28 Notable alumni of Juntendo University
Updated: June 07, 2026 EliteDegrees
Juntendo University is ranked #588 in the world and #20 in Japan by aggregated alumni prominence. Below is the list of 28 notable alumni from Juntendo 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 Juntendo University won Nobel Prizes for Peace, in Physics, Chemistry, Physiology or Medicine, and Economics.
1. Hidehiko Tomizawa
1946-2018 (aged 72)
athletics competitor
Hidehiko Tomizawa is a retired Japanese high jumper. He won a silver medal at the 1970 Asian Games and placed 19th at the 1972 Olympics.
2. Kenshiro Tanioku
1992-. (aged 34)
association football player
Kenshiro Tanioku is a Japanese football player. He plays for Veertien Mie.
3. Kōichirō Morioka
1985-. (aged 41)
athletics competitor
Kōichirō Morioka is a Japanese race walker. He has enjoyed success at University and regional levels, having won two bronze medals at both the Summer Universiade (2005, 2007) and the Asian Games (2006, 2010). Morioka has competed at the four World Championships in Athletics (2005 to 2011) and has represented Japan at three Summer Olympics (2008, 2012, 2016). He also...
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4. Yudai Imura
1991-. (aged 35)
association football player
Yudai Imura is a Japanese footballer who plays as a midfielder.
5. Kei Takase
1988-. (aged 38)
athletics competitor
sprinter
Kei Takase is a Japanese sprinter. He competed in 200 metres at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London, and was part of the Japanese 4 × 400 m team. He also competed in the 2013 World Championships in Athletics, held in Moscow. More recently he took part in 100 metres races in various meetings, clocking 10.09 into a slight headwind...
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6. Yuki Yamazaki
1984-. (aged 42)
athletics competitor
Self-Defense Official
racewalker
Yuki Yamazaki is a Japanese race walker.
7. Yuki Matsushita
1991-. (aged 35)
athletics competitor
Yuki Matsushita is a Japanese track and field athlete. He competed in the 400 m hurdles event at the 2015 World Championships He also competed in the 2016 Summer Olympics where he ran 49.60 in the first heat of the 400 m hurdles but did not qualify further.
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8. Shinji Takahira
1984-. (aged 42)
sprinter
Shinji Takahira is a Japanese sprinter who specialises in the 100 and 200 metres.
9. Hiroki Sato
1982-. (aged 44)
basketball player
Hiroki Sato is a Japanese professional basketball executive and former player, currently serving as the general manager of the Chiba Jets Funabashi of the Japanese B.League. He played college basketball for Juntendo University. He was selected by the Oita Heat Devils with the 11th overall pick in the 2005 bj League draft. Sato's jersey number has been retired by the...
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10. Takamasa Kitagawa
1996-. (aged 30)
sprinter
Takamasa Kitagawa is a Japanese sprinter specialising in the 400 metres. He has won several medals with the Japanese 4 × 400 metres relay team.
11. Takanobu Komiyama
1984-. (aged 42)
association football player
Takanobu Komiyama is a former Japanese football player who last played for J2 League team Yokohama FC.
12. Yusuke Murakami
1984-. (aged 42)
association football player
Yusuke Murakami is a former Japanese footballer who last played as a right-back for V-Varen Nagasaki.
13. Keisuke Saka
1995-. (aged 31)
association football player
Keisuke Saka is a Japanese football player for Tochigi SC.
14. Hiromichi Katano
1982-. (aged 44)
association football player
Hiromichi Katano is a Japanese footballer and coach who is an assistant player-coach for Thai League 1 club Rayong.
15. Nobuo Kawaguchi
1975-. (aged 51)
association football player
Nobuo Kawaguchi is a former Japanese football player.
16. Hiroki Matsueda
1993-. (aged 33)
athletics competitor
Hiroki Matsueda is a Japanese long-distance runner. He is expected to compete in the 5000 metres at the 2020 Summer Olympics. He also won the 5000 m at the 2017 and 2019 Japanese Championships and won the bronze medal in the same event at the 2019 Asian Athletics Championships.
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17. Junya Tanaka
1987-. (aged 39)
association football player
Junya Tanaka is a Japanese former professional footballer.
18. Kazuya Shiojiri
1996-. (aged 30)
athletics competitor
long-distance runner
steeplechase runner
Kazuya Shiojiri is a Japanese steeplechase and long-distance runner.
19. Yusuke Tanaka
1989-. (aged 37)
artistic gymnast
Yūsuke Tanaka is a Japanese gymnast. He has won two Olympic medals in the men's artistic team all-around – silver in 2012 (London) and gold in 2016 (Rio de Janeiro).
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20. Hanae Ito
1985-. (aged 41)
swimmer
Hanae Ito is a Japanese backstroke swimmer.
21. Yusuke Suzuki
1988-. (aged 38)
athletics competitor
racewalker
Yusuke Suzuki is a Japanese racewalker. He has represented Japan in the 20 km event twice at the World Championships in Athletics and competed at the 2012 Summer Olympics. He is the pending world record holder for the 20 km walk with a time of 1:16:36 hours at an event in his home town of Nomi in 2015.
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22. Chisato Fukushima
1988-. (aged 38)
track and field coach
athletics competitor
sprinter
Chisato Fukushima is a Japanese track and field sprint athlete who competes internationally for Japan. She is the Japanese record holder in the women's 100 metres and 200 metres.
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23. Daiki Hashimoto
2001-. (aged 25)
artistic gymnast
Daiki Hashimoto is a Japanese artistic gymnast. Widely regarded as the successor of Kohei Uchimura, he won two gold medals at the 2020 Summer Olympics, in all-around and horizontal bar, as well as a silver in team. His Tokyo individual gold medal win made him the youngest Olympic All-Around champion, at age 19 years, 355 days. At the world championships,...
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24. Ryuji Miura
2002-. (aged 24)
athletics competitor
long-distance runner
steeplechase runner
Ryūji Miura is a Japanese long-distance runner.
25. Reo Hatate
1997-. (aged 29)
association football player
Reo Hatate is a Japanese professional footballer who plays as a central midfielder for Scottish Premiership club Celtic and the Japan national team.
26. Daichi Suzuki
1967-. (aged 59)
professor
politician
swimmer
swimming coach
Daichi Suzuki is a Japanese professional baseball infielder for the Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles of Nippon Professional Baseball (NPB). He has previously played in NPB for the Chiba Lotte Marines.
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27. Neko Hiroshi
1977-. (aged 49)
actor
marathon runner
owarai tarento
Kuniaki Takizaki, more commonly known as Neko Hiroshi (猫 ひろし, Neko Hiroshi), is a Cambodian owarai comedian who uses his short stature, at 1.45 meters (4 ft 9 in) and 45 kilograms (99 lb), and cat persona in his act. He is also an avid marathon runner. In 2011, he became a naturalized citizen of Cambodia, and intended to compete...
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28. Shuhei Yomoda
1973-. (aged 53)
association football player
association football coach
Shuhei Yomoda is a Japanese professional football manager and former player.