Faculty
Students are taught by professionals in all lines of industries.
DHU gathers faculty members who are active in the front lines to teach students with the latest trends in various industries in real time. From well-known directors to creators who are featured in media and company presidents to professionals actively working in the front lines of various fields. Students receive detailed instructions directly from faculty members so that they can assimilate on-the-job latest skills and knowledge in real time.
| Category | Name | Title | Introduction | Subjects |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| President | President Tomoyuki SUGIYAMA | The founder of Digital Hollywood who is a pioneer in the IT and content industries. | Introduction to digital communication/Seminar | |
| Project Professor | Project Professor Makiko KAMATA | Director of the Content Evaluation and Monitoring Association (EMA) and the head of the Consumer Association of the Mobile Content Forum (MCF) | World’s first advisor specializing in preserving healthy community site and monitoring operation | Special lecture |
| 3DCG | Professor Junko KURODA | Designer | An energetic designer boasting the achievement of numerous awards from illustration to 3D. | Basic tool seminar/3DCG seminar3DIntroduction to CG/Seminar |
| 3DCG | Associate professor Isaku OGURA | Full-time instructor of Digital Hollywood | DHU’s full-time faculty member who is an active CG designer of films and TV ads. | Basic tool seminar/VFX seminar/3DCG seminar/Seminar |
| 3DCG | Part-Time Lecturer Yuji INOUE | Bachelor of Art Engineering (Kyushu Institute of Design), General Manager of Visualization Design, Power Place Inc. | Real-time content designer | Introduction to CG |
| 3DCG | Part-Time Lecturer Kazunori INOMATA | Representative of Social Design Consultants KIDS/Lecturer of Tokyo Car Design, HAL/Graduate of the School of General Design, Shonan Institute of Technology | Committed to human-centered innovations from automobiles to urban planning. | Introduction to CG |
| 3DCG | Part-Time Lecturer Hiroyuki FURUIWA | CG designer/Principal instructor of Digital Hollywood | In charge of character development in CG animations in and out of Japan. | Basic tool seminar/ 3DCG seminar3DIntroduction to CG/Seminar |
| Web | Professor Masakazu URABE | Representative Director of Domo Inc. | A media producer who studies communications that change from magazines, web to mobile. | Introduction to media representation |
| Web | Associate professor Kosuke KURIYA | Lecturer of Digital Hollywood/Web designer | Guiding students to realize the dreams in the web design industry. | Basic tool seminar/Website markup seminar/Website styling seminar/Website prototype seminar |
| Web | Lecturer Yoko AKASAKA | Web designer/Web director | Web creator who hailed from game development who likes creating. | Website construction seminar |
| Web | Lecturer Manabu KOMATSU | Engineer of Neos Corp. | Website front-end engineer/Certified instructor of Adobe® Flash | Flash seminar/Seminar |
| Web | Part-Time Lecturer Takayuki KAWABATA | A board member in charge of human resource strategy headquarters at IMJ Group. | Producer and director at one of the largest digital marketing companies. | Mobile content production and direction |
| Web | Visiting professor Emi SUZUKI | Web designer | A freelancer who maintains energetic activities on web and CD-ROM production. | Website construction seminar |
| Web | Visiting professor Sei TAKEUCHI | Part-Time Lecturer at the Faculty of Visual Arts and the Faculty of Performing Arts, Art Department, Tamagawa University/Part-Time Lecturer at the Toho Gakuen College of Drama and Music/Representative of Office SAINT | He is widely active from graphic design, architecture to digital content. | Web direction |
| Web | Part-Time Lecturer Choei TORII | Senior strategic planner, Beacon Communications | He is in charge of strategic planning for global companies at a foreign-affiliated ad firm. | Web production |
| Web | Part-Time Lecturer Shinsaku WATANABE | DRAFT Inc./Web director, NOROSI | He manipulates design and technology skillfully to consider manufacturing that connects with society. | Seminar |
| Animations | Visiting professor Masahito YOSHIOKA | Chief producer, Planning and production, TMS Entertainment Co., Ltd. | A producer of numerous works including Case Closed (Detective Conan). The chief producer of He is an Ultimate Teacher (Denpa Kyoshi). | Introduction to animation production |
| Animations | Visiting associate professor Satoshi KUWAHARA | Director of a TV animation, Yugio ZEXAL | An industry expert who staged animation works of Tezuka Osamu’s animations such as Astro Boy and Black Jack. | Animation direction theory/Seminar |
| Animations | Part-Time Lecturer Yasuhiro AKAMATSU | Photography director | Photography director of Atelier Escha & Logy | Animation shooting: Composite seminar |
| Animations | Part-Time Lecturer Humio IIDA | Manga artist/character design/drawing director/game designer | A lecturer of 22 years of experience. He currently works at GAINAX. | Digital drawing practice tracing seminar/Character design practical original drawing seminar |
| Animations | Associate professor Tomoko FUKUI | Animator (Original drawing, inspection of animated film and animation) | An expert of drawing various animation works. | Animation drawing seminar/Digital drawing practice tracing seminar |
| Animations | Visiting professor Mitsunori MURATA | Animator | Has vast achievements in AKIRA and STEAMBOY. | Introduction to animations/Animation drawing seminar |
| Animations | Part-Time Lecturer Jyunichi FUJISAKU | Group leader, Creative writing, Planning Div. Production I.G., Inc. | Animation screenwriter and stage director of Production I.G. | Animation scenario seminar |
| Animations | Visiting professor Masamichi TAKANO | Director and art director of AREA81 Co., Ltd./Art Director of Drop Inc. | He engages in art direction of a number of game titles, commercials and promotion videos as well as an art director for television programs and theater animations. | Art seminar |
| Film | Professor Satoshi AKAGI | Representative Director of Flamingo/Producer | A producer of various hit movies, animes and MVs. Won many film awards. | Filming technique seminar/History of film representation/Story creation seminar/Film production seminar/Introduction to film production/Scenario creation seminar/Seminar |
| Film | Professor Mitsuhiro SAITO | Marketing, publication and ad producer | A successful publishing and ad producer who also specializes in ad marketing of international and domestic movies. | Ad business |
| Film | Part-Time Lecturer Kazushige IKENO | Representative Director of Ace One, Inc. | He provides easy-to-understand explanations on video and still camera shooting using video equipment from the basic. | Film shooting seminar |
| Film | Visiting professor Hiroyuki ITAYA | Chief Producer of SONY Music Entertainment Inc. | Visiting professor Hiroyuki ITAYA is a superstar in the music video industry who remains aloof from others. | Seminar |
| Film | Visiting professor Takaya OKAMOTO | Screenwriter and theater director | He writes many series of hits in various genres from TV dramas, movies, theatrical performances and novels. | Scenario production seminar |
| Film | Visiting associate professor Takehiko SHINJO | Stage director/director | One of the most popular stage directors today who participate actively in the television and movie industry. | Live-action staging seminar |
| Film | Part-Time Lecturer Yoshikazu TAKANO | GROUNDRIDDIM/Producer/Representative of Limited Liability Company GROUNDRIDDIMBOX | Creative production consisting of musicians and a visual team | Basic tool seminar/Film production seminar |
| Foreign language | Professor Kentaro OISHI | Anglicist/Translator/Essayist | He wrote a number of papers related to British literary research mainly on George Orwell. | English/English grammar |
| Foreign language | Associate professor Makiko EBATA (YAMADA) | Part-Time Lecturer of Kanda University of International Studies | Master’s degree in English-language teaching. She has vast experience in teaching students in the upper level of college English. | English/Graduation project supplementary course |
| Foreign language | Associate professor Michiko TOMITA | Lecturer of the School of Management Information, Yamanashi Gakuin University | In various universities, she teaches students learning Japanese and those who aim to become a Japanese teacher. | Basic Japanese/Japanese |
| Foreign language | Lecturer Takehiro TSUCHIDA | Part-Time Lecturer of the Faculty of Literature, Tokyo Kasei University | Has vast teaching experience in a major TOEIC® school. Specializes in English studies. | English |
| Foreign language | Lecturer Michael RINGEN | Representative Director of ALPHA Frontiers | An English instructor teaching in corporations, universities, research institutions and TV programs. | English |
| Foreign language | Visiting associate professor Tae-Moon LEE | Part-Time Lecturer at Keio University/Part-Time Lecturer at Otsuma Women’s University/Part-Time Lecturer at Toita Women’s College | Teaches at various universities and also gains a reputation as a poet and translator. | Korean |
| Foreign language | Part-Time Lecturer Shigeko ENDO | Japanese instructor | Teaches Japanese to a lot of students around the world. | Basic Japanese/Japanese |
| Foreign language | Part-Time Lecturer Oliver MACKY | English instructor | Has vast experience in business, TOEIC® and presentations. | English |
| Foreign language | Part-Time Lecturer Kevin BARKLEY | English instructor | He teaches English at corporations and universities. | English |
| Foreign language | Part-Time Lecturer Akiko KOKUBO | A part-time lecturer at the Faculty of Literature at Tokyo Kasei University. | Teaches English at universities and large corporations as a specialist for TOEIC®. | English |
| Foreign language | Part-Time Lecturer James CHARLTON | English instructor | Teaches English in Japan for over ten years. Specializes in multi-media and holds a Master’s degree in Linguistics. | |
| Foreign language | Part-Time Lecturer Yumiko SHIBATA | Part-Time Lecturer of the Career Assistant Dept. Seijo University/Part-Time Lecturer of Liberty Academy, Meiji University/English teacher of Rakuten Inc./Representative assistant of the IFC International Friendship Center | Has experience as an English teacher in Japan and the U.S. A professional translator/interpreter with wide-ranging areas of expertise. | English |
| Foreign language | Part-Time Lecturer Issei TAKECHI | Part-time lecturer at the Faculty of Literature, Kokugakuin University/Lecturer at the Faculty of Foreign language, Takushoku University | Specializes in historical science, international cultural studies and multi-culture education. | English |
| Foreign language | Part-Time Lecturer Naoko TADOKORO | Instructor (part-time) at the Japanese education research center, Waseda University/Project Part-Time Lecturer at Japanese class for international faculty at Kanda University of International Studies. | Teaches Japanese to multinational learners at universities and Japanese-language schools in Japan. | Basic Japanese/Japanese |
| Foreign language | Part-Time Lecturer Hiroko TANI | Part-Time Lecturer at Jumonji Women’s University/Part-Time Lecturer at Nishokudaigakusha University/Part-Time Lecturer at Daiichi Institute of Technology. | Learned English in Canada to teach students in various universities and companies. Holds a Master’s degree in English-language teaching. | English |
| Foreign language | Part-Time Lecturer Takako NAKAMURA | Holds a MA in Japanese Linguistics/Teaches a Japanese class for faculty of foreign language at Kanda University of International Studies (coordinator/project part-time lecturer) | Devotes over ten-odd years trying to improve proficiency in Japanese. | Basic Japanese/Japanese |
| Foreign language | Part-Time Lecturer Xiaozhe FENG | Chinese instructor | Vast teaching experience who can respond to various study needs. An interpreter who is active in the field. | Chinese |
| Foreign language | Part-Time Lecturer Akemi FUJII | Active Center, Chuo Gakuin University | Teaches at various universities and devotes herself to English language program for businesspeople. | English |
| Foreign language | Part-Time Lecturer Kazuyo FUJIMAKI | Japanese instructor | Teaches Japanese to many international students at Japanese-language schools and universities. | Basic Japanese/Japanese |
| Foreign language | Part-Time Lecturer Raghavendra KAJA | English instructor | Teaches English at high schools, vocational schools and corporations. | English |
| Foreign language | Part-Time Lecturer Reggie MATHES | English instructor | Has vast teaching experience from various educational institutions. Studies films and direction. | English |
| Liberal Arts | Honorary Professor Masaki TSUJI | Mystery writer/Theater director | Animation screenplay and novels such as Astro Boy and Case Closed (Detective Conan). | History of animations |
| Liberal Arts | Professor Toshio KOSUGE | Honorary Professor at the University of Electro-Communications | Studies legal policies related to information communication network. | Science technologies and laws |
| Liberal Arts | Professor Katsuaki SEKIGUCHI | Doctor of Engineering | An award holder of the Architectural Institute of Japan prize and the Zoomlion prize. A grand person in the architectural industry. | Environmental planning with sound and light |
| Liberal Arts | Professor Daiya HASHIMOTO | Chairman of Data Section Co., Ltd. | Leads a number of corporations as a marketing strategy consultant. | Research & Planning |
| Liberal Arts | Professor Toshihiro FUKUOKA | Former editor of Shukan Ascii/Advisor at AvecLab/Auditor at Ubiquitous Entertainment Inc. | An expert who takes about IT, pop culture and traditional performing arts from the same ground. | Information editing/Seminar |
| Liberal Arts | Professor Paco WATANABE | Researcher of the conceptual domain/Social analyst | Cultivates intelligence that sees through the world with logical thinking power. | Social power/Logical thinking/Public speaking/Global environment and sustainable society theory |
| Liberal Arts | Associate professor Mitsuteru TAKAHASHI | An expert in the media and content field. A pioneer of content education. | Social power/Public speaking/Introduction to media/Introduction to content industry/Seminar | |
| Liberal Arts | Associate professor Kenjiro MEGURI | Director of Digital Hollywood Co., Ltd. | Has vast experience in content production such as websites and videos. | Internship |
| Liberal Arts | Lecturer Ryuzo YAMAMOTO | Division president of the university business div., Digital Hollywood Co., Ltd. | Professional of creator development | Internship |
| Liberal Arts | Lecturer Wakako JET | Photographer | A female photographer who excels at the world view that is tender, kawaii and beautiful. | Photography seminar |
| Liberal Arts | Assistant Professor Michael BRANDSE | Holds a doctoral degree in Art Engineering for game development. | R&D | |
| Liberal Arts | Visiting professor Shirotomo AIZAWA | Creator | Actively engages in multiple areas including music and videos by taking advantage of computer. | Basic IT and business/Introduction to the Internet/Principles of Contemporary Music/Introduction to web design/Seminar |
| Liberal Arts | Visiting professor Ryozo AOKI | Professor of the Faculty of Commerce, University of Marketing and Distribution Sciences | Studies business strategy theory mainly diversification strategy and withdrawal strategy. | Introduction to management studies |
| Liberal Arts | Visiting professor Masakazu AKIYAMA | Visiting professor of Graduate School of Intellectual Property Nihon University/Head researcher of Sakumon Innovation Research, Co., Ltd. | For over a decade, he studies the utilization and protection of intellectual properties in the digital era. | Compliance in the content industry. |
| Liberal Arts | Visiting associate professor Hiroki ICHINOSE | Doctor (social anthropology) | Examines the meaning of regular life and modernization from the viewpoint of cultural anthropology. | Modern history/Comparative culture theory |
| Liberal Arts | Visiting professor Takeshi ITO | Assistant Professor of Information and technology studies, The University of Electro-Communications/Doctor of Engineering, Doctor of Engineering | An expert of the perception research of humans who play games. | Game information science |
| Liberal Arts | Visiting associate professor Nobuo ITO | Representative Director of Financial Design Co., Ltd. | Makes full use of his vast experience and analytical intelligence in banking to venturing to examines the economics. | Macroscopic economics |
| Liberal Arts | Part-Time Lecturer Tomoko INABA | Cogumo web designer | Takes efforts to eliminate people with inadequate access to information while working on web design and production for various industries. | Office literacy |
| Liberal Arts | Visiting associate professor Masaru UMEMOTO | Representative of Asian Animation Industry Organism (AAO) | Supports creators who bear the next generation through both research and actual practice. | Industrial organization theory |
| Liberal Arts | Part-Time Lecturer Naotoshi EJIMA | Doctor in literature, Assistant professor at Den-en Chofu University, Lecturer at Rikyo University | Lectures how to look at religious expressions flooded in modern society. | Religion |
| Liberal Arts | Part-Time Lecturer Mika OONISHI | Representative Director of Insight Inc. | Engages in corporations’ customer relation communication and sectoral administration support projects. | Basic skills of business person. |
| Liberal Arts | Part-Time Lecturer Ryo OGATA | Japan Women's University/ Nippon Institute of Technology (career formation course)/recruiting consultant/Representative director of Internship Co., Ltd. | Engages in the guidance of employment for new graduates and career formation for young adult segment for over twenty years. | Career guidance |
| Liberal Arts | Visiting professor Rikio ONAI | Honorary Professor of Graduate Program, Information and technology studies, The University of Electro-Communications/Doctor of Engineering | Doctor of Engineering who is well-versed in multimedia information processing and information search. | Computer history |
| Liberal Arts | Visiting professor Yoshitaka ONODE | Representative President of Human Edge Inc./Director in Japan for U.S. Blessing White | As a pioneer of global human resource development, he offers consulting services for corporations and government offices. | Career guidance |
| Liberal Arts | Visiting associate professor Yoshiaki KUDO | Associate professor at Takushoku University | Supports community design based on regional history and culture. | Design history |
| Liberal Arts | Visiting professor Naoki SAKAKIBARA | Director and principal researcher of UDIT Inc. | Actively serves as a researcher and consultant for information universal design. | Universal design |
| Liberal Arts | Visiting professor Hideo SHINADA | An editorial board member of Nikkei Entertainment/Senior Researcher at Nikkei BP Hit Comprehensive Research Center | A magazine editor and researcher of entertainment and hit products. | Japanese written expression |
| Liberal Arts | Visiting associate professor Kennosuke TANAKA | Associate professor at Faculty of Career Design, Hosei University Graduate School/ Lecturer at Faculty of Law, Keio University | Engages in the practice of university education 2.0 that utilizes social media. | Introduction to sociology |
| Liberal Arts | Visiting associate professor Osamu TOKUNAGA | Editor/content producer/Representative of the e-publishing lab/Representative of DPS Users Community JAPAN office/Lecturer at publishing school and Japan Editor School | Serves as an editor of a number of popular titles and he is also versed in the domain of e-publishing. | Seminar |
| Liberal Arts | Part-Time Lecturer Eriko TOKUNOU | Senior lecturer of Active learning Inc. | She is in charge of popular participatory workshop that lets participants think on their own and experience. | Active learning |
| Liberal Arts | Visiting professor Haruyuki NAKANO | Free writer/editor | An award holder of special prize from the Japan Manga Artist Association in the Manga industry and manga history studies. | Manga culture theory |
| Liberal Arts | Visiting professor Tomoko HATANAKA | Associate professor at Dept. of Art, Wako University/Doctor of Arts | She engages in planning and production of media art studies and educational contents. | Art history |
| Liberal Arts | Visiting professor Takuya HANE | Representative Director of Active learning Co., Ltd. | Former lecturer of Harvard University and taught in Asia. Currently develops next-generation education. | Active learning |
| Liberal Arts | Visiting professor Hideto FUSE | Associate professor of Tokyo University of Arts (Dept. of Art, Faculty of Art Science, Art anatomy | A specialist of anatomy who studied a dissection of human body at Faculty of Medicine, Tokyo University | Art anatomy |
| Liberal Arts | Visiting professor Teiji FURUGORI | Honorary Professor at the University of Electro-Communications | Educator and researcher of computer science in Japan and the U.S. | Human communication theory/Linguistic expression and research paper technique |
| Graphic design | Professor Yasukiyo NAKAMURA | A general member of the Education Ministry Animation and Manga Human Resource Development industry-university-government cooperation consortium/Vice-chairman of the Education Ministry animation section meeting drawing competency development workshop team committee/artist | Boasts achievements in booth design at Mac World Expo and games. | Basic drawing/Drawing/Three-dimensional model making |
| Graphic design | Professor Haruyoshi NAGUMO | Representative director of Haru Image Inc./Chairperson of the General incorporated association Japan Color Image Association/General manager of the advanced color research center. | Offers outstanding theories and practices in the areas of design, expression and color. | Introduction to ideas/Color theory/Introduction to design/Layout design/3D modeling/Seminar |
| Graphic design | Professor Hideshi FUJIMAKI | Representative Director of Direction GD Inc. | An expert in CI, branding and art direction. | Typography/Graphic design seminar/Seminar |
| Graphic design | Associate professor HAL_ | Art director/Artist | Produces portrait works using natural computer expression method and published a total of 37 books including practical guidebooks for graphic applications and iPad picture books. | Basic tool seminar/Design basic |
| Graphic design | Visiting professor Yutaka KAWASE | Representative director and Art director at Rojia Limited/Graphic designer/Member of the Japan Graphic designer Association | An active participant mainly in the entertainment industry such as CD covers and binding. | Graphic design seminar |
| Graphic design | Visiting professor Masaki SHIOTANI | Representative of webfarm/Lecturer of Digital Hollywood | While he is active mainly in web and ad design, he supports regional information technology promotion initiatives. | Basic tool seminar/Graphic design seminar |
| Graphic design | Visiting professor Midori YONEZAWA | Graphic designer | Takes part mainly in web design and book design, as well as bookmaking. | Basic tool seminar/Graphic design seminar |
| Game programing | Professor Natsuo KODA | Representative Director of Integral Vision Inc. Representative director of MIRAISENS, Inc. | A technical expert of 3DCG who also plays an active role in book writing and lectures. | Real-time graphics technology/Seminar |
| Game programming | Lecturer Takahisa KAMIYA | Freelance programmer | A freelance programmer who plays a vital role in the actual development environment. | Basic tool seminar/C language program seminar/C++ program seminar/Seminar |
| Game programing | Visiting associate professor Takuma ENDO | Representative Director of Acquire Corp. | An active practical leader who leads game manufacturer. | Game production & direction |
| Game programing | Visiting professor Yoshihiko SAKAI | CG Programmer | Has a long list of accomplishments in the production of three-dimensional real-time CG content. | Computer mathematics/CG mathematics |
| Game programing | Part-Time Lecturer Shogo HAMADA | Representative of MountPosition Inc. | In order to make good products, it requires completing a certain amount of practice. He is producing a bunch of codes with the slogan “quality for quantity”. | Engineer literacy/Web program seminar/Seminar |
| Game programing | Part-Time Lecturer Ryuya MATSUDA | CG Programmer/Technical manager | Three-dimensional game programmer who is active in the front lines of the industry. | Real-time three-dimensional graphics and programing/Seminar |
| Game programing | Visiting professor Kazunari YONEMITSU | Game writer/Writer | A producer of many hit titles including Puyo Puyo and Sozo to Kotoba. | Seminar |
| Business | Professor Tsuguhito OOBA | Manager of ICT promotion at Nepon Co., Ltd. | While he engages a number of web integration projects, he devotes himself to human resource development. | Introduction to entrepreneurship/Seminar |
| Business | Professor Eiichi TAKUMI | Senior managing director for the e-marketing association/Vice president of the Japan Business Psychology Association/Representative of the Cognitive Science Institute | Serves as a specialist for e-marketing and psychologist as well as corporate advisor for many companies. | Business psychology/Internet marketing/Seminar |
| Business | Professor Yuki NAGATA | Marketing consultant/Part-Time Lecturer for Tokyo Kasei University | Establishes business strategy by applying the MBA marketing theory. | Social power/public speaking/career design/Basic marketing/Seminar, etc. |
| Business | Visiting professor Kazuo OMASA | Representative of Omasa Consulting Office/Auditor of IFIS Japan Limited | Has vast business experience in the sales, accounting and new business development and successively held positions as the president for Japanese corporation. | Business planning for producers and entrepreneurs |
| Business | Visiting professor Hirohisa SATO | Chairperson of the Japan Toy Culture Foundation/Representative of Nextage Inc. | Has a long list of accomplishments as a business manager in the entertainment industry such as toys, games and mobile phones. | Character content marketing |
| Business | Visiting associate professor Kenichi SHUGYO | Representative Director of J Brain, Inc. | A supporter of new style business approach such as start-up ventures, organizational restructuring, business revitalization, M&A and business innovation. | Client management |
| Business | Visiting associate professor Nobuhisa NARITA | Representative of TOMORROW COMPANY INC. | Has a long list of achievements in organizational communication design, human resource development and entrepreneur support. An adventurer who reached the North Pole. | Leadership theory/Seminar |