Akita High School

Akita High School (秋田県立秋田高等学校) is a high school in the city of Akita, Akita Prefecture, Japan. Akita High is the oldest and first high school in the prefecture and one of the earliest pre-World War II middle schools in Japan.

Baseball
Runners-up, Japanese High School Baseball Championship in 1915.

Basketball
Won Japanese championship in 1936.

Mountaineering
3-time runners-up, Inter-High School Championships

Judo
Japanese champions in 1931, runners-up in 1938.

Kendo
2-time Japanese champions in 1967 and 1968.

Notable alumni

 * Shigeki Abe - baseball player
 * Yasushi Akashi - United Nations administrator.
 * Sasagu Arai - researcher of early Christianity
 * Shirō Fukai - composer
 * Kenzo Futaki - doctor
 * Eiji Gotō - admiral
 * Mitsutaka Goto- baseball player
 * Hiroo Ishii - baseball player
 * Shun-ichi Iwasaki - engineer
 * Katsutoshi Kaneda - politician
 * Kazuo Koike - manga writer
 * Machida Chūji - politician
 * Kazuo Nakamura (basketball) - head coach
 * Shōji Nishimura - admiral
 * Hitoshi Okuda - manga artist
 * Taro Shoji - singer
 * Sukenari Yokoyama - politician