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List of University of Tokyo people

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This is a list of University of Tokyo (UTokyo) people.

List of Presidents

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The head of the University of Tokyo is known as the president (総長, socho) and it is a substantive leadership role. The president is elected by the university's board council from among the faculty members for a term of six years.

Presidents of the University of Tokyo[1][2]
Order Person Tenure Position (involving temporary agent, etc.)
Representation, University of Tokyo
Hiroyuki Kato April 13, 1877[a] - July 5, 1881
Kensai Ikeda April 13, 1877 - July 5, 1881
Hiroyuki Kato July 6, 1881[b] – January 11, 1886
Masakazu Toyama January 11, 1886 – March 1, 1886 Interim
President, Imperial University
Masakazu Toyama March 2, 1886 - March 8, 1886 Interim President
1 Hiromoto Watanabe March 9, 1886 - May 18, 1890
2 Hiroyuki Kato May 19, 1890 – March 29, 1893
3 Arata Hamao March 30, 1893 - June 18, 1897
President, Tokyo Imperial University
3 Arata Hamao June 18, 1897 - November 5, 1897
4 Masakazu Toyama November 12, 1897 – April 29, 1998
5 Dairoku Kikuchi May 2, 1898 – June 2, 1901
6 Kenjiro Yamakawa June 5, 1901 - December 2, 1905
7 Naokichi Matsui December 2, 1905 - December 14, 1905 President
8 Arata Hamao December 14, 1905 - August 13, 1912 Reappointed
Joji Sakurai August 13, 1912 – May 9, 1913 Interim President
9 Kenjiro Yamakawa May 9, 1913 – September 21, 1920 Reappointed
10 Yoshinao Kozai September 27, 1920 - December 22, 1928
11 Kiheiji Onozuka December 22, 1928 – December 27, 1934
12 Mataro Nagayo December 27, 1934 - November 8, 1938
Kanji Sato November 8, 1938 – December 20, 1938 Interim President
13 Yuzuru Hiraga December 20, 1938 – February 17, 1943
Kanichi Terazawa February 17, 1943 – March 12, 1943 Interim President[c]
14 Yoshikazu Uchida March 12, 1943 – December 14, 1945
15 Shigeru Nambara December 14, 1945 – May 31, 1949
President, University of Tokyo[d]
15 Shigeru Nambara May 31, 1949 - December 14, 1951
16 Tadao Yanaihara December 14, 1951 - December 14, 1957
17 Seiji Kaya December 14, 1957 – December 13, 1963
18 Kazuo Okochi December 14, 1963 – November 5, 1968
Ichiro Kato November 5, 1968 – April 1, 1969 Interim President
19 Ichiro Kato April 1, 1969 – March 31, 1973
20 Kentaro Hayashi April 1, 1973 – March 31, 1977
21 Takashi Mukaibo April 1, 1977 – March 31, 1981
22 Ryuichi Hirano April 1, 1981 – March 31, 1985
23 Wataru Mori April 1, 1985 – March 31, 1989
24 Akito Arima April 1, 1989 – March 31, 1993
25 Hiroyuki Yoshikawa April 1, 1993 – March 31, 1997
26 Shigehiko Hasumi April 1, 1997 – March 31, 2001
27 Takeshi Sasaki April 1, 2001 – March 31, 2005
28 Hiroshi Komiyama April 1, 2005 – March 31, 2009
29 Junichi Hamada April 1, 2009 – March 31, 2015
30 Makoto Gonokami April 1, 2015 – March 31, 2021
31 Teruo Fujii April 1, 2021 -

Notable alumni

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Nobel prize laureates

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Of UTokyo winners, five have been physicists, one chemists, two for literature, one for physiology or medicine and one for efforts towards peace.

Shin'ichirō Tomonaga and Satoshi Ōmura have obtained a UTokyo doctorate degree through dissertation review, and considered as UTokyo alumni as well.[5]

Prime Ministers

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Mathematicians

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Medical researchers

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Chemists

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Physicians

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Architects

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Authors

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Entertainers

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Others

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Notes

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  1. ^ University of Tokyo was founded on April 12, 1877, while the two heads of university administration were appointed the day after the university was founded, April 13, 1877.[3]
  2. ^ It is true that the position of President to oversee the overall operations of the whole University was institutionalized on June 15, 1881, but it is misunderstood to record in the following material that the previous Head, Hiroyuki Kato was on the same day appointed the new position. - [4]
  3. ^ Due to the death of President Hiraga
  4. ^ university under the new system of education

References

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  1. ^ "List of University Presidents". u-tokyo. The University of Tokyo. 2021-04-01. Retrieved 2021-10-17.
  2. ^ 東京大学百年史編集委員会, ed. (March 1986). "東京大学百年史 通史". 東京大学. Retrieved 2021-10-19. (in Japanese)
  3. ^ 東京大学百年史編集委員会, ed. (January 1984). 東京大学百年史 通史 (in Japanese). Vol. I. The University of Tokyo. pp. 412, 426.
  4. ^ "2 THE FORMATION OF THE MODERN EDUCATIONAL SYSTEM". JAPAN'S MODERN EDUCATIONAL SYSTEM. Ministry of Education, Science and Culture of Japan. 1980. Archived from the original on 2019-11-08. Retrieved 2021-10-22. on June 15, 1881, Kato Hiroyuki, previous President overseeing the Faculties of Law, Science and Literature, was appointed the first President to oversee the overall operations of the whole University {{cite book}}: |website= ignored (help)
  5. ^ UTokyo by the Numbers | The University of Tokyo
  6. ^ "Hidegorô Nakano - Biography". Maths History. University of St Andrews,Scotland School of Mathematics and Statistics. Retrieved 2024-03-28.
  7. ^ Pollack, Andrew. "Naohiro Amaya, 68; Helped Industry in Japan" (obituary). The New York Times. September 1, 1994. Retrieved on January 20, 2014.
  8. ^ Goda, Y. (2008). 耐波工学 港湾・海岸構造物の耐波設計 [Wave-resistant engineering: Wave-resistant design of harbours and coastal structures] (in Japanese). Tokyo: Kashima Publishing. ISBN 978-4306023994. Retrieved 5 July 2023.
  9. ^ Professor Anirban's DBLP[1]
  10. ^ "東京大学工学部計数工学科（2018年度学科案内）" (PDF). 東京大学工学部計数工学科. Retrieved 2020-10-20."
  11. ^ 東京大学学生表彰選考会議　議長 (2020-03-06). "東京大学総長賞選考結果について". The University of Tokyo. Retrieved 2020-10-20.
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