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Club/Circle Activities

The following is a partial list of university-approved clubs and circles. Akita University actively supports students in all their endeavors.

Sport and Athletics Clubs/Circles

● Aikido Club ● Faculty of Medicine Men’s Volleyball Club
● Ice Hockey Club ● Faculty of Medicine Women’s Volleyball Club
● American Football Club ● Faculty of Medicine Men’s Curling Club
● Karate Club ● Faculty of Medicine Women’s Curling Club
● Basic Skiing Club ● Faculty of Medicine Men’s Soccer Club
● Competitive Skiing Club ● Faculty of Medicine Women’s Soccer Club
● Japanese Archery Club ● Faculty of Medicine Futsal Club
● Kendo Club ● Faculty of Medicine Swimming Club
● Automobile Club ● Faculty of Medicine Semi-hardball Baseball
Club
● Soccer Club ● Faculty of Medicine Men’s Hard Tennis Club
● Judo Club ● Faculty of Medicine Women’s Hard Tennis Club
● Swimming Club ● Faculty of Medicine Men’s Soft Tennis Club
● Table Tennis Club ● Faculty of Medicine Women’s Soft Tennis Club
● Hard Tennis Club ● Faculty of Medicine Handball Club
● Soft Tennis Club ● Faculty of Medicine Rugby Club
● Men’s Basketball Club ● Faculty of Medicine Kendo Club 
● Women’s Basketball Club ● Faculty of Medicine Judo Club
● Badminton Club ● Faculty of Medicine Japanese Archery Club
● Men’s Volleyball Club ● Faculty of Medicine Triathlon Club
● Women’s Volleyball Club ● Faculty of Medicine MBA (Bowling)
● Men’s Handball Club ● Caving Club
● Women’s Handball Club ● Volleyball Association
● Hard Baseball Club ● Golf Circle
● Soft Baseball Club ● Paradogs (Futsal)
● Rugby Club ● Billiards Circle
● Athletics Club ● ASA Tennis Circle
● Hiking Club ● Badminton Association
● Shorinji Kenpo Club ● Tametame Soccer Circle
● Faculty of Medicine Men’s Competitive Skiing Club ● Paragliding Association Wind Chaser
● Faculty of Medicine Women’s Competitive Skiing
Club
● North Viking (Futsal)
● Faculty of Medicine Men’s Badminton Club ● Saturday Basketball
● Faculty of Medicine Women’s Badminton Club ● Archery Club
● Faculty of Medicine Men’s Athletics Club ● Grove (Soft Baseball)
● Faculty of Medicine Women’s Athletics Club ● Triathlon Club
● Faculty of Medicine Men’s Table Tennis Club ● Famista 9 (Soft Baseball)
● Faculty of Medicine Women’s Table Tennis Club ● Mountaineering Club
● Faculty of Medicine Men’s Basketball Club ● Ultimate Frisbee Circle BLITZ
● Faculty of Medicine Women’s Basketball Club ● FC Ashibe (Soccer)

Arts and Cultural Clubs/Circles

●Photography Club ●Volunteer Circle V-net
●Theatrical Circle Kitanokai ●Tabletop Games Circle
●Society for the Study of Magic  ●AUP Akita University Press Bureau
●Society for the Study of Rock & Pops PLAY MISS ●Dance Circle S.P.Y
●Akita University Festival Committee ●Akita University Student Space Project
●Mixed Choir A.Choir ●Creative Workshop
●Brass Band ●AKT eco
●Astronomical Society ●BORDERLESS
●Society for the Study of Light Music ●Faculty of Medicine Outdoor Circle
●Society for the Study of Manga C-club ●Faculty of Medicine Fishing Club 
●New Brass Ensemble ●Faculty of Medicine E.S.S.
●Music Association ●Faculty of Medicine Society for the Study of Jazz
●Electone Circle Hibiki ●Faculty of Medicine Society for the Study of
Clinical Psychology
●Keyboard Society p.f. (Pianoforte) ●Faculty of Medicine Light Music Out Put
●Percussion Ensemble Group ●Faculty of Medicine Photography Club
●Yosakoi Circle Yosatose Kabuki ●Faculty of Medicine International Medical
Exchange Group
●South American Folk Music Circle La-mia ●Faculty of Medicine Sign Language Club
●Go Club ●Faculty of Medicine Chamber Orchestra
●Programming Association TNP ●Faculty of Medicine MedicA
●AMAN ●Faculty of Medicine Akita Namahage Orchestra
●Korea Circle ●Akita Sports Medical Conditioning Club (ASMC)
●Akita Student BBS Association  ●Faculty of Medicine Bible Group
●Tea Ceremony Club ●AKITAID (Akita University Disaster Reconstruction
Support Group)
●International Student Circle WWC (World Wide
Communicating)
●Faculty of Engineering and Resource Science
Society for the Study of Overseas Mining 
●Sign Language/Brail Circle T.E.  

Club and Circle Activities

Men’s Soccer Club

We continue to approach our daily practice with great ambition, striving to improve our performance as individuals and secure victory in tournaments. This is a great club for those who enjoy soccer.

Judo Club

We practice every day under the instruction of Mito-sensei. We take part every year in inter college tournaments, which help build both body and mind.

Soft Baseball Club

Our Soft Baseball Club does not have an instructor and we only train a maximum of 3 days a week. We have a great time and have our sights firmly set on national tournaments.

American Football Club

Would you like to spend a fulfilling four years at Akita University in the company of enthusiastic friends? Unlimited possibilities await you at the American Football Club.

Men’s Handball Club

We have appeared in inter college tournaments three years in a row under the instruction of Coach Yasushi Sato. You can build both body and mind at this club – we look forward to sweating it out with you soon!

Athletics Club

The Athletics Club trains on two days a week: Mondays and Wednesdays. All members are competitive and health conscious and enjoy training together.

Mixed Choir A.Choir

We are active throughout the year, with our main activities centering on our regular performances and concerts. This year, we celebrate our 50th anniversary, and are the only university choir in Akita Prefecture. Our choir is filled with youthful exuberance, with all members singing together with passion and dedication.

Photography Club

Anyone with an interest in photography is welcome to join. Our club has a very relaxed and homely atmosphere, with several exhibitions a year and numerous events, including cherry blossom viewing and photography excursions.

Akita University Festival Committee

We are responsible for planning and running Akita University Festival, which is staged at the end of October every year. Would you like to join us in making the best festival ever?

Akita University Student Space Project

We are engaged in the research and development of rockets and mock manmade satellites. With unique ideas and burning passion, we have fun as we set our sights on space.

Akita Sports Medical Conditioning Club (ASMC)

We aim to acquire knowledge and skills of a kind that are unobtainable solely through university lectures and practice through study groups and workshops centering on sport conditioning.

AKITAID (Akita University Disaster Reconstruction Support Group)

We are a student group which aims to face the Great East Japan Earthquake and Tsunami head on and promote awareness and aid in reconstruction through events and helping clear away debris throughout the Tohoku region.