Komazawa University

Komazawa University
, abbreviated as 駒大 Komadai, is one of the oldest universities in Japan. Its history starts in 1592, when a seminary was established to be a center of learning for the young monks of the Sōtō sect, one of the two main Zen Buddhist traditions in Japan.
The university in Tokyo campus comprises seven faculties and 17 departments with a total of around 14,000 students. Also for students who wish to pursue advanced studies, each department has a graduate school. It also has eleven research institutes and a Museum of Zen Buddhist Culture. Times Higher Education places Komazawa University in the 150+ bracket in its ranking of Japan's 200 best universities.
History
In brief
Chronology
Basic information
Campuses
Komazawa campus
Komazawa 1-23-1, Setagaya-ku, Tokyo-to (東京都 世田谷区 駒沢1-23-1)
This campus is next to Komazawa Olympic Park (the stadium of the 1964 Tokyo Olympics).
Access: Komazawa-daigaku Station (駒沢大学駅)
Futakotamagawa campus
Unane 1-1-1, Setagaya-ku, Tokyo-to (東京都 世田谷区 宇奈根1-1-1)
Access: Futako-Tamagawa Station (二子玉川駅)
Fukasawa campus
Fukasawa 6-8-18, Setagaya-ku, Tokyo-to (東京都 世田谷区 深沢6-8-18)
Access: Komazawa-daigaku Station (駒沢大学駅)
College Song
Words by Hakushū Kitahara, music by Kōsaku Yamada .
Education and research
Departments
Buddhist Studies
Zen Buddhist Studies
Buddhist Studies
Literature
Japanese Literature
English and American Literature
Geography
Area and Culture Studies
Environmental Science
History
Japanese History
Foreign History
Archaeology
Philosophy
Sociology
Sociology
Social Welfare
Economics
Economics
Commerce
Applied Economics
Law
Law
Political Science
Business Administration
Business Administration
Marketing Management
Health Sciences
Radiological Sciences
Global Media Studies
Global Media
Graduate programs
Arts and Sciences
Buddhist Studies
Japanese literature
English and American Literature
Geography
History
Japanese History
European History
History of East Asia
Archaeology
Sociology
Psychology
Psychology
Certified Clinical Psychology
Economics
Commerce
Law
Public Law
Private Law
Business Administration
Health Sciences
Radiological Sciences
Global Media Studies
Global Media
Professional graduate programs
Judicial Studies (Law school)
Affiliated facilities
Institute
The Zen Institute
The Institute of Zen Buddhism and Economics
The Institute for Comparative Buddhist Literature
The Institute of Legal Research
The Research Institute for Applied Geography
The Research Institute for Accounting
The Institute of Mass Communication
The Research Institute for Justice
Facilities
Komazawa campus
The Museum of Zen Culture and History
246 Kaikan
Community Care Center
Futakotamagawa campus
Fukasawa campus
Student life
Societies
There are over 160 clubs and organizations in Komazawa University.
Football
The football team plays as one of the Kantō Collegiate Football League (:ja:関東大学サッカー連盟)
Baseball
The baseball team belongs to the " Tohto University Baseball League ". (東都大学野球リーグ)
Ekiden
The Komazawa Univ. ekiden team won the "Hakone Ekiden" in 2000, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2008, 2021, and 2023.
" Big Three collegiate ekiden competitions " (三大大学駅伝) are as follows:
Izumo Ekiden (出雲駅伝)
All-Japan Collegiate (Men's) Ekiden Championship (全日本大学駅伝)
Hakone Ekiden (箱根駅伝)
Others
Karate :
Boxing :
American football (" Blue Tide ") : " Kantoh Collegiate American Football Association " (関東学生アメリカンフットボール連盟)
Ice hockey :
Basketball :
Tennis :
Cheerleading (" Blue Jays ") : " Foundation of Japan Cheerleading Association " (日本チアリーディング協会)
Cheerleading (" Blue Pegasus ") :
Brass band :
Orchestra :
Chorus :
Rakugo :
Festivals
Autumn festival : Cultural festival (Japan)
Tenmasai (天馬祭) by Blue Pegasus (応援指導部ブルーペガス)
People
Presidents
Reirin Yamada
Hakujyu Ui
Kogen Mizuno
Professors
Alumni
Dainin Katagiri (片桐大忍), Sōtō Zen priest, founding abbot of the Minnesota Zen Center
Kobun Chino Otogawa (乙川弘文), Sōtō Zen priest
Shōhaku Okumura (奥村正博), Dōgenist
Shunryu Suzuki (鈴木俊隆), Sōtō Zen priest
Soyu Matsuoka (松岡操雄), Founder of Zen Buddhist Temple of Chicago
Taizan Maezumi Rōshi (前角博雄), Soto Zen priest
Brian Victoria ,educator, Doctor of Philosophy, writer and Buddhist priest in the Sōtō Zen sect
Yuko Okumura, Kesa descendent
Noriaki Hakamaya (袴谷憲昭), professor of Komazawa University
Reirin Yamada (山田霊林), professor, president
Stanley Weinstein (スタンリー・ワインスタイン), honorary professor of Yale University
Shiro Matsumoto (松本史朗), professor of Komazawa University
Sodō Mori (森祖道), professor of Aichi Gakuin University
William Bodiford (ウィリアム・ボディフォード), professor of University of California, Los Angeles
Atsushi Watanabe (渡部篤), member of the House of Representatives in the Diet
Naoto Ohtsuki (大朏直人), founder of Onkyo
Masaru Kawaguchi (川口勝), vice president of Bandai Namco Holdings, president of Bandai Spirits Co.
Kazumasa Terada (寺田和正), founder of Samantha Thavasa
Hiroaki Ito (伊東宏晃), president of Avex Management Inc.
Shinji Hashimoto (橋本真司), game producer
Katsuoki Enomoto (榎本勝起), Announcer of Tokyo Broadcasting System Television
Sen Odagiri (小田切千), Announcer of NHK
Heitaro Ohhama (大浜平太郎), Commentator, Announcer of TV Tokyo
Tatsuya Kato (journalist) (加藤達也), journalist
Mitsuo Shindō (信藤三雄), art director, photographer, film director and producer, music video director and calligraphist
Tatsushi Ōmori (大森立嗣), film director and actor
Izuru Narushima (成島出), scriptwriter and film director *
Kenta Kiritani (桐谷健太), actor *
Takeo Nakahara (中原丈雄), actor
Yuma Nakayama (中山優馬), actor *
Kōhei Yamamoto (山本康平), actor
Ito Bungaku (伊藤文學), entrepreneur, founder and editor
Daisuke Satō (佐藤大輔), board game designer, novelist, and manga writer
Hitoshi Okuda (奥田ひとし), manga artist
Yōsuke Takahashi (高橋葉介), horror manga artist
Michiru Jo (城みちる), singer *
Yoshiyuki Ohsawa (大澤誉志幸), singer, songwriter, music producer
Toshinobu Kubota (久保田利伸), singer, songwriter, music producer
Masatoshi Sato (佐藤雅俊), Bassist, member of Acidman
Shinji Wajima (和嶋慎治), Guitarist and vocalist, member of Ningen Isu
Hiroki Yasumoto (安元洋貴), voice actor
Suzuko Mimori (三森すずこ), voice actor *
Yūsei Oda (織田優成), voice actor
Toshihiko Seki (関俊彦), voice actor
Masaharu Satō (佐藤正治), voice actor *
Nobuo Tobita (飛田展男), voice actor *
Chiharu Sawashiro (沢城千春), voice actor
Ryōhei Arai (新井良平), voice actor
Haruka Kato (加藤悠), gravure idol, tarento, and professional wrestler
Reina Kubo (久保玲奈), singer
Kinichi Hagimoto (萩本欽一), comedian *
Sports
Satoru Sakuma (佐久間悟), former football player and manager
Toshiya Miura (三浦俊也), football manager
Susumu Watanabe (渡邉晋), former football player and manager
Tetsumasa Kimura (木村哲昌), football manager
Kentaro Hayashi (林健太郎), football player
Keisuke Kurihara (栗原圭介), football player
Takuya Yamada (山田卓也), football player
Atsushi Nagai (永井篤志), football player *
Makoto Kaneko (footballer) (金子誠), football player
Atsushi Yoneyama (米山篤志), football player
Jun Uchida (内田潤), football player
Yoshiyuki Kobayashi (小林慶行), football player
Akinori Kosaka (小阪昭典), football player
Teruaki Kobayashi (小林久晃), football player
Makoto Kimura (木村誠), football player
Seiichiro Maki (巻誠一郎), football player
Masaki Fukai (深井正樹), football player
Daisuke Nasu (那須大亮), football player
Ryo Kobayashi (小林亮), football player
Yuki Maki (巻佑樹), football player
Masaki Chugo (中後雅喜), football player
Tomonobu Hiroi (廣井友信), football player
Yosuke Komuta (小牟田洋佑), football player
Masanobu Komaki (小牧成亘), football player
Tatsuki Kobayashi (小林竜樹), football player
Kosuke Kikuchi (菊地光将), football player
Kim Jung-ya (金正也), football player
Yusuke Kawagishi (川岸祐輔), football player
Sai Kanakubo (金久保彩), football player
Makito Ito (伊藤槙人), football player
Shota Kikuchi (菊池将太), football player
Wataru Ise (伊勢渉), football player
Junya Takahashi (高橋潤哉), football player
Kyowaan Hoshi (星キョーワァン), football player
Masanori Ito (footballer) (伊藤雅範), football and futsal player
Akihiko Ohya (大矢明彦), retired professional baseball player
Kiyoshi Nakahata (中畑清), retired professional baseball player
Shigekazu Mori (森繁和), retired professional baseball player
Hiromichi Ishige (石毛宏典), retired professional baseball player
Kazuyuki Shirai (白井 一幸), professional baseball player
Kenjiro Nomura (baseball) (野村謙二郎), professional baseball player
Masanori Taguchi (田口昌徳), professional baseball player
Hiroyuki Takagi (高木浩之), professional baseball player
Hisanori Takahashi (高橋尚成), major League baseball pitcher
Tsuyoshi Kawagishi (川岸強), professional baseball pitcher
Hisashi Takeda (武田久), professional baseball pitcher
Takahiro Arai (新井貴浩), professional baseball player
Naoto Inada (稲田直人), professional baseball player
Eishin Soyogi (梵英心), professional baseball player
Takuya Furuya (古谷拓哉), professional baseball player
Ryota Arai (新井良太), professional baseball player
Yōhei Ōshima (大島洋平), professional baseball player
Hiroyuki Shirasaki (白崎浩之), professional baseball player
Yasutaka Tobashira (戸柱恭孝), professional baseball player
Taiga Egoshi (江越大賀), professional baseball player
Shōta Imanaga (今永昇太), professional baseball player
Yūsuke Kinoshita (木下雄介), professional baseball player *
Gakuto Wakabayashi (若林楽人), professional baseball player
Kōsuke Ukai (鵜飼航丞), professional baseball player
Hiromi Itoh (伊藤大海), professional baseball player *
Atsushi Fujita (藤田敦史), long-distance runner
Takayuki Nishida (西田隆維), long-distance runner
Nao Kazami (風見尚), long-distance runner, 100 km record holder
Shogo Nakamura (runner) (中村匠吾), long-distance runner
Kenta Murayama (村山謙太), long-distance runner
Kohei Futaoka (二岡康平), long-distance runner
Yusuke Nishiyama (runner) (西山雄介), long-distance runner
Shigeo Nakajima (中島成雄), professional boxer, WBC junior flyweight champion
Satoshi Shimizu (清水聡), professional boxer,|2012 London medalist
Masayuki Ito (伊藤雅雪), professional boxer, WBO featherweight champion
Ryomei Tanaka (田中亮明), Japanese boxer,|2021 Tokyo medalist
Amanoyama Shizuo (天ノ山静雄), sumo wrestler
Shōhōzan Yūya (松鳳山裕也), sumo wrestler
Hajime Meshiai (飯合肇), professional golfer
Shoko Kashiki (樫木祥子), professional racing cyclist
Ami Yuasa (湯浅亜実), breakdancer
Sanshiro Takagi (高木三四郎), professional wrestler
Kinya Oyanagi (大柳錦也), professional wrestler
Makoto Majima (馬島誠), ice sledge hockey player and para powerlifter
* Did not graduate.
and see:
List of Komazawa related people from Japanese Wikipedia
External relations
International exchanges
University of Exeter, UK
Kingston University, UK
University of Queensland, Australia
Griffith University, Australia
University of California, Irvine, USA
California State University, Los Angeles, USA
University of Hawaii at Manoa, USA
Arkansas Tech University, USA
University of British Columbia, Canada
University of Provence, France
Peking University, China
East China Normal University, China
Tamkang University, Taiwan
Dongguk University, South Korea
Cairo University, Egypt
Agreements with other universities
Setagaya Six Universities Consortium
Participants in the Setagaya 6 Universities Consortium (世田谷6大学コンソーシアム " Setagaya Roku Daigaku Konsōshiamu ") are as follows:
Kokushikan University
Seijo University
Showa Women's University
Tokyo University of Agriculture
Tokyo City University
Sister schools
Tohoku Fukushi University
Aichi Gakuin University
Tsurumi University
Komazawa Women's University
They were also established by Soto sect.
Affiliated schools
Komazawa Senior High School
Komazawa Tomakomai Senior High School
See also
Komazawa University is known as one of Japan's four famous private universities. "NI-TO-KOMA-SEN" (日東駒専) is the abbreviation that refers to the four private universities in Tokyo.
" Nittokomasen " (日東駒専) are as follows:
" 日 " (日本大学): Nihon University
" 東 " (東洋大学): Toyo University
" 駒 " (駒澤大学): Komazawa University
" 専 " (専修大学): Senshu University
Komazawa-daigaku Station
Hanazono University, corresponding Rinzai university
References
External links
ZEN, KOMAZAWA, 1592
Komazawa univ. facebook
Komazawa univ. Twitter
Komazawa univ. YouTube
Buddhism in Tokyo
Universities and colleges established in 1925
Private universities and colleges in Japan
Buddhist universities and colleges in Japan
Soto Zen
American football in Japan
1925 establishments in Japan
Universities and colleges in Tokyo