Tokyo Polytechnic University

Tokyo Polytechnic University
東京工芸大学
TypePrivate
EstablishedFounded 1923,
Chartered 1966
PresidentNobuyuki Kobayashi
Location
Tokyo
,
Japan
CampusNakano, Tokyo, Atsugi, Kanagawa
Websitewww.t-kougei.ac.jp/e/

Tokyo Polytechnic University (東京工芸大学, Tōkyō Kōgei Daigaku) is a private university in Honchō, Nakano, Tokyo. Its nickname is Shadai (写大). It was formerly known as Tokyo College of Photography (東京写真大学, Tōkyō Shashin Daigaku).

The university was founded as Konishi Professional School of Photography in Shibuya in 1923. The founder, Rokuemon Sugiura VII, was the president of Konishi Main Shop (later Konica) at that time and founded the school to fulfil the wish of Rokuemon Sugiura VI, the previous president.[1]

Since 2007, the university has offered courses in manga studies and animation studies. Tokyo Polytechnic is also notable for being one of the few universities in Japan to have a game design department,[2] with its faculty including such notable practitioners as Pac-Man creator Toru Iwatani[3][4] and Xevious creator Masanobu Endō.[4][5] The university also operates the Suginami Animation Museum, which focuses on the history and future of the animation industry in Japan.[6]

  1. ^ "History - Corporate Information". KONICA MINOLTA. Retrieved 2019-08-23.
  2. ^ "Department of Game|Faculty of Arts|Tokyo Polytechnic University". 東京工芸大学. Retrieved 2019-08-23.
  3. ^ Wolf, Mark J. P. (May 2015). Video Games Around the World. Cambridge, MA: MIT Press. p. 636. ISBN 9780262527163.
  4. ^ a b "Keynotes announced! – Replaying Japan 2016". Retrieved 2019-08-23.
  5. ^ "Modernising Super Mario: How Nintendo has reinvented its star". TODAYonline. Retrieved 2019-08-23.
  6. ^ Bureau, Tokyo Convention & Visitors. "Tokyo Polytechnic University Suginami Animation Museum". The Official Tokyo Travel Guide, GO TOKYO. Retrieved 2019-08-23. {{cite web}}: |last= has generic name (help)