫, translit=Shigemitsu Akio). As of 2012, he was CEO of the South Korean conglomerate Lotte Corporation an ...

(CEO of the Korean Lotte Group) *

Shinobu Terajima is a Japanese actress. Her feature films include '' Akame 48 Waterfalls'' (2003) and '' Vibrator'' (2003). For her role in ''Caterpillar'' (2010), Terajima won the Silver Bear for Best Actress at the 60th Berlin Film Festival while her performan ...

(Japanese actress, Winner of the Best Actress award at the 60th Berlin Film Festival) *

Hajime Satomi is a Japanese business magnate. Satomi is known as the founder of Sammy Corporation, which merged with the Japan-based video game and arcade game producer Sega to form the holding company Sega Sammy Holdings. History Hajime Satomi withdrew fr ...

(the founder of Sammy Corporation) * Ryo Morikawa (president of LINE) * Shinichi Koide (president of Hewlett-Packard Japan) * Ryuichi Isaka (president of Seven-Eleven Japan) *

Akiko Yano is a Japanese pop and jazz musician and singer born in Tokyo and raised in Aomori and later began her singing career in the mid-1970s. She has been called "one of the major musical talents of the Japanese popular music world", and her vocals an ...

(Pop and jazz musician)

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A Brief History- Aoyama Gakuin Women's Junior College
School Corporations in Japan Education in Tokyo Educational institutions established in 1874 High schools in Tokyo Japanese junior colleges Private universities and colleges in Japan Universities and colleges in Tokyo Women's universities and colleges in Japan 1874 establishments in Japan {{tokyo-university-stub

Notable alumni

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