is a private

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located in

Kanazawa-ku, Yokohama is one of the 18 wards of the city of Yokohama in Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan. As of 2010, the ward had an estimated population of 209,565 and a density of 6,760 persons per km². The total area was . The ward symbol, established 1987, expresse ...

, Japan.

History

It traces its roots to The Baptist Theological Seminary of Yokohama established by

Albert Arnold Bennett Albert Arnold Bennett (April 6, 1849 – October 12, 1909) was a Baptist missionary and hymn composer who founded the Baptist Theological Seminary of Yokohama, which later became Kanto Gakuin University. Early life Albert was born in Pennsylvani ...

, a missionary of the American Baptist Missionary Union, established in 1884. The school's name was changed to Kanto Gakuin in 1919.

Organization

Bachelors, master's, and doctoral programs are offered through the College of Humanities, the College of Economics, the College of Law, the College of Engineering. Bachelors programs are offered through the College of Human and Environmental Studies. J.D. Program is offered through the Graduate School of Law. *The College of Humanities **Department of English **Department of Comparative Culture **Department of Applied Sociology *The College of Economics **Department of Economics **Department of Business *The College of Law **Department of Law *The College of Engineering **Department of Mechanical Engineering **Department of Electrical and Electronic Information Engineering **Department of Network and Multi-Media Engineering **Department of Architecture **Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering **Department of Applied Material and Life Science *The College of Human and Environmental Studies **Department of Modern Communication **Department of Human Environmental Design **Department of Health and Nutrition **Department of Human Development *The Graduate School of Humanities *The Graduate School of Engineering *The Graduate School of Economics *The Graduate School of Law

Campus

*Kanazawa-Hakkei (

Yokohama is the second-largest city in Japan by population and the most populous municipality of Japan. It is the capital city and the most populous city in Kanagawa Prefecture, with a 2020 population of 3.8 million. It lies on Tokyo Bay, south of T ...

) - the College of Economics, the College of Engineering, the College of Human and Environmental Studies, and the Graduate School of Law *Kanazawa-Bunko (Yokohama) - the College of Humanities *Odawara (

Odawara is a city in Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan. , the city had an estimated population of 188,482 and a population density of 1,700 persons per km2. The total area of the city is . Geography Odawara lies in the Ashigara Plains, in the far western por ...

) - the College of Law

Kanto Gakuin Women's Junior College

was a private

junior college A junior college (sometimes referred to colloquially as a juco, JuCo or JC) is a post-secondary educational institution offering vocational training designed to prepare students for either skilled trades and technical occupations and workers in ...

. It opened in 1950 as , affiliated with Kanto Gakuin University.History of Kanto Gakuin
On April 1, 1957, the junior college was renamed . On April 1, 1967, the junior college became a women's junior college and was renamed Kanto Gakuin Women's Junior College. It closed on September 30, 2004. The junior college offered courses in Japanese literature, English language, life culture, home economics, food science and nutrition, early childhood education, and management information.

Sports, clubs, and traditions

The colors of the university are green and gold. *

Baseball Baseball is a bat-and-ball sport played between two teams of nine players each, taking turns batting and fielding. The game occurs over the course of several plays, with each play generally beginning when a player on the fielding t ...

team (Kanagawa Baseball League Division I) - won 46 league championships *

American football American football (referred to simply as football in the United States and Canada), also known as gridiron, is a team sport played by two teams of eleven players on a rectangular field with goalposts at each end. The offense, the team wi ...

team (Kantoh Collegiate Football Association Division I) *

Rugby football Rugby football is the collective name for the team sports of rugby union and rugby league. Canadian football and, to a lesser extent, American football were once considered forms of rugby football, but are seldom now referred to as such. The ...

team (Kanto College League Division I) - reached the national championships nine times and won five times; also has eight league championships ** University championship rugby *In the Department of English, the University does foreign exchange to several countries, including its sister school,

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, in McMinnville, Oregon, USA.

Notable alumni

* All members of

Asian Kung-Fu Generation (stylized as ASIAN KUNG-FU GENERATION) is a Japanese alternative rock band formed in Yokohama in 1996. For its entire career, the band has consisted of vocalist Masafumi Gotoh, guitarist Kensuke Kita, bassist Takahiro Yamada, and drummer Kiyo ...

(rock band) * Pape Mour Faye, basketball player *

Masashi Hosoya Masashi Hosoya (born October 2, 1989), nicknamed Mashi, is a Japanese professional basketball player who plays for the SeaHorses Mikawa of the B.League in Japan. He played college basketball for Kanto Gakuin University. On October 9, 2016, he r ...

, basketball player * Tomoko Kaneda, voice actress *

Shinjirō Koizumi is a Japanese people, Japanese politician who served as the Minister of the Environment (Japan), Minister of the Environment from September 2019 to October 2021. He also serves as a member the House of Representatives (Japan), Member of the Hou ...

, politician * Takuro Miuchi, rugby player *

Takeya Mizugaki (born December 16, 1983) is a retired Japanese mixed martial artist who most notably competed in the Bantamweight division of the Ultimate Fighting Championship. A professional competitor from 2005 to 2020, Mizugaki also competed for Absolute ...

(M.S. Electrical Eng.), professional

mixed martial artist Mixed martial arts (MMA), sometimes referred to as cage fighting, no holds barred (NHB), and ultimate fighting, and originally referred to as Vale Tudo is a full-contact combat sport based on striking, grappling and ground fighting, incorpo ...

, former WEC #1 Contender, current UFC Bantamweight *

Takahiro Shimoyama , nicknamed Hiro or Poyo, is a Japanese professional basketball player who plays for the Iwate Big Bulls of the B.League in Japan.　He played college basketball for the Kanto Gakuin University is a private university located in Kanazawa-ku ...

, basketball player

References

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* {{authority control Christian universities and colleges in Japan Private universities and colleges in Japan United Church of Christ in Japan Universities and colleges in Yokohama Japanese junior colleges