Victory: Meiho（明豊）｜菊池女子 × Meiho（明豊）
Matchup
| School | number of wins | points |
|---|---|---|
| Red 菊池女子（Kumamoto） | 1 | 1 |
| White Meiho（明豊）（Oita） ○ | 4 | 6 |
Senpo Yamada（山田） × Fukuda（福田）
Commentary：Women's team first round, Senpo match between Kumiyama and Shukutokusugamo. Red is 紀田 from Kumiyama, and white is 北川 from Shukutokusugamo.
Explanation：Let's keep an eye on them.
Commentary：4 minutes and 0 seconds after the start of the match, white's 北川 scored a men.
Explanation：That was a splendid men.
Commentary：北川 of Shukutokusugamo won with an ippon, bringing 1 win to the team.
To both players
Applause for the fighting spirits of both 紀田 and 北川, who showed an intense offensive and defensive struggle.
Thank you for a wonderful match.
Jiho Goto（後藤） × Higashi（東）
Commentary：Women's team first round, Kumiyama vs Shukutokusugamo. The Jiho match is 山根 in red and 福田 in white.
Explanation：Both sides engaged in a fierce offensive battle.
Commentary：福田 in white moved first, scoring an ippon with a do.
Explanation：However, 山根 in red also scored an ippon with a men strike to get one point back.
Commentary：It became a striking exchange where both players scored two or more points, and they fought through the full 4 minutes and 0 seconds.
Explanation：They fought until the end, and the result was a draw.
To both players
山根 and 福田 fought a heated battle, neither giving in to the other.
A big round of applause for both sides and their all-out exchange of strikes.
Chuken Nishi（西） × Iwamoto（岩本）
Commentary：Women's team first round, it is a match between Kumiyama's Chuken 松尾 and Shukutokusugamo's 佐藤.
Explanation：The much-anticipated Chuken match—how will it unfold?
Commentary：After the match began, white's 佐藤 scored a men.
Explanation：You hit the men cleanly.
Commentary：The match time was 4 minutes 0 seconds. 佐藤 of Shukutokusugamo won by ippon, bringing one win to the team.
To both players
松尾 and 佐藤 fought an intense battle.
Applause for the wonderful performance of both fighters.
Fukusho Shimoda（下田） × Konakahara（小中原）
Commentary：Women's team first round, Kumiyama Kusaka vs Shukutokusugamo 杉本. This is the Fukusho match.
Explanation：It became a highly anticipated match.
Commentary：Match start. White's 杉本 scored a men!
Explanation：That was a sharp strike.
Commentary：Match time 4 minutes 0 seconds. 杉本 of Shukutokusugamo won by ippon.
Explanation：杉本 brought 1 win to the team.
To both players
It was a passionate battle where 日下 and 杉本 gave it their all against each other.
I send my heartfelt applause to both for their courageous efforts.
Taisho Inada（稲田） × Goto（後藤）
Commentary：Women's team first round, Taisho match between Kumiyama・松尾 and Shukutokusugamo・三浦.
Explanation：It has become a match to watch.
Commentary：松尾 scores a men strike and takes the first ippon.
Explanation：It was a sharp strike.
Commentary：Furthermore, 松尾 scored a kote, taking the second ippon.
Explanation：It became an intense exchange where two or more ippon were scored.
Commentary：At 3 minutes 52 seconds, 松尾 of Kumiyama won, bringing 1 win to the team.
To both players
松尾 and 三浦, both of you fought a wonderful match.
Applause for a passionate match where both sides gave their all.
Results
Commentary：Women's team first round, red Kumiyama, white Shukutokusugamo. Kumiyama is 紀田, 山根, 松尾, 日下, 松尾.
Explanation：Shukutokusugamo consists of 北川, 福田, 佐藤, 杉本, and 三浦.
Commentary：In the Senpo match, white's 北川 scored an ippon with a men strike. 北川 won.
Explanation：That was a sharp men strike.
Commentary：Jiho match, 山根 and 福田 are a draw.
Explanation：Neither side gave way, and it ended in a draw.
Commentary：In the Chuken match, white's 佐藤 scored an ippon with a men strike. 佐藤 won.
Explanation：He also scored an ippon with a men strike here.
Commentary：Fukusho match, 杉本 in white scores an ippon with a men strike. 杉本 wins.
Explanation：Shukutokusugamo is in great form, scoring ippon after ippon.
Commentary：In the Taisho match, 松尾 in red won with men and kote.
Explanation：松尾 scored two ippon and won.
Commentary：Number of wins: Kumiyama 1, Shukutokusugamo 3. Points: Kumiyama 3 ippon, Shukutokusugamo 4 ippon.
Explanation：Shukutokusugamo won.
To both schools and all players
Applause for Kumiyama, Shukutokusugamo, and all the athletes who fought with everything they had.
My heartfelt respect to the brave figures of both schools who unleashed fierce strikes.
Meiho（明豊）
- Official name
- 明豊高等学校(明豊中学・高等学校)
- Reading
- Meiho
- Division/Category of Establishment
- Private (co-educational). A combined junior and senior high school established by the 別府 University educational corporation.
- Location
- 3088 Noguchihara, 別府 City, Oita Prefecture
- History
- The origin is the Hoshu Girls' School, founded in 1908 (Meiji 41). The school became the 別府 University Affiliated High School in 1958, after passing through Showa Jissen Girls' School, Hoshu Higher Girls' School, Oita Girls' High School, and Jiyugaoka High School. In 1998, the Educational Corporation 別府 University and the Educational Corporation Myojo Gakuen merged, and in April 1999, Meiho Junior High School and Meiho High School opened. The two former schools closed in 2001. The school name combines "Myo" (bright) from Myojo and "Ho" (abundant) from Hoshu Girls' School.
- Department.
- Full-time courses: General academic course (Special Advanced class, University-High School Collaboration class, Physical Education major class), Health Nursing course, Nursing course (Advanced program), Correspondence course: General academic course.
- Kendo Club
- At Inter-High for the men’s team, they were runners-up for two consecutive years in 2024 (71st) and 2025 (72nd), and placed third in 2019 (66th) and 2021 (68th). In the All Japan High School Kendo Selection Tournament for the men’s team, they won in 2022 (31st) and were runners-up in 2019 (28th). For the men’s individual event, Yamashita Kenki won at Inter-High in 2024. The women’s team were runners-up at Inter-High in 2022 and 2023, and placed third in 2024. They won at the All Japan High School Kendo Selection Tournament in 2024 and were runners-up in 2022, 2025, and 2026. They will participate in all four divisions – men’s and women’s team and individual – at this tournament.
- Notes
- In school introductions, the kendo club, table tennis club, baseball club, and women’s basketball club are said to be at a national level. The baseball club was the runner-up in the 2021 Spring Koshien tournament.