21 Notable alumni of Musashino Art University
Updated: June 08, 2026 EliteDegrees
Musashino Art University is ranked #3,535 in the world and #228 in Japan by aggregated alumni prominence. Below is the list of 21 notable alumni from Musashino Art 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 Musashino Art University won Nobel Prizes for Peace, in Physics, Chemistry, Physiology or Medicine, and Economics.
1. Yukinori Yanagi
1959-. (aged 67)
artist
installation artist
sculptor
conceptual artist
assemblage artist
Yukinori Yanagi is a contemporary Japanese artist.
2. Hung Jui-lin
1912-1996 (aged 84)
miner
painter
Hung Jui-lin was a Taiwanese artist from Taipei's Dadaocheng district. He is often referred to as the "Miner Painter" and is also hailed for bringing forth a "Radiance from the Depths of the Earth."
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3. Taku Aramasa
1936-. (aged 90)
photographer
Taku Aramasa is a Japanese photographer.
4. Keiichi Tanaami
1936-2024 (aged 88)
serigrapher
university teacher
television producer
videographer
painter
Keiichi Tanaami was a Japanese pop artist who was active as multi-genre artist from the 1960s as a graphic designer, illustrator, video artist and fine artist.
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5. Shiro Nakamura
1950-. (aged 76)
designer
Shiro Nakamura is a former Japanese car designer and company executive. Nakamura served as Senior Vice President of Nissan Motor Co. Ltd. From 2006, Nakamura had been Nissan's Chief Creative Officer. He was Chief Creative Officer of Nissan, Infiniti and Datsun. Nakamura retired in 2017. Known as a hands-on creative, he goes by the nickname "Fingers".
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6. Morio Matsui
1942-2022 (aged 80)
painter
Morio Matsui was a Japanese artist who lived and worked in Corsica, France from 1998 until his death.
7. Tomoki Kyoda
1970-. (aged 56)
impresario
film director
animation director
animator
storyboard artist
Tomoki Kyoda is a Japanese animation director and animator born in Osaka, Japan. Formerly a graphic designer, he nurtured the dream of becoming an animator from childhood.
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8. Fumie Shibata
1965-. (aged 61)
Fumie Shibata is a product designer who is actively based in Tokyo. She handles designs for a wide range of products, from electronics to household items, medical equipment, and even total direction duties for hotels. She is recognized for her gentle and elaborately detailed expressions of form, and she has received very high acclaim primarily throughout Asia. She is one...
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9. Lin Chih-chu
1917-2008 (aged 91)
educator
painter
Lin Chih-chu, a native of Daya, Taichung, Taiwan (now Daya District, Taichung City), was a Taiwanese painter known as the "Father of Taiwanese Nihonga." In his early years, Lin Chih-chu participated in exhibitions in Japan and Taiwan, with his works primarily focusing on portraits and scenes of daily life. In his later years, he shifted his focus to paintings of...
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10. Soji Shimada
1948-. (aged 78)
novelist
essayist
writer
Soji Shimada is a Japanese mystery writer. He was born in Fukuyama City, Hiroshima Prefecture, Japan.
11. Kenya Hara
1958-. (aged 68)
university teacher
exhibition curator
designer
graphic designer
graphic artist
Kenya Hara is a Japanese graphic designer, curator and writer. He is a graduate of the Musashino Art University. Hara is employed by the Musashino Art University as a professor and taught Communication Design and Design Theory in Science on the Design Faculty since April 2003.
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12. Tōru Narita
1929-2002 (aged 73)
sculptor
Tōru "Tohl" Narita was a Japanese visual artist. He is best known for creating the characters and mechanics for the television programs in the Ultra series: Ultra Q, Ultraman, and Ultraseven.
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13. Genpei Akasegawa
1937-2014 (aged 77)
choreographer
mangaka
writer
printmaker
novelist
Katsuhiko Akasegawa, known by his pseudonym Genpei Akasegawa (赤瀬川 原平, Akasegawa Genpei), was a Japanese artist and writer. He used another pseudonym, Katsuhiko Otsuji (尾辻 克彦, Otsuji Katsuhiko), for literary works. A member of the influential artist groups Neo-Dada Organizers and Hi-Red Center, Akasegawa went on to maintain a multi-disciplinary practice throughout his career as an individual artist. He has...
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14. Shusaku Arakawa
1936-2010 (aged 74)
painter
architect
draftsperson
illustrator
graphic artist
Shūsaku Arakawa was a Japanese conceptual artist and architect. He had a personal and artistic partnership with the writer and artist Madeline Gins that spanned more than four decades in which they collaborated on a diverse range of visual mediums, including: painting & printmaking, experimental filmmaking, performance art, and architectural & landscape design.
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15. Shinro Ohtake
1955-. (aged 71)
graphic artist
conceptual artist
painter
designer
performance artist
Shinro Ohtake is a Japanese artist who was born in Tokyo and lives in Uwajima, Japan. He paints, creates installations and designs record covers and book covers. He has published dozens of books, such as a dream diary, a picture book, essays and art books.
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16. Ryū Murakami
1952-. (aged 74)
science fiction writer
screenwriter
writer
novelist
essayist
Ryū Murakami is a Japanese novelist, essayist and filmmaker. His novels explore human nature through themes of disillusion, drug use, surrealism, murder and war, set against the dark backdrop of Japan. His best known novels are Almost Transparent Blue, Audition, Coin Locker Babies, and In the Miso Soup.
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17. Paru Itagaki
1993-. (aged 33)
writer
penciller
illustrator
mangaka
Paru Itagaki is a Japanese manga artist. She is best known as the creator of the manga series Beastars, for which she has won numerous awards. She is the daughter of manga artist Keisuke Itagaki.
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18. Ken Okuyama
1959-. (aged 67)
designer
Ken Kiyoyuki Okuyama is a Japanese industrial designer. He is the owner of the Ken Okuyama Design company. Okuyama formerly worked for Pininfarina, designing and supervising projects such as the Enzo Ferrari and Ferrari P4/5.
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19. Yuko Shimizu
1946-. (aged 80)
designer
Yuko Shimizu is a Japanese designer who created Hello Kitty.
20. Yukihiro Takahashi
1952-2023 (aged 71)
drummer
fashion designer
composer
singer-songwriter
music arranger
Yukihiro Takahashi was a Japanese musician, singer, record producer, fashion designer, and actor, who was best known internationally as the drummer, lead vocalist, & co-composer of the Yellow Magic Orchestra, as the former drummer of the Sadistic Mika Band, and as the drummer & backing vocalist of the Sadistics. He was also a member of the groups: the Beatniks (with...
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21. Lily Franky
1963-. (aged 63)
actor
composer
poet
singer
illustrator
Masaya Nakagawa, known professionally as Lily Franky (リリー・フランキー, Rirī Furankī), is a Japanese illustrator, writer, and actor. He has appeared in more than 40 films since 2001.
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