, or is a
Japanese national university
As of 2013, there were 86 , 90 public universities and 606 private universities in Japan. National universities tend to be held in higher regard in higher education in Japan than private or public universities.
As of the 2019 fiscal year, the nu ...
located in
Sendai, Miyagi
is the capital city of Miyagi Prefecture, the largest city in the Tōhoku region. , the city had a population of 1,091,407 in 525,828 households, and is one of Japan's 20 designated cities. The city was founded in 1600 by the ''daimyō'' Date ...
in the
Tōhoku Region
The , Northeast region, or consists of the northeastern portion of Honshu, the largest island of Japan. This traditional region consists of six prefectures (''ken''): Akita, Aomori, Fukushima, Iwate, Miyagi, and Yamagata.
Tōhoku reta ...
, Japan. It is informally referred to as . Established in 1907, it was the third
Imperial University in Japan and among the first three
Designated National Universities, along with the
University of Tokyo
, abbreviated as or UTokyo, is a public research university located in Bunkyō, Tokyo, Japan. Established in 1877, the university was the first Imperial University and is currently a Top Type university of the Top Global University Project b ...
and
Kyoto University. Tohoku University is a Top Type university of the
Top Global University Project
is a funding project by the Japanese government that began in 2014. The project aims to enhance the globalization of the country's public and private universities so that graduates can "walk into positions of global leadership". The project is s ...
, and since 2020 has been ranked the best university in Japan by
Times Higher Education
''Times Higher Education'' (''THE''), formerly ''The Times Higher Education Supplement'' (''The Thes''), is a British magazine reporting specifically on news and issues related to higher education.
Ownership
TPG Capital acquired TSL Education ...
.
In 2016, Tohoku University had 10 faculties, 16 graduate schools and 6 research institutes, with a total enrollment of 17,885 students. The university's three core values are "Research First (研究第一主義)," "Open-Doors (門戸開放)," and "Practice-Oriented Research and Education (実学尊重)."
History
On June 22, 1907(明治40年,''Mēji yonjyunen''), the university was established under the name by the
Meiji government
The was the government that was formed by politicians of the Satsuma Domain and Chōshū Domain in the 1860s. The Meiji government was the early government of the Empire of Japan.
Politicians of the Meiji government were known as the Meiji o ...
as the third
Imperial University of Japan, following the
Tokyo Imperial University
, abbreviated as or UTokyo, is a public research university located in Bunkyō, Tokyo, Japan. Established in 1877, the university was the first Imperial University and is currently a Top Type university of the Top Global University Project by ...
(1877) and the
Kyoto Imperial University
, mottoeng = Freedom of academic culture
, established =
, type = Public (National)
, endowment = ¥ 316 billion (2.4 billion USD)
, faculty = 3,480 (Teaching Staff)
, administrative_staff = 3,978 (Total Staff)
, students = ...
(1897). From its start, it has advocated "Open-door" policies—it was the first university in Japan to accept female students (in 1913) and foreign students.
In September 1907, it set up the faculty of Agriculture in
Sapporo
( ain, サッ・ポロ・ペッ, Satporopet, lit=Dry, Great River) is a city in Japan. It is the largest city north of Tokyo and the largest city on Hokkaido, the northernmost main island of the country. It ranks as the fifth most populous cit ...
; the .
It set up the Science Department in 1911, and the Medical Department (formerly the Sendai Medical College) in 1915. In 1918 it ceded the Faculty of Agriculture to
Hokkaido Imperial University. It subsequently launched Faculties of Engineering in 1919, and Law and Literature in 1922.
[
]
In 1947 the university assumed its current name, Tohoku University, and acquired a new Faculty of Agriculture. In 1949, the Faculty of Law and Literature was split to form new faculties of Law, Literature, and Economics. A Faculty of Education was added in 1949, Dentistry in 1965, and Pharmacy in 1972. Tohoku has been a
National University Corporation is a corporate body (legal entity) established under the provisions of the ''National University Corporation Act'' (2003) for the purpose of establishing a national university in Japan.
History
As part of promoting the reform of Japanese univer ...
since April 2004.
2011 Tōhoku earthquake
Subsequent to the
2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami
The occurred at 14:46 JST (05:46 UTC) on 11 March. The magnitude 9.0–9.1 (M) undersea megathrust earthquake had an epicenter in the Pacific Ocean, east of the Oshika Peninsula of the Tōhoku region, and lasted approximately six mi ...
, the university was declared closed until further notice, but with a tentative re-opening date of the end of the following April.
The Aobayama, Katahira, Amamiya, and Kawauchi campuses are all at least from the ocean, towards the mountains, and therefore suffered no damage resulting from the tsunami. No deaths or serious injuries within the faculty and student body were reported on campus grounds. However, earthquake damage lead to the closure of 27 buildings and caused millions of dollars of damage to equipment. Classes have resumed normally since early May 2011 and plans for restoring, reinforcing or replacing damaged buildings are underway.
The radiology department has been actively measuring radiation levels throughout the city of Sendai since the
Fukushima Nuclear Power Plant meltdown, which is about 100 kilometers south. So far no alarming levels of radiation have been detected.
Campuses
Principal four campuses are in the
Sendai City, Japan;
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:Administration Unit. and Principal institutes
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:North-Kawauchi; The freshmen and sophomore of all undergraduates
:South-Kawauchi; Law, Education, Economics, Letters
*
:Medicine, Dentistry
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:Science, Engineering, Pharmacy, Agriculture
Amamiya campus and some institutes transferred to the new extension at Aobayama campus in April 201
Organization
The university's
is represented on the national
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Traditional number and configuration
( ) is Part-time lecturer.
Research institutes
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:''National Collaborative Research Institute''
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Tohoku Medical Megabank Organization (東北メディカル・メガバンク機構, ''Tōhoku Medikaru Megabanku kikō'')
Centers and facilities
The 21st Century Center Of Excellence Programs
Academic rankings
Tohoku University is one of the most prestigious universities in Japan. It can be seen in the several rankings such as shown below.
General rankings
Tohoku University has been ranked first in the 2020
Times Higher Education Japan University Rankings.
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According to 2011 QS World University Rankings
''QS World University Rankings'' is an annual publication of university rankings by Quacquarelli Symonds (QS). The QS system comprises three parts: the global overall ranking, the subject rankings (which name the world's top universities for the ...
the university rose to 70th having dropped out of the top 100 in 2010 to 102nd, and having been 97th in the 2009 THE-QS World University Rankings
''QS World University Rankings'' is an annual publication of university rankings by Quacquarelli Symonds (QS). The QS system comprises three parts: the global overall ranking, the subject rankings (which name the world's top universities for the ...
(in 2010 Times Higher Education World University Rankings
The ''Times Higher Education World University Rankings'' (often referred to as the THE Rankings) is an annual publication of university rankings by the ''Times Higher Education'' (THE) magazine. The publisher had collaborated with Quacquarelli ...
and QS World University Rankings
''QS World University Rankings'' is an annual publication of university rankings by Quacquarelli Symonds (QS). The QS system comprises three parts: the global overall ranking, the subject rankings (which name the world's top universities for the ...
parted ways to produce separate rankings).
It was also ranked 49th worldwide according to the Global University Ranking
College and university Ranking, rankings order the best institutions in higher education based on factors that vary depending on the ranking. Some rankings evaluate institutions within a single country, while others assess institutions worldwide. ...
in 2009.[http://www.globaluniversitiesranking.org/images/banners/top-100(eng).pdf ]
Research performance
Tohoku University is one of the top research institutions in Japan. According to Thomson Reuters
Thomson Reuters Corporation ( ) is a Canadian multinational media conglomerate. The company was founded in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, where it is headquartered at the Bay Adelaide Centre.
Thomson Reuters was created by the Thomson Corpora ...
, Tohoku University is the fourth best research university in Japan. Its research excellence is especially distinctive in Materials Science (1st in Japan, third in the world), Physics (2nd in Japan, tenth in the world), Pharmacology & Toxicology (3rd in Japan, 64th in the world) and Chemistry (6th in Japan, 20th in the world).[ (this ranking includes non-educational institutions)]
Times Higher Education
''Times Higher Education'' (''THE''), formerly ''The Times Higher Education Supplement'' (''The Thes''), is a British magazine reporting specifically on news and issues related to higher education.
Ownership
TPG Capital acquired TSL Education ...
also reported that Tohoku University was ranked 3rd in Japan (201st - 250th in the world) for the World University Rankings 2022 by Subject: social sciences
Social science is one of the branches of science, devoted to the study of societies and the relationships among individuals within those societies. The term was formerly used to refer to the field of sociology, the original "science of so ...
. The social sciences ranking includes the weightings such as Research: volume, income and reputation (accounts for 32.6 per cent) and Citations: research influence (accounts for 25 per cent).
In addition, Nature Index The Nature Index is a database that tracks institutions and countries and their scientific output since its introduction in November, 2014. Each year, Nature Index ranks the leading institutions (which can be companies, universities, government agen ...
ranked Tohoku University as 5th in Japan (103rd in the world, 38th in Asia Pacific) on 2022 tables: Institutions. The 2022 tables are based on Nature Index data from 1 January 2021 to 31 December 2021. Before the 2022 edition, Nature Index also ranked Tohoku University as 5th in Japan (77th in the world, 28th in Asia Pacific) on 2021 tables: Institutions, that are based on Nature Index data from 1 January 2020 to 31 December 2020.
According to the Qs World university rankings
''QS World University Rankings'' is an annual publication of university rankings by Quacquarelli Symonds (QS). The QS system comprises three parts: the global overall ranking, the subject rankings (which name the world's top universities for the ...
on 2012/9 surveyed about the general standards in Engineering&Technology field, Tohoku university was placed 56th (world), fifth (national).
As Tohoku University has been emphasizing 'practical' research, Tohoku received the top place for its number of patents accepted (324) during 2009 among Japanese Universities.
Graduate school rankings
Tohoku University Law School is one of the most famous Law schools in Japan, as it was ranked fifth in the passing rate of Japanese Bar Examination
A bar examination is an examination administered by the bar association of a jurisdiction that a lawyer must pass in order to be admitted to the bar of that jurisdiction.
Australia
Administering bar exams is the responsibility of the bar associ ...
in 2020.
Alumni rankings
Mines ParisTech : Professional Ranking World Universities ranks Tohoku University as 13th in the world (5th in Japan) in 2011 in terms of the number of alumni listed among CEOs in the 500 largest worldwide companies.
Popularity and selectivity
Tohoku University is one of the most selective universities in Japan. Its entrance difficulty is usually considered one of the top in Japan. Japanese journalist Kiyoshi Shimano ranks its entrance difficulty as SA (most selective/out of 11 scales) in Japan.
Evaluation from business world
People
Successive presidents
Notable people associated with Tohoku University
Many world-class celebrities have attended or served at Tohoku University.
Sciences
File:Koichi_Tanaka_2003.jpg, Koichi Tanaka
is a Japanese electrical engineer who shared the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 2002 for developing a novel method for mass spectrometric analyses of biological macromolecules with John Bennett Fenn and Kurt Wüthrich (the latter for work in N ...
(田中 耕一), chemist, 2002 Nobel Prize in Chemistry
)
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winner.
File:Akira_Endo_cropped_3_Akira_Endo_201111.jpg, Akira Endo (遠藤 章), biochemist, known for the discovery of first statin
Statins, also known as HMG-CoA reductase inhibitors, are a class of lipid-lowering medications that reduce illness and mortality in those who are at high risk of cardiovascular disease. They are the most common cholesterol-lowering drugs.
Low ...
.
File:Atsuto_Suzuki_cropped_2_Atsuto_Suzuki_and_Piermaria_Oddone_201010.jpg, Atsuto Suzuki (鈴木 厚人), physicist, 2016 Breakthrough Prize in Fundamental Physics
The Breakthrough Prize in Fundamental Physics is one of the Breakthrough Prizes, awarded by the Breakthrough Prize Board. Initially named Fundamental Physics Prize, it was founded in July 2012 by Russia-born Israeli entrepreneur, venture cap ...
winner.
File:Hideo_Ohno.jpg, Hideo Ohno
Hideo Ohno ( ja, 大野 英男; Hideo Ōno; born 18 December 1954, Tokyo) is a Japanese physicist. He is the 22nd president of Tohoku University, succeeding Susumu Satomi in April 2018.
Biography
Ohno received B.S., M.S. and Ph.D. degrees fro ...
(大野 英男), physicist, the 22nd president of Tohoku University.
*Hitoshi Oshitani
Hitoshi Oshitani (押谷仁, Oshitani Hitoshi, born 29 April 1959) is a Japanese university professor, virologist, medical doctor, public health expert and scientist who currently serves as the professor of virology, Department of Microbiology ...
(押谷仁), scientist, virologist and public health expert.
* Tetsuo Nozoe (野副 鉄男), chemist, known for hinokitiol
Hinokitiol (β-thujaplicin) is a natural monoterpenoid found in the wood of trees in the family Cupressaceae. It is a tropolone derivative and one of the thujaplicins. Hinokitiol is used in oral and skin care products, and is a food additive us ...
.
*Tsutomu Ōhashi
is a Japanese artist and scientist. He is also known by his pseudonym, .Library of Congress authority file/ref>
Early life
Born in Tochigi Prefecture, he attended Tohoku University and graduated from the Faculty of Agriculture. He received a Doc ...
(大橋 力), artist and scientist, Doctor of Agriculture.
* Syun-Ichi Akasofu (赤祖父 俊一), geophysicist, the founding director of the International Arctic Research Center
The International Arctic Research Center, or IARC, established in 1999, is a research institution focused on integrating and coordinating study of Climate change in the Arctic. The primary partners in IARC are Japan and the United States. Parti ...
of UAF.
*Hiroshi Maeda
is a professional Japanese stunt man and suit actor from Kōchi Prefecture who is best known for portraying the Red Ranger in most of the ''Power Rangers'' series as well as the Tyranno Ranger in the 1992 ''Super Sentai'' series ''Kyōryū Sent ...
(前田 浩), pharmacologist and chemist, known for discovery of EPR effect.
*Morio Kasai
Morio Kasai (; September 29, 1922 – December 8, 2008) was a Japanese surgeon who had a strong interest in pediatric surgery. While Kasai went into practice at a time when pediatric surgery was not an established subspecialty, much of his clinica ...
(葛西 森夫, 1922–2008), a surgeon who developed the Kasai procedure
A hepatoportoenterostomy or Kasai portoenterostomy is a surgical treatment performed on infants with Type IVb choledochal cyst and biliary atresia to allow for bile drainage. In these infants, the bile is not able to drain normally from the smal ...
for biliary atresia.
*Chen Wei-jao
Chen Wei-jao (; born 15 November 1939) is a Taiwanese surgeon and academic administrator.
Early life and career
Chen was born in Taichū Prefecture on 15 November 1939. He studied medicine at National Taiwan University (NTU) and completed his r ...
(陳維昭), a surgeon and president of National Taiwan University
National Taiwan University (NTU; ) is a public research university in Taipei, Taiwan.
The university was founded in 1928 during Japanese rule as the seventh of the Imperial Universities. It was named Taihoku Imperial University and served d ...
.
* Lo Tung-bin (羅銅壁), biochemist, pioneer in the research on proteins in Taiwan.
*Susumu Satomi
is a Japanese surgeon and academic administrator. He was the 21st president of Tohoku University and the president of the Japan Association of National Universities. Satomi previously served as the director of the Tohoku University Hospital, a ...
(里見 進), a surgeon and president of Tohoku University.
*Ryuta Kawashima
is a Japanese neuroscientist known for his appearances in the '' Brain Age'' series of video games for the Nintendo DS, Nintendo 3DS and Nintendo Switch. (川島 隆太), neuroscientist, currently resident professor, the supervisor of Nintendo DS gamesofts; '' Brain Age: Train Your Brain in Minutes a Day!'' and '' Dr. Kawashima's Brain Training: How Old is Your Brain?''
*Noriko Osumi
is a Japanese neuroscientist. She was appointed as the Vice-president of Tohoku University in 2018, a Professor of Developmental Neuroscience, and the Director of the Core Center for Neuroscience at that university. Osumi also presided at the ...
(大隅 典子), neuroscientist, the vice president of Tohoku University (2018–).
*Mahmoud Nili Ahmadabadi
Mahmoud Nili Ahmadabadi ( fa, محمود نیلی احمدآبادی; born 1956) is a professor of metallurgy at the University of Tehran, who served as the President of University of Tehran from 2014 to 2021. He is also former head of the Center ...
, president of University of Tehran
The University of Tehran (Tehran University or UT, fa, دانشگاه تهران) is the most prominent university located in Tehran, Iran. Based on its historical, socio-cultural, and political pedigree, as well as its research and teaching pro ...
.
Engineering
File:Kotaro_Honda.jpg, Kotaro Honda
, born on February 23, 1870 in Okazaki, Aichi Prefecture – February 12, 1954) was a Japanese metallurgist and inventor. He invented KS steel (initials from Kichiei Sumitomo), which is a type of magnetic resistant steel that is three times mo ...
(本多 光太郎), former president, 1932 Nobel Prize in Physics
)
, image = Nobel Prize.png
, alt = A golden medallion with an embossed image of a bearded man facing left in profile. To the left of the man is the text "ALFR•" then "NOBEL", and on the right, the text (smaller) "NAT•" then " ...
nominee.
File:Masataka_Ogawa.jpg, Masataka Ogawa
was a Japanese chemist mainly known for the claimed discovery of element 43 (later known as technetium), which he named nipponium. In fact, he might have discovered, but misidentified, element 75 (later called rhenium).
After graduating from th ...
(小川 正孝), former president, known for the discovery of rhenium
Rhenium is a chemical element with the symbol Re and atomic number 75. It is a silvery-gray, heavy, third-row transition metal in group 7 of the periodic table. With an estimated average concentration of 1 part per billion (ppb), rhenium is one ...
.
File:Hidetsugu_Yagi.jpg, Hidetsugu Yagi (八木 秀次), electrical engineer, mentor of Yagi–Uda antenna
A Yagi–Uda antenna or simply Yagi antenna, is a directional antenna consisting of two or more parallel resonant antenna elements in an end-fire array; these elements are most often metal rods acting as half-wave dipoles. Yagi–Ud ...
.
File:名城2010Fとともに.jpg, Sumio Iijima
is a Japanese physicist and inventor, often cited as the inventor of carbon nanotubes. Although carbon nanotubes had been observed prior to his "invention", Iijima's 1991 paper generated unprecedented interest in the carbon nanostructures and ...
(飯島 澄男), physicist, inventor of carbon nanotubes
A scanning tunneling microscopy image of a single-walled carbon nanotube
Rotating single-walled zigzag carbon nanotube
A carbon nanotube (CNT) is a tube made of carbon with diameters typically measured in nanometers.
''Single-wall carbon na ...
.
File:Masatoshi_Shima.jpg, Masatoshi Shima
is a Japanese electronics engineer. He was one of the architects of the world's first microprocessor, the Intel 4004. In 1968, Shima worked for Busicom in Japan, and did the logic design for a specialized CPU to be translated into three-chip c ...
(嶋 正利), inventor of CPU Intel 4004
The Intel 4004 is a 4-bit central processing unit (CPU) released by Intel Corporation in 1971. Sold for US$60, it was the first commercially produced microprocessor, and the first in a long line of Intel CPUs.
The 4004 was the first significa ...
.
* Shintaro Uda (宇田 新太郎), an inventor of the Yagi-Uda antenna 1926, the ubiquitous television antenna.
*Jun-Ichi Nishizawa
was a Japanese engineer and inventor. He is known for his electronic inventions since the 1950s, including the PIN diode, static induction transistor, static induction thyristor, SIT/SITh. His inventions contributed to the development of ...
(西澤 潤一), the engineer known for inventing optical communication systems including optical fiber
An optical fiber, or optical fibre in Commonwealth English, is a flexible, transparent fiber made by drawing glass ( silica) or plastic to a diameter slightly thicker than that of a human hair. Optical fibers are used most often as a mea ...
, laser diode
The laser diode chip removed and placed on the eye of a needle for scale
A laser diode (LD, also injection laser diode or ILD, or diode laser) is a semiconductor device similar to a light-emitting diode in which a diode pumped directly with e ...
and so forth, PIN diode
A pin is a device used for fastening objects or material together.
Pin or PIN may also refer to:
Computers and technology
* Personal identification number (PIN), to access a secured system
** PIN pad, a PIN entry device
* PIN, a former Dutch ...
and SIT/SITh.
*Fujio Masuoka
is a Japanese engineer, who has worked for Toshiba and Tohoku University, and is currently chief technical officer (CTO) of Unisantis Electronics. He is best known as the inventor of flash memory, including the development of both the NOR flash ...
(舛岡 富士雄), the developer of Flash Memory.
*Masayoshi Esashi
is an engineer. He is a global authority of Microelectromechanical systems and serves as the professor of the Tohoku University graduate school engineering graduate course.
Born in Sendai, Japan, in 1949, Masayoshi Esashi received his B.E. degree ...
(江刺 正喜), engineer, the global authority of Microelectromechanical systems.
*Toshitada Doi
is a Japanese electrical engineer, who played a significant role in the digital audio revolution. He received a degree in electrical engineering from the Tokyo Institute of Technology in 1964, and a PhD from Tohoku University in 1972.
He joined ...
(土井 利忠), a pioneer in digital audio, originated Aibo
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the pet robot
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.
* Fumihiko Imamura (今村 文彦), civil engineer, the natural disaster expert for NHK
, also known as NHK, is a Japanese public broadcaster. NHK, which has always been known by this romanized initialism in Japanese, is a statutory corporation funded by viewers' payments of a television license fee.
NHK operates two terrestr ...
after 2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami
The occurred at 14:46 JST (05:46 UTC) on 11 March. The magnitude 9.0–9.1 (M) undersea megathrust earthquake had an epicenter in the Pacific Ocean, east of the Oshika Peninsula of the Tōhoku region, and lasted approximately six mi ...
[CNN rebroadcasting NHK, 13 March 2011.]
* Masataka Nakazawa (中沢 正隆), pioneer of optical solitons in high-speed optical communication in fiber optic networks and rare earth-doped optical amplifiers (such as EDFA).
Literature and art
File:LuXun1930.jpg, Lu Xun
Zhou Shuren (25 September 1881 – 19 October 1936), better known by his pen name Lu Xun (or Lu Sun; ; Wade–Giles: Lu Hsün), was a Chinese writer, essayist, poet, and literary critic. He was a leading figure of modern Chinese literature. ...
(魯迅), the greatest writer in modern China.
File:井土霊山_Ido_Reizan.jpg, Reizan Ido (井土 霊山), a journalist, writer, poet, and involved in Freedom and People's Rights Movement
The (abbreviated as ) or Popular Rights Movement was a Japanese political and social movement for democracy in the 1880s. It pursued the formation of an elected legislature, revision of the Unequal Treaties with the United States and European c ...
.
File:Kita_Morio.jpg, Morio Kita
was the pen name of , a Japanese psychiatrist, novelist and essayist.
Kita was the second son of poet Mokichi Saitō. Shigeta Saitō, his older brother, was also a psychiatrist. The essayist Yuka Saitō is Kita's daughter.
Kita attended Aza ...
(北 杜夫), novelist, 1960 Akutagawa Prize
The is a Japanese literary award presented biannually. Because of its prestige and the considerable attention the winner receives from the media, it is, along with the Naoki Prize, one of Japan's most sought after literary prizes.
History
Th ...
winner.
*Ben Goto
Tsutomu “Ben” Goto (五島 勉, ''Gotō Ben'', 17 November 1929 – 16 June 2020) was a Japanese journalist and writer best known for his books on Nostradamus.
Early life and career
Goto was born into a Christian family in Hakodate, Hokkaid ...
(五島 勉), a Japanese writer.
* Hayao Hamada (浜田 隼雄), a Taiwanese author.
* Tadao Ooike (大池 唯雄), novelist, 1938 Naoki Prize
The Naoki Prize, officially , is a Japanese literary award presented biannually. It was created in 1935 by Kikuchi Kan, then editor of the ''Bungeishunjū'' magazine, and named in memory of novelist Naoki Sanjugo. Sponsored by the Society for t ...
winner.
* Yō Tsumoto (津本 陽), novelist, 1978 Naoki Prize
The Naoki Prize, officially , is a Japanese literary award presented biannually. It was created in 1935 by Kikuchi Kan, then editor of the ''Bungeishunjū'' magazine, and named in memory of novelist Naoki Sanjugo. Sponsored by the Society for t ...
winner.
* Akihiko Nakamura (中村 彰彦), novelist, 1994 Naoki Prize
The Naoki Prize, officially , is a Japanese literary award presented biannually. It was created in 1935 by Kikuchi Kan, then editor of the ''Bungeishunjū'' magazine, and named in memory of novelist Naoki Sanjugo. Sponsored by the Society for t ...
winner.
* Kenichi Satō (佐藤 賢一), novelist, 1999 Naoki Prize
The Naoki Prize, officially , is a Japanese literary award presented biannually. It was created in 1935 by Kikuchi Kan, then editor of the ''Bungeishunjū'' magazine, and named in memory of novelist Naoki Sanjugo. Sponsored by the Society for t ...
winner.
*Toh EnJoe
(born September 15, 1972) is a Japanese author. Most of his works are literary fiction or speculative fiction. Biography
EnJoe was born on 1972 in Sapporo. He graduated from the physics department of Tohoku University, then went on to the gradua ...
(円城 塔), author, 2012 Akutagawa Prize
The is a Japanese literary award presented biannually. Because of its prestige and the considerable attention the winner receives from the media, it is, along with the Naoki Prize, one of Japan's most sought after literary prizes.
History
Th ...
, Nihon SF Taisho Award
The is a Japanese science fiction award. It has been compared to the Nebula Award as it is given by the Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of Japan or SFWJ. The Grand Prize is selected from not only Science Fiction novels, but also various SF m ...
, and 2013 Seiun Award
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winner.
*Yuichi Kodama Yuichi Kodama (児玉裕一 ''Kodama Yuichi'') is a Japanese video director. He has mainly directed music videos and ads. He often produces music videos and ads that are strongly connected or "tied-up" to each other, such as Perfume's "Secret Secr ...
(児玉 裕一), a Japanese video director.
*Kazumasa Oda
is a Japanese singer-songwriter, and composer. He was the leader of folk rock band Off Course from 1969 to 1989, and has done solo work since 1985.
As the vocalist of Off Course, Oda wrote many Japanese standard numbers in the 70s and 80s. Th ...
(小田 和正), one of the most famous musicians in pop music in Japan since the 1970s.
* Kōtarō Isaka (伊坂 幸太郎), a mystery fiction writer, Japan Booksellers Award
is an annual Japanese literary award. It is awarded based on votes by bookstore clerks from all over Japan.
Winners
Excellent translations
See also
* CD Shop Awards
The is an annual set of music awards presented in Japan. It is spon ...
and Yamamoto Shūgorō Prize
The is a Japanese literary award established in 1988 in memory of author Shūgorō Yamamoto. It was created and continues to be sponsored by the Shinchosha Publishing company, which published Yamamoto's ''Complete Works''. The prize is awarded ann ...
winner.
*Hideaki Sena
is a Japanese pharmacology, pharmacologist and novelist. Sena was a graduate student at Tohoku University when he wrote his prizewinning debut novel, ''Parasite Eve (novel), Parasite Eve''.
Writing career
His most famous novel, ''Parasite Eve ( ...
(瀬名 秀明), a science fiction
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writer and Nihon SF Taisho Award
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winner.
*Chūsei Sone
was a Japanese film director known for his stylish and popular '' Roman Porno'' films for Nikkatsu, particularly the first two installments of the '' Angel Guts'' series. Despite a somewhat uneven career, many mainstream critics consider Sone ...
(曽根 中生), a Japanese film director and screenwriter.
* Kenji Suzuki (鈴木 健二), an announcer of the NHK
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(1924–2013), a Mongolist, the former vice-rector of Inner Mongolia University
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Mathematic, economics and business
File:Shizuo_Kakutani.jpg, Shizuo Kakutani
was a Japanese-American mathematician, best known for his eponymous fixed-point theorem.
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Kakutani attended Tohoku University in Sendai, where his advisor was Tatsujirō Shimizu. At one point he spent two years at the Institute for ...
(角谷 静夫), mathematician, professor at Yale
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, known for Kakutani fixed-point theorem
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.
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*Nobuhiko Kawamoto was the CEO of Honda Motor from 1990 to 1998.
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After graduating from Tohoku University in 1963, he joined the Honda F1 team as a design engineer. After Honda pulled out of F1 after the 1968 season to focus on production vehicles, he retu ...
(川本 信彦), CEO of Honda Motor
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until 1995.
*Hirofumi Uzawa
was a Japanese economist.
Biography
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(宇沢 弘文), an economist, the father of Theoretical Economics
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in Japan.
* Su Buqing (蘇歩青), a Chinese mathematician and former president of Fudan University
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.
*Chen Jiangong
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(金田 康正), a mathematician most known for his numerous world records over the past two decades for calculating digits of π.
*Shigeo Sasaki
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(佐々木 重夫), a professor emeritus and mathematician who introduced the Sasaki manifold In differential geometry, a Sasakian manifold (named after Shigeo Sasaki) is a contact manifold (M,\theta) equipped with a special kind of Riemannian metric g, called a ''Sasakian'' metric.
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Politics
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was a Japanese electrical engineer, inventor of the non-loaded cable carrier system, the Minister of the Ministry of Communications (Teishin-in, between August 30, 1945 and April 8, 1946), politician and the founder of Tokai University. He is a ...
(松前 重義), a Japanese politician, electrical engineer, and founder of Tokai University
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It was accredited under Japan's old educational system in 1946 and under the new system in 1950. In 2008, Tokai Un ...
.
File:Yukio Edano in SL Square on 2017 - 4 (cropped).jpg, Yukio Edano
is a Japanese politician who served as the leader of the Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan from its formation in 2017 until 2021. A member of the House of Representatives in the Diet since 1993, he served as Chief Cabinet Secretary and ...
(枝野 幸男), a Japanese politician and a member of the House of Representatives
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in the Diet
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is a Japanese politician of the Liberal Democratic Party. He is a member of the House of Representatives in the Diet (national legislature) and is the former Minister of Justice under Aso's Administration.
A native of Katsuura, Chiba and grad ...
(森 英介), a Japanese politician of the Liberal Democratic Party.
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* Masayuki Aoyama (青山 雅幸), Japanese politician in the House of Representatives
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.
*Mitsuru Sakurai
is a Japanese politician of the Democratic Party of Japan, a member of the House of Councillors in the Diet (national legislature).
Overview
A native of Sendai, Miyagi, he attended Tokyo Medical and Dental University as an undergraduate and r ...
(桜井 充), Japanese politician of the Democratic Party of Japan
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is a Japanese politician of the Liberal Democratic Party, a member of the House of Representatives in the Diet (national legislature). A native of Miyagi Prefecture, he attended Chuo University
, commonly referred to as or , is a pri ...
(秋葉 賢也), a Japanese politician of the Liberal Democratic Party.
* Akira Koike (小池 晃), a Japanese politician of Japanese Communist Party
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* Nori Sasaki (佐々木 紀), Japanese politician of the Democratic Party of Japan.
*Yoshihisa Inoue
is a Japanese politician of the New Komeito Party, a member of the House of Representatives in the Diet (national legislature). A native of Toyama, Toyama and graduate of Tohoku University
, or is a Japanese national university located in S ...
(井上 義久), Japanese politician of the New Komeito Party
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.
* Emiko Okuyama (奥山 恵美子), Mayor of Sendai, 2009–2017.
See also
* Tohoku Mathematical Journal
The ''Tohoku Mathematical Journal'' is a mathematical research journal published by Tohoku University in Japan. It was founded in August 1911 by Tsuruichi Hayashi.
History
Due to World War II the publication of the journal stopped in 1943 with ...
* Institute for Materials Research
, abbreviated IMR or , is a research institute for material sciences in the Tohoku University, Japan. It is one of the most advanced research organization in the world. In 2001, it is ranked as no.1 in the field of material sciences bISI, Philad ...
* Sendai
* List of National Treasures of Japan (writings)
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Buildings and structures
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* Tegula kusairo
References
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