3 Notable alumni of Kitasato University
Updated: June 07, 2026 EliteDegrees
Kitasato University is ranked #881 in the world and #40 in Japan by aggregated alumni prominence. Below is the list of 3 notable alumni from Kitasato 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 Kitasato University won Nobel Prizes for Peace, in Physics, Chemistry, Physiology or Medicine, and Economics.
1. Keiko Sugiura
1970-. (aged 56)
sport cyclist
Keiko Sugiura is a Japanese road and track cyclist in the C3 category from Shizuoka Prefecture. She changed her surname from Noguchi (野口) to her maiden name Sugiura in 2018. She belongs to Team Bridgestone Cycling. She has also been active under the name of Yoshiko Sugiura since around 2019. Sugiura won the gold medal at the women's road time...
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2. Mari Kotani
1958-. (aged 68)
pharmacist
literary critic
Mari Kotani is a Japanese science fiction critic, best known as the author of Evangelion as the Immaculate Virgin (analysis of the anime serie Neon Genesis Evangelion), Tokyo: Magazine House, 1997 and of Joseijou muishiki: techno-gynesis josei SF-ron josetsu, Tokyo: Keiso shobo, 1994 (Techno-Gynesis: The Political Unconscious of Feminist Science Fiction), which won the 15th Nihon SF Taisho Award.
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3. Satoshi Ōmura
1935-. (aged 91)
chemist
university teacher
biochemist
school teacher
microbiologist
Satoshi Ōmura is a Japanese biochemist. He is known for the discovery and development of hundreds of pharmaceuticals originally occurring in microorganisms. In 2015 he shared the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine with William C. Campbell for their role in the discovery of the world's first endectocide, ivermectin, a safe and highly effective microfilaricide. It is believed that the...
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