Hōtoku Gakuen High School Explained

Hōtoku Gakuen High School
Native Name:	報徳学園高等学校
Motto:	以徳報徳^[1]
Motto Translation:	To requite virtue with the virtue
City:	Nishinomiya
State:	Hyōgo Prefecture
Country:	Japan
Type:	Comprehensive high school
Gender:	Boys
Campus Type:	Suburban
Lastupdate:	July 2017

is a high school in Nishinomiya, Hyogo Prefecture, Japan. The school has a sports program which has produced a number of professional baseball players. It was founded as the Hōtoku Business School in Mikage, Kobe, in 1911. The school was strongly affected by the 1995 Kobe earthquake.^[2]

Notable alumni

Baseball players

• Hiroshi Katayama
• Kaito Kozono
• Ryusuke Minami, NPB outfielder
• Makoto Moriyama
• Tomohisa Otani
• Masaya Ozaki
• Naoki Satoh
• Naoyuki Shimizu, NPB pitcher
• Katsuki Yamazaki

Rugby players

• Mitsutake Hagimoto
• Atsushi Hiwasa
• Yusuke Niwai

Footballers

• Yoshiyuki Okumura
• Hidetaka Ubagai
• Takuto Yasuoka

Athletics

• Koji Ito, track and field sprinter
• Kensuke Takezawa, long-distance runner

Sumo wrestlers

• Tochinowaka Michihiro
• Takakeishō Mitsunobu

Other

• Daisuke Hosokawa, swimmer
• Mirai Moriyama, actor
• Yuichiro Nagashima, martial artist
• Tsukasa Nakano, basketball player^[3]
• Atom Shukugawa, comedian

External links

• • Hōtoku Gakuen pamphlet (English language PDF]

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Notes and References

1. http://www.hotoku.ac.jp/about/education HOTOKU GAKUEN SINCE 1911
2. Web site: Japanese Baseball and the Aftermath of the Kobe Earthquake in 1995. Misc. Baseball. 18 March 2011. 2 March 2015.
3. Web site: B.league 2019-20 Season レバンガ北海道 #7中野司選手 契約合意のお知らせ.