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2021 Student Awards and Alumni Association Awards
Awards are given to students and groups who have achieved outstanding results in academic and sports fields.
Students and groups who achieved outstanding results in academics, sports, and other fields were honored. The 2021 Student Awards Ceremony was held on Friday, March 18, 2022, at the Honda Memorial International Conference Hall in Building 17, and the 2021 Alumni Association Awards Ceremony was held in the Goucher Memorial Chapel in Building 15.
Student Awards Ceremony
List of 2021 Student Award Recipients
| Award Winners | Affiliation | Award details |
|---|---|---|
| Suzuki Yuuka | Faculty of Economics, Department of Economics, 4th year | Certified Public Accountant Examination Passed |
| Morita Daiki | Faculty of Law, Department of Law, 4th year | Certified Public Accountant Examination Passed |
| Inukai Mizumori | Faculty of Business Administration, Department of Business Administration, 4th year | Certified Public Accountant Examination Passed |
| Masataka Miyazaki | Faculty of Business Administration, Department of Business Administration, 3rd year | Certified Public Accountant Examination Passed |
| Takeshi Yoshida | Faculty of Business Administration, Department of Marketing, 3rd year | Certified Public Accountant Examination Passed |
| Riko Tanabe | Faculty of International Politics and Economics, Department of International Politics, 2nd year | Certified Public Accountant Examination Passed |
| Mio Kojima | Faculty of International Politics and Economics, Department of International Economics, 4th year | Certified Public Accountant Examination Passed |
| Shoya Hirako | Faculty of International Politics and Economics, Department of International Economics, 4th year | Certified Public Accountant Examination Passed |
| Airi Minami | Faculty of Letters Department of English and American Literature 4th year | 18th Japan-Taiwan Cultural Exchange Youth Scholarship 2021 Speech Section (Chinese Speech Contest) Excellence Award (2nd Place) |
| Ryo Kobayashi | Faculty of Letters Department of English and American Literature 3rd year | ①2021 Memory League Pan American Open Runner-up ②Japan Memory League Championship 2021 ONLINE Winner |
| Sawada Nanao | Faculty of Education and Human Sciences Department of Psychology 1st year | ①55th All Japan Surfing Championships Women's Class 2nd Place ②K.I.SURRFING GAMES Women's Class Winner |
| Kojiro Higuchi | Faculty of Law, Department of Law, 2nd year | ①Japan University eSPORTS Championship: U-Champ. ~Japan Student eSports Tournament~ Winner ②CAPCOM Pro Tour Online 2021 Japan Tournament 2 Winner |
| Hiroki Makinae | Graduate School of Science and Engineering Department of Science and Engineering Doctoral course 1st year | Outstanding Poster Award, The 48th International Symposium on Nucleic Acids Chemistry, The 5th Annual Meeting of Japan Society of Nucleic Acids Chemistry |
| Kazunari Watanabe | Graduate School of Science and Engineering, Department of Science and Engineering, Master's Program, 1st year | Japan Foundry Engineering Society, 178th National Lecture Conference, Student Excellence Lecture Award, "Feedforward control based on outflow rate model of special shape ladle" |
| Yuki Miyazaki | Graduate School of Science and Engineering, Department of Science and Engineering, Master's Program, 2nd year | The 76th Annual Meeting of the Physical Society of Japan, Student Outstanding Presentation Award, Area 1 "13pA2-9 Quantum phases of SU(N) Fermi gases in optical superlattices with population imbalance" |
| Takashi Ishii | Graduate School of Science and Engineering, Department of Science and Engineering, Master's Program, 2nd year | 9th Student Smartphone App Contest Excellence Award/Mitsubishi Electric Award |
| Yoshinori Hanada | Graduate School of Science and Engineering, Department of Science and Engineering, Master's Program, 1st year | International Conference on Activity and Behavior Computing EXCELLENT PAPER AWARD |
*Grades, positions, etc. are as of 2021.
Interview with the winner
Passing the Certified Public Accountant exam while also juggling his time with the soccer club
[Certified Public Accountant Exam Pass]
Faculty of Business Administration, Department of Business Administration
Vice Captain of the Athletic Association Soccer Club
Masataka Miyazaki
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Achieving the title of Japan's No. 1 eSports champion while balancing his studies
[Japan University eSPORTS Championship: U-Champ. ~Japan Student eSports Tournament~ Winner]
[CAPCOM Pro Tour Online 2021 Japan Tournament 2 Winner]
Faculty of Law, Department of Law, Human Rights Course
Professional Gamer
Kojiro Higuchi
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Developing a new nucleic acid detection method using original molecules
[Outstanding Poster Award at the 48th International Symposium on Nucleic Acids Chemistry, The 5th Annual Meeting of Japan Society of Nucleic Acids Chemistry]
Graduate School of Science and Engineering, Department of Science and Engineering, Doctoral Program in Life Sciences
Hiroki Makinae
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Aiming to provide solutions to safety and quality control challenges in metal processing
[Japan Foundry Engineering Society, 178th National Lecture Conference, Student Excellence Lecture Award, "Feedforward control based on outflow rate model of special-shaped ladle"]
Graduate School of Science and Engineering, Department of Science and Engineering, Mechanical Engineering Course, Master's Program
Kazunari Watanabe
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The challenges and successes I've experienced through my research have given me great confidence
[International Conference on Activity and Behavior Computing EXCELLENT PAPER AWARD]
Graduate School of Science and Engineering, Department of Science and Engineering, Master's Program in Intelligent Information
Yoshinori Hanada
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Alumni Association Awards Ceremony
2021 Alumni Association Awards Groups (Partial List)
| Award Winners | Award details | |
|---|---|---|
| Aoyama Federation Award Best Group | Hula Circle Uluwehi | 10th College Hula Competition 2021 Group Division Winner |
| Sagamihara Association Award for Brave Fighting Group | Science and Engineering Baseball Club | 5th Intercollegiate Baseball National Championship Best 4 |
| Athletic Association Awards Best Group | Karate Club | 63rd Prime Minister's Cup National Karate Championships Women's Team Kumite Champion |
| 63rd Prime Minister's Cup National Karate Championships Women's Team Kata 2nd Place | ||
| 63rd Prime Minister's Cup National Karate Championships, Men's Team Kata, 3rd Place | ||
| 65th Kanto University Karate Championships Women's Team Kata 3rd Place | ||
| 65th All Japan University Karate Championships Women's Team Kata Best 8 | ||
| Track and Field Club (Short Distance Block) | READY STEADY TOKYO (Shiota-Kuno-Kaneko Hitomi-Okumura) Women's 4x100mR 3rd place | |
| READY STEADY TOKYO (Mitsuyama-Nakao-Aoki-Hillier) Women's 4x400mR 2nd place | ||
| 100th Kanto Intercollegiate Track and Field Championships (Shiota-Kuno-Kaneko Hitomi-Ishikawa) Women's 4x100mR 2nd place | ||
| 100th Kanto Intercollegiate Track and Field Championships, Women's Division 1 Intercollegiate Score, 3rd Place | ||
| 100th Kanto Intercollegiate Track and Field Championships (Kawakubo-Inada-Okumura-Mayuzumi) Women's 4x400mR A Team 2nd Place | ||
| 32nd Kanto Student Relay Competition (Mitsuyama-Mizuguchi Moe-Yamada-Horii) Women's 4x400mR B Team 3rd Place | ||
| 90th Japan Intercollegiate Track and Field Championships (Yoshinaka-Kaneko Hitomi-Aoki-Takashima) Women's 4x400mR 3rd place | ||
| 90th Japan Intercollegiate Track and Field Championships Women's Intercollegiate Score 4th Place | ||
| Track and Field Club (Long Distance Block) | 33rd Izumo All-Japan University Ekiden Championships, 2nd place | |
| 53rd Chichibunomiya Cup All-Japan Inter-University Ekiden Championships, 2nd Place | ||
| 98th Tokyo-Hakone Round-Trip College Ekiden Race Overall 1st place (new overall record) |
In addition, two outstanding groups, seven fighting groups, 20 best players, 37 outstanding players, 36 fighting players, and two encouraged players were awarded.
*Grades, positions, etc. are as of 2021.
Interview with the winner
I put all my effort into both my studies and karate and get results
[63rd Prime Minister's Cup National Karate Championship Kumite 3rd Place]
Faculty of International Politics and Economics Department of International Economics
Yoshida Moe
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Making the most of his English skills, he attended the Powerlifting World Championships alone
[40th All Japan Junior Powerlifting Championships 93kg Class Winner]
[26th Japan Junior Powerlifting Championships 105kg Class Winner]
[World Junior Powerlifting Championships: 5th place in the 93kg class, 3rd place in the individual event (bench press)]
[48th All Japan Student Powerlifting Championships, 105kg class, 2nd place]
Faculty of Literature Department of English and American Literature
Masaya Kaneko
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A victory achieved through unity in a competitive dance pair that can't be won through technique alone
[121st Tohto University Student Competitive Dance Championships, Paso Doble Division, Winner]
Faculty of Economics, Department of Economics, Yoshiman Kihara×Faculty of International Politics, Department of International Politics, Satomi Takeda
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