Eimei High School

Eimei High School (Japanese: 英明高等学校, Hepburn: Eimei Kōtōgakkō) is a private co-educational senior high school located in Takamatsu City, Kagawa Prefecture, Japan. The high school was founded in 1917 by the educational corporation Kagawa Prefecture Eizen Gakuen

Eimei High School
英明高等学校
Location
Takamatsu City, Kagawa Prefecture

760-0006

Japan
Coordinates34°20′13.66″N 134°2′35.3″E
Information
TypePrivate
MottoIndependence (自主, jishu), responsibility (責任, sekinin), courtesy (礼儀, reigi)[1]
Established1917
FounderKagawa Prefecture Eizen Gakuen Inc.
Genderco-educational
Websitewww.eimei.ed.jp

History

Eimei was founded in 1917 as the Meizen Girls' High School (私立明善高等女学校開校, Shiritsu Meizen Kōtō Joshigakkō).[2] Near the end of World War II, the school was destroyed in the early hours of July 4, 1945, during the air raid on Takamatsu. The school was rebuilt and opened as a high school under the new educational system in April 1948, adopting the name Meizen High School (香川県明善高等学校, Kagawa-ken Meizen Kōtōgakkō). In April 2001 the school became a co-educational school and changed its name to its current name.[2]

The Meizen Gakuen corporation previously operated a junior high school and Kagawaken Meizen Junior College on the same campus. The Meizen Junior High School (香川県明善中学校, Kagawa-ken Meizen Chūgakkō) was established in April 1947 and suspended operations in April 2002. Kagawaken Meizen Junior College was established in 1956;[3] it last accepted students in 2002 and closed in 2004.

Courses

The school offers four courses; special advancement, advancement, information technology and general.[4] The advancement course is divided into two streams.[5]

Sports clubs

Baseball

The school baseball club was founded in 2005. In its sixth year of existence it won the Kagawa prefectural tournament and qualified for the 2010 national high school championships.[6] In its first round match against The First High School Attached to Hachinohe Institute of Technology, Eimei surrendered four runs in the fifth inning before tying the score in the sixth. However, they allowed another four runs in the eighth inning, exiting the first round of the tournament in a 4-8 loss.[7]

In 2011 the school defended its prefectural title and advanced to the second round of the national championship, led by ace pitcher Ryuya Matsumoto. Eimei defeated Okinawa Prefecture's Itoman High School 4-1 in the first round[8] but lost to Akita Prefecture's Noshiro Shoyo High School 0-2 in the second round.[9]

References
  1. "校訓‐英明高等学校" [School Motto - Eimei High School] (in Japanese). Retrieved 12 November 2015.
  2. "沿革‐英明高等学校" [History - Eimei High School] (in Japanese). Retrieved 12 November 2015.
  3. "香川県明善短期大学". Archived from the original on 2 January 2004. Retrieved 12 November 2015.
  4. "コース紹介‐英明高等学校" [Course Introduction - Eimei High School] (in Japanese). Retrieved 12 November 2015.
  5. "進学コース‐英明高等学校" [Advancement Course - Eimei High School] (in Japanese). Retrieved 12 November 2015.
  6. "第32回　英明高等学校（香川）" [#32 - Eimei High School (Kagawa)] (in Japanese). 4 May 2011. Retrieved 12 November 2015.
  7. "第92回全国高校野球選手権大会" [92rd National High School Baseball Championships] (in Japanese). Retrieved 12 November 2015.
  8. "「英明のランディ・ジョンソン」松本、圧巻の１１Ｋ" ["Eimei's Randy Johnson" Matsumoto, masterful 11 strikeouts] (in Japanese). 10 August 2011. Archived from the original on 16 June 2013. Retrieved 12 November 2015.
  9. "第93回全国高校野球選手権大会" [93rd National High School Baseball Championships] (in Japanese). Retrieved 12 November 2015.
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