Osaka Prefectural Kitano High School (大阪府立北野高等学校, Ōsaka Furitsu Kitano Kōtōgakkō) is a secondary school in Osaka, Japan founded in 1873.
It moved to its current location in Yodogawa Ward in 1931. The school is operated by the Osaka Prefectural Board of Education. It has been named a model school by the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology.
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History
Kitano High School was founded as a European-style school at Namba Mido in 1873, and re-established as Osaka Prefectural First Secondary High School in 1877. In 1889, the school was moved to the new building to at Dojima, and in the same year a school logo was created. In 1902, the school was moved again to Kitano, and was renamed Osaka Prefectural Kitano Secondary High School. After 29 years, the school was moved to the current location.
After World War II, in 1948, the school was renamed Osaka Prefectural Kitano Senior High School, and began to exchange students and teachers with Osaka Prefectural Otemae High School.
Alumni
Prominent alumni include:
Junko Abe, actress
Den Fujita, founder of McDonald's Company (Japan), Ltd
Tōru Hashimoto, former mayor of Osaka City
Osamu Hayaishi, winner of the Wolf Prize in Medicine
Motojirō Kajii, author
Kenji Kasahara
Shika Kawajo, politician
Toshiya Kuge (1981–2001), 20-year-old September 11 victim
Ryōichi Kuroda, politician
Midori Matsushima, politician
Hisaya Morishige, actor and comedian
Hiroshi Noma, author
Ryutaro Nonomura, former politician
Yuzo Saeki, painter
Osamu Tezuka (1928–1989), manga artist
Tamiki Wakaki, manga artist
Hidetsugu Yagi (1886–1976), inventor of the Yagi Antenna
Kanae Yamamoto, politician