Shuyukan

Shuyukan

Nihongo|Fukuoka Prefectural Shuyukan Senior High School|福岡県立修猷館高等学校 is a co-educational public senior high school located in Fukuoka city, Fukuoka prefecture, Japan. It produces a number of graduates who continue their studies at University of Tokyo as well as Kyushu University. The school yard hosts a descendant of Isaac Newton's apple tree.Fact|date=July 2008

History

February 6 1784 Opening of Shuyukan as a Han-School of Fukuoka-Han ["Han" is a samurai's feudal prefectural government in the Edo Period.] .

Organization

There are no vocational courses, only an ordinary (college preparatory) course exists. In the second year, students choose between Arts and Science streams. In addition, there are Super-Art stream, Super-Science stream, and Pre-Med stream for advanced students.

Distinguished alumni

The large number of distinguished alumni are called "Shuyu Range".

Politics

*Kōki Hirota - The 32nd prime minister of Japan.
*Abe Iso - Christian Socialist
*Kaneko Kentarō - Drafter of the Meiji Constitution.
*Hiraoka Kotarō - The first president of Genyōsha.
*Seigō Nakano - Totalitarianism Political Leader
*Taketora Ogata - Vice prime minister in Shigeru Yoshida ministry and the former president of Liberal Party.
*Taku Yamasaki - Former vice president of Liberal Democratic Party

Journalism

*Shinichi Hakoshima - Former president of Asahi Shimbun

Business

*Yasuchika Hasegawa - President of Takeda Pharmaceutical Company
*Shugo Matsuo - Former chairman of Sony Music Entertainment.
*Nobuo Mii - Former vice president of IBM Corporation
*Masahiro Nakagawa - Vice chairman of Toyota Motor Corporation.
*Dan Takuma - Director-General of Mitsui Zaibatsu

Law

*Kōtarō Takana - Judge of International Court of Justice

Medicine

*Seigō Izumo - Professor of Medicine at Harvard Medical School

Government

*Akashi Motojirō - General in the Imperial Japanese Army , The 7th Governor-General of Taiwan

Culture

*Yumeno Kyūsaku - author of Detective Fiction
*Tempu Nakamura - Yoga Master
*Sanzo Wada - painter, winner of 1954 Academy Award for Costume Design (Color)

Entertainment

*Jōji Yanami - Seiyū

Athletics

*Tetsuo Hamuro - Gold Medalist in the 200 m Breaststroke event of the 1936 Summer Olympics in Berlin, Germany

References


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