is a

private university Private universities and private colleges are institutions of higher education, not operated, owned, or institutionally funded by governments. They may (and often do) receive from governments tax breaks, public student loans, and grant (money ...

in Seijo,

Setagaya-ku is a special ward in Tokyo, Japan. It is also the name of a neighborhood and administrative district within the ward. The ward calls itself Setagaya City in English. Its official bird is the azure-winged magpie, its flower is the fringed orc ...

Tokyo Tokyo (; ja, 東京, , ), officially the Tokyo Metropolis ( ja, 東京都, label=none, ), is the capital and List of cities in Japan, largest city of Japan. Formerly known as Edo, its metropolitan area () is the most populous in the world, ...

, Japan. It is operated by the Seijo Gakuen institute. Seijo University has its origins in Seijo Gakuen (成城学園), which was founded in 1917 by Dr. Masataro Sawayanagi, a former Minister of Education. Under the pre-World War II education system it was called ‘ Seijo Higher School’. It became Seijo University in 1950. As the founder Masataro Sawayanagi directed, the university values education of respecting and developing individual perspectives by providing a wide range of small-sized classes. In 2017, it became 100 years since Seijo Gakuen Education Institute was founded.

Graduate Schools

*Graduate School of Economics *Graduate School of Literature *Graduate School of Law *Graduate School of Social Innovation

Undergraduate Schools

*Faculty of Economics - Economics - Business administration *Faculty of Arts and Literature - Japanese literature (Chinese classical literature, Linguistics) - English literature (English literature, English linguistics, British and American culture) - Arts (Music, Play, Films history, Art history in eastern, European and Japanese areas). It is quite rare studies provided from higher education institutes in Japan. - Cultural history - Mass communication and medias - European cultural history *Faculty of Law - Law *Faculty of Social Innovation - Policy innovation - Psychological society

Others

*Seijo University Library *Research Centers - Economics - Folklore - Contemporary Law - Glocal Studies *Media Network Center (MNC) *International Exchange Office (IEO) *Career Center *Educational Innovation Center

Famous alumni

Tsutomu Hata was a Japanese politician who served as Prime Minister of Japan for nine weeks in 1994. He took over from Morihiro Hosokawa at the head of a coalition government. Shortly after he had been appointed Prime Minister, the Japanese Socialist Party ...

, former

Prime Minister of Japan The prime minister of Japan ( Japanese: 内閣総理大臣, Hepburn: ''Naikaku Sōri-Daijin'') is the head of government of Japan. The prime minister chairs the Cabinet of Japan and has the ability to select and dismiss its Ministers of Stat ...

Sanger, David E.
Man in the News; Cautious Leader in Japan: Tsutomu Hata
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The New York Times ''The New York Times'' (''the Times'', ''NYT'', or the Gray Lady) is a daily newspaper based in New York City with a worldwide readership reported in 2020 to comprise a declining 840,000 paid print subscribers, and a growing 6 million paid ...

''. April 23, 1994. Retrieved on January 10, 2014. *

Yūko Obuchi is a Japanese politician. She is a member of the House of Representatives for the Liberal Democratic Party. She briefly served as Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry during the Abe government, but was forced to resign. She is the second da ...

, member of

House of Representatives of Japan The is the lower house of the National Diet of Japan. The House of Councillors is the upper house. The composition of the House is established by and of the Constitution of Japan. The House of Representatives has 465 members, elected for ...

* Taku Eto, member of

* Yoko Komiyama, member of

* Takao Fujii, member of

House of Councillors of Japan The is the upper house of the National Diet of Japan. The House of Representatives is the lower house. The House of Councillors is the successor to the pre-war House of Peers. If the two houses disagree on matters of the budget, treaties, ...

* Mitsuyoshi Yanagisawa, member of

* Chiaki Ishihara, professor (Waseda University) * Mitsuhiro Seki, professor (Hitotsubashi University) * Sukeyuki Miura, professor (Chiba University, Rissho University) * Masahiko Miyawaki, professor (Waseda University) * Takehiko Iwasaki, associate professor (Kumamoto University) *

Nobuhiko Obayashi was a Japanese director, screenwriter and editor of films and television advertisements. He began his filmmaking career as a pioneer of Japanese experimental films before transitioning to directing more mainstream media, and his resulting film ...

, movie producer *

Hitonari Tsuji is a Tokyo-born Japanese writer, composer, and film director. In his film and singing work he uses the name Jinsei Tsuji, an alternative reading of the Japanese writing of his name. He debuted as a writer in 1989. His books and stories have bee ...

, novelist * Hiroshi Ogiwara, novelist *

Tetsuya Sato Tetsuya Sato (born 26 March 1969) is a Japanese former professional tennis player. Born in Kanagawa Prefecture, Kanagawa, Sato played on the professional tour in the 1990s and represented Japan in a total of three Davis Cup ties during his career ...

, novelist *

Aki Sato Aki or AKI may refer to: Places in Japan *Aki District, Hiroshima, a district in Hiroshima Prefecture *Aki, Kōchi, a city in Kochi Prefecture * Aki District, Kōchi, a district in Kochi Prefecture * Aki, Ōita, a town in Ōita Prefecture *Aki Pro ...

, novelist *

Minoru Ozawa Minoru is a masculine Japanese given name. Notable people with the name include: *Minoru Arakawa (荒川實, born 1946), Japanese former president of Nintendo of America *Minoru Chiaki (千秋実, 1917–1999), Japanese actor *Minoru Fujita (� ...

, haiku poet * Yumi Yoshimoto, songwriter, novelist, essayist * Tomomi Tsutsui, screenwriter, novelist * Yukiko Konosu, essayist, translator * Yuka Saitō, essayist * Shuntaro Ono, literary critic * Minako Saito, literary critic * Naotaro Moriyama, musician *

Tomu Muto is a Japanese idol and singer, and a member of the Japanese idol girl group AKB48. She is a member of AKB48's Team K. She is an alumna of Seijo University, where she studied economics and also earned her postgraduate degree, as well as a certif ...

, member of AKB48 * Keiichiro Akagi, actor *

Masakazu Tamura was a Japanese film and theatre actor. Profile Masakazu Tamura was born 1 August 1943 in Kyoto, Japan to Japanese actor Tsumasaburō Bandō. Tsumasaburō Bandō died when Tamura was only nine years old. His brothers Takahiro and Ryō are als ...

, actor *

Masahiro Takashima is a Japanese actor and singer. Early life Takashima comes from a family of actors, including his father Tadao Takashima, his mother Hanayo Sumi, and his younger brother Masanobu Takashima. Career Acting Takashima debuted in the 1987 film '' ...

, actor * Masanobu Takashima, actor * Ken Ishiguro, actor * Mitsuhiro Oikawa, actor, singer * Yukiyoshi Ozawa, actor * Kazuki Enari, actor, talent *

Shima Iwashita is a Japanese actress who has appeared in about 100 films and many TV productions. She is married to film director Masahiro Shinoda, in whose films she has frequently appeared. She won the award for best actress at the 2nd Hochi Film Award for h ...

, actress * Satoko Oshima, actress, talent *

Honami Suzuki is a Japanese actress. Career Suzuki began acting after high school and debuted at age 19 in the television drama ''Asobi Ja Nai No Yo, Kono Koi Wa'' (TBS, 1986). Her breakthrough came in 1991 with the role of Rika in the Fuji TV television ad ...

, actress * Mayu Tsuruta, actress * Yuko Ito, actress * Yoshino Kimura, actress * Moe Yamaguchi, actress, talent * Yuka Nomura, actress * Kazuyuki Yoshida, announcer (NHK) *

Tomoki Tanaka Tomoki is a masculine Japanese given name. Possible writings Tomoki can be written using many different combinations of kanji characters. Some examples: *友紀, "friend, chronicle" *友規, "friend, to scheme" *友喜, "friend, rejoice" *友� ...

, announcer (NHK) * Toshihisa Osaka, announcer (NHK) * Jun Ogura, free announcer (NTV), associate professor (Edogawa University) *

Hiroki Ando is a common masculine Japanese given name. It can be written in many ways. In the following lists, the kanji in parentheses are the individual's way of writing the name Hiroki. Possible writings Hiroki can be written using different kanji chara ...

, announcer (TBS) *

Kazuhiro Watanabe Kazuhiro is a masculine Japanese given name. Notable people with the name include: *Kazuhiro Fujita, Japanese manga artist *Kazuhiro Furuhashi, Japanese anime director and supervisor *Kazuhiro Hamanaka, professional mixed martial arts (MMA) fighte ...

, announcer (Fuji TV) * Minako Nagai, free announcer (NTV) * Tohko Amemiya, essayist, free announcer (TBS) * Saori Fujimura, announcer (Fuji TV) * Eri Mizuhara, announcer (TV Tokyo) *

Yukari Oshima is a Japanese former actress and martial artist. She gained prominence in Hong Kong and became popular in the Philippines as Cynthia Luster. Due to Filipinos' interest in Jackie Chan, she became Chan's pseudo female equivalent. Biography Born ...

, announcer (Fuji TV) *

Erina Masuda is a Japanese free announcer. She is a former TBS announcer from 2008 until 2015. Current appearances Television Radio Serialisations Former appearances ''Tarento'' era ; Narration ; Advertisements Registered to TBS Television ; Re ...

, announcer (TBS) * Akiyo Yoshida, announcer (TBS) *

Shoko Yoshimura is a retired Japanese Wrestler. She competed in 10 World Wrestling Championships and won 9 medals, including 5 gold medals. Biography Yoshimura aspired to be a professional wrestler when she was at Seijo Gakuen High School because she admir ...

- Amateur wrestler; 5-time world champion

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