12 Notable alumni of Tamagawa University
Updated: June 08, 2026 EliteDegrees
Tamagawa University is ranked #2,466 in the world and #153 in Japan by aggregated alumni prominence. Below is the list of 12 notable alumni from Tamagawa 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 Tamagawa University won Nobel Prizes for Peace, in Physics, Chemistry, Physiology or Medicine, and Economics.
1. Mai Tachihara
1970-. (aged 56)
singer
actor
seiyū
Mai Tachihara is a Japanese actress. She appeared in Ring: Kanzenban, the 1995 TV movie adaptation of Koji Suzuki's novel Ring.
2. Hideki Niwa
1972-. (aged 54)
politician
Hideki Niwa is a Japanese politician of the Liberal Democratic Party (LDP), who serves as a member of the House of Representatives in the Diet (national legislature). A native of Kasugai, Aichi and graduate of Tamagawa University, he was elected for the first time in 2005 after an unsuccessful run in 2003. He was defeated in the 2009 election by...
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3. Tomomi Tanaka
1988-. (aged 38)
athletics competitor
Tomomi Tanaka is a Japanese long-distance runner who specialises in the marathon. She competed in the women's marathon event at the 2016 Summer Olympics.
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4. Chie Tanaka
1981-. (aged 45)
film actor
actor
model
Chie Tanaka is a Japanese model and actress who is based in Taiwan. She is best known for her role as Tomoko in Cape No. 7, the second highest-grossing film in Taiwanese cinematic history.
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5. Hachiro Okonogi
1965-. (aged 61)
politician
Hachiro Okonogi is a former Japanese politician who has served in the House of Representatives representing Kanagawa Prefecture. He also served in the Cabinet as Chairperson of the National Public Safety Commission, Minister in charge of Building National Resilience, and Minister of State for Disaster Management from 2017 to 2018. He is a member of the Liberal Democratic Party.
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6. Mamoru Shō
1950-. (aged 76)
religious person
Mamoru Shō is an ethnic Ryukyuan businessman who is the current head of the Shō family, the former Ryukyuan royal family. He lives in Ise City, Mie Prefecture.
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7. Kon Arimura
1976-. (aged 50)
radio personality
film critic
Kon Fujimura, known for his stage name Kon Arimura (有村 昆, Arimura Kon) is a Japanese radio personality, film critic, and film commentator who is represented by the talent agency Horipro. He is nicknamed Arikon (アリコン). From 2012 to 2021, his wife was television caster Izumi Maruoka.
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8. Sayaka Murata
1979-. (aged 47)
writer
novelist
essayist
short story writer
Sayaka Murata is a Japanese writer. She is best known for the international bestseller Convenience Store Woman (2016) which has been translated into more than thirty languages worldwide. Murata has won many major literary prizes in Japan, including the Gunzo Prize for New Writers in 2003, the Noma Literary New Face Prize in 2009, the Mishima Yukio Prize in 2013,...
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9. Daigo
1978-. (aged 48)
singer
singer-songwriter
seiyū
tarento
actor
Daigo Naitō, known mononymously as Daigo, is a Japanese singer-songwriter, actor, television personality and voice actor. He debuted in 2003 as Daigo Stardust under Victor Entertainment. In 2007, he formed the rock band Breakerz. With the solo debut of Akihide, Daigo continued his solo project in 2013, but dropped the pseudonym surname "Stardust".
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10. Aya Hirano
1987-. (aged 39)
gravure model
child actor
model
seiyū
tarento
Aya Hirano is a Japanese actress and singer. Beginning in the entertainment industry as a child actor in television commercials, she appeared in her first voice acting role in the anime television series Angel Tales (2001).
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11. Chen Kenichi
1956-2023 (aged 67)
chef
Ken'ichi Azuma, known professionally as Chen Kenichi (陳建一, Chin Ken'ichi) was a Chinese - Japanese chef and restaurateur, best known for his role as the Iron Chef Chinese on the television series Iron Chef (料理の鉄人).
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12. Yuichiro Hata
1967-2020 (aged 53)
politician
Yuichiro Hata was a Japanese politician of the Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan and a member of the House of Councillors in the Diet of Japan.