22 Notable alumni of International Christian University
Updated: June 08, 2026 EliteDegrees
International Christian University is ranked #2,416 in the world and #150 in Japan by aggregated alumni prominence. Below is the list of 22 notable alumni from International Christian 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 International Christian University won Nobel Prizes for Peace, in Physics, Chemistry, Physiology or Medicine, and Economics.
1. Jonathan Schell
1943-2014 (aged 71)
writer
author
journalist
non-fiction writer
Jonathan Edward Schell was an American reporter and writer whose work primarily dealt with American foreign policy from the Vietnam War to the war on terror, as well as the threat posed by nuclear weapons and support for nuclear disarmament.
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2. Kurt Tong
1964-. (aged 62)
diplomat
Kurt Walter Tong is an American businessman and former diplomat. He was Consul General of the United States of America to Hong Kong and Macau during the Umbrella Revolution. He joined The Asia Group in July 2019 and is a Managing Partner at the firm.
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3. Mariko Peters
1969-. (aged 57)
lawyer
politician
Mariko Peters is a former Dutch politician and civil servant as well as lawyer. She was an MP from November 30, 2006, to September 19, 2012 (with two interruptions because of maternity leave). She focused on matters of foreign policy, judiciary, public administration, mass media and culture.
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4. Nozomi Watanabe
1971-. (aged 55)
ice dancer
figure skating coach
Nozomi Watanabe is a Japanese former ice dancer. She regularly danced with Akiyuki Kido. They are the three time Japanese national champions. They placed 15th at the Torino Olympics.
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5. Hiroaki Kitano
1961-. (aged 65)
computer scientist
researcher
biologist
businessperson
Hiroaki Kitano is a Japanese scientist. He is the head of the Systems Biology Institute Archived 17 June 2017 at the Wayback Machine (SBI); Senior Executive Vice President and Chief Technology Officer of Sony Group Corporation, Chief Executive Officer of Sony Research Inc. and Sony Computer Science Laboratories, Inc.; a Group Director of the Laboratory for Disease Systems Modeling at...
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6. Charles Honoris
1984-. (aged 42)
politician
Charles Honoris is a member of the Indonesian House of Representatives from the Indonesian Democratic Party - Struggle (PDI-P). He was elected from the DKI Jakarta III (North Jakarta, West Jakarta and the Thousand Islands) electoral district with 102,408 votes. Currently he is serving as vice-chairperson of Commission IX of the House of Representatives overseeing Health Services and Manpower. He...
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7. Hirotaka Takeuchi
1946-. (aged 80)
professor
economist
Hirotaka Takeuchi is a professor of management practice in the Strategy Unit at Harvard Business School. He co-authored The New New Product Development Game which influenced the development of the Scrum framework.
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8. Hiroe Makiyama
1964-. (aged 62)
lawyer
politician
Hiroe Makiyama is a Japanese politician of the Constitutional Democratic Party and a member of the House of Councillors in the Diet (national legislature) representing the Kanagawa at-large district. Makiyama is part of the CDP's shadow cabinet 'Next Cabinet' as the shadow Minister of Justice.
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9. Kathy Matsui
1965-. (aged 61)
economist
Kathy M. Matsui is a General Partner of Japan's first ESG-focused global venture capital fund, MPower Partners.
10. Masako Okawara
1953-. (aged 73)
social activist
politician
office lady
Masako Ōkawara is a Japanese politician of the Constitutional Democratic Party and a former member of the House of Representatives in the Diet (national legislature). A native of Yokohama in Kanagawa Prefecture and 1977 graduate of International Christian University, she had served in the assembly of Tokyo for three terms (10 years) since 1993. She was a member of the...
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11. Kazuo Hirai
1960-. (aged 66)
entrepreneur
Kazuo "Kaz" Hirai is a Japanese businessman. He is best known as the former chairman of Sony Corporation, serving from April 2018 to June 2019, as well as president and CEO from April 2012 to April 2018. He also served as a board member of Sony Computer Entertainment and chairman and co-CEO of Sony Entertainment. He was noted by Entertainment...
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12. Toyohiro Akiyama
1942-. (aged 84)
Research Cosmonaut
journalist
reporter
engineer
astronaut
Toyohiro Akiyama is a retired Japanese TV journalist and professor at Kyoto University of Art and Design. In December 1990, he spent seven days aboard the Mir space station. He became the first person of Japanese nationality to fly in space, and his space mission was the second spaceflight to be commercially sponsored and funded. Akiyama was also the first...
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13. Oriza Hirata
1962-. (aged 64)
impresario
director
film director
writer
playwright
Oriza Hirata is a Japanese playwright, director, and academic. For the majority of his life, he has been best known for his work in theater and creating what he has coined, “contemporary colloquial theater,” or as theater critics call it, “quiet drama.”
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14. Jay Rockefeller
1937-. (aged 89)
politician
John Davison "Jay" Rockefeller IV is an American retired politician who served as a United States senator from West Virginia from 1985 to 2015. He was first elected to the Senate in 1984, while in office as governor of West Virginia (1977–1985). Rockefeller moved to Emmons, West Virginia, to serve as a Volunteers in Service to America (VISTA) worker in...
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15. Jon Kabira
1958-. (aged 68)
news presenter
tarento
Jon Kabira, born Jion Kabira (川平 慈温, Kabira Jion; November 1, 1958 in Naha, Okinawa, Japan), is a Japanese freelance presenter, tarento, radio personality, narrator who is affiliated with Sony Music Artists. He is very popular in Japan having participated in various TV commercials, TV shows, among other Audio-visual-related activities. Kabira is well known in the West due to his...
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16. Karen Makishima
1976-. (aged 50)
politician
political scientist
Karen Makishima is a Japanese politician. A member of the Liberal Democratic Party, she has been a member of the House of Representatives from the Kanagawa 17th district since 2012.
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17. Hio Miyazawa
1994-. (aged 32)
tarento
model
fashion model
actor
Hio Miyazawa is an American-born Japanese actor and model. He was born in San Francisco, United States.
18. Lydia Yu-Jose
1944-2014 (aged 70)
scientist
Lydia N. Yu-Jose was a Filipino professor of political science and Japanese Studies at the Ateneo de Manila University in the Philippines. A graduate of Sophia University, she was best known for her research into the history of Japan–Philippines relations, as well as aiding in the development of Japanese studies in the Philippines as a separate academic discipline.
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19. Haruko Arimura
1970-. (aged 56)
politician
Haruko Arimura is a Japanese politician of the Liberal Democratic Party (LDP), a member of the House of Councillors in the Diet of Japan. She is a descendant of Arimura Tsugizaemon, the ringleader of the Sakuradamon Incident, and Tōgō Heihachirō, the admiral of the Russo-Japanese War.
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20. Tsutomu Nishioka
1956-. (aged 70)
critic
Tsutomu Nishioka is a professor of International Christian Studies at Tokyo Christian University. He specializes in Japan-Korean relations, South Korea/North Korea Studies. His research focuses on the Comfort women and the North Korean abductions of Japanese citizens. He is a chairman of the National Association for the Rescue of Japanese Kidnapped by North Korea (NARKN).
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21. Princess Kako of Akishino
1994-. (aged 32)
aristocrat
Princess Kako of Akishino is the second daughter of the Crown Prince and Crown Princess of Japan and a member of the Japanese imperial family. She is a niece of Emperor Naruhito and the second-eldest grandchild of Emperor Emeritus Akihito and Empress Emerita Michiko.
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22. Mako Komuro
1991-. (aged 35)
researcher
aristocrat
Mako Komuro, formerly Princess Mako of Akishino (眞子内親王, Mako Naishinnō), is a Japanese art historian and a former member of the Japanese imperial family. She is the eldest child of Crown Prince Fumihito and Crown Princess Kiko, niece of Emperor Naruhito, and granddaughter of Emperor Emeritus Akihito and his wife, Empress Emerita Michiko. In October 2021, upon her marriage to...
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