Alumni
- Shūji Abe,CEO of Yoshinoya
- Ian Buruma, writer
- Ken Domon, photographer*
- Tomoyuki Furumaya, film director
- Akira Gomi, photographer
- Koichi Hamada, statesman
- Tetsuya Ichimura, photographer*
- Kōtarō Iizawa, photographic critic
- Kiyoshi Shiina 8th degree black belt Judo instructor, Coach of St. John's University Judo Club
- Makoto Koga, statesman
- Jun Konno, judo wrestler
- Junya Koizumi, statesman
- Motoko Komiyama, statesman
- Yuu Kuroda, statesman
- Miyako Matsumoto, actress and professional wrestler
- Masato Matsuura, CEO of Avex Group
- Hiroko Mima, Miss Japan Universe and 15th runner-up for Miss Universe
- Akio Mori, physiologist and writer
- Sido Nakamura, actor*
- Yoshinobu Nishizaki, animator
- C. W. Nicol, environmentalist
- Yoshino Ōishi, photojournalist
- Daisuke Ono, voice actor
- Ichiro Ozawa, statesman*
- Takashi Sasano, actor*
- Tsutomu Sato, statesman
- Kishin Shinoyama, photographer
- Yasuhiro Sonoda, statesman
- Hiroshi Suga, photographer*Hiroshi Suga, photographer
- Yutaka Takanashi, photographer
- Makoto Takimoto, judo wrestler
- Yoshiyuki Tomino, animator
- Hitoshi Uchiyama, CEO of Yomiuri Shimbun
- Hiroshi Watanabe, photographer
- Hiroshi Yamazaki, photographer
- Yoshisada Yonezuka, 9th Dan (Kudan) Judo Instructor
- Banana Yoshimoto, writer
- Shigeru Ishino, 7th Dan Karate Instructor at the Genbukan Dojo in Montreal
* Did not graduate.
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