is a private boys' junior and senior high school in Niiza,

Saitama Prefecture is a landlocked prefecture of Japan located in the Kantō region of Honshu. Saitama Prefecture has a population of 7,338,536 (1 January 2020) and has a geographic area of 3,797 km2 (1,466 sq mi). Saitama Prefecture borders Tochigi Prefecture ...

Japan Japan ( ja, 日本, or , and formally , ''Nihonkoku'') is an island country in East Asia. It is situated in the northwest Pacific Ocean, and is bordered on the west by the Sea of Japan, while extending from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north ...

, in the

Tokyo metropolitan area The Greater Tokyo Area is the most populous metropolitan area in the world, consisting of the Kantō region of Japan (including Tokyo Metropolis and the prefectures of Chiba, Gunma, Ibaraki, Kanagawa, Saitama, and Tochigi) as well as the pre ...

. It is affiliated with

Rikkyo University , also known as Saint Paul's University, is a private university, in Ikebukuro, Tokyo, Japan. Rikkyo is known as one of the six leading universities in the field of sports in Tokyo (東京六大学 "Big Six" — Rikkyo University, University of ...

. First established at

Ikebukuro is a commercial and entertainment district in Toshima, Tokyo, Japan. Toshima ward offices, Ikebukuro station, and several shops, restaurants, and enormous department stores are located within city limits. It is considered the second largest ...

in 1948, Rikkyo Senior High School moved to a new campus at Niiza in 1960. The landmark school chapel designed by architect

Antonin Raymond Antonin Raymond (or cs, Antonín Raymond), born as Antonín Reimann (10 May 1888 – 25 October 1976)"Deaths Elsewhere", ''Miami Herald'', 30 October 1976, p. 10 was a Czech American architect. Raymond was born and studied in Bohemia (now part ...

, was consecrated in 1963. In 2000 the school was renamed Rikkyo Niiza Senior High School and on the same campus a new junior high school program was established, matching developments at Ikebukuro where

Rikkyo Ikebukuro Junior and Senior High School is private boys' junior and senior high school in Ikebukuro, Toshima, Tokyo. History Bishop Channing Moore Williams established Rikkyo Junior High School in Tsukiji, Tokyo in 1896. The original building was destroyed by the Great Kantō earthquak ...

provides a similar six year integrated high school program. The schools' current main buildings as well as St. Paul's Field and gymnasium all opened in 2014.History
" Rikkyo Niiza Junior and Senior High School. Retrieved on April 18, 2016. "立教新座中学校・高等学校〒352-8523 埼玉県新座市北野1-2-25 " Since 1990, adjacent to the junior and senior high school facilities, the campus at Niiza also serves as a secondary campus for first and second year undergraduate students of

Notable alumni

Politicians

Osamu Uno thumb is a Japanese politician of the Liberal Democratic Party, a member of the House of Representatives in the Diet (national legislature). A native of Rubeshibe, Hokkaido, raised in Tokyo and graduate of Rikkyo University, he was elected to ...

Toshio Ogawa is a Japanese politician of the Constitutional Democratic Party and a member of the House of Councillors in the Diet (national legislature). Ogawa is a former Minister of Justice. A native of Nerima, Tokyo, and a graduate of Rikkyo University, he ...

* Ryosei Tanaka

Artists

Hiroshi Sugimoto is a Japanese photographer and architect. He leads the Tokyo-based architectural firm New Material Research Laboratory. Early life and education Hiroshi Sugimoto was born and raised in Tokyo, Japan. He reportedly took his earliest photographs ...

, photographer *

Oji Hiroi , real name , is an author and video game developer. He co-authored '' Samurai Crusader'' with Ryoichi Ikegami. He also created the '' Far East of Eden'' and ''Sakura Wars'' role-playing video game franchises, and wrote the ''Sakura Wars'' manga. ...

, video game developer *

Nariaki Obukuro is a Music of Japan, Japanese singer, songwriter, producer and CEO of :ja:Tokyo Recordings, Tokyo Recordings. He is responsible for producing songs for acts like Wednesday Campanella, Kou Shibasaki, and other famous acts. His music combines musi ...

, singer

Athletes

Nobuhide Tachi is a former Japanese racing driver, and the co-founder of TOM'S, a Japanese racing team and tuner for Toyota and Lexus. His son, Shingo was also a racing driver. Career Racing career Tachi was born in Suzuka, Japan. Kenji Mimura, the founder ...

, racing driver *

Kazushige Nagashima is a Japanese tarento, sports commentator and former professional baseball player. His father is Japanese baseball legend Shigeo Nagashima. Biography Nagashima was born in Tokyo, Japan, the oldest son of former Japanese national team manager S ...

, baseball player * Kenji Tomura, baseball player *

Takayuki Takabayashi is a Japanese baseball outfielder who won a silver medal in the 1996 Summer Olympics. External links

* * 1972 births Living people Olympic baseball players for Japan Olympic silver medalists for Japan Baseball players at the 1996 Summer ...

, baseball player

Performers

Hiroshi Sekiguchi is a Japanese actor, ''tarento'', television presenter, newscaster, businessman and manager. He is a representative of the talent agency Sankei. He lives in Setagaya, Tokyo. He is the eldest of two brothers. Sekiguchi's father is Shuji Sano, wh ...

, actor *

Haruomi Hosono , sometimes credited as Harry Hosono, is a Japanese musician, singer, songwriter and record producer. He is considered to be one of the most influential musicians in Japanese pop music history, credited with shaping the sound of Japanese pop for ...

, leader of

Yellow Magic Orchestra Yellow Magic Orchestra (YMO for short) is a Japanese electronic music band formed in Tokyo in 1978 by Haruomi Hosono (bass, keyboards, vocals), Yukihiro Takahashi (drums, lead vocals) and Ryuichi Sakamoto (keyboards, vocals). The group is conside ...

Yukihiro Takahashi Yukihiro Takahashi (高橋幸宏 ''Takahashi Yukihiro'', born June 6, 1952) is a Japanese musician, singer, record producer and actor, who is best known internationally as the drummer and lead vocalist of the Yellow Magic Orchestra, and as the fo ...

, drummer of

Motoharu Sano , is a Japanese singer-songwriter and musician. A graduate of Rikkyo University, Sano is a frontman with a history of performing in several bands which feature music both in Japanese and occasionally, English, playing songs that often have a rock ...

, musician *

Taro Yamaguchi is a Japanese voice actor. Filmography Television animation * '' Argevollen'' (xxxx) as Bernard Gaap * ''Bakugan Battle Brawlers'' (xxxx) as Clayf/Glaive * '' Bakugan Battle Brawlers New Vestroia (xxxx)'' as Clayf/Glaive * '' Bleach'' (xxxx) as ...

, voice actor

Presenters

Monta Mino , born , is a Japanese television presenter. Mino is recognized by the ''Guinness World Records'' as being the TV host with the most hours of live TV appearances in a week (22 hours, 15 seconds), as of April 2008. This breaks his earlier 2006 rec ...

* Ichiro Furutachi

Others

* Akihiko Honda, boxing promoter

References

External links

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