10 Notable alumni of Kyoto Sangyo University
Updated: June 08, 2026 EliteDegrees
Kyoto Sangyo University is ranked #1,776 in the world and #117 in Japan by aggregated alumni prominence. Below is the list of 10 notable alumni from Kyoto Sangyo 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 Kyoto Sangyo University won Nobel Prizes for Peace, in Physics, Chemistry, Physiology or Medicine, and Economics.
1. Hiroshi Yamashita
1986-. (aged 40)
rugby union player
Hiroshi Yamashita is a Japanese rugby union player. He was named in Japan's squad for the 2015 Rugby World Cup and Chiefs in Super Rugby from 2016.
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2. Kazuto Aono
1976-. (aged 50)
basketball player
Kazuto Aono is the General manager of the Koshigaya Alphas in the Japanese B.League.
3. Masato Fukushima
1970-. (aged 56)
basketball player
Masato Fukushima is the assistant coach of the Passlab Yamagata Wyverns.
4. Ryūtarō Araga
1990-. (aged 36)
karateka
Ryutaro Araga is a Japanese karateka. He won one of the bronze medals in the men's +75 kg event at the 2020 Summer Olympics held in Tokyo, Japan. He won the gold medal in the kumite 84 kg event at the 2016 World Karate Championships in Linz, Austria. At the Asian Games, he won the gold medal in this event...
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5. Mai Ito
1984-. (aged 42)
marathon runner
Mai Ito is a Japanese long-distance runner who competes in half marathon and marathon races. She represented Japan in the marathon at the 2011 World Championships in Athletics and competed at the 2012 IAAF World Half Marathon Championships, taking the team bronze medal.
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6. Kazumichi Takagi
1980-. (aged 46)
association football player
Kazumichi Takagi is a former Japanese football player.
7. Fumiaki Tanaka
1985-. (aged 41)
rugby union player
Fumiaki Tanaka is a retired Japanese rugby union player. He played as a scrum-half for Japan on international level and for the NEC Green Rockets and the Sunwolves at domestic level.
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8. Daisuke Ohata
1975-. (aged 51)
rugby union player
Daisuke Ohata is a former Japanese rugby union player. He usually played on the wing, and sometimes at centre, for the Japanese national team. He made his name internationally as a speedy ace in the World Rugby Sevens Series (then known as the IRB World Sevens Series), and went on to become a regular member of the national team. He...
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9. Tsurube Shōfukutei
1951-. (aged 75)
comedian
owarai tarento
rakugoka
tarento
actor
Shofukutei Tsurube II, born Manabu Suruga (駿河 学, Suruga Manabu), is a Japanese rakugo comedian and actor.
10. Toshihide Maskawa
1940-2021 (aged 81)
theoretical physicist
professor
physicist
Toshihide Maskawa was a Japanese theoretical physicist known for his work on CP-violation who was awarded one quarter of the 2008 Nobel Prize in Physics "for the discovery of the origin of the broken symmetry which predicts the existence of at least three families of quarks in nature."
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