is a

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in the city of

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, Akita Prefecture, Japan. Akita High is the oldest and first high school in the prefecture and one of the earliest pre-

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middle schools in Japan.

School activities

Athletics

Baseball

Runners-up,

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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 Yasushi Akashi (明石康 ''Akashi Yasushi'', born January 19, 1931 in Hinai, Akita Prefecture) is a senior Japanese diplomat and United Nations administrator. Overview Akashi graduated with Bachelor of Arts degree from the University of ...

- United Nations administrator. *

Sasagu Arai is a Japanese researcher of early Christianity and Gnosticism. Arai is a Doctor of Theology Professor emeritus of University of Tokyo and Keisen University, and a member of the Japan Academy. He graduated (1962) at Erlangen-Nürnberg University in ...

- researcher of early Christianity *

Shirō Fukai was a Japanese composer.The Japan biographical encyclopedia & who's who: Issue 3 Rengō Puresu Sha - 1964 "FUKAI Shiro (1907- ) Composer. Musical critic. Born in Akita Prefecture. Graduated from the Science Section of the Seventh Higher School ( ...

- composer *

Kenzo Futaki was a Japanese doctor who studied infectious diseases. Futaki was educated at Tokyo Imperial University. He received the prestigious Order of Culture (Bunka Kunshō) from the Emperor for his academic contributions, which included identifying th ...

- doctor *

Eiji Gotō , was an admiral in the Imperial Japanese Navy during World War II. Biography Gotō was a native of Takanashi Village in Senboku District, Akita (what is now the city of Daisen, Akita), and a graduate of the 37th class of the Imperial Japanese Nav ...

- admiral * Mitsutaka Goto- baseball player * Hiroo Ishii - baseball player * Shun-ichi Iwasaki - engineer * Katsutoshi Kaneda - politician *

Kazuo Koike was a prolific Japanese manga writer ( gensakusha), novelist, screenwriter, lyricist and entrepreneur. He is best known for his violent, artful ''seinen'' manga, notably ''Lone Wolf and Cub'' (with Goseki Kojima, 1970–6), '' Lady Snowblood'' ...

- manga writer *

Machida Chūji was a politician and cabinet minister in the pre-war Empire of Japan. Biography Machida was born in Akita as the fourth son to a samurai in the service of Kubota Domain. However, his father died when he was three years old. He was raised by his ...

- politician *

Kazuo Nakamura (basketball) is a former professional basketball head coach for Hamamatsu, Akita and Niigata and a former college basketball head coach for Akita Keizaihoka University in Japan. Nakamura always said to players, "Play basketball with all your heart." He admi ...

- head coach *

Shōji Nishimura was an admiral in the Imperial Japanese Navy during World War II. Biography Nishimura was from Akita prefecture in the northern Tōhoku region of Japan. He was a graduate of the 39th class of the Imperial Japanese Naval Academy in 1911, ranking ...

- admiral * Hitoshi Okuda - manga artist * Taro Shoji - singer *

Sukenari Yokoyama Sukenari Yokoyama (January 1, 1884 – March 27, 1963) was a Japanese politician who served twice as governor of Hiroshima Prefecture in 1927–1928 and 1943–1944. Biography He was also governor of Okayama Prefecture (1923-1924), Ishikawa Prefe ...

- politician

Gallery

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References

External links

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{{Authority control High schools in Akita Prefecture Education in Akita Prefecture Educational institutions established in 1873 1873 establishments in Japan Schools in Akita Prefecture Buildings and structures in Akita (city)