Aichi Prefectural Asahigaoka Senior High School (Japanese: 愛知県立旭丘高等学校) is a public coeducational senior high school located in Nagoya city, Aichi prefecture, Japan. It was originally established in 1870, having a long history of more than 140 years.新生通信編『日本の名門高校ベスト100 公立高校編』（新生通信・朝日新聞社） As of 2019, it had about 1200 students in years 10 to 12. The school was named "Aichi Prefectural No.1 Middle School" before World War II. In 1948, following the reformation of the education system, the school was merged with Nagoya No.3 Girl High School and renamed as "Aichi Prefectural Asahigaoka Senior High School".
School outline
Curriculum and Course Full-time Curriculum (2 courses)
General Course Art Course
Half-day Curriculum (Night, 1 course) (Student admission will be closed for good from 2020)
General Course
Motto Respect justice
Love sports
Be Constantly
School song The school's song was created by Kiyoshi Nobutoki and written by Japanese litterateur Senichi Hisamatsu, who was a graduate of the school. It was adopted in 1952.
Student clubs and extracurricular programs
Full-time Curriculum
Cultural Clubs Astronomy club Band music club Electrical club Go and shogi club light music club Reading club Theater drama club String music club Photo club Calligraphy club Radio broadcasting club Biology club Chorus club Railway study club Film club Karuta club Mathematical Science club Quiz study club Fire Torch club E.S.S. (English Speaking society) club
Sports Clubs Baseball club Soft baseball Club (Japanese version of baseball played with a hard rubber ball) Tennis club (Boys and girls) Soft tennis club (Boys and girls) Volleyball club (Boys and girls) Basketball club (man and woman) Badminton club (Boys and girls) Handball club (Boys and girls) Rugby club Soccer club (Boys and girls) Dance club Table tennis club Judo club Archery club Kendo club Athletics club Rowing club Swimming club Wandervogel club
Half-time curriculum Basketball club Badminton club
Notable people Midori Tanno, announcer and politician Takeshi UchiyamadaNotable people who graduated from Aichi Prefectural Asahigaoka Senior High School Akio Morita Katō Takaaki Futabatei Shimei Tsubouchi Shōyō Kohei Otsuka Genpei Akasegawa Miyoko Akaza Masaki Tsuji Kogo Noda Tsuneko Okazaki Takashi Kawamura (politician) (mayor of Nagoya, 2009–present)
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