, abbreviated as , is a

private university Private universities and private colleges are higher education institutions not operated, owned, or institutionally funded by governments. However, they often receive tax breaks, public student loans, and government grants. Depending on the count ...

Setagaya, Tokyo is a Special wards of Tokyo, special ward in the Tokyo, Tokyo Metropolis in Japan. It is also the name of a neighborhood and administrative district within the ward. Its official bird is the azure-winged magpie, its flower is the Habenaria radi ...

and

Aoba-ku, Yokohama is one of the 18 Wards of Japan, wards of the city of Yokohama in Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan. As of 2010, the ward had an estimated population of 302,643 and a population density, density of 8,610 persons per km2. The total area was 35.14 km ...

. The precursor of the school was founded in 1893, and it was chartered as a university in 1949. The school is known for the many famous athletes among its alumni.

Organization

Schools and Faculties

*Faculty of Sport Science **Department of Physical Education **Department of Health Science **Department of Martial Arts **Department of Lifelong Sports and Recreation *School of Childhood Sport Education **Department of Childhood Sport Education *Faculty of Medical Science **Department of Judo Therapy and Medical Science **Department of Emergency Medical Science.

Graduate Schools

*Master's and Doctoral Degree Programs, Graduate School of Health and Sport Science

Research Centers

*Comprehensive Sport Science Research Center ::The Comprehensive Sport Science Research Center publishes the

open access journal Open access (OA) is a set of principles and a range of practices through which nominally copyrightable publications are delivered to readers free of access charges or other barriers. With open access strictly defined (according to the 2001 de ...

"NSSU Journal of Sport Sciences"
*Research Institute for Sport Science: RISS *Sports Training Center

University Library

The library of the Setagaya campus holds some 380,000 books.

Other Organizations

*Office of Athletics *Student Support Center *Admission Center *Health Care Center *Student Dormitory

Notable alumni

Athletes

* Nobuyuki Aihara - Gymnast; Olympic gold medalist * Yutaka Aihara - Gymnast; Olympic bronze medalist * Toshiko Shirasu-Aihara - Gymnast; Olympic bronze medalist * Yuko Arimori - Marathon runner; Olympic silver medalist * Chiyotairyū - Professional

sumo is a form of competitive full-contact wrestling where a ''rikishi'' (wrestler) attempts to force his opponent out of a circular ring (''dohyō'') or into touching the ground with any body part other than the soles of his feet (usually by th ...

wrestler *

Konosuke Takeshita is a Japanese professional wrestler. He is signed to American Wrestling promotion, promotion All Elite Wrestling (AEW), where he is a member of the Don Callis Family and one-half of the tag team Protoshita with Kyle Fletcher. He is a former AEW ...

- Professional wrestler * Kōji Gushiken - Gymnast; Olympic gold medalist * Hokutōfuji - Professional

wrestler * Yukio Iketani - Gymnast; Olympic silver medalist * Keiko Tanaka-Ikeda - Gymnast; Olympic gold medalist * Kakizoe - Professional

wrestler * Nahomi Kawasumi - Football player; Olympic silver medalist *

Kosuke Kitajima is a Japanese retired breaststroke swimmer. He won gold medals at the men's 100 m and 200 m breaststroke events at the 2004 Summer Olympics, and the 2008 Summer Olympics – becoming the first and only swimmer to sweep the breaststroke events at ...

- Swimmer; Olympic gold medalist *

Eizo Kenmotsu is a former Japanese artistic gymnast, who won seven world titles and three Olympic gold medals between 1968 and 1979. In retirement, he became a leading Japanese coach. He also served as sports director of the Nippon Sport Science University a ...

- Gymnast; Olympic gold, silver and bronze medalist * Mako Kobata -

Volleyball Volleyball is a team sport in which two teams of six players are separated by a net. Each team tries to score points by grounding a ball on the other team's court under organized rules. It has been a part of the official program of the Summ ...

player; a part of 2020 Summer Olympics women's tournament * Toshihiko Koga - Retired

judoka is an unarmed gendai budō, modern Japanese martial art, combat sport, Olympic sport (since 1964), and the most prominent form of jacket wrestling competed internationally.『日本大百科全書』電子版【柔道】(CD-ROM version of Encyc ...

; Olympic gold medalist * Karina Maruyama - Football player; Olympic silver medalist * Kentaro Minagawa - Alpine skier * Sota Miura - Football/soccer player * Daisuke Miyazaki - Handball player * Shinji Morisue - Gymnast; Olympic gold medalist * Jungo Morita - Volleyball player; Olympic gold medalist * Mari Motohashi - Curler * Myōgiryū - Professional

wrestler *

Katsuhiko Nagata is a Japanese Amateur wrestling, wrestler and mixed martial arts, who won the silver medal in the 69 kg Wrestling at the 2000 Summer Olympics, Greco-Roman wrestling event at the 2000 Summer Olympics. He is also the brother of Professional ...

- Amateur wrestler; Olympic silver medalist * Boniface Nduka - Football/soccer player * Ōnosato - Professional

wrestler * Chieko Sugawara - Fencer * Ran Takahashi – Volleyball player; a part of 2020 Summer Olympics men's tournament * Kenta Takanashi – Volleyball player; a part of 2020 Summer Olympics men's tournament * Juri Takayama - Softball player; Olympic silver medalist *

Rie Tanaka is a Japanese voice actress and singer. Notable among her numerous roles in anime are Lacus Clyne in '' Mobile Suit Gundam Seed'' and '' Mobile Suit Gundam Seed Destiny'', Chi in '' Chobits'', Hikari Kujou/Shiny Luminous in '' Futari wa Pre ...

- Gymnast *

Yota Tsuji is a Japanese professional wrestler signed to New Japan Pro-Wrestling (NJPW), where he is the IWGP Global Heavyweight Champion in his first reign. Tsuji is the winner of the 2024 New Japan Cup and is a one-time NEVER Openweight 6-Man Tag Team ...

- Professional wrestler *

Yuki Tsunoda is a Japanese racing driver who competes in Formula One for Red Bull Racing. Born in Sagamihara and raised in Tokyo, Tsunoda began competitive kart racing aged nine. Supported by Honda since 2016 through the , Tsunoda graduated to junior formu ...

- Formula 1 driver * Mitsuo Tsukahara - Gymnast; Olympic gold medalist * Kōhei Uchimura - Active gymnast; Olympic gold and silver medalist * Yayoi Urano - Amateur wrestler; 6-time world champion * Haruhiro Yamashita - Gymnast; Olympic gold medalist * Kōji Yamamuro - Gymnast; Olympic silver medalist * Hiroshi Yamamoto - Archer; Olympic silver medalist * Toshiki Yamamoto - Weightlifter * Tomohiro Yamamoto –

player; a part of 2020 Summer Olympics men's tournament * Yoshikaze - Professional

wrestler

Politicians

* Ryoko Tani - Retired

; Olympic gold medalist * Kazuyuki Nakane - Member of the House of Representatives in the

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. * Kenshiro Matsunami - Member of the House of Representatives in the

Entertainers

Sonny Chiba , known internationally as Sonny Chiba, was a Japanese actor and martial artist. Chiba was one of the first actors to achieve stardom through his skills in martial arts, initially in Japan and later to an international audience. Born in Fukuo ...

- Actor; Martial artist *

Keita Machida is a Japanese actor. He is a member of the theater group Gekidan Exile. Machida is represented by LDH (company), LDH. Biography Machida was born on 4 July 1990, in Higashiagatsuma, Gunma, Higashiagatsuma, Japan. He has one younger and one old ...

- Actor * Mandy Sekiguchi - Dancer

Current notable students

Athletes

* Uta Abe - Active

Judoka is an unarmed gendai budō, modern Japanese martial art, combat sport, Olympic sport (since 1964), and the most prominent form of jacket wrestling competed internationally.『日本大百科全書』電子版【柔道】(CD-ROM version of Encyc ...

; 2020 Olympic gold medalist and four-times world champion of -52 kg category. * Hifumi Abe - Active Judoka; 2020 and 2024 Olympic gold medalist and four-times world champion of -66 kg category. * Kenzō Shirai - Active

gymnast Gymnastics is a group of sport that includes physical exercises requiring balance, strength, flexibility, agility, coordination, artistry and endurance. The movements involved in gymnastics contribute to the development of the arms, legs, sh ...

; 2016 Olympic gold and bronze medalist * Ran Takahashi - Active Volleyball Player; part of Japan's national team competing in the 2020 Tokyo Olympics volleyball men's tournament * Daiki Kajiwara - Active para badminton Player; 2020 Paralympic gold medalist of men's singles WH2 and bronze medalist of men's doubles WH1–WH2

Notes

External links

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University Library Official Website
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