is a senior high school in Japan, located in Saitama Prefecture. It was founded in 1982 as a high school attached to Waseda University. Its motto is , which is the same motto as for Waseda University.
History The school was founded in April 1982 as a "100th anniversary memorial project of Waseda University". The school was founded as a boys' school, but it converted to a coeducational school in April 2007.
Present The school has continued interactions with prestige high schools as below. Affiliated High School of Peking University () National Taichung First Senior High School () National Junior College () Anyang Foreign Language High School () SMA Negeri 2 Yogyakarta ()
According to the Hensachi (the indication showing the entrance difficulties by prep schools) rankings published by Sundai Preparatory School (駿台予備校), the school is one of the most selective senior high schools in Japan. Its entrance difficulty is usually considered as the most competitive senior high school in Saitama Prefecture.2009全国主要私立180校駿台最新偏差値(サンデー毎日2008.5.28号)
Location/facility
The closest station is the Honjō-Waseda Station.
Notable alumni Gyochi Yoshida1, conductor of Nagoya Philharmonic Orchestra Yoshio Tezuka, special Advisor to the Prime Minister (Noda cabinet) Iwao Hirose, philosopher, professor of McGill University Koji Sato, CEO of Toyota Masafumi Kawaguchi, american football player Takeharu Yamanaka, politician, mayor of Yokohama Ken'ichi Arai, member of Rag Fair Rena Ichiki (ja, zh), former pop singer, currently known as an announcer at Nippon TV Shiori Nakamata (ja, zh, ko), former pop singer
Related books 早稲田大学本庄高等学院編『二十五周年記念誌 : 継承と発展』(Japanese), published in 2007 早稲田大学本庄高等学院編『三十周年記念誌』(Japanese), published in 2012
References
External links
Waseda University Honjo Senior High School