of IMD, Switzerland Shōichi Watanabe, English scholar Business Hassan Jameel, President and Vice Chairman of Abdul Latif Jameel Johnny Kitagawa, founder and CEO of Johnny & Associates Shawn Layden, President & CEO of Sony Interactive Entertainment America Peer Schneider, co-founder and SVP/Publisher at IGN Entertainment Shuzo Shiota, CEO and president of Polygon Pictures Media and literature Jake Adelstein, journalist, consultant, and author of Tokyo Vice Beni Arashiro, singer Yoshitaka Asama, screenwriter and film director Vernon Grant, first American cartoonist to introduce manga concepts to English-language readers Boyé Lafayette De Mente, author on Japanese culture ('54) Desiree Lim, Malaysian-born Canadian independent film director, producer, and screenwriter Kōichi Mashimo, anime director, founder of studio Bee Train Yuriko Nishiyama, manga writer, including Harlem Beat Maureen Wartski, author, including A Boat to Nowhere and Yuri's Brush with Magic Robert Whiting, author on Japanese culture, including The Chrysanthemum and the Bat and You Gotta Have Wa about Japanese baseball Yūki Yamato, Japanese screenwriter and director Tadatoshi Fujimaki, Manga artist and creator of Kuroko's Basketball Others Agnes Chan, singer and ambassador of the Japan Committee for UNICEF Kurara Chibana, Miss Japan 2006 and first Runner-up at Miss Universe 2006 Tina Chow, model and jewellery designer Bruce Frantzis, Taoist Master, USA Yū Hayami, actress, singer Sumire Uesaka, anime voice actress Carrie Ann Inaba, American dancer, choreographer, actress, and singer Hisashi Inoue, author Maiko Itai, Miss Universe Japan 2010 winner Crystal Kay, singer Stephen Kim Sou-hwan, Korean Roman Catholic cardinal and Archbishop of Seoul Peter Shirayanagi, Japanese Roman Catholic cardinal and Archbishop of Tokyo Saori Kumi, author Alan Merrill, a 1960s Group Sounds pioneer gaijin tarento and later composer of the classic song "I Love Rock N Roll" Osamu Mizutani, high school teacher, famous for his book "Yomawari Sensei" and his efforts to redress delinquents Father Adolfo Nicolás, S.J., Superior General of the Society of Jesus Hikaru Nishida, actress, Japanese drama Judy Ongg, singer/actor Zomahoun Idossou Rufin, a gaijin tarento, philanthropist and diplomat who has been Benin's Ambassador to Japan and the Philippines Emyli, singer George Takei, Japanese-American actor most famous for his role as Star Trek's Mr. Sulu Tadashi Yamamoto, Founder of the Japan Center for International Exchange and the Shimoda Conference Michelle van Eimeren, Miss Universe Australia 1994 See also Education in Japan Catholic Education Japanese Educational System History of the Catholic Church in Japan List of Jesuit sites Society of Jesus (Jesuits) in Japan Catholic