5 Notable alumni of Tokyo Women’s Medical University
Updated: June 07, 2026 EliteDegrees
Tokyo Women’s Medical University is ranked #3,463 in the world and #222 in Japan by aggregated alumni prominence. Below is the list of 5 notable alumni from Tokyo Women’s Medical 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 Tokyo Women’s Medical University won Nobel Prizes for Peace, in Physics, Chemistry, Physiology or Medicine, and Economics.
1. Hsu Shih-hsien
1908-1983 (aged 75)
politician
Hsu Shih-hsien was a Taiwanese physician, academic and politician.
2. Utako Okamoto
1918-2016 (aged 98)
physician
scientist
academic
Utako Okamoto was a Japanese medical doctor working as a medical scientist who discovered tranexamic acid in the 1950s in her quest to find a drug that would treat bleeding after childbirth (post-partum haemorrhage). After publishing results in 1962 she became a chair at Kobe Gakuin University, where she worked from 1966 until her retirement in 1990. Okamoto's career was...
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3. Masako Ogawa
1902-1943 (aged 41)
writer
physician
Masako Ogawa was a Japanese medical doctor who worked at the Nagashima Aiseien Sanatorium. She wrote a book, "Spring in a small island" in 1938, about her experiences in persuading leprosy patients in remote areas of Japan into hospitalization. It created a sensation in Japan, and was made into a film. She was criticized for accelerating the "No leprosy patients...
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4. Koyuki
1976-. (aged 50)
model
fashion model
actor
film actor
Koyuki Kato, better known by her stage name Koyuki (小雪), is a Japanese model and actress best known for the drama Kimi wa Petto and the film The Last Samurai.
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5. Tsai Ah-hsin
1899-1990 (aged 91)
physician
Tsai Ah-hsin was colonial Taiwan's first female physician. She graduated from the Tokyo Women's Medical College in 1921 and then completed her residency at the Taihoku Hospital in Japanese Taiwan. In 1924, Tsai married Taiwan independence activist Peng Hua-ying. She founded her own hospital at Taichu in 1925. She created a seminar to train midwives in obstetrics, which was made...
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