List of Hibiya High School people

This is a list of people associated with Tokyo, Japan's Hibiya High School or its predecessor, the First Tokyo Middle School.

Students

• Natsume Sōseki（Sōseki Natsume）, author^[1]
• Yokoyama Taikan（Taikan Yokoyama）, painter^[2]
• Kōda Rohan（Rohan Kōda）, author^[2]
• Ozaki Kōyō（Kōyō Ozaki）, author^[2]
• Kidō Okamoto, author^[2]
• Jun'ichirō Tanizaki, author^[2]　
• Yoshii Isamu（Isamu Yoshii）, author
• Jirō Osaragi, author^[2]　
• Choe Nam-seon, poet
• Yuzō Yamamoto, author^[2]
• Ryushi Kawabata, painter （after transferred to the Tokyo Third Middle School）
• Yuzuru Hiraga, naval architect, President of Tokyo Imperial Univ. in 1938^[2]
• Naomasa Yamasaki, geographer, regarded as the father of modern Japanese geography^[2]
• Shōji Hamada, potter^[2]
• Kunio Maekawa, architect^[3]
• Hideo Kobayashi, author and literary critic^[2]
• Musei Tokugawa, a Japanese benshi, actor, raconteur, essayist, and radio and television personality^[2]
• Nobuyuki Abe, 36th Prime Minister of Japan, General in the Imperial Japanese Army^[2]　
• Jirō Minami, General in the Imperial Japanese Army^[4]
• Shunroku Hata, Field Marshal in the Imperial Japanese Army^[2]
• Yukio Kasahara, Lieutenant General in the Imperial Japanese Army^[2]
• Kiyohide Shima, Vice Admiral in the Imperial Japanese Navy^[2]
• Sadasue Senda, Lieutenant General in the Imperial Japanese Army, killed in action during Battle of Iwo Jima^[5]
• Takeichi Nishi, Lieutenant Colonel in the Imperial Japanese Army, killed in action during Battle of Iwo Jima^[2]　
• Junichi Sasai, Lieutenant JG in the Imperial Japanese Navy, Fighter ace during World War II
• Tadashi Kaneko, Lieutenant Commander in the Imperial Japanese Navy^[6]
• Hisatsune Sakomizu, Chief Cabinet Secretary of Japan in 1945^[2][7]
• Toshikazu Kase, Japan's first Ambassador to the United Nations^[2]
• Nobuhiko Ushiba, Foreign, economic charge Minister in 1977, Ambassador of Japan to U.S.A in 1970, Administrative Vice-Minister of Ministry of Foreign Affairs^[2]
• Takeshi Watanabe, Chairman of Trilateral Commission in 1976, Founder Governor of Asian Development Bank in 1966, Vice-Minister of Finance for International Affairs in 1949^[8]
• Kōichirō Matsuura, the former Director-General of UNESCO^[9]
• Sadayuki Hayashi, Ambassador of Japan to United Kingdom in 1997, Administrative Vice-Minister of Ministry of Foreign Affairs
• Michiji Tajima, Chief of Imperial Household Agency in 1949^[2]
• Toshio Yuasa, Chief of Imperial Household Agency in 2001, Administrative Vice-Minister of Ministry of Home Affairs
• Hisanori Fujita, Grand Chamberlain in 1944, General in the Imperial Japanese Navy^[2]　
• Satoru Yamamoto, Grand chamberlain in 1988, Head of Local Finance Bureau of Ministry of Home Affairs
• Makoto Watanabe, Grand chamberlain in 1996, Chief of Protocol of Ministry of Foreign Affairs
• Yutaka Kawashima, the current Grand chamberlain, Ambassador of Japan to Israel in 1996, Administrative Vice-Minister of Ministry of Foreign Affairs^[10]
• Yoshiji Nogami, the current Ambassador of Japan to United Kingdom, Administrative Vice-Minister of Ministry of Foreign Affairs^[10]
• Suehiko Shiono, Minister of Justice in 1937, Minister of Communications in 1939^[2]　
• Shōzō Murata, entrepreneur, Minister of Communications and Minister of Railways and diplomat before, during and after World War II^[2]　
• Yasumaro Shimojō, Minister of Education in 1948^[2]　
• Saburo Ōkita, Minister of Foreign Affairs in 1979^[2]
• Yūji Tsushima, Minister of Health in 1990 and 2000
• Kōichi Katō, Chief Cabinet Secretary of Japan in 1991, Secretary of Defense in 1994
• Yukihiko Ikeda, Minister of Foreign Affairs in 1996
• Okiharu Yasuoka, Minister of Justice in 2000
• Nobutaka Machimura、 Minister of Foreign Affairs in 2004 in 2007, Chief Cabinet Secretary of Japan in 2007
• Kazuo Aichi, Secretary of Defense in 1993, Secretary of Environment in 1990
• Shitagau Noguchi, Founder of Chisso and Asahi Kasei^[11]
• Taizō Ishizaka, President of Toshiba in 1949, Chief of Nippon Keidanren in 1956^[12]
• Kōgorō Uemura, Chief of Nippon Keidanren in 1968^[2]
• Shōichirō Toyoda, President of Toyota Motor Corporation in 1982, Chief of Nippon Keidanren in 1992
• Tatsurō Toyoda, President of Toyota Motor Corporation in 1992
• Takashi Imai, President of Nippon Steel Corporation in 1993, Chief of Nippon Keidanren in 1998
• Koichirō Ejiri, President of Mitsui & Co. in 1985
• Yorihiko Kojima, President and CEO of Mitsubishi Corporation in 2004^[13]
• Hirofumi Uzawa, economist
• Takashi Negishi, economist, President of the Econometric Society in 1994
• Masao Maruyama, political scientist and political theorist^[2][14]
• Shūichi Katō, literary critic
• Toshikazu Wakatsuki, a medical doctor (List of Magsaysay awardees)
• Susumu Tonegawa, molecular biologist, 1987 Nobel Prize winner in Physiology / Medicine^[15]
• Shigeo Hirose, robotics expert^[16]
• Sōjirō Motoki, film producer^[2]
• Jun Etō, literary critic
• Yoshikichi Furui, author
• Makoto Shinohara, composer
• Junya Sato, film director
• Sadao Nakajima, film director
• Masatoshi Akihara, film director
• Yasuo Yamada, voice actor
• Toyoo Itō, architect
• Nanami Shiono, female author
• Yūko Andō, female TV newscaster
• Kanako Fukaura, actress

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