Tokyo Denki University
Tokyo Denki University (東京電機大学, Tōkyō denki daigaku) is a private university in Adachi, Tokyo, Japan. The predecessor of the school was founded in 1907 as Denki Gakkō (電機学校). It was chartered as a university in 1949 with Yasujiro Niwa as first president. Denki (電機) means an electric device in Japanese, and the university is dedicated to science and technology.
東京電機大学 | |
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Former name | Denki Gakko (1907–1939) Tokyo Denki Technical High School (1939–1944) Denki Technical College (1944–1949) |
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| Established | 1907 |
| Location | , |
| Campus | Adachi, Tokyo Hatoyama, Saitama Inzai, Chiba |
| Website | www.dendai.ac.jp (in Japanese) www.dendai.ac.jp/en |
Notable alumni
- Jirō Nitta, novelist and meteorologist[1]
- Eiji Tsuburaya, special effects director of films and television series, including Godzilla and Ultraman[2]
- Tomohiro Nishikado, creator of the Space Invaders shooter game[3]
- Junya Ōta, founder of Team Shanghai Alice and creator of the Touhou Project shooter video game series
- Hisashi Koinuma (鯉沼久史), director of Samurai Warriors video game series and chief operating officer of Koei Tecmo (2015–)[4][5]
In popular culture
- In the visual novel Steins;Gate, characters Okabe Rintaro and Hashida Itaru attend the university.[6]
References
- "P＋D BOOKS". P＋D BOOKS. Shogakukan. Retrieved 2019-06-10.
- 全怪獣怪人 (in Japanese). 上巻. 勁文社. 1990. pp. 310–312. ISBN 4-7669-0962-3.
- "Tomohiro Nishikado's biography at his company's web site". Dreams, Inc. Archived from the original on 2009-04-01. Retrieved 2011-03-27. (Translation)
- "インタビュー 鯉沼 久史さん". PlayStation.com. Archived from the original on 2011-09-17. Retrieved 2014-02-03.
- "コーエーテクモゲームス、鯉沼久史副社長の社長就任が内定 社長の襟川陽一氏は会長職へ 原尾宏次氏と早矢仕洋介氏が執行役員に". Social Game Info. 2015-03-23. Retrieved 2015-05-17.
- "Characters". Steins-gate.us. Retrieved November 10, 2015.
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