Tokyo Polytechnic University

Tokyo Polytechnic University (東京工芸大学, Tōkyō Kōgei Daigaku) is a private university in Honchō, Nakano, Tokyo. Its nickname is Shadai (写大). It was formerly known as Tokyo College of Photography (東京写真大学, Tōkyō Shashin Daigaku).

Tokyo Polytechnic University

東京工芸大学
Type	Private
Established	Founded 1923, Chartered 1966
President	Nobuyuki Kobayashi
Location	Tokyo , Japan
Campus	Nakano, Tokyo, Atsugi, Kanagawa
Website	www.t-kougei.ac.jp/e/

The university was founded as Konishi Professional School of Photography in Shibuya in 1923. The founder, Rokuemon Sugiura VII, was the president of Konishi Main Shop (later Konica) at that time and founded the school to fulfil the wish of Rokuemon Sugiura VI, the previous president.^[1]

Since 2007, the university has offered courses in manga studies and animation studies. Tokyo Polytechnic is also notable for being one of the few universities in Japan to have a game design department,^[2] with its faculty including such notable practitioners as Pac-Man creator Toru Iwatani^[3][4] and Xevious creator Masanobu Endō.^[4][5] The university also operates the Suginami Animation Museum, which focuses on the history and future of the animation industry in Japan.^[6]

Alumni

• Akitaro Daichi^{[citation needed]}
• Eikoh Hosoe (photographer)^[7]
• Yoko Kamio^{[citation needed]}
• Takashi Koizumi^{[citation needed]}
• Mouna Karray (photographer) ^[8]
• Kōichi Saitō (film director)^{[citation needed]}
• Mutsuo Sugiura^{[citation needed]}
• Sakae Tamura (photographer)^[9]
• Kenji Tsuruta^{[citation needed]}
• Shin Yanagisawa (photographer)^[10]

Academic staff

• Yoshino Ōishi,^[11] photojournalist
• Toru Iwatani, game designer, creator of Pac-Man
• Masanobu Endō, game designer, creator of Xevious and The Tower of Druaga
• Hideo Yoshizawa,^[12] game designer, known for work on Ninja Gaiden and Klonoa
• Jun Hatanaka, manga and woodblock artist
• Mitsuru Hongo, anime director
• Yuu Miyake, game composer

Notes

1. "History - Corporate Information". KONICA MINOLTA. Retrieved 2019-08-23.
2. "Department of Game|Faculty of Arts|Tokyo Polytechnic University". 東京工芸大学. Retrieved 2019-08-23.
3. Wolf, Mark J. P. (May 2015). Video Games Around the World. Cambridge, MA: MIT Press. p. 636. ISBN 9780262527163.
4. "Keynotes announced! – Replaying Japan 2016". Retrieved 2019-08-23.
5. "Modernising Super Mario: How Nintendo has reinvented its star". TODAYonline. Retrieved 2019-08-23.
6. Bureau, Tokyo Convention & Visitors. "Tokyo Polytechnic University Suginami Animation Museum". The Official Tokyo Travel Guide, GO TOKYO. Retrieved 2019-08-23. {{cite web}}: |last= has generic name (help)
7. Jinbo Kyōko (神保京子), "Hosoe Eikō" (細江英公), Nihon shashinka jiten (日本写真家事典) / 328 Outstanding Japanese Photographers (Kyoto: Tankōsha, 2000; ISBN 4-473-01750-8), p.277.
8. "Mouna Karray". Edge of Arabia. Retrieved 21 August 2020.
9. Nihon kindai shashin no seiritsu to tenkai (日本近代写真の成立と展開) / The Founding and Development of Modern Photography in Japan (Tokyo: Tokyo Museum of Photography, 1995), p.277.
10. Nakahara Atsuyuki (中原淳行), "Yanagisawa Shin" (柳沢信), Nihon shashinka jiten (日本写真家事典) / 328 Outstanding Japanese Photographers (Kyoto: Tankōsha, 2000; ISBN 4-473-01750-8), p.316.
11. Profile of Ōishi, Nikon Corp. Accessed 2010-11-03.
12. "『風のクロノア 1&2アンコール』オリジナル版開発陣インタビュー。感動のエンディングは「熱量が一気に消費されず、じわじわと広がったことで深く心に刻まれたのかもしれません」 | ゲーム・エンタメ最新情報のファミ通.com". ファミ通.com (in Japanese). Retrieved 2022-07-04.

External links

• Official website
• Japanese Official website

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