Celebrities who studied at Nihon University 124 profiles

124 profiles in this database, most often actor, politician, baseball player. They include Yūmi Kawai, Ayumu Nakajima, Kōtarō Koizumi, Ayumu Hirano, Miho Nakazono. Every profile lists birth date, background, career highlights and an honest "My Take".

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Yūmi Kawai

河合優実

Actor from Japan

Ayumu Nakajima

中島歩

Actor from Japan

Kōtarō Koizumi

小泉孝太郎

Actor from Japan

Ayumu Hirano

平野歩夢

Olympic gold medalist snowboarder and dual-season Olympian

Miho Nakazono

中園ミホ

Japanese screenwriter and author known for emotionally resonant TV dramas

Akira Ishida

石田彰

Veteran Japanese voice actor known for his wide dramatic range

Shinkun Haku

白眞勲

Politician from Japan

Hisayoshi Chōno

長野久義

Baseball player from Japan

Shiori Kutsuna

忽那汐里

Actor from Australia

Kanata Hongō

本郷奏多

Japanese actor and model from Sendai, known for a career spanning child roles to complex adult characters

Nakamura Shidō II

二代目中村獅童

Actor from Japan

Rio Uchida

内田理央

Tokyo-born actress and multi-genre model

Keito Tsuna

綱啓永

Actor from Japan

Eiichirō Funakoshi

船越英一郎

Actor from Japan

Haruka Kitaguchi

北口榛花

Japanese javelin thrower from Hokkaido

Hiroki Tōchi

東地宏樹

Seiyū from Japan

Ayaka Ōtsu

大津綾香

Child actor from Japan

Hideki Takahashi

高橋英樹

Veteran Japanese actor and singer known for period dramas

Toshiaki Kasuga

春日俊彰

Comedian and multi-discipline athlete from Saitama

Toshio Furukawa

古川登志夫

Veteran Japanese voice actor and guitarist with a career spanning over five decades

Sandayū Dokumamushi

毒蝮三太夫

Actor from Japan

Yakkun Sakurazuka

桜塚やっくん

Owarai tarento from Japan

Endō Shōta

遠藤聖大

Rikishi from Japan

Hidekatsu Shibata

柴田秀勝

Seiyū from Spain

Kō Nishimura

西村晃

Veteran Japanese film and stage actor honoured with the Medal with Purple Ribbon

Kazuhiro Fujita

藤田和日郎

Hokkaido-born manga artist renowned for epic shonen storytelling

Momoka Ariyasu

有安杏果

Kyoto-born singer-songwriter, actress, and photographer

Mainoumi Shuhei

舞の海秀平

Rikishi from Japan

Tomoya Tsuboi

坪井智也

Boxer from Japan

Shuichi Murata

村田修一

Hard-hitting Japanese professional baseball third baseman

Kinji Fukasaku

深作欣二

Pioneering Japanese director of raw, visceral crime cinema

Yutaka Wada

和田豊

Baseball player from Japan

Takerufuji Mikiya

尊富士弥輝也

Rikishi from Japan

Takamisakari Seiken

高見盛精彦

Rikishi from Japan

Hinami Mori

森日菜美

Actor from Japan

Jūkichi Uno

宇野重吉

Actor from Japan

Hiroyasu Shimizu

清水宏保

Speed skater from Japan

Makoto Koga

古賀誠

Politician from Japan

Kundō Koyama

小山薫堂

Writer from Japan

Mitsuru Manaka

真中満

Baseball player from Japan

Kishin Shinoyama

篠山紀信

Photographer from Japan

Joe Shishido

宍戸錠

Actor from Japan

Riko Higashio

東尾理子

Professional golfer from Fukuoka

Kansai Yamamoto

山本寛斎

Trailblazing Japanese fashion designer renowned for explosive color and theatrical design

Yota Kyoda

京田陽太

Baseball player from Japan

Yui Hasegawa

長谷川唯

Technical Japanese women's soccer midfielder

Kumiko Shiratori

白鳥久美子

Comedy talent from Fukushima

Yuji Akahoshi

赤星優志

Baseball player from Japan

Terry Ito

テリー伊藤

Writer from Japan

Kazuya Tatekabe

たてかべ和也

Seiyū from Japan

Great-O-Khan

グレート-O-カーン

Professional wrestler from Japan

Toshinao Nakagawa

中川俊直

Japanese politician from Hiroshima

Mitsuo Hamada

浜田光夫

Actor from Japan

Banana Yoshimoto

吉本ばなな

Writer from Japan

Yasuaki Kurata

倉田保昭

Judoka from Japan

Hiroyuki Amano

天野ひろゆき

Actor from Japan

Kunio Arakaki

新垣邦男

Okinawa-born Japanese politician

Asuka Cambridge

ケンブリッジ飛鳥

Athletics competitor from Jamaica

Mikako Kotani

小谷実可子

Japan's queen of artistic swimming

Keiju Kobayashi

小林桂樹

Versatile veteran actor of postwar Japanese cinema

Eiji Ochiai

落合英二

Japanese professional baseball player from Tochigi Prefecture

Shinya Tsukamoto

塚本晋也

Japanese auteur filmmaker, actor, and editor

Kazuyuki Fujita

藤田和之

Professional wrestler from Japan

Shoko Ieda

家田荘子

Japanese nonfiction novelist and Ooya Soichi Prize winner

Makoto Kozuru

小鶴誠

Postwar Japanese professional baseball player

Masateru Kaiketsu

魁傑將晃

Professional sumo wrestler from Yamaguchi Prefecture

Shigeyoshi Gotō

後藤繁榮

Japanese announcer from Gifu

Hideaki Kikuchi

菊地英昭

Japanese guitarist from Tokyo

Tomonohana Shinya

智ノ花伸哉

Kumamoto-born sumo wrestler and Nihon University graduate

Ishirō Honda

本多猪四郎

Architect of Showa-era Japanese genre cinema

Michio Nishizawa

西沢道夫

Japanese baseball Hall of Famer of the Showa era

Yū Irie

入江悠

Japanese writer-director known for crafting his own screenplays

Hayato Shimizu

清水勇人

Japanese politician from Toda City, Saitama

Kotaro Yamasaki

山崎晃大朗

Japanese professional baseball player

Kushimaumi Keita

久島海啓太

Professional sumo wrestler from Wakayama Prefecture

Michiya Haga

芳賀道也

Japanese announcer and politician from Yamagata

Shigeki Maruyama

丸山茂樹

Japanese professional golfer known for his enthusiasm on tour

Tomikazu Fukuda

福田富一

Tochigi politician and administrative scrivener

Takeshi Itoh

伊東たけし

Jazz-fusion saxophonist and composer of T-Square

Yoshio Inaba

稲葉義男

Japanese actor from Chiba Prefecture

Hisayoshi Harasawa

原沢久喜

Japanese judoka from Yamaguchi Prefecture

Shingo Katayama

片山晋呉

Veteran Japanese professional golfer from Ibaraki

Daiamami Genki

坂元元規

Professional sumo wrestler

Makoto Yoshino

吉野誠

Japanese baseball player from Saitama

Masahito Soda

曽田正人

Japanese manga artist from Tokyo

Ryusei Shinoyama

篠山竜青

Japanese professional basketball point guard

Sankyu Kurata

さんきゅう倉田

Yokohama-born comedian and entertainer

Kuniyoshi Noda

野田国義

Japanese politician from Fukuoka Prefecture

Saburo Komoto

河本三郎

Japanese politician from Hyogo Prefecture

Akiseyama Mitsuhiko

明瀬山光彦

Professional sumo wrestler from Aichi Prefecture

Ryūshō Katō

加藤竜祥

Japanese Member of the House of Representatives from Nagasaki

Masaaki Yamazaki

山崎正昭

Japanese politician from Fukui Prefecture

Kazari

かざり

Idol, cosplayer, and military figure from Mie Prefecture

Masahiro Kuramoto

倉本昌弘

Japanese professional golfer from Hiroshima

Daishōyama Naoki

大翔山直樹

Japanese sumo wrestler from Ishikawa Prefecture

Allen Coage

アレン・コージ

American professional wrestler

Kaihō Ryōji

海鵬涼至

Sumo wrestler from Aomori

Koreyoshi Kurahara

蔵原惟繕

Showa-era Japanese film director honored with the Medal with Purple Ribbon

Kenichi Yoshizumi

吉住健一

Japanese politician

Yoshinori Kitase

北瀬佳範

Veteran video game producer behind the Final Fantasy series

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