The Kaisei Academy (開成学園) is a preparatory private secondary school for boys located in the Arakawa ward of Tokyo, Japan.
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Each year, Kaisei Academy admits three hundred students to its junior high school, and four hundred students to its high school. The school promotes a tradition of 質実剛健 (shitsujitsugouken), a yojijukugo Japanese motto meaning “strong and simple”. Its English motto is "The pen is mightier than the sword". It has produced a large number of famous alumni.
The school was founded in 1871 by Sano Kanae, a lecturer of Western studies, gunnery, and oceanography.[1] At first, it was established as the Kyōryū Academy (共立学校). The school was at risk of closure after Sano's death in 1877, but in 1878 Takahashi Korekiyo, a professor at the time, became the first principal of the restructured school, turning it into a preparatory boarding school.[2] One year later in 1879, the number of students admitted to university from the academy reached 112 out of a student body of 466.
The school changed its name to Kaisei Academy in 1895.
- Okada Keisuke, (1868 – 1952) Prime Minister from 1934 to 1936 / Temporary on the register / In the prepschool age
- Ikeda Kikunae, (1864 – 1936) who identified the flavour umami / In the prepschool age
- Kogorō Takahira, (1854 - 1926) Japan's Ambassador to the United States from 1900 to 1909.
- Physicist Nagaoka Hantarō, (1865 – 1950) who developed the Saturnian model of the atom / In the prepschool age
- Poet Masaoka Shiki, one of the "four great masters" of the haiku / In the prepschool age
- Poet and author Shimazaki Tōson (1872-1943), leading figure in the Meiji Romantic movement / In the prepschool age
- Admiral Akiyama Saneyuki (1868 – 1918), planner of the Japanese strategy at the Battle of Tsushima / In the prepschool age
- Vice Admiral Yamaguchi Tamon (1892 – June 4, 1942), commander of the aircraft carrier Hiryū at the Battle of Midway
- Mutō Toshirō (1934 – ), former Deputy Governor of the Bank of Japan.
- Fumio Kishida (1957 – ) Prime Minister from 2021- 2024.
- Chikahiko Koizumi (1884 - 1945), surgeon vice-general of Japan [3]
- Takayuki Kobayashi (1974 -), Politician, member of the House of Representatives from 2012[4]
- Chikara Yoshihara (1999 -), Quiz competitor - "ABC the 17th" champion. "ABC the 18th", "ABC the 19th" and "ABC the 20th" paper champion[5]
- Keiichi Tadaki (1943 -), lawyer, Prosecutor-General from 2006 to 2008[6]
- Shinji Inoue (1969 -), politician, Acting Secretary-General of the Liberal Democratic Party, former Minister in charge of International Exposition[7]
- Michio Yuzawa (1888 - 1963), politician, former governor of Miyagi prefecture from 1929-1931, former governor of Hiroshima prefecture from 1932 to 1935, former governor of Hyougo prefecture from 1935 to 1936, former Vice-Minister of Home Affairs from 1936 to 1937 and 1941 to 1942, former Minister of Home Affairs from 1942-1943, member of the House of Councilors from 1959 to 1963[8]
- Taro Tsujimura, (1890 - 1983), former president of the Association of Japanese Geographers, leading advocate of landschaftgeographie in Japan[9][10]
- Masaaki Koizumi (1964 -), certified public accountant, accounting auditor
- Yoshiyuki Murata (1954 -), former President of Taisei Corporation[11]
- Shuji Yoshino (1970-), geography teacher at Kaisei, in charge of swimming club and tennis club
- Toshio Kagami (1936 -), Representative Director of Oriental Land Co., Ltd.[12]
- Kiyotaka Sasaki (1961 -), the first Director of the General Policy Bureau of the Financial Services Agency[13]
- Teiji Seta (1916 - 1979), children’s literature writer, translator[14][15]
- Kuroda Seiki (1866 - 1924), painter, politician[16][17]
- Shin'ichirō Nakamura (1918 - 1997), novelist, literary critic, poet[18]
- Kōichirō Asakai (1906 - 1995), diplomat[19][20]
- Takushi Izawa (1994 -), quiz player, founder of QuizKnock
- Minoru Kiuchi (1965 -), politician, former Senior Vice-Minister for Foreign Affairs, former Senior Vice-Minister of Environment[21][22]
- Ryokichi Inada (1874 - 1950), bacteriologist, emeritus professor at University of Tokyo[23]
- Yukio Ninagawa (1935-2016), theatre director, film director, act[24]
- Akiyama Saneyuki (1868~1918), naval officer in the Meiji and Taisho eras, former vice-admiral of Japanese Navy[25]
- Tamon Yamaguchi (1892 - 1942), naval officer in the Taisho and Showa eras, former Vice Admiral of Japanese Navy[26][27]
- Shozo Uchida (1885 - 1972), architect, former president of Tokyo Imperial University (current University of Tokyo)[28]
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