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Kobe, Hyōgo Kobe ( ; , ), officially , is the capital city of Hyōgo Prefecture, Japan. With a population of around 1.5 million, Kobe is Japan's seventh-largest city and the third-largest port city after Tokyo and Yokohama. It is located in the Kansai re ...

, Japan. It was established in 1989 by Tanioka Gakuen Educational Foundation (, founded in 1928), which runs several schools such as Osaka University of Commerce.

Undergraduate schools

* School of Progressive Arts ** Department of Media Arts ** Department of Plastic Arts * School of Design ** Department of Visual Design ** Department of Fashion and Textile Design ** Department of Product Design ** Department of Environmental Design

Graduate schools

* Integrated Arts Division (Master's courses) * Integrated Design Division (Master's courses) * Arts and Design Division (Doctoral courses)

Notable alumni

Kiyohiko Azuma is a Japanese manga artist. From 1999 to 2002, he authored the ''yonkoma'' comedy manga series ''Azumanga Daioh'', which was later adapted as an anime series by J.C.Staff. In 2003, he began ''Yotsuba&!'', a slice-of-life manga series about the ...

– manga artist *

Keiichi Okabe is a Japanese composer and arranger, best known for composing music for the ''Tekken'' and ''Drakengard'' series. He started his career at Namco in 1994, where he primarily composed for arcade games. Outside of video games, he has composed for a ...

– video game composer *

Yoko Taro is a Japanese video game director and scenario writer. Starting his career at the now defunct game developer Cavia, his best-known work is on the action role-playing video game series '' Drakengard'', and its spin-offs, '' Nier'' and '' Nie ...

– video game director

External links

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Tanioka Gakuen Educational Foundation
Universities and colleges established in 1928 Private universities and colleges in Japan Universities and colleges in Hyōgo Prefecture Engineering universities and colleges in Japan 1928 establishments in Japan {{hyogo-university-stub