# Takushoku University

Takushoku University (拓殖 大学; Takushoku Daigaku, abbreviated as 拓大 Takudai) is a private university in Tokyo, Japan. It was founded in 1900 by Prince (title for a Duke at that time) Taro Katsura (1848–1913). It has two campuses: the main campus in the Bunkyō Ward and a satellite campus in Hachiōji. Takushoku University has five faculties: Commerce, Political Science and Economics, Foreign Languages, International Studies, and Engineering.
Takushoku University is a leading university of security studies in Japan. The last chancellor was a former Minister of Defense, Satoshi Morimoto. Some chancellors such as Taro Katsura and Yasuhiro Nakasone were appointed to the prime minister.

## History

Originally, Takushoku University was named the Taiwan Association School, and was founded to produce graduates to contribute to the development of Taiwan. In 1907, it was renamed the Oriental Association Vocational School. In 1918, it adopted its present name of Takushoku University. Literally, "Takushoku" means "development and industrialization" as well as "colonization", because Japan had overseas colonies like Taiwan, South Sakhalin, and Korea and was entrusted with South Pacific Islands to industrialize at that time.
Takashoku University as a unique colonial institute made itself one of the best private universities in Japan after Imperial Universities such as Tokyo University till the end of World War II. It kept to be a peace-loving patriot, during the war by appointing General Kazushige Ugaki as its Chancellor, who was the enemy of Imperial Way Faction(military expansionist), and then Mr. Hiroshi Shimomura, who was the president of Cabinet Intelligence Bureau leading the Hirohito surrender broadcast. An affiliated judo master Tatsukuma Ushijima and his disciple Masahiko Kimura of the university even planned to assassinate the prime and military minister Hideki Tojo in 1941.
After the war, Japan gave up its whole colonies, the university changed its name to Kōryō University (紅陵大学; Kōryō Daigaku) and was led by Torajiro Takagaki, the president of Japan association of monetary economics. Then it reverted to its traditional name in 1952. Many graduates went to Brazil, some to Indonesia and other South Asian countries in the 1960s and 70s. In the 1970s and 80s it enhanced its campus towards Hachioji and established two more faculties. In 2001 it celebrated its 100-year anniversary in presence of Emperor Akihito. It opened another faculty for world development and international security in Hachioji. It finds realizing SDGs (sustainable development goals) as its mission in the 21st century.

## Notable facts

* Takushoku University is a leading university of national security in Japan.
* The last chancellor was a former Minister of Defense, Satoshi Morimoto. Past chancellors include former prime ministers, such as Taro Katsura and Yasuhiro Nakasone.
* Takushoku University is the unique university in Japan to study geopolitics (the Institute of World Studies) for international relations and security.
* Margaret Thatcher received her honorary doctorate degree at this university.
* The Faculty of Political Science and Economics is the third oldest in the country after Waseda and Meiji universities.

## Organization
### Faculties

* Commerce
* Political Science and Economics
* Foreign Languages
* International Studies
* Engineering

### Graduate schools

* Economics
* Commerce
* Engineering
* Language Education
* International Cooperation Studies
* Local Government

## Sports

Takushoku University was responsible for training many of Japanese local and colonial administrators as well as overseas merchants. Several of these people who were karateka (practitioners of karate) took up administrative positions in the Japan Karate Association when it was founded in 1949. The university's karate club was founded around 1924 and has produced many prominent karate instructors and competitors. The university also has a judo program, which produced a second-place result in a 1967 Japanese collegiate competition. The athletics club was founded in 1921. It has participated in the Hakone Ekiden 42 times as of 2021.

## Alumni

* Takahashi, Katsutaro (1941-1991), Shotokan karate master
* Asai, Tetsuhiko (1935–2006), Shotokan karate master
* Ayukawa, Tetsuya (1919-2002), critic and novelist
* Enoeda, Keinosuke (1935–2003), Shotokan karate master
* Eto, Batara (1979–), software engineer
* Asano, Shiro (1939–), Shotokan karate master
* Fujino, Maiko (1983–), swimmer
* Fujiwara, Arata (1981–), marathon runner
* Funago,Yasuhiko (1957–), politician
* Higaonna, Morio (1938–), Goju-ryu karate master
* Honaga, Norio (1955–), wrestler
* Inoue, Naoya (1993–), professional boxer
* Inoue, Nissho (1887–1967), radical Buddhist preacher and terrorist
* Imamura, Tomio (1958–), master of Shotokan karate
* Iwaki, Nobuko (1946–), politician
* Kanazawa, Hirokazu (1931–2019), Shotokan karate master
* Kawase, Kota (1992–), football player
* Kawasoe, Masao (1945–), Shotokan karate master
* Kawasoe, Norio (1951–2013), Shotokan karate master
* Kawawada, Minoru (1952–), Shotokan karate master
* Kimura, Masahiko (1917–1993), judo master
* Kobayashi, Fumikazu (1978–), athlete
* Kobayashi, Yu (1987–), football player
* Kuramoto, Koji (1951–), judo master
* Kurumizawa, Koshi (1925–1994), writer
* Maeda, Shinzo (1922–1998), landscape photographer
* Masudayama Yasuhito (1951–), sumo wrestler
* Mori, Masataka (1932–2018), Shotokan karate master
* Mori, Mucha (1988–), basketball player
* Moriyama, Mirai (1984–), film and television actor
* Munakata, Koju (1967–), basketball coach
* Murakami, Kazunari (1973–), mixed martial artist
* Nagai, Akio (1942–), Shotokan karate master
* Nagano, Ai (1974–), voice actress
* Nagano, Mamoru (1960–), manga artist
* Naka, Tatsuya (1964–), Japan Karate Association manager
* Nakamori, Daisuke (1987–), football player
* Nakamoto, Kentaro (1982–), long-distance runner
* Nakayama, Masatoshi (1913–1987), Shotokan karate master
* Nishiyama, Hidetaka (1928–2008), Shotokan karate master
* Ochi, Hideo (1940–), Shotokan karate master
* Okazaki, Teruyuki (1931–2020), Shotokan karate master
* Okuyama, Takemasa (1944–), Shotokan karate master
* Onoda, Kazuo (1900-1983), freestyle swimmer
* Onoda, Kimi (1982-), politician
* Onodera, Tatsuya (1987–), football player
* Osaka, Yoshiharu (1947–), instructor of Shotokan karate
* Oyama, Masutatsu (1923–1994), Kyokushin karate master
* Rogers, Doug (1941–2020), Olympic judo competitor from Canada
* Royal Kobayashi (1949–), junior featherweight boxer
* Ryūkō Gō (1971–), sumo wrestler
* Uriu,Sadamu (1929–), Shotokan karate master
* Saito,Takako (1983–), female wrestler
* Saruta, Hironori (1982–), football player
* Shioda, Gozo (1915–1994), aikido master
* Shiina, Katsutoshi (1961–), master of Shotokan karate
* Sione Vatuvei (1983–), footballer
* Sudo, Genki (1978–), mixed martial arts competitor and politician
* Sugimoto, Makoto (1987–), football player
* Suzuki, Muneo (1948–), politician
* Suzuki, Yasuhiro (1984–), boxer
* Takahashi, Ken (1969–), baseball player
* Takahashi, Mai (1984–), actress and model
* Takahashi, Satoshi (1968–), instructor of Shotokan karate
* Takatani, Sosuke (1989–), wrestler
* Taniyama, Takuya (1965–), instructor of Shotokan karate
* Tokoro, George (1955–),comedian, TV personality, singer-songwriter
* Tokuhisa, Takashi (1947–), Shotokan karate master
* Terada Kiyoyuki (1922–2009), aikido master
* Tochinonada, Taiichi (1974–), sumo wrestler
* Tokoro, George (1955–), television personality
* Tsukii, Junna (1991-), Filipino-Japanese karateka
* Uchiyama, Takashi (1979–), super featherweight boxer
* Watanabe, Hideo (1934–), politician
* Watanabe, Hiroyuki (1955–2022), television actor
* Yaegashi,Akira (1983–), minimumweight boxer
* Yonemitsu, Tatsuhiro (1986–), wrestler
* Yumoto, Shinichi (1984–), wrestler
* Kawase, Kota (1992-), footballer