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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.
| Akita High School 秋田県立秋田高等学校 | |
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1 Tegata aza Nakadai , Japan | |
| Coordinates | 39°44′12″N 140°08′02″E / 39.736584°N 140.133947°E |
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| Type | Prefectural Senior Co-educational |
| Established | September 1. 1873 |
| School code | 05101C |
| Grades | 1st-3rd years Senior High School |
| Gender | Mixed |
| Enrollment | 822 (2017) |
| Color(s) | Purple |
| Nickname | Shuko |
| Website | www |
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
References
- ^ Akita Jet (6 January 2018). "Akita High School". Retrieved 6 January 2018.