Undergraduate Alumni

At our first alumni meeting in 2006, the name “Young Founders,” the association’s mottoes, principles, and logo were formally established. A year later, SUA’s founder, Daisaku Ikeda, officially gave SUA’s undergraduate alumni the Japanese name Sohokai (Soka Treasures Group). Our official name is Soka University of America Alumni Association: Sohokai Young Founders, but we are commonly known as Sohokai for short. 

Our alumni association’s logo, the Soka Education emblem inside an inverted triangle, representing a triad of the Founder, the University, and the Alumni, was designed by alumni to symbolize our mission as proud graduates of SUA. The Soka Education emblem is comprised of a pen nib, which represents wisdom, flanked by stylized wings that symbolize the ability to utilize knowledge and wisdom for the welfare of humanity. 

In 2009, our official alumni association flag was introduced. The flag consists of our association’s logo in a field of light cerulean blue representing the boundless sky overlooking SUA’s campus.