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.
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Notable teachers
Toshiyuki Hosokawa
Takeji Iwamiya
Kazuo Koike
Sadao Nakajima
Kazuki Ōmori
Go Nagai
Teruaki Georges Sumioka, Full Professor of Philosophy
Kei Nakano, Associate Professor of Surrealism, Arts, Crafts and Music
Miho Morikawa, Professor - Music Performance Department
Notable alumni
Takami Akai, illustrator
Hideaki Anno, animation and film director
Kiyohiko Azuma, manga author and illustrator
Arata Furuta, actor
Satoshi Hashimoto, voice actor
Tenpei Nakamura, pianist
Katsunori Ozaki, pianist
Kenjiro Hata, manga artist
Uta Isaki, manga artist
Toshio Kakei, actor
Koji Kanemoto
Shinichiro Kimura, anime director
Toshiyuki Kita, furniture designer
Takashi Tezuka, video game designer at Nintendo
Yoshiaki Koizumi, video game designer at Nintendo
Koji Kondo, video game composer at Nintendo
Kenji Yamamoto, video game composer at Nintendo
Meimu
Masahiko Minami, anime producer
Range Murata, illustrator and designer
Ramo Nakajima
Akira Nishimori
Masami Okui
Yoshio Kashiguchi, clarinet
Masanori Sera, singer and actor
Ai Otsuka, singer
Junji Naoe, composer and music coordinator
Yoshio Sakamoto, video game designer at Nintendo
Setsuji Satō
Kazuhiko Shimamoto, manga artist
Masamune Shirow, manga artist
Hiroshi Takano
Novala Takemoto
Fumito Ueda, director of Ico and Shadow of the Colossus
Kanako Urai, professional wrestler
Kazuyoshi Kumakiri, film director
Hiroyuki Yamaga, anime director and producer
Nobuhiro Yamashita, film director
Kentarō Yano, manga artist
Jownmakc, Bandes dessinées artist, filmmaker
Kazuyuki Okitsu, voice actor
Masakazu Ishiguro, manga artist
Monami Ohno, sculpture artist