Osaka University of Arts
Osaka University of Arts is a private arts university located in Kanan, Minamikawachi District, Osaka Prefecture, Japan. The university was founded in 1945 as Hirano English Cram School, changing its name to Osaka School of the Fine Arts in 1957, and then to Naniwa University of the Arts in 1964. The university adopted the current name in 1966.
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Osaka University of Arts is a private arts university located in Kanan, Minamikawachi District, Osaka Prefecture, Japan. The university was founded in 1945 as Hirano English Cram School, changing its name to Osaka School of the Fine Arts in 1957, and then to Naniwa University of the Arts in 1964. The university adopted the current name in 1966.
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• Name — Osaka University of Arts • Established — Founded 1945 • Type — Private • City — Kanan • State — Osaka • Country — Japan • Free — US$-- (JP¥--) • Website — www.osaka-geidai.ac.jp/ • Illustration — Itami campus Osaka University of Arts is a private arts university located in Kanan, Minamikawachi District, Osaka Prefecture, Japan. The university was founded in 1945 as Hirano English Cram School, changing its name to Osaka School of the Fine Arts in 1957, and then to Naniwa University of the Arts in 1964. The university adopted the current name in 1966.
Notable teachers
Notable teachers
• Toshiyuki Hosokawa • Takeji Iwamiya • Kazuo Koike • Sadao Nakajima • Kazuki Ōmori • Go Nagai • Teruaki Georges Sumioka, Full Professor of Philosophy • Kei Nakano, Associate Professor of Surrealism, Arts, Crafts and Music • Miho Morikawa, Professor - Music Performance Department
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Notable alumni
• Takami Akai, illustrator • Hideaki Anno, animation and film director • Kiyohiko Azuma, manga author and illustrator • Arata Furuta, actor • Satoshi Hashimoto, voice actor • Tenpei Nakamura, pianist • Katsunori Ozaki, pianist • Kenjiro Hata, manga artist • Uta Isaki, manga artist • Toshio Kakei, actor • Koji Kanemoto • Shinichiro Kimura, anime director • Toshiyuki Kita, furniture designer • Takashi Tezuka, video game designer at Nintendo • Yoshiaki Koizumi, video game designer at Nintendo • Koji Kondo, video game composer at Nintendo • Kenji Yamamoto, video game composer at Nintendo • Meimu • Masahiko Minami, anime producer • Range Murata, illustrator and designer • Ramo Nakajima • Akira Nishimori • Masami Okui • Yoshio Kashiguchi, clarinet • Masanori Sera, singer and actor • Ai Otsuka, singer • Junji Naoe, composer and music coordinator • Yoshio Sakamoto, video game designer at Nintendo • Setsuji Satō • Kazuhiko Shimamoto, manga artist • Masamune Shirow, manga artist • Hiroshi Takano • Novala Takemoto • Fumito Ueda, director of Ico and Shadow of the Colossus • Kanako Urai, professional wrestler • Kazuyoshi Kumakiri, film director • Hiroyuki Yamaga, anime director and producer • Nobuhiro Yamashita, film director • Kentarō Yano, manga artist • Jownmakc, Bandes dessinées artist, filmmaker • Kazuyuki Okitsu, voice actor • Masakazu Ishiguro, manga artist • Monami Ohno, sculpture artist
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