Rikkyo University
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| Motto: | Pro Deo et Patria- "For God and Country" |
| Established: | Founded 1874, Chartered 1922 |
| Type: | Private |
| President: | Teruo Oshimi |
| Faculty: | 356 full-time, 1,258 part-time |
| Undergraduates: | 14,874 |
| Postgraduates: | 1,299 |
| Location: | Toshima, Tokyo, Japan |
| Campus: | Urban |
| Endowment: | US$435.1 million (JP¥50.3 billion) |
| Mascot: | None |
| Website: | www.rikkyo.ac.jp |
Rikkyo University (立教大学 Rikkyō daigaku?), also known as Saint Paul's University, is a prestigious Japanese Christian university in Ikebukuro, Tokyo. It is one of the Tokyo 6 Universities. Its baseball team plays in the Tokyo 6 Universities Alliance (league). Rikkyo is one of the top six Tokyo's top ranked private universities.
[edit] History
The university was founded in 1874 by Channing Moore Williams, who was a missionary of the Episcopal Church in the United States.
[edit] Famous alumni
- Shinji Aoyama - film director
- Tomoko Honda - television announcer
- Fukuzo Iwasaki - real estate entrepreneur
- Kiyoshi Kurosawa - film director
- Shinkichi Mitsumune - composer
- Mino Monta - radio and television announcer
- Tatsuya Mori - documentary filmmaker
- Yuka Murayama - author
- Shigeo Nagashima - baseball player and manager of the Yomiuri Giants
- Yōko Nogiwa - actress
- Kazuhito Tadano - baseball player, Oakland Athletics
- Yoko Tobe - television announcer
- Yun Tong-ju - Korean poet
- Toshio Goto - film director
- Akira Sakuma - game producer
- Masayuki Suo - film director
- Mika Hagi - 2007 Miss Japan
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