activin Michael A. Cusumano, business administration, vice president, Massachusetts Institute of Technology professor Chiaki Mukai, JAXA astronaut, Vice President Teruaki Mukaiyama, chemist, former professor, discoverer of Mukaiyama aldol addition Kensō Soai, chemist, professor, discoverer of Soai reaction Jaw-Shen Tsai, physicist, professor Noriaki Kano, professor emeritus Kazunori Kataoka, former professor, Humboldt Prize winner Norio Taniguchi, former professor, Proponent of Nanotechnology Notable alumni Nobel prize laureates Satoshi Ōmura, biochemist, 2015 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine winner Government Shigeru Yoshida, Prime Minister, (Attended University 1896 but dropped out) Business Kazuo Motoyama, President of Asahi Soft Drinks, 2013-2015, Chairman of TUS 2015- Philip M. Condit, CEO of Boeing, 1996-2003 Toshihiro Suzuki, CEO of Suzuki, 2016- Seiichi Sudo, Vice President of Toyota, 2013-2016 Tatsuya Tanaka, President of Fujitsu, 2015- Shigeki Tanaka, President of Clariant Japan, 2016- Masahiro Inoue, CEO of Yahoo! Japan, 1996-2012 Shigeru Nakane, CEO of SAP Japan, 1993-1999 Shiinoki Shigeru, Vice President of Oracle Japan, 2013-2016 Zenji Miura, CEO of Ricoh, 2013- Fumikathu Tokiwa, Kao Corporation Chairman. 1997-2000 Shuhei Nakamoto, Honda Racing Corporation Vice President, Repsol Honda representative Takanobu Satō, President of Shinchosha. 1996- Academia Jin Akiyama, mathematician, professor Isamu Shiina, professor, discoverer of 2-Methyl-6-nitrobenzoic anhydride, Shiina macrolactonization and Shiina esterification Yasuhiko Kojima, virologist, discoverer of Interferon Tetsuo Asakura, professor, developer of artificial blood vessels using silk Tashpolat Tiyip, president of Xinjiang University Architecture Kazuo Shinohara, architect, Venice Biennale awarded a special commemorative Golden Lion Hideto Horiike, architect, Visiting Professor of the University of California, Los Angeles, Visiting Professor of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology Media Tsuyoshi Muro, actor, (attended university but dropped out) Others Masayoshi Soken, sound editor Hirokazu Yasuhara, video game designer Shigeru Nakanishi, artist Ryu Ota (1930–2009), politician Fushigi Yamada (born 1959), voice actress Hiroshi Sakurazaka, author Akihiro Murayama, mixed martial artist See also TSUBAME (satellite) References External links Educational institutions established in 1881 Private universities and colleges in Japan 1881 establishments in Japan Universities and colleges in Tokyo