Yuji Kono OC ‘25

Shanxi Agricultural University, China (2025-27)

Yuji Kono ‘25 is a major in History, Politics, and German, with minors in East Asian Studies and Comparative Literature. His academic work at Oberlin has touched upon diaspora and the role cultural identity plays in communities abroad. He is also interested in Nuclear Policy, and was selected to attend a Nuclear Policy Workshop in Chicago hosted by the Truman Center in his second year. In his third year, he won the politics department’s Jere Bruner grant, which he used to investigate differences in the historical memory of Japanese Americans on the West and East coasts. At Oberlin, Yuji was part of the Japanese Student Association, Banjo Society, as well as the Asian American Alliance. In his free time, he enjoys playing the banjo, learning languages, and spending time with friends.