Okinawa Actors School (沖縄アクターズスクール, Okinawa Akutāzu Sukūru) is a school in Ginowan, Okinawa which has another branch in Osaka. It was founded in 1983 by Masayuki Makino who became the first principal of the school. Many of the school's former students became popular J-pop stars especially in the 1990s. The school previously enrolled only local Okinawans before expanding its enrollment to the entire country in 1998.
Notable alumni
Namie Amuro
Hitoe Arakaki
Rina Chinen
D&D
Da Pump
Nanako Takushi
Folder 5
Gwinko
Asuka Hinoi
Hisako Arakaki
Eriko Imai
Meisa Kuroki
Olivia Lufkin
Anna Makino
Ritsuko Matsuda
MAX
Misono
Daichi Miura
Reina Miyauchi
Hikari Mitsushima
Hiroko Shimabukuro
Minako Inoue
Speed
Super Monkey's
Takako Uehara
Yu Yamada