Hōtoku Gakuen High School

Comprehensive high school in Nishinomiya, Hyōgo Prefecture, Japan
Hōtoku Gakuen High School
報徳学園高等学校
Location
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Nishinomiya
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Japan
Information
TypeComprehensive high school
Motto以徳報徳[1]
(To requite virtue with the virtue)
Established1911 (1911)
GenderBoys
Campus typeSuburban
Last updated: July 2017

Hōtoku Gakuen High School (報徳学園) is a high school in Nishinomiya, Hyogo Prefecture, Japan. The school has a sports program which has produced a number of professional baseball players.[citation needed] It was founded as the Hōtoku Business School in Mikage, Kobe, in 1911. The school was strongly affected by the 1995 Kobe earthquake.[2]

Notable alumni

Baseball players

  • Hiroshi Katayama
  • Kaito Kozono
  • Ryusuke Minami, NPB outfielder
  • Makoto Moriyama
  • Tomohisa Otani
  • Masaya Ozaki
  • Naoki Satoh
  • Naoyuki Shimizu, NPB pitcher
  • Katsuki Yamazaki

Rugby players

  • Mitsutake Hagimoto
  • Atsushi Hiwasa
  • Yusuke Niwai

Footballers

  • Yoshiyuki Okumura
  • Hidetaka Ubagai
  • Takuto Yasuoka

Athletics

Sumo wrestlers

Other

References

  1. ^ HOTOKU GAKUEN SINCE 1911(in Japanese)
  2. ^ "Japanese Baseball and the Aftermath of the Kobe Earthquake in 1995". Misc. Baseball. 18 March 2011. Retrieved 2 March 2015.
  3. ^ "B.league 2019-20 Season レバンガ北海道 #7中野司選手 契約合意のお知らせ".
  • Official website (in Japanese)
  • Hōtoku Gakuen pamphlet (English language PDF]

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