Akita High School

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Prefectural senior co-educational school in Akita, Akita Prefecture, Japan

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Akita High School (秋田県立秋田高等学校, Akita Kenritsu Akita Kōtō Gakkō) is a high school in the city of Akita, Akita Prefecture, Japan.^[1] Akita High is the oldest and first high school in the prefecture and one of the earliest pre-World War II middle schools in Japan.

School activities

Athletics

Baseball

Runners-up, Japanese High School Baseball Championship in 1915.

Basketball

Won Japanese championship in 1936.

Mountaineering

3-time runners-up, Inter-High School Championships

Judo

Japanese champions in 1931, runners-up in 1938.

Kendo

2-time Japanese champions in 1967 and 1968.

Notable alumni

Shigeki Abe - baseball player
Yasushi Akashi - United Nations administrator.
Sasagu Arai - researcher of early Christianity
Shirō Fukai - composer
Kenzo Futaki - doctor
Eiji Gotō - admiral
Mitsutaka Goto- baseball player
Hiroo Ishii - baseball player
Shun-ichi Iwasaki - engineer
Katsutoshi Kaneda - politician
Kazuo Koike - manga writer
Machida Chūji - politician
Kazuo Nakamura (basketball) - head coach
Shōji Nishimura - admiral
Hitoshi Okuda - manga artist
Taro Shoji - singer
Sukenari Yokoyama - politician

Gallery

Bush warbler hill
Satellite view

References

^ Akita Jet (6 January 2018). "Akita High School". Retrieved 6 January 2018.

External links

Alumni Association
School song

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