Kitano High School (Osaka Prefecture)
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Osaka Prefectural Kitano High School (大阪府立北野高等学校) 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.[1] It is a modern, well-maintained high quality building in contrast to many other municipal schools in Japan.[citation needed]
[edit] Alumni
Prominent alumni include
- Hidetsugu Yagi (1886-1976), inventor of the Yagi Antenna
- Osamu Tezuka (1928-1989), manga artist
- Toshiya Kuge (ca.1981-2001), 20-year-old September 11 victim[2]
[edit] External links
[edit] References
- ^ SAS Projects. Retrieved on 2006-11-19.
- ^ Passenger: Toshiya Kuge. Pittsburgh Post-Gazette (2001-10-28). Retrieved on 2006-11-19.
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