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List of University of Tokyo people

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This is a list of University of Tokyo (UTokyo) people.

The head of the University of Tokyo is known as the president (総長, socho) and it is a substantive leadership role. The president is elected by the university's board council from among the faculty members for a term of six years.

Presidents of the University of Tokyo[1][2]
Order Person Tenure Position (involving temporary agent, etc.)
Representation, University of Tokyo
Hiroyuki Kato April 13, 1877[a] - July 5, 1881
Kensai Ikeda April 13, 1877 - July 5, 1881
Hiroyuki Kato July 6, 1881[b] – January 11, 1886
Masakazu Toyama January 11, 1886 – March 1, 1886 Interim
President, Imperial University
Masakazu Toyama March 2, 1886 - March 8, 1886 Interim President
1 Hiromoto Watanabe March 9, 1886 - May 18, 1890
2 Hiroyuki Kato May 19, 1890 – March 29, 1893
3 Arata Hamao March 30, 1893 - June 18, 1897
President, Tokyo Imperial University
3 Arata Hamao June 18, 1897 - November 5, 1897
4 Masakazu Toyama November 12, 1897 – April 29, 1998
5 Dairoku Kikuchi May 2, 1898 – June 2, 1901
6 Kenjiro Yamakawa June 5, 1901 - December 2, 1905
7 Naokichi Matsui December 2, 1905 - December 14, 1905 President
8 Arata Hamao December 14, 1905 - August 13, 1912 Reappointed
Joji Sakurai August 13, 1912 – May 9, 1913 Interim President
9 Kenjiro Yamakawa May 9, 1913 – September 21, 1920 Reappointed
10 Yoshinao Kozai September 27, 1920 - December 22, 1928
11 Kiheiji Onozuka December 22, 1928 – December 27, 1934
12 Mataro Nagayo December 27, 1934 - November 8, 1938
Kanji Sato November 8, 1938 – December 20, 1938 Interim President
13 Yuzuru Hiraga December 20, 1938 – February 17, 1943
Kanichi Terazawa February 17, 1943 – March 12, 1943 Interim President[c]
14 Yoshikazu Uchida March 12, 1943 – December 14, 1945
15 Shigeru Nambara December 14, 1945 – May 31, 1949
President, University of Tokyo[d]
15 Shigeru Nambara May 31, 1949 - December 14, 1951
16 Tadao Yanaihara December 14, 1951 - December 14, 1957
17 Seiji Kaya December 14, 1957 – December 13, 1963
18 Kazuo Okochi December 14, 1963 – November 5, 1968
Ichiro Kato November 5, 1968 – April 1, 1969 Interim President
19 Ichiro Kato April 1, 1969 – March 31, 1973
20 Kentaro Hayashi April 1, 1973 – March 31, 1977
21 Takashi Mukaibo April 1, 1977 – March 31, 1981
22 Ryuichi Hirano April 1, 1981 – March 31, 1985
23 Wataru Mori April 1, 1985 – March 31, 1989
24 Akito Arima April 1, 1989 – March 31, 1993
25 Hiroyuki Yoshikawa April 1, 1993 – March 31, 1997
26 Shigehiko Hasumi April 1, 1997 – March 31, 2001
27 Takeshi Sasaki April 1, 2001 – March 31, 2005
28 Hiroshi Komiyama April 1, 2005 – March 31, 2009
29 Junichi Hamada April 1, 2009 – March 31, 2015
30 Makoto Gonokami April 1, 2015 – March 31, 2021
31 Teruo Fujii April 1, 2021 -

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