Osaka University of Arts

Osaka University of Arts

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

Itami campus

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
• 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
• Shinichiro Kimura, anime director
• Toshiyuki Kita, furniture designer
• Yoshiaki Koizumi, video game designer with Nintendo
• Koji Kondo, video game composer with Nintendo
• 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, video game designer with Nintendo
• Fumito Ueda, Director of Ico and Shadow of the Colossus
• Kazuyoshi Kumakiri, film director
• Nobuhiro Yamashita, film director
• Kentarō Yano, manga artist
• Martha Asahi, manga artist

External links

• Osaka University of Arts