Victory: Kyushugakuin（九州学院）｜Meiho（明豊） × Kyushugakuin（九州学院）
Matchup
| School | number of wins | points |
|---|---|---|
| Red Meiho（明豊）（Oita） | 0 | 0 |
| White Kyushugakuin（九州学院）（Kumamoto） ○ | 3 | 6 |
Senpo Minakuchi（水口） × Chikamoto（近本）
Commentary：Men's team final, it is the Senpo match between 小澤 of Nisshogakuen and 橋本 of Higashifukuoka.
Explanation：It has become a match to watch.
Commentary：Immediately after the match started, white's 橋本 scored a kote.
Explanation：That was a sharp strike.
Commentary：Next, white's 橋本 scores a do.
Explanation：Scored two ippon in short succession.
Commentary：It was a quick match, ending in 0 minutes and 38 seconds.
Explanation：橋本 won with an overwhelming attack.
Commentary：橋本 of Higashifukuoka brings 1 win to the team.
To both players
小澤 and 橋本, it was a wonderful fight where both gave their all.
I give my heartfelt applause to both for their spirited exchange of strikes.
Jiho Yamashita（山下） × 河野
Commentary：Men's team final, Nisshogakuen vs Higashifukuoka. Jiho match, red 太田, white の楠.
Explanation：One foul has been recorded for 楠に in white.
Commentary：楠がScored a kote!
Explanation：An ippon has been scored.
Commentary：Match time 4 minutes 0 seconds. 楠 of Higashifukuoka won by ippon, bringing 1 win to the team.
To both players
Applause for the intense battle between 太田 and 楠選手.
It was a wonderful match in which both sides gave their all.
Chuken Kodama（児玉） × Yamamoto（山元）
Commentary：Men's team final, the Chuken match between Nisshogakuen's 大熊 and Higashifukuoka's 中島.
Explanation：Both sides are attacking each other fiercely.
Commentary：大熊 in red scored a men strike to take the first ippon.
Explanation：However, white's 中島 also scored a men strike, making it 1 ippon to 1 ippon.
Commentary：One foul has been recorded for Red.
Explanation：Intense exchanges continue, with both sides scoring two or more ippon.
Commentary：They fought for the full 4 minutes and 0 seconds, and the result was a draw.
To both players
大熊 and 中島 fought aggressively until the very end.
Applause for the wonderful performance of both fighters.
Fukusho Matsubara（松原） × Ohira（大平）
Commentary：Men's team final, the Fukusho match between Nisshogakuen's 宮﨑 and Higashifukuoka's 北原.
Explanation：It became a highly anticipated match.
Commentary：White, Higashifukuoka's 北原, moved first. A men strike lands for the first ippon.
Explanation：It was a sharp strike.
Commentary：However, 宮﨑 in red scored a men, immediately making it a 1-1 tie.
Explanation：An intense exchange of strikes is unfolding.
Commentary：It was 北原 who broke the deadlock. They scored a kote to secure the win.
Explanation：It was a fierce battle lasting 3 minutes and 38 seconds.
Commentary：North 原が won, bringing 1 win to Higashifukuoka.
To both players
宮﨑 and 北原選手 showed a relentless offensive and defensive struggle.
I send my heartfelt applause to both for their spirited fighting spirit.
Taisho Ishihara（石原） × Mori（森）
Commentary：Men's team final, Taisho match. Red is 倉部 from Nisshogakuen, white is 橋本 from Higashifukuoka.
Explanation：It became a highly anticipated Taisho match.
Commentary：The match has begun. 橋本 in white scored a men.
Explanation：You hit the men cleanly.
Commentary：Kurabe in red has one foul recorded.
Commentary：At 4 minutes 0 seconds, white 橋本 won by ippon, bringing 1 win to the team.
To both players
倉部 and 橋本, who fought a fierce battle.
Applause for the two of them and their head-on clash.
Results
Commentary：Men's team final, a match between Nisshogakuen and Higashifukuoka.
Explanation：Nisshogakuen consists of 小澤, 太田, 大熊, 宮﨑, and 倉部.
Commentary：In the Senpo match, 橋本 from Higashifukuoka won with kote and do.
Explanation：In the Jiho match, 楠が of Higashifukuoka won with an ippon via kote.
Commentary：The Chuken match between 大熊 and 中島 ended in a draw.
Explanation：In the Fukusho match, Higashifukuoka won with men, 原が面, and kote.
Commentary：In the Taisho match, 橋本 of Higashifukuoka won with an ippon via men.
Explanation：The number of wins was 0 to 4, and the points were 2 to 7.
Commentary：Higashifukuoka won.
To both schools and all players
Applause for Nisshogakuen, Higashifukuoka, and all the athletes who gave their absolute all against each other.
I express my heartfelt respect for the brave efforts of both schools, who fought a fierce battle.
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.
Kyushugakuin（九州学院）
- Official name
- 九州学院高等学校
- Reading
- Kyushugakuin
- Division/Category of Establishment
- Private (coeducational). School corporation Kyushugakuin. A Christian school with the Japan Evangelical Lutheran Church as its background.
- Location
- 5-2-1 Ooe, Chuo-ku, Kumamoto City, Kumamoto Prefecture.
- History
- Opened in Kumamoto City in 1909 (Meiji 42) as Luther Theological School. In 1911 (Meiji 44), it was authorized as Kyushugakuin, and Toshiyoshi Toyama became the first principal. It was renamed Kyushu Middle School in 1943, Kyushugakuin Middle School in 1946, and Kyushugakuin High School opened in 1948. It transitioned from an all-boys school to coeducation in 1991 (Heisei 3).
- School motto/philosophy
- School motto: "Respect Heaven and Love People (revere God and love humanity)." The educational philosophy is to cultivate "good people who are useful to society" through intellectual, moral, physical, and spiritual education.
- Department.
- General studies (Progress Class, Advanced Class, Athlete Class)
- Kendo Club
- Having won the National High School General Sports Tournament (Inter-High) men's team event a record 11 times. Winning years: 1966 (13th time), 1998 (45th time), 2013 (60th time), 2014 (61st time), 2015 (62nd time), 2016 (63rd time), 2018 (65th time), 2019 (66th time), 2021 (68th time), 2023 (70th time), 2024 (71st time). Also won the Tamaryu Flag High School Kendo Tournament a men's record 11 times (1998, 2001, 2002, 2005, 2006, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2022, 2023). Also won the National High School Kendo Selection Tournament 11 times. In this tournament, they qualified from third place in the All-Kyushu Tournament, and the men's individual player 石橋智紀 won the All-Kyushu Tournament individual event.
- Notes
- This tournament featured participation in both the men’s team and men’s individual events. We have no record of female participation.