is a large (2500 students) private school in Moto-kita-kata (本北方),

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. The school is sometimes mistaken for a public school due to its name: ''Ichikawa Junior High School'', ''Ichikawa High School'' or ''Ichikawa'' for short. The private school is managed by the Ichikawa Gakuen School Corporation.

History

In 1937, Yonekichi Koga (古賀米吉 ''Koga Yonekichi'') opened the school in Yawata-aza-shinden (currently known as Higashi-sugano 4-chome), Ichikawa, Chiba. That was the beginning of Ichikawa Gakuen. The school had only male students since after the last war; however, the school became coeducational when the school moved to its present location in the spring of 2003. The school has relationships with John McGlashan College in

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Famous alumni

* Hideki Takahashi - actor * Kenta Satoi - actor *Keisuke Onishi - founder and CEO (Navitime Japan) *Ikuo Suhoh - CEO (Burning Productions) *Tatsuo Kawamura - founder and chairman (K-Dash) *Takeshi Ebihara - cartoonist *Hirotami Murakoshi - DPJ member of the House of Representatives of Japan

Other

The school also manages three kindergartens in the Ichikawa area.

Gallery

Image:Ichikawa_Gakuen_school_uniform.jpg, Ichikawa Gakuen School Uniform Image:South wing of Ichigak in the evening.jpg, South wing of Ichikawa Gakuen

External links

Ichikawa Gakuen Website
Private schools in Japan Educational institutions established in 1937 Education in Chiba Prefecture 1937 establishments in Japan {{Japan-school-stub