Takushoku University

Takushoku University

Takushoku University (拓殖大学 "Takushoku Daigaku", abbreviated as 拓大 "Takudai") was founded in 1900 by Prince Taro Katsura. Originally it was named the Taiwan Association School, and was founded to produce graduates to contribute to the development of Taiwan. It was renamed to Takushoku University in 1918.

It is located in Tokyo and has two campuses. The main campus is in the Bunkyō district, and the other campus is in Hachiōji, west Tokyo.

The university is renowned for its karate club which produced many of the fine karate instructors and competitors of the 20th century.

Its staff includes the Taiwanese author 黄文雄 (Ko Bunyu).

Famous alumni

*Tetsuhiko Asai
*Keinosuke Enoeda
*Hirokazu Kanazawa
*Masahiko Kimura
*Masataka Mori
*Masutatsu Oyama
*Morio Higaonna
*Muneo Suzuki
*Gozo Shioda
*Batara Eto
*Shinzo Maeda
*Shiro Asano

External links

* [http://www.takushoku-u.ac.jp/english/index.html Takushoku University]


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