, abbreviated as , is a

private university Private universities and private colleges are institutions of higher education, not operated, owned, or institutionally funded by governments. They may (and often do) receive from governments tax breaks, public student loans, and grant (money ...

Setagaya, Tokyo is a special ward in Tokyo, Japan. It is also the name of a neighborhood and administrative district within the ward. The ward calls itself Setagaya City in English. Its official bird is the azure-winged magpie, its flower is the fringed orch ...

and

Aoba-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 302,643 and a density of 8,610 persons per km². The total area was 35.14 km². Geography Aoba is located in ...

. The precursor of the school was founded in 1893, and it was chartered as a university in 1949. The school is known for the many famous athletes among its alumni.

Organization

Schools and Faculties

*Faculty of Sport Science **Department of Physical Education **Department of Health Science **Department of Martial Arts **Department of Lifelong Sports and Recreation *School of Childhood Sport Education **Department of Childhood Sport Education *Faculty of Medical Science **Department of Judo Therapy and Medical Science **Department of Emergency Medical Science.

Graduate Schools

*Master's and Doctoral Degree Programs, Graduate School of Health and Sport Science

Research Centers

*Comprehensive Sport Science Research Center ::The Comprehensive Sport Science Research Center publishes the

open access journal Open access (OA) is a set of principles and a range of practices through which research outputs are distributed online, free of access charges or other barriers. With open access strictly defined (according to the 2001 definition), or libre op ...

"NSSU Journal of Sport Sciences"
*Research Institute for Sport Science: RISS *Sports Training Center

University Library

The library of the Setagaya campus holds some 380,000 books.

Other Organizations

*Office of Athletics *Student Support Center *Admission Center *Health Care Center *Student Dormitory

Notable alumni

Athletes

* Nobuyuki Aihara - Gymnast; Olympic gold medalist *

Yutaka Aihara is a Japanese former gymnast who competed in the 1992 Summer Olympics The 1992 Summer Olympics ( es, Juegos Olímpicos de Verano de 1992, ca, Jocs Olímpics d'estiu de 1992), officially known as the Games of the XXV Olympiad ( es, Juego ...

- Gymnast; Olympic bronze medalist *

Toshiko Shirasu-Aihara is a retired Japanese gymnast. She competed in all artistic gymnastics events at the 1960 and 1964 Olympics and won a team bronze medal in 1964. Her best individual achievements were fourth places on the vault and uneven bars in 1964. Born Toshi ...

- Gymnast; Olympic bronze medalist *

Yuko Arimori is a Japanese professional marathon runner and a Goodwill Ambassador for the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA). Career Arimori competed for Japan in the 1992 Summer Olympics held in Barcelona, Spain in the marathon where she won the silve ...

- Marathon runner; Olympic silver medalist * Hokutōfuji Daiki - Professional

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wrestler * Takeshita Konosuke - Professional wrestler * Kōji Gushiken - Gymnast; Olympic gold medalist *

Chiyotairyū Hidemasa is a retired Japanese professional sumo wrestler from Tokyo. A former amateur champion at university, he made his professional debut in May 2011, as a ''makushita tsukedashi'' recruit and reached the top division in May 2012. He earned his fi ...

- Professional

wrestler *

Yukio Iketani is a Japanese gymnast and Olympic medalist. Sports career Iketani received a bronze medal in ''floor exercise'' and in ''team all-around'' 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul. He received a silver medal in ''floor exercise'' and a bronze medal in ' ...

- Gymnast; Olympic silver medalist * Keiko Tanaka-Ikeda - Gymnast; Olympic gold medalist *

Nahomi Kawasumi is a Japanese footballer who plays for NJ/NY Gotham FC. A full international since 2008, she won gold at the 2011 World Cup as well as silver at the 2012 London Olympics and 2015 World Cup. During the 2011 World Cup, she scored two goals—in ...

- Football player; Olympic silver medalist *

Kosuke Kitajima is a Japanese retired breaststroke swimmer. He won gold medals at the men's 100 m and 200 m breaststroke events at the 2004 Summer Olympics, and the 2008 Summer Olympics – becoming the first and only swimmer to sweep the breaststroke events at ...

- Swimmer; Olympic gold medalist * Eizo Kenmotsu - Gymnast; Olympic gold, silver and bronze medalist *

Mako Kobata is a former Japanese volleyball player. She played for the Japan women's national volleyball team. She competed at the 2020 Summer Olympics, in Women's volleyball. In 2022, She announced her marriage on social media. Career She participate ...

Volleyball Volleyball is a team sport in which two teams of six players are separated by a net. Each team tries to score points by grounding a ball on the other team's court under organized rules. It has been a part of the official program of the Sum ...

player; a part of 2020 Summer Olympics women's tournament *

Toshihiko Koga was a Japanese judoka, 9th degree black belt and Olympic champion who competed in the -71 kg and -78 kg divisions. Koga is regarded as having perhaps the greatest ippon seoi nage ever. He died of cancer on March 24, 2021 at the age of ...

- Retired

judoka is an unarmed modern Japanese martial art, Olympic sport (since 1964), and the most prominent form of jacket wrestling competed internationally.『日本大百科全書』電子版【柔道】(CD-ROM version of Encyclopedia Nipponica, "Judo"). ...

; Olympic gold medalist * Yoshikaze Masatsugu - Professional

wrestler * Karina Maruyama - Football player; Olympic silver medalist * Kentaro Minagawa - Alpine skier * Daisuke Miyazaki - Handball player *

Shinji Morisue is a Japanese gymnast and Olympic champion. He hails from Okayama City and attended the Nippon College of Physical Education (now called Nippon Sport Science University). Morisue is now a show business personality in Japan and is frequently se ...

- Gymnast; Olympic gold medalist *

Jungo Morita is a retired volleyball player from Japan. He competed at the 1968 and 1972 Olympics and won a silver and a gold medal, respectively.Mari Motohashi is a Japanese curler. Career Motohashi was a member of Team Aomori which represented Japan at two Winter Olympics (2006 and 2010). She threw second stones for Ayumi Onodera at the 2006 Winter Olympics, finishing 7th, and played second for Moe ...

- Curler * Katsuhiko Nagata - Amateur wrestler; Olympic silver medalist *

Chieko Sugawara Chieko Sugawara ( ja, 菅原千恵子; born 15 August 1976) is a Japanese fencer. She represented Japan and competed in the women's individual foil events at the 2004, 2008 and 2012 Summer Olympics The 2012 Summer Olympics (officially ...

- Fencer *

Juri Takayama (born October 21, 1976) is a Japanese softball player who played as a pitcher between 1996 and 2004 in the Olympic Games The modern Olympic Games or Olympics (french: link=no, Jeux olympiques) are the leading international sporting events ...

- Softball player; Olympic silver medalist *

Rie Tanaka is a Japanese voice actress and singer who is currently affiliated with Office Anemone. Notable among her numerous roles in anime are Lacus Clyne in ''Mobile Suit Gundam Seed'' and ''Mobile Suit Gundam Seed Destiny'', Chi in '' Chobits'', Hi ...

- Gymnast * Kakizoe Tōru - Professional

wrestler *

Mitsuo Tsukahara Mitsuo Tsukahara (塚原光男 ''Tsukahara Mitsuo'', born December 22, 1947) is a Japanese artistic gymnast. He was five times an Olympic Gold Medalist. He remained active in the sport after his retirement from competition. He served as vice p ...

- Gymnast; Olympic gold medalist *

Kōhei Uchimura is a retired Japanese artistic gymnast. He is a seven-time Olympic medalist (all-around, team and floor exercise), winning three golds and four silvers, and a twenty-one-time World medalist (all-around, team, floor exercise, horizontal bar, and ...

- Active gymnast; Olympic gold and silver medalist *

Yayoi Urano is a retired Japanese Wrestler and Judoka. She won six gold medals and one silver medal in three weight classes (65, 70, and 75 kg) at the World Wrestling Championships from 1990 to 1996. Biography Urano was involved in track and field at , a ...

- Amateur wrestler; 6-time world champion * Haruhiro Yamashita - Gymnast; Olympic gold medalist * Kōji Yamamuro - Gymnast; Olympic silver medalist * Hiroshi Yamamoto - Archer; Olympic silver medalist *

Toshiki Yamamoto Toshiki Yamamoto (山本俊樹) born is a Japanese weightlifter, competing in the 85 kg category until 2018 and 96 kg starting in 2018 after the International Weightlifting Federation reorganized the categories. Career He competed at ...

- Weightlifter * Myōgiryū Yasunari - Professional

wrestler *

Tomohiro Yamamoto is a Japanese politician of the Liberal Democratic Party, a member of the House of Representatives in the Diet (national legislature). Career A native of Kyoto, Kyoto, Yamamoto attended Kansai University as an undergraduate and received a mas ...

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player; a part of 2020 Summer Olympics men's tournament * Kenta Takanashi – Volleyball player; a part of 2020 Summer Olympics men's tournament * Ran Takahashi – Volleyball player; a part of 2020 Summer Olympics men's tournament * Yuki Tsunoda - Formula 1 driver

Politicians

Ryoko Tani is a retired Japanese female judoka and a politician. Competing in the extra-lightweight (48 kg) class, she won a record seven world titles and five Olympic medals including two golds at Sydney 2000 and Athens 2004. After her retirement, ...

- Retired

; Olympic gold medalist *

Kazuyuki Nakane is a Japanese politician serving in the House of Representatives in the Diet (national legislature) as a member of the Liberal Democratic Party. A native of Kōnosu, Saitama he attended Nippon Sport Science University as an undergraduate and Sen ...

- Member of the House of Representatives in the

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. *

Kenshiro Matsunami is a Japanese politician of the Liberal Democratic Party, a member of the House of Representatives in the Diet (national legislature). A native of Izumisano, Osaka, he attended Nippon Sport Science University, Eastern Michigan University and Nih ...

- Member of the House of Representatives in the

Entertainers

Sonny Chiba , known internationally as Sonny Chiba, was a Japanese actor and martial artist. Chiba was one of the first actors to achieve stardom through his skills in martial arts, initially in Japan and later before an international audience. Born in Fuku ...

- Actor; Martial artist *

Yota Tsuji is a Japanese professional wrestler currently signed to New Japan Pro-Wrestling (NJPW). Early life Before wrestling, Tsuji had played baseball, American football and had done Taekwondo. In March 2012, he graduated from Yokohama Tateno high-sch ...

- Professional wrestler * Keita Machida - Actor * Mandy Sekiguchi - Dancer

Current notable students

Athletes

* Uta Abe - Active

Judoka is an unarmed modern Japanese martial art, Olympic sport (since 1964), and the most prominent form of jacket wrestling competed internationally.『日本大百科全書』電子版【柔道】(CD-ROM version of Encyclopedia Nipponica, "Judo"). ...

; 2020 Olympic gold medalist and two-times

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of -52 kg category. *

Hifumi Abe is a Japanese judoka. Abe rose to prominence after becoming Youth Olympic champion in 2014. He won the Tokyo Grand Slam later that year, at just 17-years-old, beating then-World Champion Masashi Ebinuma. He was the silver medalist at the juni ...

- Active Judoka; 2020 Olympic gold medalist and two-times world champion of -66 kg category. *

Kenzō Shirai is a Japanese men's former athlete of artistic gymnastics ( AG). Born in Yokohama, Kanagawa, he, a graduate of Kishine High School, joined the Nippon Sport Science University ( Nittaidai). Shirai took the team gold, and a bronze on individual v ...

- Active

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; 2016 Olympic gold and bronze medalist * Ran Takahashi - Active Volleyball Player; part of Japan's national team competing in the 2020 Tokyo Olympics volleyball men's tournament * Daiki Kajiwara - Active para badminton Player; 2020 Paralympic gold medalist of men's singles WH2 and bronze medalist of men's doubles WH1–WH2

Notes

External links

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