Yokosuka High School
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is a high school
in Yokosuka
, Kanagawa Prefecture
Japan
, founded in 1907. The school is operated by the Kanagawa Prefectural Board of Education
. As of 2006 the principal was Minoru Yamukai (矢向 實 Yamukai Minoru).
Notable alumni include:
High school
High school is a term used in parts of the English speaking world to describe institutions which provide all or part of secondary education. The term is often incorporated into the name of such institutions....
in Yokosuka
Yokosuka, Kanagawa
is a city located in Kanagawa, Japan. As of 2010, the city had an estimated population of 419,067 and a population density of 4,160 people per km². It covered an area of 100.62 km²...
, Kanagawa Prefecture
Kanagawa Prefecture
is a prefecture located in the southern Kantō region of Japan. The capital is Yokohama. Kanagawa is part of the Greater Tokyo Area.-History:The prefecture has some archaeological sites going back to the Jōmon period...
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 1907. The school is operated by the Kanagawa Prefectural Board of Education
Kanagawa Prefectural Board of Education
Kanagawa Prefectural Board of Education is the board of education of the Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan.The board consists of six members; one of them is elected as the chair , and one of them is appointed by the board as the superintendent .The board administers municipal education...
. As of 2006 the principal was Minoru Yamukai (矢向 實 Yamukai Minoru).
Notable alumni include:
- Politician Junichiro KoizumiJunichiro Koizumiis a Japanese politician who served as Prime Minister of Japan from 2001 to 2006. He retired from politics when his term in parliament ended.Widely seen as a maverick leader of the Liberal Democratic Party , he became known as an economic reformer, focusing on Japan's government debt and the...
, Former Prime Minister of JapanPrime Minister of JapanThe is the head of government of Japan. He is appointed by the Emperor of Japan after being designated by the Diet from among its members, and must enjoy the confidence of the House of Representatives to remain in office...
from 2001 to 2006 - Physicist Masatoshi KoshibaMasatoshi Koshibais a Japanese physicist. He jointly won the Nobel Prize in Physics in 2002.He graduated from the University of Tokyo in 1951 and received a Ph.D. in physics at the University of Rochester, New York, in 1955...
, Nobel PrizeNobel PrizeThe Nobel Prizes are annual international awards bestowed by Scandinavian committees in recognition of cultural and scientific advances. The will of the Swedish chemist Alfred Nobel, the inventor of dynamite, established the prizes in 1895...
winner 2002 - Actor Yōsuke Kubozuka, dropout
- Actor Shunsuke Kubozuka, younger brother of Yosuke Kubozuka
- Judoka Isao InokumaIsao Inokumawas a judoka who competed in the +80 kg and Open divisions.- Biography :Inokuma was born in Yokosuka, Kanagawa, and began judo at age 15. He entered the Tokyo University of Education and won the All-Japan Judo Championships in 1959 at only 21 years of age to become the first student competitor to...
, Tokyo Olympic Gold Medalist - Football player Hiroyuki Sakashita