Hokkaido Sapporo Minami High School (北海道札幌南高等学校, Hokkaidō Sapporo Minami Kōtō Gakkō) is a high school in Chuo-ku, Sapporo

Chuo-ku, Sapporo

is one of the ten wards in Sapporo city, Japan. Chūō-ku means "central ward" in Japanese. As its name suggests, city administration and entertainment facilities are centred in this ward.- History :...

, Hokkaidō

Hokkaido

, formerly known as Ezo, Yezo, Yeso, or Yesso, is Japan's second largest island; it is also the largest and northernmost of Japan's 47 prefectural-level subdivisions. The Tsugaru Strait separates Hokkaido from Honshu, although the two islands are connected by the underwater railway Seikan Tunnel...

, Japan

Japan

Japan is an island nation in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south...

, founded in 1895. It is one of the top high schools in Hokkaido.(Deviation is No.1) There are approximately 1,100 students that attend the school.

The school is operated by the Hokkaido Prefectural Board of Education

Hokkaido Prefectural Board of Education

Hokkaido Prefectural Board of Education is a governmental agency that mainly oversees public schools in Hokkaidō in Japan.The board directly oversees high schools and provides educational services in Hokkaidō.-Abashiri:...

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In 1995, the school replaced its old school building with a new facility.

Notable alumni

• Misao Fujimura
  Misao Fujimura
  was a Japanese philosophy student and poet, largely remembered due to his farewell poem.Fujimura was born in Hokkaidō. His grandfather was a former samurai of the Morioka Domain, and his father relocated to Hokkaidō after the Meiji Restoration as a director of the forerunner of Hokkaido Bank...
  
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• Satoru Iwata
  Satoru Iwata
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• Tadamasa Kodaira
  Tadamasa Kodaira
  is a Japanese politician of the Democratic Party of Japan, a member of the House of Representatives in the Diet . A native of Iwamizawa, Hokkaidō and graduate of Keio University, he was elected for the first time in 1990. Prior to go into politics, he have run a ranch.- External links :* in...
  
  
• Yasuharu Konishi
  Yasuharu Konishi
  is a Japanese musician, composer and DJ. He was a founding member of Pizzicato Five and the only founding member to stay with the group until its breakup in 2002...
  
  
• Yushi Soda
• Tamiaki Yoneya
  Tamiaki Yoneya
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• Genzō Wakayama
  Genzo Wakayama
  is a Japanese seiyū and disc jockey from Ōdomari, Karafuto Prefecture. He moved to Sapporo, Hokkaido as a youth and graduated from Sapporo South High School. He is currently freelance....
  
  
• Junichi Watanabe
  Junichi Watanabe
  is a Japanese writer, known for his portrayal of extra-marital affairs of middle aged people. His 1997 novel A Lost Paradise became a bestseller in Japan and over Asia, and was made into a film and a TV miniseries...
  
  

External links

• Sapporo South High School