Koyo Gakuin High School
Koyo Gakuin High School(甲陽学院高等学校) in Nishinomiya between Osaka and Kobe, Hyōgo Prefecture, combines junior and senior high schools for boys. Founded as a middle school in 1917 by Komakichiro Iga, supported by Tatsu-uma Family since 1920. Tatsu-uma Family is an owner of Hakushika brand, Japanese Refined Sake and the schools are run by "School Judicial Person Tatsu-uma Scholarship Society". It was reorganized into junior and senior high schools under the education reforms of 1948. Many of its alumni have succeeded in fields like business, medicine and academic.
Rankings
According to the ranking of Hensachi, adjusted standard deviation scores used to measure academic ability in Japan, Koyo Gakuin High School constitutes the second group of Hensachi 73, following the top group of Hensachi 74 constituted by Nada High School and Junior & Senior High School at Komaba, University of Tsukuba.[1]
Notable alumni
Notable alumni include:
- Nobutada Saji, CEO of Suntory Ltd.
- Kazuhiko Nishi, founder of ASCII Corporation
- Hidesaburou Hanafusa, Professor Emeritus, Rockefeller University
- Kaoru Betto,baseball player