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.

Tokyo Denki University

東京電機大学
Former name	Denki Gakko (1907–1939) Tokyo Denki Technical High School (1939–1944) Denki Technical College (1944–1949)
Established	1907
Location	Tokyo , Japan
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

1. "P＋D BOOKS". P＋D BOOKS. Shogakukan. Retrieved 2019-06-10.
2. 全怪獣怪人 (in Japanese). 上巻. 勁文社. 1990. pp. 310–312. ISBN 4-7669-0962-3.
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)
4. "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.
5. "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.
6. "Characters". Steins-gate.us. Retrieved November 10, 2015.

External links

• Official website (in Japanese and English)