is a private university in Japan. Its headquarters are on its campus in Bunkyo, Tokyo, for the School of Medicine and in

Inzai, Chiba 260px, Inzai City Hall is a city located in Chiba Prefecture, Japan. , the city had an estimated population of 105,463 in 42,388 households and a population density of 850 persons per km². The total area of the city is . Geography Inzai is loc ...

, for the School of Health and Sports Science. The university was established in 1838 for medical and in 1946 for other departments. It is nicknamed ''Jundai''.

Campuses

*Hongō-Ochanomizu Campus: Bunkyo, Tokyo, *Sakura Campus:

, *Urayasu Campus:

Urayasu, Chiba 260px, old Urayasu is a city located in Chiba Prefecture, Japan. , the city had an estimated population of 170,533 in 81,136 households and a population density of . The total area of the city is . Urayasu is best known as the home of the Tokyo ...

, *Mishima Campus:

Mishima, Shizuoka Mishima City Hall is a city located in eastern Shizuoka Prefecture, Japan. , the city had an estimated population of 109,803 in 49,323 households, and a population density of 1800 persons per km². The total area of the city is . Geography ...

Faculties

*Faculty of Medicine *Faculty of Health and Sports Science *Faculty of Health Care and Nursing *Faculty of Health Sciences and Nursing *Faculty of International Liberal Arts The Juntendo University Graduate School of Medicine has granted doctorates since 1963, and the total numbers of the two types doctorate holders (甲 Kou and 乙 Otsu) has reached reach 1,897 and 2,394, respectively, as of 2017.

Notable alumni

Athletes

Masatada Ishii is a Japanese professional football manager and former player who is the current head coach of Thai League 1 club Buriram United. Playing career Ishii was born in Ichihara on 1 February 1967. After graduating from Juntendo University, he join ...

, Manager of Buriram United *

Takehiro Kashima is a Japanese gymnast, world champion and Olympic champion. Olympics Kashima won a gold medal in the ''team all-around'' and a bronze medal in ''pommel-horse'' at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens.Ryōhei Katō is a Japanese gymnast. He has won two Olympic medals in the men's artistic team all-around – silver in 2012 (London) and gold in 2016 (Rio de Janeiro). Career Kato together with Japanese teammates ( Hiroki Ishikawa, Shogo Nonomura, Yusuke ...

, gymnast *

Hiroshi Nanami is a Japanese former professional football player and manager. He played for Japan national team and currently manager of Matsumoto Yamaga until 2022. Club career Nanami was born in Fujieda on November 28, 1972. After graduating from Juntendo ...

, football player *

Reo Hatate is a Japanese professional footballer who plays as a utility player for Scottish Premiership club Celtic and the Japan national team. Early life Hatate was born in Suzuka, Mie Prefecture and played youth football for FC Yokkaichi before study ...

, football player *

Tatsuya Hasegawa is a Japanese professional association football, footballer who plays as a Midfielder, midfielder for club Yokohama FC. Career Youth career Hasegawa begin career with Juntendo University in 2012 as youth team. Senior career After Graduation i ...

, football player * Daichi Suzuki, swimmer, Olympic gold medalist * Yusuke Suzuki, racewalker *

Shinji Takahira is a Japanese sprinter who specialises in the 100 and 200 metres.

, sprinter, Olympic bronze medalist at the 4 × 100 metres relay * Yusuke Tanaka, gymnast *

Hiroyuki Tomita Hiroyuki Tomita (Japanese: 冨田洋之; born November 21, 1980) is a Japanese gymnast. Tomita won three Olympic medals at the 2004 and 2008 Olympics. Personal life Tomita began gymnastics at the age of eight

, gymnast *

Isao Yoneda ; (born August 20, 1977 in Hamburg, Germany) is a Japanese gymnast. He was raised in Tokyo. He is the 2004 Summer Olympics gold medalist in the team event and the bronze medalist in the high bar The horizontal bar, also known as the high ba ...

, gymnast *

Kazuma Kaya is a Japanese artistic gymnast. Kaya was part of the Japanese team that won the gold medal in the team event at the 2015 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships. He also won a gold medal in the 2015 Asian Championships in Hiroshima. At the 201 ...

, gymnast *

Kakeru Tanigawa is a Japanese artistic gymnast. He is the 2018 and 2019 Japanese National All Around Champion. His older brother, Wataru Tanigawa, is also an international gymnast. In 2018, he won the silver medal in the men's team event at the 2018 Asian Gam ...

, gymnast *

Wataru Tanigawa Wataru Tanigawa is a Japanese artistic gymnast. He is a two-time bronze medalist at the World Artistic Gymnastics Championships and a two-time gold medalist at the Summer Universiade. At the 2017 Summer Universiade in Taipei, Taiwan, he won the ...

, gymnast *

Daiki Hashimoto is a Japan men's national gymnastics team, Japanese artistic gymnast. Widely regarded as the successor of Kohei Uchimura, he won two gold medals at the Gymnastics at the 2020 Summer Olympics, 2020 Summer Olympics, in Gymnastics at the 2020 Summe ...

, gymnast, Olympic gold medalist

References

External links

* {{authority control Educational institutions established in 1946 Universities and colleges in Tokyo Private universities and colleges in Japan Universities and colleges in Chiba Prefecture 1946 establishments in Japan Urayasu, Chiba Inzai Mishima, Shizuoka