Seijo Gakuen Junior High School and High School (成城学園中学校高等学校, Seijō Gakuen Chūgakkō Kōtōgakkō) is a private junior high and high school in Setagaya, Tokyo, operated by the Seijo Gakuen institute.
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History
The present-day junior high school and high school traces its lineage to the Seijo Elementary School, the founding entity of the present-day Seijo Gakuen. The Seijo Junior High School and separate Senior High Schools for boys and girls were established during the 1920s. Following the 1949 education reforms, the system was restructured and the coeducational Seijo Gakuen Junior High School and High School was opened in 1950 while the tertiary education provision became a junior college, later obtaining university status.
Traditions
The school has a practice unique to Japanese schools which stems from its legacy as separate boys' and girls' high schools. The former girls' school did not have a prescribed uniform, a tradition which continues to this day, although they do have to abide by a general dress code. Boys continue to wear the blazer and slacks.
Notable alumni
Politicians
Yūko Obuchi
Takao Fujii
Yasuhide Nakayama
Yuichiro Hata
Tsutomu Hata
Yoko Komiyama
Kōki Ishii
Writers
Shōhei Ōoka
Kōbō Abe
Conductors
Seiji Ozawa
Michiyoshi Inoue
Yuki Ito
Singers
Ryoko Moriyama
Naotarō Moriyama
Hiromi Iwasaki
Yoshimi Iwasaki
Yutaro Miura
Kikuchi Fuma
Hiroki Maekawa
Actors
Masakazu Tamura
Ryō Tamura
Ken Ishiguro
Masanobu Takashima
Masahiro Takashima
Yukiyoshi Ozawa
Mitsuhiro Oikawa
Takahiro Miura
Mayu Tsuruta
Yuko Ito
Yoshino Kimura
Haruna Ikezawa (Voice Actor)
Tarento
Moe Yamaguchi
Tomu Muto
Marino Miyata
Filmmakers
Kenta Fukasaku
Kazuko Kurosawa
Athletes
Yuji Matsuo
Yuki Ishikawa
Shoko Yoshimura
Others
Shu Uemura, Makeup Artist