Hosei University Explained

Hosei University
Native Name:	法政大学
Native Name Lang:	ja
Established:	1880
President:	Katsuya Hirose(Hirose Katsuya)
Undergrad:	28,000^[1]
Postgrad:	2,007
Faculty:	746
Campus:	Urban and suburban
Colors:	Orange and blue
Website:	hosei.ac.jp

is a private research university in Chiyoda City, Tokyo, Japan. Hosei University and four other private universities in Tokyo are collectively known as "MARCH". The university is also a member of the Tokyo Big6 Baseball League, one of the most storied college sports leagues in Japan.

The university originated in a school of law, Tōkyō Hōgakusha (i.e. Tokyo association of law), established in 1880, and the following year renamed Tōkyō Hōgakkō (i.e. Tokyo school of law). This was from 1883 headed by Dr. Gustave Boissonade, and was heavily influenced by the French legal tradition. It merged in 1889 with a school of French studies, Tōkyō Futsugakkō (i.e. Tokyo French school), that had been founded three years earlier. It adopted the name Hosei University (Hōsei daigaku, i.e. university of law and politics) in 1903 and gained university status in 1920.

Hosei has three main campuses, which it calls Ichigaya, Koganei, and Tama. The Ichigaya campus is an urban campus halfway between Ichigaya and Iidabashi stations in central Tokyo; its 26-story Boissonade Tower, completed in 2000, can be seen from either station. The campus is located close to the Yasukuni Shrine. Natural sciences are studied at the Koganei campus to the west of Tokyo, and other subjects are split between Tama (located in Machida, which is near Hachiōji), and Ichigaya.

Academics

Ichigaya

Undergraduate

Faculty of Law (Hōgakubu)
Faculty of Letters (Bungakubu)
Faculty of Business Administration (Keieigakubu)
Faculty of Intercultural Communication (Kokusai-bunka-gakubu)
Faculty of Sustainability Studies (Ningen-kankyō-gakubu)
Faculty of Lifelong Learning and Career Studies (Kyaria-dezain-gakubu)
Faculty of Engineering and Design (Dezain-kōgakubu)
Faculty of Global and Interdisciplinary Studies (GIS,, Gurōbaru-kyōyō-gakubu) (from 2008)
Sports Science Institute (SSI,, Supōtsu-saiensu-insutityūto)

Graduate schools

Graduate School of Humanities (Jinbun-kagaku-kenkyūka)
Graduate School of Economics (Keizaigaku-kenkyūka)
Graduate School of Law (Hōgaku-kenkyūka)
Graduate School of Politics (Seijigaku-kenkyūka)
Graduate School of Sociology (Shakaigaku-kenkyūka)
Graduate School of Business Administration (Keieigaku-kenkyūka)
Graduate School of Policy Sciences (Seisaku-kagaku-kenkyūka)
Graduate School of Environmental Management (Kankyō-manejimento-kenkyūka)
Graduate School of Intercultural Communication (Kokusai-bunka-kenkyūka)
International Japan-Studies Institute (Kokusai-nihongaku-insutityūto)
Law School (Hōka-daigakuin)
Business School of Innovation Management (Inobēshon-manejimento-kenkyūka)

Tama

Faculty of Economics (Keizaigakubu)
Faculty of Social Sciences (Shakaigakubu)
Faculty of Social Policy and Administration (Gendai-fukushi-gakubu)
Graduate School of Social Well-Being Studies (Ningen-shakai-kenkyūka)

Koganei

Faculty of Engineering (Kōgakubu) (being phased out)
Faculty of Science and Engineering (Rikōgakubu) (from 2008)
Faculty of Bioscience and Applied Chemistry (Seimeikagakubu) (from 2008)
Faculty of Computer and Information Science (Jōhōkagakubu)
Graduate School of Engineering (Kōgaku-kenkyūka)
Graduate School of Computer and Information Science (Jōhōkagaku-kenkyūka)

Notable Alumni

Academia

Sadayoshi Fukuda, philosopher and critic^[2]

Politics

Yoshihide Suga, the 99th Prime Minister of Japan
Kazunori Tanaka, Diet representative, Minister of Reconstruction (2019-2020)
Kosuke Ito, Diet representative^[3]
Hideo Jinpu, Diet representative^[4]
Yukio Jitsukawa, Diet representative^[5]
Emi Kaneko, Diet representative^[6]
Taku Yamamoto, Diet representative
Yoshio Yatsu, Diet representative
Shinpei Matsushita, Member of the House of Councillors^[7]
Hiroko Uehara, former mayor of Kunitachi City

Athletes

Yukihiro Doi, racing cyclist
Takuya Honda, football player^[8]
Kairi Hojo, professional wrestler^[9]
Takayuki Mikami, karateka
Kyohei Morita, rugby player
Yuka Sato, figure skater
Tadashi Wakabayashi, baseball player
Nishida Hiroki, Volleyball Player^[10]

Arts and Entertainment

Mizuhito Akiyama, author^[11]
Chiho Aoshima, artist^[12]
Mew Azama, model and actress^[13]
Satoshi Dezaki, anime director
Shu Fujisawa, author^[14]
Tomoko Hoshino, actress^[15]
Norihiro Inoue, actor
Mitsuaki Iwagō, photographer^[16]
Hiroh Kikai, photographer^[17]
Shin Kishida, actor*
Hiroto Kōmoto, singer*
Aki Maeda, actress
Masao Maruyama, film producer
Michiko Matsumoto, photographer^[18]
Katsuhito Nakazato, photographer^[19]
Kinoko Nasu, author
Kouhei Kadono, author^[20]
Midori Sawato, film narrator
Haruka Takachiho, author
Yōsuke Yamahata, photographer*^[21]
Shuichi Yoshida, novelist
Yasumi Matsuno, video game creator*
Shōgo Yano, voice actor

Other

Kenji Goto, journalist and writer
Masahiro Hara, engineer
Hu Han Min, Chinese Kuomintang politician

* dropped out before graduation

Notable Faculty

Sports

The university's baseball team plays as one of the Tokyo Big6 Baseball League.

Partner universities

- - Boston University
- Baylor University
- University of California, Davis
- University of California, San Diego
- Michigan State University
- California State University, East Bay
- Truman State University
- University of Nevada, Reno
- Boise State University
- San Jose State University
- Fontbonne University
- San Diego State University
- Southern California Institute of Architecture
- University of Illinois
- Gustavus Adolphus College
- West Chester University of Pennsylvania
- University of Wisconsin–Milwaukee
- Minnesota State University, Mankato
- Medaille College
- Portland State University
- Westfield State University
- University of Utah
- George Mason University
  - Peking University
- School of Government, Peking University
- School of Humanities and Social Sciences, Tsinghua University
- School of Social Sciences, Tsinghua University
- University of Science and Technology of China
- Shanghai Jiao Tong University
- Wuhan University
- Xiamen University
- University of Science and Technology Beijing
- Beijing Normal University
- Capital Normal University
- Shanghai International Studies University
- Northeastern University (China)
- State Administration of Foreign Experts Affairs
- Chongqing Normal University
- China Foreign Affairs University
- Xi'an Jiaotong University
- Beijing Jiaotong University
- Beijing Foreign Studies University
- Minzu University of China
- Beijing Center for Japanese Studies
- Shandong University of Finance and Economics
- Dalian Nationalities University
- Sichuan International Studies University
- Liaoning University, College of International Relations
- Fuzhou University
- Dalian University of Foreign Languages
- Software College of Jilin University
- Xidian University
- Huazhong University of Science & Technology
- School of Software, Central South University
  - Indian Institute of Science
  - Sanata Dharma University
- Bogor Agricultural University
- Institute of Technology Sepuluh Nopember
  - Samarkand State University
  - Yonsei University
- Duksung Women's University
- Sungkonghoe University
- Seoul National University
- Gachon University
- Korea University
- University of Seoul
- Ewha Womans University
- Inha University
- Sungshin Women's University
- Hankuk University of Foreign Studies
- Chung-Ang University
- Konkuk University
- Kyonggi University
- Busan University of Foreign Studies
- Hoseo University
  - Thammasat University
- Chulalongkorn University
  - Mekelle University
  - Institute of Oriental Studies of the Russian Academy of Sciences
- Moscow State University
- Saint Petersburg State University
- Petersburg State Transport University
- National Research University – Higher School of Economics
- Penza State University
  - University of Algiers

References

Rounded to the nearest hundred from information given on this page of the university website, which gives information for May 1, 2008. Accessed 2008-11-16.
Hyōronka jinmei-jiten / Japanese critics and commentators: A biographical dictionary (Tokyo: Nichigai Associates, 1990;).
http://i-kousuke.com/profile.html Profile
http://www.jinpu.ne.jp/html/profile.html Profile
http://www.nctv.co.jp/~yukio-j/profile.html Profile
http://kaneko-emi.com/profile/index.html Profile
http://www.shinnpei.com/new_frame.php?page=profile Profile
http://www.hosei.ac.jp/gakusei/club/taiikukai/006/559.html Page about Honda
http://www.horipro.co.jp/hojokairi/ Hojo's profile
Web site: 西田寛基サントリーサンバーズ .
Mizuhito Kanehara, "Watakushi to toshokan (?)," Haru dayori 44 April 2004. Retrieved September 6, 2010.
http://www.kaikaikiki.co.jp/artists/profile_aoshima/ Profile at Kaikai Kiki
https://archive.today/20120801103316/http://www.hosei.ac.jp/hosei/orangenet/news/shosai/news_1358.html Event announcement
http://mainichi.jp/enta/book/interview/news/20100430org00m040028000c.html Interview with Fujisawa
http://www.duncan.co.jp/web/profile/hoshino_tomoko.html Profile of Hoshino
http://www.tepco.co.jp/custom/illume/data/illume_i/iwago-j.html Potted biography
http://fotonoma.jp/photographer/2007_02kikai/index.html Profile
http://www.tokinowasuremono.com/artist-d57-matsumoto/index.html Page about Matsumoto
http://www.zokei.ac.jp/professor/ph04.html Nakazato's profile
http://www.sf-fantasy.com/magazine/interview/011001.shtml Kadono Kouhei's Interview(Japanese Page)
http://www.jps.gr.jp/jps60/ichimai.html Profile
http://www.hosei.ac.jp/hosei/koho/pickup/professor/2009/03.html Profile

External links

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