Shiroiwa Junior High School

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Kitano in a hallway of Shiroiwa Junior High School in the film version of Battle Royale
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Kitano in a hallway of Shiroiwa Junior High School in the film version of Battle Royale

Shiroiwa Junior High School (城岩中学校 Shiroiwa Chūgakkō) is a fictional Japanese school in the novel Battle Royale, as well as in the manga and film of the same name, in which the fates of the 42 students of Shiroiwa 9th Grade Class B are documented.

In the series, Shiroiwa is a public school operated by the fictional town of Shiroiwa (the novel and manga set the town in Kagawa Prefecture, while the film sets the town in Kanagawa Prefecture), which is designated in Japanese as "Shiroiwa-cho" (城岩町 Shiroiwa-chō). As with real-life Japanese junior high schools, Shiroiwa covers grades 7 through 9.

In all versions, Shiroiwa has a mandatory school uniform policy, like most Japanese junior high schools.

In the novel and manga, boys wear black gakurans, while girls wear blue sailor suits.

In the film, students wear British-style school uniforms; boys wear white oxford shirts, dark blue ties with gold "S" ornaments, khaki trousers, and khaki coats. Girls wear white oxford shirts with Peter Pan collars, red ties with gold "S" ornaments, khaki skirts, and khaki coats.

Masao Hayashida is the head teacher of Class 3-B. In the novel, Mr. Yamamoto served as 3-B's English teacher, while Kazuko Okazaki taught literature to 3-B. In the film, Kitano served as Class 3-B's teacher in the 7th grade (when 3-B was 1-B) until Yoshitoki Kuninobu stabbed him in the buttocks; Kitano resigned after the incident.

The students of Shiroiwa Junior High School, 9th Grade, Class B are as follows:

The students of Class B.
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The students of Class B.
Boys Girls
Number Name Number Name
1 Yoshio Akamatsu 1 Mizuho Inada
2 Keita Iijima 2 Yukie Utsumi
3 Tatsumichi Oki 3 Megumi Eto
4 Toshinori Oda 4 Sakura Ogawa
5 Shogo Kawada 5 Izumi Kanai
6 Kazuo Kiriyama 6 Yukiko Kitano
7 Yoshitoki Kuninobu 7 Yumiko Kusaka
8 Yoji Kuramoto 8 Kayoko Kotohiki
9 Hiroshi Kuronaga 9 Yuko Sakaki
10 Ryuhei Sasagawa 10 Hirono Shimizu
11 Hiroki Sugimura 11 Mitsuko Souma
12 Yutaka Seto 12 Haruka Tanizawa
13 Yuichiro Takiguchi 13 Takako Chigusa
14 Sho Tsukioka 14 Mayumi Tendo
15 Shuya Nanahara 15 Noriko Nakagawa
16 Kazushi Niida 16 Yuka Nakagawa
17 Mitsuru Numai 17 Satomi Noda
18 Tadakatsu Hatagami 18 Fumiyo Fujiyoshi
19 Shinji Mimura 19 Chisato Matsui
20 Kyoichi Motobuchi 20 Kaori Minami
21 Kazuhiko Yamamoto 21 Yoshimi Yahagi


Battle Royale (edit)
Novel & mangas Battle Royale (novel) | Battle Royale (manga) | Battle Royale II: Blitz Royale (manga)
Films Battle Royale (film)  | Battle Royale II: Requiem
Soundtracks Battle Royale Original Soundtrack | Battle Royale II: Requiem Original Soundtrack | Composer: Masamichi Amano | Orchestra: Warsaw Philharmonic Orchestra
Main Characters BR: Shuya Nanahara | Noriko Nakagawa | Shogo Kawada | Sakamochi/Yonemi/Kitano (the Teacher) | Kazuo Kiriyama | Mitsuko Souma | Shinji Mimura | Hiroki Sugimura
BRII: Takuma Aoi | Shiori Kitano | Nao Asakura | Riki Takeuchi | Saki Sakurai
Secondary Characters BR: Yoshitoki Kuninobu | Takako Chigusa | Yukie Utsumi | Kazushi Niida | Yuko Sakaki | Megumi Eto | Satomi Noda | Yoshio Akamatsu | Yukiko Kitano | Keita Iijima | Kayoko Kotohiki | Hirono Shimizu | Yuichiro Takiguchi | Tatsumichi Oki | Mitsuru Numai | Yutaka Seto| Yoji Kuramoto | Toshinori Oda | Sho Tsukioka | Mai (smiling winner) | Keiko Onuki (Keiko Inoue) | Lieutenant Anjo | Soldiers (Battle Royale)
BRII: R: Mitsugu Sakai | Shugo Urabe | Maki Souda | Osamu Kasai | Soji Kazama | Kyoko Kakei | Kengo Yonai | Ryo Kurosawa | Haruya Sakurai | Haruka Kuze | Masami Shibaki | Jun Nanami | Makio Mimura (Shinji's uncle) | Prime Minister of Japan
Cast and crew Koushun Takami (novel author) | Kinji Fukasaku (director) | Kenta Fukasaku (screenwriter)
BR: Tatsuya Fujiwara | Aki Maeda | Taro Yamamoto | Masanobu Ando | Kou Shibasaki | Chiaki Kuriyama | Takeshi Kitano
BRII: R: Takeru Shibaki Shugo Oshinari | Ai Maeda | Ayana Sakai | Natsuki Kato | Riki Takeuchi | Yoko Maki
Other topics Battle Royale controversy | Battle Royale merchandise | List of Battle Royale weapons | GPS tracking | Wild Seven
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