Tohoku Gakuin University

Infobox University
name = Tohoku Gakuin University


motto = "Life, Light, Love"
established = Founded 1886,
Chartered 1949
type = Private
head_label = President
head = Nozomu Hoshimiya
city = Sendai
state = Miyagi
country = Japan
undergrad = 12,414
postgrad = 242
postgrad_label = graduate
faculty = --
campus = Urban, -- acres (-- km²)
mascot = None
free_label = Athletics| free = -- varsity teams|

free_label = Endowment
free = US$-- (JP¥--)| website = [http://www.tohoku-gakuin.ac.jp/en/index.html www.tohoku-gakuin.ac.jp] nihongo|Tohoku Gakuin University|東北学院大学|Tōhoku Gakuin Daigaku is a private university in Sendai, Japan. It was founded under a Christian background (specifically the German Reformed Church, now they are merged into the United Church of Christ in the United States).

History

The university was founded in 1886 (Meiji 19) by Protestants as nihongo|Sendai Theological Seminary|仙臺神學校|Sendai shin gakkō. The first president was Oshikawa Masayoshi (押川方義 1850-1928), ex-samurai in Matsuyama and one of the first Protestants in Japan. In 1891, the school was renamed nihongo|"Tohoku Gakuin"|東北學院|Tōhoku gakuin and a course for non-Christian students was added.

The first president Oshikawa resigned in 1901 and was succeeded by David Bowman Schneder (1857-1938). In 1904, college courses were added and authorized by the Specialized School Order. The college at first had two Departments: Letters, Theology. In 1918, Normal School and the Department of Commerce were added. In 1926, the main building (still used today) was built in Tsuchitoi Campus. Schneder left the college due to age, but even in his last days he had strong faith and gave the sermon titled "I am not ashamed of the gospel" (1936, the 50th anniversary of the school).

During World War II, the college was virtually forced to stop functioning and nihongo|Tohoku Gakuin College of Aeronautical Engineering|東北學院航空工業專門學校|Tōhoku gakuin kōkū kōgyō senmon gakkō was established instead (1944-1947).

After the war, the college was reorganized (under Japan's new educational system) into Tohoku Gakuin University in 1949.

Faculties (Undergraduate schools)

*Letters (in Tsuchitoi Campus, Aoba-ku, Sendai)
*Economics (in Tsuchitoi Campus)
*Law (in Tsuchitoi Campus)
*Engineering (in Tagajo Campus)
*Liberal Arts (in Izumi Campus, Izumi-ku, Sendai)

Graduate schools

*Letters
*Economics
*Law (including Law School)
*Engineering
*Human Informatics (in Izumi Campus)

Notable graduates

*Yūko Aizawa (Women's Japan Basketball League Chanson V-Magic member)
*Kyōkei Arakawa (Radio personality, free announcer)
*Tōru Doi (Member of the lower house)
*Shūhei Hanabushi (Japan Football League Sony Sendai F.C. midfielder)
*Teruaki Hayasaka (Mangaka)
*Tsutomu Henmi (Actor)
*Takanori Hoshi (Professional catcher for the Yomiuri Giants)
*Hōmei Iwano (Novelist, poet)
*Sayuri Kamata (Sendai city council member)
*Ryūsei Kamiguchi (Magician)
*Makoto Katō (Professional basketball player for the Rera Kamuy Hokkaido)
*Takayuki Kishi (Professional pitcher for the Saitama Seibu Lions)
*Makiko Kitada (Announcer for Akita Asahi Broadcasting)
*Takeshi Koike (Announcer for Aomori Broadcasting Corporation)
*Kazuko Kōri (Member of the lower house)
*Daichi Matsuda (Professional basketball player for the Sendai 89ers)
*Hitoshi Minowa (Musician for "Hound Dog")
*Masashi Nakano (Member of the lower house, Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry cabinet minister)
*Satoshi Nibe (Professional pitcher for the Hiroshima Toyo Carp)
*Moko Ogawa (Personality)
*Tarō Ōmiya (Actor)
*Kenichi Osada (Karate practitioner)
*Shunrō Oshikawa (Science fiction author)
*Kōhei Ōtomo (Musician for "Hound Dog", actor)
*Ayumi Oyama (Author)
*Eri Saitō (Weather forecaster for Weather Map)
*Norio Sasaki (Composer)
*Chieko Satō (Announcer for the Yamagata Broadcasting Company)
*Muneyuki Satō (Singer)
*Yoshikazu Satō (Television producer for Fuji Television)
*Hiroko Shino (Actress)
*Kyōka Suzuki (Actress)
*Mitsuhiro Suzuki (Announcer for Nippon Cultural Broadcasting)
*Kenichi Takahashi (Professional basketball player for the Sendai 89ers)
*Toshinobu Takahashi (Baseball infielder)
*Yūji Takahashi (Announcer for Iwate Menkoi Television)
*Sū Wakai (Novelist)
*Wakky Kaiyama (Tarento)
*Kōichi Yamadera (Seiyū and actor)
*Junichi Yashima (Musician for "Hound Dog")
*Masahiro Yoshimoto (Scriptwriter)

External links

* [http://www.tohoku-gakuin.ac.jp/en/index.html Official Website]