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Also Known As Tokyo Imperial University • Tōkyō Daigaku
Date 1877 - present
Notable Alumni Fujishima Akira • Honda Kenichi • Mishima Yukio • Masako • Toyo Ito • Yoshinori Ohsumi • Ōe Kenzaburō • Kajita Takaaki • Manabe Syukuro • Kenso Soai • Nakasone Yasuhiro • Satō Eisaku • Tange Kenzō • Yukiya Amano • Arata Isozaki • Nam June Paik • Tachikawa Keiji • Shirakawa Masaaki • Hamaguchi Osachi • Leo Esaki • Ōoka Makoto • Negishi Ei-ichi • Shiga Kiyoshi
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