Komazawa University

, abbreviated as 駒大 Komadai, is a private university in Setagaya, Tokyo, 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 seminary evolved into a modern school in the late 19th century, and became a university in 1925.

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)

Tamagawa 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 HakushÅ« 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
• Tamagawa 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 ()

Baseball

The baseball team belongs to the "Tohto University Baseball League". ()

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 ()
• All-Japan Collegiate (Men's) Ekiden Championship ()
• Hakone Ekiden ()

Others

• Karate
• Boxing
• American football ("Blue Tide"): "Kantoh Collegiate American Football Association" ()
• Ice hockey
• Basketball
• Tennis
• Cheerleading ("Blue Jays"): "Foundation of Japan Cheerleading Association" ()
• 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 (), Sōtō Zen priest, founding abbot of the Minnesota Zen Center
• Kobun Chino Otogawa (), Sōtō Zen priest
• Shōhaku Okumura (), Dōgenist
• Shunryu Suzuki (), Sōtō Zen priest
• Soyu Matsuoka (松岡操雄), Founder of Zen Buddhist Temple of Chicago
• Taizan Maezumi Rōshi (), Soto Zen priest
• Brian Victoria, educator, Doctor of Philosophy, writer and Buddhist priest in the Sōtō Zen sect
• Yuko Okumura, Kesa descendent
• Noriaki Hakamaya (), professor of Komazawa University
• Reirin Yamada (), professor, president
• Stanley Weinstein (), honorary professor of Yale University
• Shiro Matsumoto (), professor of Komazawa University
• Sodō Mori (), professor of Aichi Gakuin University
• William Bodiford (), professor of University of California, Los Angeles
• Atsushi Watanabe (), member of the House of Representatives in the Diet
• Naoto Ohtsuki (), founder of Onkyo
• Masaru Kawaguchi (), vice president of Bandai Namco Holdings, president of Bandai Spirits Co.
• Kazumasa Terada (), founder of Samantha Thavasa
• Hiroaki Ito (), president of Avex Management Inc.
• Shinji Hashimoto (), game producer
• Katsuoki Enomoto (), Announcer of Tokyo Broadcasting System Television
• Sen Odagiri (), Announcer of NHK
• Heitaro Ohhama (), Commentator, Announcer of TV Tokyo
• Tatsuya Kato (journalist) (), journalist
• Mitsuo Shindō (), art director, photographer, film director and producer, music video director and calligraphist
• Tatsushi Ōmori (), film director and actor
• Izuru Narushima (), scriptwriter and film director *
• Kenta Kiritani (), actor <nowiki>*</nowiki>
• Takeo Nakahara (), actor
• Yuma Nakayama (), actor *
• Kōhei Yamamoto (), actor
• Ito Bungaku (), entrepreneur, founder and editor
• Daisuke Satō (), board game designer, novelist, and manga writer
• Hitoshi Okuda (), manga artist
• Yōsuke Takahashi (), horror manga artist
• Michiru Jo (), singer *
• Yoshiyuki Ohsawa (), singer, songwriter, music producer
• Toshinobu Kubota (), singer, songwriter, music producer
• Masatoshi Sato (), Bassist, member of Acidman
• Shinji Wajima (), Guitarist and vocalist, member of Ningen Isu
• Hiroki Yasumoto (), voice actor
• Suzuko Mimori (), voice actor *
• YÅ«sei Oda (), voice actor
• Toshihiko Seki (), voice actor
• Masaharu Satō (), voice actor *
• Nobuo Tobita (), voice actor *
• Chiharu Sawashiro (), voice actor
• Ryōhei Arai (), voice actor
• Haruka Kato (), gravure idol, tarento, and professional wrestler
• Reina Kubo (), singer
• Kinichi Hagimoto (), comedian *

Sports

• Satoru Sakuma (), former football player and manager
• Toshiya Miura (), football manager
• Susumu Watanabe (), former football player and manager
• Tetsumasa Kimura (), football manager
• Kentaro Hayashi (), football player
• Keisuke Kurihara (), football player
• Takuya Yamada (), football player
• Atsushi Nagai (), football player *
• Makoto Kaneko (footballer) (), football player
• Atsushi Yoneyama (), football player
• Jun Uchida (), football player
• Yoshiyuki Kobayashi (), football player
• Akinori Kosaka (), football player
• Teruaki Kobayashi (), football player
• Makoto Kimura (), football player
• Seiichiro Maki (), football player
• Masaki Fukai (), football player
• Daisuke Nasu (), football player
• Ryo Kobayashi (), football player
• Yuki Maki (), football player
• Masaki Chugo (), football player
• Tomonobu Hiroi (), football player
• Yosuke Komuta (), football player
• Masanobu Komaki (), football player
• Tatsuki Kobayashi (), football player
• Kosuke Kikuchi (), football player
• Kim Jung-ya (), football player
• Yusuke Kawagishi (), football player
• Sai Kanakubo (), football player
• Makito Ito (), football player
• Shota Kikuchi (), football player
• Wataru Ise (), football player
• Junya Takahashi (), football player
• Kyowaan Hoshi (), football player
• Akihiko Ohya (), retired professional baseball player
• Kiyoshi Nakahata (), retired professional baseball player
• Shigekazu Mori (), retired professional baseball player
• Hiromichi Ishige (), retired professional baseball player
• Kazuyuki Shirai (), professional baseball player
• Kenjiro Nomura (baseball) (), professional baseball player
• Masanori Taguchi (), professional baseball player
• Hiroyuki Takagi (), professional baseball player
• Hisanori Takahashi (), major League baseball pitcher
• Tsuyoshi Kawagishi (), professional baseball pitcher
• Hisashi Takeda (), professional baseball pitcher
• Takahiro Arai (), professional baseball player
• Naoto Inada (), professional baseball player
• Eishin Soyogi (), professional baseball player
• Takuya Furuya (), professional baseball player
• Ryota Arai (), professional baseball player
• Yōhei Ōshima (), professional baseball player
• Hiroyuki Shirasaki (), professional baseball player
• Yasutaka Tobashira (), professional baseball player
• Taiga Egoshi (), professional baseball player
• Shōta Imanaga (), professional baseball player
• YÅ«suke Kinoshita (), professional baseball player *
• Gakuto Wakabayashi (), professional baseball player
• Kōsuke Ukai (), professional baseball player
• Hiromi Itoh (), professional baseball player *
• Atsushi Fujita (), long-distance runner
• Takayuki Nishida (), long-distance runner
• Nao Kazami (), long-distance runner, 100 km record holder
• Shogo Nakamura (runner) (), long-distance runner
• Kenta Murayama (), long-distance runner
• Kohei Futaoka (), long-distance runner
• Yusuke Nishiyama (runner) (), long-distance runner
• Shigeo Nakajima (), professional boxer, WBC junior flyweight champion
• Satoshi Shimizu (), professional boxer,|2012 London medalist
• Masayuki Ito (), professional boxer, WBO featherweight champion
• Ryomei Tanaka (), Japanese boxer,|2021 Tokyo medalist
• Amanoyama Shizuo (), sumo wrestler
• Shōhōzan YÅ«ya (), sumo wrestler
• Hajime Meshiai (), professional golfer
• Shoko Kashiki (), professional racing cyclist
• Ami Yuasa (), breakdancer
• Sanshiro Takagi (), professional wrestler
• Kinya Oyanagi (), professional wrestler
• Makoto Majima (), ice sledge hockey player and para powerlifter

<nowiki>*</nowiki> Did not graduate.

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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" () is the abbreviation that refers to the four private universities in Tokyo.

(日東駒専) are as follows:

• " 日 " (): Nihon University
• " 東 " (): Toyo University
• " 駒 " (): Komazawa University
• " 専 " (): 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