Makuhari Junior and Senior High School explained

is a Japanese private secondary school in the Makuhari area,^[1] in Mihama-ku, Chiba City, Chiba Prefecture.^[2] It is operated by the .^[1] In terms of the number of students accepted by top national universities, the school is now ranked among the top 5 high schools in Japan.

History

Tetsuo Tamura (田村 哲夫 Tamura Tetsuo) established the school to serve Japanese students who have lived abroad, returned to Japan, and have had difficulties adjusting to the Japanese educational system. Tamura stated that some of the people who he considered to be the most outstanding had received their early education while outside Japan, so he became interested in the education of Japanese people who were returning to Japan after being stationed overseas.^[3]

The school opened in 1983 as Makuhari Senior High School. The junior high school opened in 1986.^[1]

Notable alumni

Entertainers

• Kazutoshi Satō
• Kei Tanaka
• Kumi of Love Psychedelico
• Aiko Kaitou
• Thomas Lauderdale (Exchange student)

Athletes

Figure skaters

• Rena Inoue
• Narumi Takahashi

Soccer players

• Marcus Tulio Tanaka
• Kota Hattori
• Sandro
• Josue Souza Santos
• Andrey Gustavo dos Santos
• André Luíz Baracho
• Tiago

Tennis Players

• Kyōko Nagatsuka
• Takahiro Terachi
• Erika Takao

Artists

• Yui Haga

Notable staff

• Yuta Imazeki

See also

• List of junior high schools in Chiba Prefecture
• Waseda Shibuya Senior High School in Singapore (formerly Shibuya Makuhari Singapore School)

External links

• Makuhari Junior and Senior High School
• Makuhari Junior and Senior High School

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Notes and References

1. "School History." (Archive) Shibuya Kyouiku Gakuen. Retrieved on 8 January 2014.
2. "Access map." (Archive) Makuhari Junior and Senior High School. Retrieved on 8 January 2014. "1-3 Wakaba, Mihama-ku, Chiba 261-0014, Japan"
3. Iwasaki, Toshio. "Japanese Schools Take Root Overseas." Journal of Japanese Trade & Industry. Japan Economic Foundation (JEF, Kokusai Keizai Kōryū Zaidan), No. 5, 1991. Contributed to Google Books by the JEF. p. 25. "Tetsuo Tamura, director of Shibuya Kyoiku Gakuen,[...]He practiced what he preached by establishing Makuhari Senior High School about 3000 years ago to accept and educate children of Japanese nationals returning from abroad who were having trouble getting adjusted to the education system and environment at home."