is a co-educational public senior high school located in Fukuoka city, Fukuoka prefecture, Japan. It produces a number of graduates who continue their studies at University of Tokyo as well as Kyushu University. The school yard hosts a descendant of Isaac Newton's apple tree.

History

February 6 1784 Opening of Shuyukan as a Han-School of Fukuoka-Han.

Organization

There are no vocational courses, only an ordinary (college preparatory) course exists. In the second year, students choose between Arts and Science streams. In addition, there are Super-Art stream, Super-Science stream, and Pre-Med stream for advanced students.

Distinguished alumni

The large number of distinguished alumni are called Shuyu Range.

Politics

• Kōki Hirota - The 32nd prime minister of Japan.
• Abe Iso - Christian Socialist
• Kaneko Kentarō - Drafter of the Meiji Constitution.
• Hiraoka Kotarō - The first president of Genyōsha.
• Seigō Nakano - Totalitarianism Political Leader
• Taketora Ogata - Vice prime minister in Shigeru Yoshida ministry and the former president of Liberal Party.
• Taku Yamasaki - Former vice president of Liberal Democratic Party

Journalism

• Shinichi Hakoshima - Former president of Asahi Shimbun

Business

• Yasuchika Hasegawa - President of Takeda Pharmaceutical Company
• Shugo Matsuo - Former chairman of Sony Music Entertainment.
• Nobuo Mii - Former vice president of IBM Corporation
• Masahiro Nakagawa - Vice chairman of Toyota Motor Corporation.
• Dan Takuma - Director-General of Mitsui Zaibatsu

Law

• Kōtarō Takana - Judge of International Court of Justice

Medicine

• Seigō Izumo - Professor of Medicine at Harvard Medical School

Government

• Akashi Motojirō - General in the Imperial Japanese Army , The 7th Governor-General of Taiwan

Culture

• Yumeno Kyūsaku - author of Detective Fiction
• Tempu Nakamura - Yoga Master
• Sanzo Wada - painter, winner of 1954 Academy Award for Costume Design (Color)

Entertainment

• Jōji Yanami - Seiyū

Athletics

• Tetsuo Hamuro - Gold Medalist in the 200 m Breaststroke event of the 1936 Summer Olympics in Berlin, Germany

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