16 Notable alumni of Tsuda University
Updated: June 08, 2026 EliteDegrees
Tsuda University is 3562st in the world, 1st in North America, and 231st in the United States by aggregated alumni prominence. Below is the list of 16 notable alumni from Tsuda 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 Tsuda University won Nobel Prizes for Peace, in Physics, Chemistry, Physiology or Medicine, and Economics.
1. Kumiko Haba
1952-. (aged 74)
political scientist
Kumiko Haba is a Japanese Professor of International Politics at Aoyama Gakuin University in Tokyo. Her research is International Relations, International Politics, International Sociology, Power Shift and National Anxiety, Immigrants-Refugee questions, Nationalism and Xenophobia in the European Union. She wrote a book, Division and Integration in Europe, Nationalism and Border in the Enlarged EU—Inclusion or Exclusion, Chuokoronshinsya, 2016.
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2. Akiko Yamanaka
1945-. (aged 81)
politician
Akiko Yamanaka is a former Japanese politician of the Liberal Democratic Party (LDP), who served as a member of the House of Representatives in the Diet (national legislature). A native of Otaru, Hokkaido and graduate of Tsuda College, she was elected to the House of Representatives for the first time in 1996 and later became a Special Ambassador for Peacebuilding...
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3. Emiko Ohnuki-Tierney
1934-. (aged 92)
anthropologist
Emiko Ohnuki-Tierney is a noted anthropologist and the William F. Vilas Professor of Anthropology at the University of Wisconsin–Madison. She is the author of fourteen single-authored books in English and in Japanese, in addition to numerous articles. Her books have been translated into many other languages, including Italian, Korean, Polish and Russian. Ohnuki-Tierney was appointed the Distinguished Chair of Modern...
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4. Taki Fujita
1898-1993 (aged 95)
educator
teacher
Taki Fujita was a Japanese educator and activist for women's rights. Fujita was president of Tsuda College from 1962 to 1972.
5. Akiko Nakagami
entrepreneur
psychologist
Akiko Nakagami is a popular expert on family therapy and a business entrepreneur (former president of HAPPY PRINT), born in Tokyo, Japan.
6. Nobuko Kan
1945-. (aged 81)
essayist
Nobuko Kan is a Japanese essayist and wife of Naoto Kan, who was the Prime Minister of Japan from June 2010 – September 2011.
7. Ryōko Akamatsu
1929-2024 (aged 95)
diplomat
politician
bureaucrat
Ryōko Akamatsu was a Japanese politician. She was Minister of Education in the Hata Cabinet and Hosokawa Cabinet. She was ambassador of Japan to Uruguay from 1986 to 1989.
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8. Ichiko Kamichika
1888-1981 (aged 93)
writer
politician
Ichiko Kamichika was a journalist, feminist, writer, translator, and critic. Her birth name was Ichi Kamichika and her pen name was Ei, Yo, or Ou Sakaki (榊 纓). After World War II, Kamichika served in the Japanese House of Representatives as a member of the Japan Socialist Party.
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9. Yamakawa Kikue
1890-1980 (aged 90)
critic
economist
writer
Yamakawa Kikue was a Japanese essayist, activist, and socialist feminist who contributed to the development of feminism in modern Japan.
10. Chie Nakane
1926-2021 (aged 95)
compiler
writer
anthropologist
Chie Nakane was a Japanese anthropologist and Professor Emerita of Social Anthropology at the University of Tokyo.
11. Yuki Kajiura
1965-. (aged 61)
ethnomusicologist
composer
pianist
writer
music arranger
Yuki Kajiura is a Japanese composer, arranger and music producer. She has provided the music for several popular anime series, such as Sword Art Online, Puella Magi Madoka Magica, Fate/Zero, The Garden of Sinners, Pandora Hearts, and Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba.
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12. Tomoko Namba
1962-. (aged 64)
businessperson
Tomoko Namba is a Japanese entrepreneur, and the former CEO of DeNA. She is vice-chair of the Japan Business Federation.
13. Natsuko Toda
1936-. (aged 90)
translator
Natsuko Toda is a Japanese subtitler and film industry interpreter. She has been called "the most famous film translator in Japan [...] unquestionably" and the "Subtitle Queen". She has subtitled more than 1,000 English-language films in Japanese.
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14. Michiko Inukai
1921-2017 (aged 96)
critic
writer
Michiko Inukai was a Japanese Roman Catholic author and philanthropist. She was the founder of the Michiko Inukai Foundation, which provides financial aid for refugees seeking education.
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15. Mayumi Moriyama
1927-2021 (aged 94)
politician
Mayumi Moriyama was a Japanese politician of the Liberal Democratic Party, a member of the House of Representatives in the Diet (national legislature).
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16. Ai Kume
1911-1976 (aged 65)
lawyer
Ai Kume was one of the first three women in Japan to become lawyers.