Notable People Associated With Ritsumeikan
Famous people affiliated with Ritsumeikan University, including graduates, former students, and professors:
- Momofuku Ando (1934 College of Economics), founder of Nissin Food Products Co., Ltd. who invented the world's first instant noodles and cup noodles.
- Shinichiro Furumoto(1987 College of Law), a member of the House of Representatives
- Kenta Izumi(1998 College of Law), a member of the House of Representatives
- Tadayoshi Ichida(1967 College of Law), a member of the House of Councillors
- Hiroshi Okada(1969 College of Social Sciences), a member of the House of Councillors
- Atsuya Furuta (1988 College of Business Administration), Nippon Professional Baseball player (Tokyo Yakult Swallows)
- Cico, (College of International Relations), singer and half of Bennie K
- Shigetoshi Hasegawa (1990 College of Social Sciences), MLB player
- Masafumi Kawaguchi (1996 College of International Relations), American football player
- Noriaki Kinoshita (College of Business Administration), American football player
- Rikiya Koyama (College of Law), Actor
- Daisuke Matsui (College of Business Administration), soccer player
- Tsutomu Minakami, novelist, Naoki Prize winner
- Masayuki Nagare, artist
- Hiroyuki Nagato, actor
- Gorō Naya, actor
- Rokuro Naya (College of Law), actor
- Isin Nisio, novelist
- Tomokazu Ohka (College of Business Administration), MLB player
- Quruli, Japanese music group
- Savanna, both halves of this comic pair
- Mai Kuraki (College of Social Sciences, 2005), singer
- Hiroshi Tanahashi, professional wrestler
- Tomoaki Taniguchi, Japan rugby player
- Yuji Ijiri, accounting professor
- Princess Raiyah of Jordan
- Tomotaka Takahashi, robot creator
- Akira Machida, archaeologist
- Yamaguchi Gogen (山口剛玄) (College of Law), karate master
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