Osaka University of Arts

Osaka University of Arts
Established	Founded 1945
Type	Private
Location	Minamikawachi District, Osaka, Japan
Website	www.osaka-geidai.ac.jp/

Osaka University of Arts (大阪芸術大学, Ōsaka Geijutsu Daigaku^?) is a private arts university located in Kanan, Minamikawachi District, Osaka Prefecture, Japan. The university was founded in 1945 as Hirano English Cram School (平野英学塾, Hirano Eigakujuku^?), changing its name to Osaka School of the Fine Arts (大阪美術学校, Ōsaka Bijutsu Gakkō^?) in 1957, and then to Naniwa University of the Arts (浪速芸術大学, Naniwa Geijutsu Daigaku^?) in 1964. The university adopted the current name in 1966.

Notable teachers

• Toshiyuki Hosokawa^[1]
• Takeji Iwamiya
• Kazuo Koike
• Sadao Nakajima
• Kazuki Ōmori
• Teruaki Georges Sumioka, Full Professor of Philosophy

Notable graduates

• Takami Akai, illustrator
• Hideaki Anno, animation and film director (dropped out)
• Kiyohiko Azuma, manga author and illustrator
• Arata Furuta, actor
• Satoshi Hashimoto, voice actor
• Kenjiro Hata, manga artist
• Toshio Kakei, actor
• Koji Kanemoto^{[dubious – discuss]}
• Shinichiro Kimura, anime director
• Toshiyuki Kita, furniture designer
• Yoshiaki Koizumi, video game designer with Nintendo
• Koji Kondo, video game composer
• Meimu
• Masahiko Minami, anime producer
• Range Murata, illustrator and designer
• Ramo Nakajima
• Akira Nishimori
• Masami Okui
• Ai Otsuka, singer
• Setsuji Satō
• Kazuhiko Shimamoto, manga artist
• Masamune Shirow, manga artist
• Hiroshi Takano
• Novala Takemoto
• Takashi Tezuka
• Fumito Ueda, Director of Ico and Shadow of the Colossus
• Nobuhiro Yamashita, film director
• Kentarō Yano, manga artist

References

1. ^ "Actor Toshiyuki Hosokawa dies at 70". Kyodo News (Mainichi Shimbun). 2011-01-04. http://mdn.mainichi.jp/arts/news/20110115p2g00m0et063000c.html. Retrieved 2011-02-03. 

External links

• Osaka University of Arts

Visual arts portal