| Tokyo Gakuen High School Tokyo Commercial School | |
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6-12-25 Black, Shimomeguro, Meguro-Ku, Tokyo
Japan
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| Type | Private high school |
| Motto | 不撓不屈 (friendship, cooperation, independence) |
| Established | 1889 |
| Principal | Tsutomu |
| Grades | 9-12 |
| Affiliation | Prefectural |
| Website | http://www.tokyogakuen-h.ed.jp/ |
Tokyo Gakuen High School (東光学園高等学校) is a high schoolinJapan that is most notable for its football team that competed between 1994 and 1997 (ultimately becoming the All Japan High School Soccer Tournament runners-up in 1996 after losing to Ichiritsu Funabashi by a score of 2-1).
The traditional school uniform is a basic black gakuran with brass buttons while the summer version consists of gray pants and a white shirt. The high school was also known as Tokyo Commercial High School between 1939 and 1973. Gas pumps are used for the purpose of heating and air conditioning the entire school. This school was established in the Japanese era of 22 Meiji (1889 A.D.), and became one of Japan's first private commercial schools. Kenji Hamada was one of the co-founders of this school. Due to the changing times of the society that was built around the school, the format was changed from a commercial high school to a private high school with conventional courses in 1973. Founded in 1889, the school is a primarily a boys-only school and was born in a public-private initiative. Night classes were started in the year 1921 as a way to act as a commercial school for older students.
Further expansion of the school was made in 2000 with the addition of another building to the campus. This school also has consistently maintained a boys-only section with increasing gender equality measures being carried out, since is it to become a co-educational school. All of the characteristics of the equality of the sexes are important. The potential outcome of the Students of this school are based on the dedicated faculty members who are close to the education of the young men believe in the wellness of this school. Both the students and teachers strive to live healthy lives every day.
Foreign exchange students are sent to the United Kingdom and Australia (Brisbane) to brush up on their English language skills that will become necessary in the working world. A variety of courses exist in this high school includes: arts, science, liberal arts, English, mathematics, and World History.
Their best football player of all time is Shunsuke Nakamura; who appeared in the Super Famicom video game Zenkoku Koukou Soccer Senshuken '96. Baseball, bowling, Olympic-style weightlifting, and Sumo are amongst the other extracurricular activities in this high school. The school also comes equipped with a Kendo field, a library with 18000 books, an audio-visual room, two computer-oriented classrooms, and a gymnasium.
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