is a high school in the city of Aomori, Aomori Prefecture, Japan.
Originally a junior high school named , the school was established on September 11, 1900.
Aomori Prefectural First Junior High School in Hirosaki and Aomori Prefectural Second Junior High School in Hachinohe were later renamed Aomori Prefectural Hirosaki High School and Aomori Prefectural Hachinohe High School respectively. Aomori Prefectural Third Junior High School in the city of Aomori was also renamed Aomori Prefectural Aomori High School.
The school later moved to the site of the former military camp where the 2nd Battalion, 5th Infantry Regiment involved in the Hakkōda Mountains incident was based. In the 1902 accident, 199 out of 210 soldiers on winter training exercises perished.
In March 2004, one of the school's chairmen was dismissed for having embezzled 34 million yen from the school's 100th anniversary funds.
Notable alumni
Toru Abo, immunologist Noriko Awaya, singer Osamu Dazai, writer Chiharu Igaya, former alpine ski racer Mika Iida, retired professional wrestler Tomohiro Katō, spree killer Yao Kitabatake, poet and children's literature writer Michio Mamiya, composer Keizo Miura, skier and mountain photographer Yūichirō Miura, skier and alpinist Teruo Murakami, former table tennis player Kodai Naraoka, badminton player Tohl Narita, visual artist Kinya Oyanagi, retired professional wrestler Kyōichi Sawada, photographer Goro Shibutani, former table tennis player Akimitsu Takagi, writer Masaki Tamura, cinematographer Toshibumi Tanaka, politician and first Governor of Hokkaido Shūji Terayama, writer
Notes denotes an alum of Aomori High School (pre-integration) denotes an alum of Aomori Girls' High School denotes an alum of Aomori High School (integrated)
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