14 Notable alumni of Hiroshima University
Updated: June 08, 2026 EliteDegrees
Hiroshima University is ranked #319 in the world and #12 in Japan by aggregated alumni prominence. Below is the list of 14 notable alumni from Hiroshima University sorted by their wiki pages popularity. The directory includes famous graduates and former students along with research and academic staff. Many individuals affiliated with Hiroshima University won Nobel Prizes for Peace, in Physics, Chemistry, Physiology or Medicine, and Economics.
1. Tomoyuki Nishita
1949-. (aged 77)
computer scientist
engineer
Tomoyuki Nishita is a professor at the University of Tokyo. Dr. Nishita received a research award for computer graphics from the Information Processing Society of Japan in 1987, and also received the Steven Anson Coons Award from the ACM SIGGRAPH in 2005.
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2. Kazuki Murakami
1987-. (aged 39)
association football player
Kazuki Murakami is a Japanese football player for Burapha United in Thai League 3.
3. Tsuguo Hongo
1923-2007 (aged 84)
mycologist
biologist
Tsuguo Hongo was a Japanese mycologist who specialized in the biogeography and taxonomy of Agaricales. Hongo entered the Department of Biology at what is now Hiroshima University in 1943, where he studied botany until graduating in 1946 with a B.Sc. Hongo received his Ph.D. degree, entitled "Agaricales of Japan", from Kyoto University in 1961 while working under Dr. Shiro Kitamura.
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4. Tsutomu Yanagida
1949-. (aged 77)
physicist
Tsutomu Yanagida is a Japanese physicist who first proposed the seesaw mechanism in 1979 and developed the model of leptogenesis. The name of the seesaw mechanism was given by him in a Tokyo conference in 1981. In 1994, he predicted, together with M. Fukugita, the nonzero cosmological constant Λ = four years prior to the observation in order to resolve...
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5. L.T. Handoko
1968-. (aged 58)
civil servant
physicist
Laksana Tri Handoko is an Indonesian scientist and public official specializing in theoretical and particle physics. He formerly served as the deputy head of science and technology for the Indonesian Institute of Sciences (Indonesian: Lembaga Ilmu Pengetahuan Indonesia, LIPI) from 2014 to 2018. In 2018, he replaced Bambang Subiyanto as the acting chairman of the institute.
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6. Wataru Kubo
1929-2003 (aged 74)
politician
Wataru Kubo was a Japanese politician from the Japan Socialist Party, and then from the Democratic Party of Japan. He served as deputy prime minister and finance minister of Japan from 11 January 1996 to 7 November 1996.
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7. Motonori Matuyama
1884-1958 (aged 74)
geologist
geophysicist
Motonori Matsuyama was a Japanese geophysicist who was (in the late 1920s) the first to provide systematic evidence that the Earth's magnetic field had been reversed in the early Pleistocene and to suggest that long periods existed in the past in which the polarity was reversed. He remarked that the Earth's field had later changed to the present polarity. The...
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8. Akira Sakata
1945-. (aged 81)
actor
saxophonist
writer
jazz musician
pianist
Akira Sakata is a Japanese free jazz saxophonist.
9. Hiroko Oyamada
1983-. (aged 43)
novelist
writer
editing staff
Hiroko Oyamada is a Japanese writer. She has won the Shincho Prize for New Writers, the Oda Sakunosuke Prize, and the Akutagawa Prize.
10. Naganori Ito
1937-. (aged 89)
engineer
Naganori Ito is a Japanese automotive engineer, and was responsible for the development of the eighth generation R32 Nissan Skyline including the BNR32 Skyline GT-R.
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11. Fumiyo Kōno
1968-. (aged 58)
visual artist
illustrator
mangaka
writer
Fumiyo Kōno, commonly romanized Fumiyo Kouno, is a Japanese manga artist from Nishi-ku, Hiroshima, known for her 2004 manga Town of Evening Calm, Country of Cherry Blossoms and her 2007 manga In This Corner of the World which got an anime film adaptation in 2016 by MAPPA.
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12. Akira Miyawaki
1928-2021 (aged 93)
university teacher
ecologist
botanist
Akira Miyawaki was a Japanese botanist and an expert in plant ecology who specialized in seeds and natural forests. He was active worldwide as a specialist in natural vegetation restoration of degraded land. He was particularly known for his studies of reforestation using pocket forests, often called Miyawaki forests after him.
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13. Chōbyō Yara
1902-1997 (aged 95)
teacher
politician
Chobyo Yara was a Japanese politician. He served as the Chief Executive of the Government of the Ryukyu Islands (1968–1972) and Governor of Okinawa Prefecture (1972–1976). He graduated from Hiroshima Higher Normal School (now Hiroshima University).
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14. Osamu Fujimura
1949-. (aged 77)
politician
Osamu Fujimura is a former Japanese politician of the Democratic Party of Japan, who served as Chief Cabinet Secretary under Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda from 2011 to 2012. He was a member of the House of Representatives from 1993 to 2012.
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