Kokushikan University
Kokushikan University is a private university in Setagaya, Tokyo, Japan. The basic origins of Kokushikan University lie in the Kokushikan private academy which was founded in Tokyo's Azabu District in 1917, during the Taisho period. Kokushikan's 146,000 graduates are active in all spheres of society.
Also recorded as Kokushikan Daigaku
Kokushikan University

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- Name
- Kokushikan University
- Founded
- 1917
- Headquarters
- Setagaya
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Kokushikan University is a private university in Setagaya, Tokyo, Japan. The basic origins of Kokushikan University lie in the Kokushikan private academy which was founded in Tokyo's Azabu District in 1917, during the Taisho period. Kokushikan's 146,000 graduates are active in all spheres of society.
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Key facts
Key facts
• Name — Kokushikan University • Native Name — 国士舘大学 • Motto — Knowledge and Action • Established — 1917 • Type — Private • President — Nobuyuki Miura, Ph.D. • City — Setagaya • State — Tokyo • Country — Japan • Campus — Urban • Website — https: www.kokushikan.ac.jp • Affiliations — Setagaya Six Universities Consortium
Graduate schools
Graduate schools
• Political Science • Economics • Business Administration • Sport System • Emergency Medical System • Engineering • Law • Interdisciplinary Intellectual Property Law • Human Sciences • Globalising Asia
Undergraduate faculties
Undergraduate faculties
• Faculty of Political Science and Economics • Political Science and Public Administration • Economics • Faculty of Physical Education • Sport and Physical Education • Martial Arts • Sport and Medical Science • School of Science and Engineering • Mechanical Engineering • Electronics and Informatics • Civil Engineering • Urban Design • Human Informatics • Mathematics and Science • Faculty of Law • Law • Modern Business Law • Faculty of Letters • Education • History and Geography • Literature • School of Asia 21 • Faculty of Business
Research institutes
Research institutes
• Research Institutes and Centers • International Center • Asia-Japan Research Center • Institute of Budo and Moral Education • Lifelong Learning Center • Wellness Research Center • Institute for Cultural Studies of Ancient Iraq • Institute for the Study of Politics • Placement Center
Others
Others
• University Library • Guesthouse • Student dormitory • Kokushikan Foreign Student Alumni Meeting • Cultural Exchange Center with Loval Citizen
Campus
Campus
• Illustration — Machida Campus • Illustration — Tama Campus • Setagaya Campus: (Main campus) 4-28-1 Setagaya, Setagaya, Tokyo 154–8515, Japan • Machida Campus: Hirohakama, Machida, Tokyo, Japan 195-8550 • Tama Campus: Nagayama, Tama, Tokyo, Japan 206-8515 • Setagaya-Umegaoka Campus: 1223-1 Umegaoka, Setagaya, Tokyo, Japan
Setagaya Six Universities Consortium
Setagaya Six Universities Consortium
In addition to Kokushikan University, the other participants in the Setagaya Six Universities Consortium (世田谷6大学コンソーシアム Setagaya Roku Daigaku Konsōshiamu) are as follows: • Komazawa University • Seijo University • Showa Women's University • Tokyo University of Agriculture • Musashi Institute of Technology
Metropolitan west-area university credit transfer
Metropolitan west-area university credit transfer
Kokushikan University is in a credit transfer agreement with the following area schools: • Azabu University • Sagami Women's University • Kitasato University • Joshibi University of Art and Design • Obirin University • Tamagawa University • Tokyo Jogakkan College • Kanagawa Institute of Technology • Shoin University • Tokyo University of Agriculture • Showa University of Music • Tokyo Polytechnic University • Sanno University • Den-en Chofu University • Kokugakuin University • Toyo Eiwa University • Kamakura Women's University • Takachiho University
Asia
Asia
• China China • Beijing Normal University • Beijing University of Technology • Shanxi University • Soochow University • Heilongjiang University • Shanghai Institute of Foreign Trade • Wuhan University • Jilin University • Dalian University of Foreign Languages • Neusoft Institute of Information • Indonesia Indonesia • Gadjah Mada University • Sebelas Maret University • Kazakhstan Kazakhstan • Al-Farabi Kazakh National University • Kyrgyzstan Kyrgyzstan • Kyrgyz National University • Mongolia Mongolia • National University of Mongolia • Myanmar Myanmar • University of Yangon • Philippines Philippines • De La Salle University • South Korea South Korea • Hanyang University • Chonnam National University • Dong-Eui University • Andong National University • Korea University • Taiwan Taiwan • Chinese Culture University • National Sun Yat-sen University • Thailand Thailand • Chulalongkorn University • Chiang Mai University • Vietnam Vietnam • Ho Chi Minh City University of Social Sciences and Humanities
North America
North America
• Canada Canada • Simon Fraser University (one month language training program only) • College of the Rockies (one month language training program only) • United States United States • St. John's University • San Francisco State University • University of California, Davis (one month language training program only)
Europe
Europe
• Bulgaria Bulgaria • National Sports Academy • Veliko Tarnovo University • Germany Germany • LMU Munich • Hungary Hungary • Semmelweis University • Russia Russia • Far Eastern Federal University
Research Institute
Research Institute
Iraq Iraq • The Iraqi State Board of Antiquities and Heritage
Alumni
Alumni
• Chubee Kagita, Diet member (Liberal Democratic Party) • Hitoshi Saito, Olympic gold medal (judoka) • Keiji Suzuki, Olympic gold medal (judoka) • Masato Uchishiba, Olympic gold medal (judoka) • Satoshi Ishii, Olympic gold medal (judoka) • Rika Usami, karateka • Sadaki Nakabayashi, once the highest ranking Judoka in the United States • Harumi Hiroyama, long-distance runner • Tetsuji Hashiratani, football player • Hiroto Taniguchi, football player • Michiyoshi Ohara, professional wrestler • Naofumi Yamamoto, professional wrestler • Passion Yara, comedian • Miyata Toshiya, member of Kis-My-Ft2 • Megumi Fujii, mixed martial artist
Affiliated schools
Affiliated schools
• Kokushikan Junior and Senior High School • Welfare Professional School of Kokushikan University

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Institutional history
Dated record
Institutional history
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1917
Kokushikan University established.
1917
Kokushikan University is recorded from 1917.
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reference work
- “Kokushikan University”, English Wikipedia, consulted as further reading
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- Wikidata, structured authority record Q1142917: Kokushikan University
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scholarly publication
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- Gemeinsame Normdatei 1086713796, Kokushikan University (Tokyo). Institute for Cultural Studies of Ancient Iraq.
General reference · Deutsche Nationalbibliothek
Scholarship
Scholarship
• Studies excellent scholarship • Athletic skills excellent scholarship • Study help scholarship • Students from abroad scholarship • Department of Engineering Shiozawa scholarship • Rinichi Kitsutaka Commemoration study fund (only for students of the Department of Letters from Chiba Prefecture) • Muneo Nakamura Study fund (only for students of the School of Law)
Literature
Literature
Literature
9539365 Torsional vibration characteristics of a diesel engine crankshaft with a torsional rubber damper by using transition matrix method Yasuhiro Honda, Katsuhiko Wakabayashi, Tomoaki Kodama (Kokushikan University), Katsuhiko Matsuki, Yukio Okamoto (Graduate School of Kokushikan University), JSAE Review, 1996. Error Analysis in Language Use in Descriptive Texts by Indonesian Language Learners for Foreign Speakers (BIPA) in Understanding Local Culture: A Study on Kokushikan University Students, Japan, Proceedings of the 4th International Conference of Humanities and Social Science, ICHSS 2024, 11 December 2024, Surakarta, Central Java, Indonesia, 2025.
Project Based Learning Education by SAE Formula Car Program at Kokushikan University -Education System and Result of Development Research-, 2005
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Gemeinsame Normdatei 1086713796, Kokushikan University (Tokyo). Institute for Cultural Studies of Ancient Iraq.Deutsche Nationalbibliothek
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