Victory: Meiho（明豊）｜Akita Sho（秋田商） × Meiho（明豊）
Matchup
| School | number of wins | points |
|---|---|---|
| Red Akita Sho（秋田商）（Akita） | 0 | 2 |
| White Meiho（明豊）（Oita） ○ | 2 | 5 |
Senpo Ishiguro（石黒） × Yoshizaki（吉﨑）
Commentary：Men's team quarterfinals, the Senpo match between 石黒 of Akitashogyo and 吉﨑 of Meiho.
Explanation：After the match started, white's 吉﨑 scored an ippon with a do strike to take the first point.
Commentary：Next, 吉﨑 strikes the kote to take the second ippon.
Explanation：It became a clash where two or more points were exchanged.
Commentary：One foul has been recorded for red 石黒.
Commentary：At 3 minutes and 15 seconds, white's 吉﨑 won, bringing 1 win to the team.
To both players
石黒, you gave it your all; it was a wonderful fight.
Player 吉﨑, who scored 2 ippon, had a splendid attack.
Jiho Tozawa（兎沢） × Nonaka（野中(道)）
Commentary：Men's team quarterfinals, the Jiho match between Akitashogyo's 兎沢 and Meiho's 野中.
Explanation：Neither side shows any opening, and a tense exchange continues with no valid strikes.
Commentary：A foul was recorded against 野中 in white, but the match continues.
Explanation：Both fought aggressively until the end, and time ran out.
Commentary：They fought for the full 4 minutes and 0 seconds, and the result is a draw.
To both players
It was a wonderful fight by 兎沢, who attacked aggressively.
Applause for 野中 for their spirit of never giving up until the very end.
Chuken Hasegawa（長谷川） × Ito（伊藤）
Commentary：Boys' team quarterfinals, Chuken match between Akitashogyo and Meiho. Red 長谷川, White 伊藤.
Explanation：Both are attacking each other fiercely.
Commentary：Whoa, red 長谷川 scored a do!
Explanation：It was a sharp strike.
Commentary：However, white's 伊藤 also caught up by scoring a men.
Explanation：It is a fierce exchange of strikes. One foul has been recorded for White.
Commentary：They fought for the full 4 minutes and 0 seconds, and the result was a draw.
To both players
長谷川 fought aggressively until the very end; it was a wonderful match.
Applause for 伊藤 for fighting tenaciously and with such spirit.
Fukusho Miura（三浦） × Yano（矢野）
Commentary：Boys' team quarterfinals, the Fukusho match between Akitashogyo and Meiho. Red is 三浦, white is 矢野.
Explanation：This is a match to watch.
Commentary：Match start. White's 矢野 scored a men.
Explanation：It was a sharp strike.
Commentary：One foul has been recorded for White.
Commentary：At 4 minutes 0 seconds, 矢野 in white won by ippon, bringing 1 win to the team.
To both players
三浦 and 矢野, it was a wonderful fight where both gave their all.
Applause for the intense exchange between the two.
Taisho Ono（小野） × Tsuru（鶴）
Commentary：Men's team quarterfinals, the Taisho match between 小野 of Akitashogyo and 鶴 of Meiho.
Explanation：Both are attacking each other fiercely.
Commentary：White の鶴 scored a men for the first ippon.
Explanation：It was a sharp strike.
Commentary：Next, red's 小野 scores a do, making it a tie.
Explanation：It became a fierce exchange of strikes where two or more points were scored.
Commentary：One foul has been recorded for White.
Explanation：The offense and defense continued until the very end.
Commentary：They fought for the full 4 minutes and 0 seconds, and the result is a draw.
To both players
小野 and 鶴選手, it was a fierce battle where neither would give in.
I send my heartfelt applause to both for their all-out exchange of strikes.
Results
Commentary：Men's team quarterfinals, red Akitashogyo vs. white Meiho.
Explanation：Akitashogyo is 石黒, 兎沢, 長谷川, 三浦, 小野. Meiho is 吉﨑, 野中, 伊藤, 矢野, 鶴.
Commentary：In the Senpo match, 吉﨑 of Meiho won with do and kote.
Explanation：Jiho 兎沢 and 野中, and Chuken 長谷川 and 伊藤 are draws.
Commentary：In the Fukusho match, 矢野 from Meiho won with an ippon via men.
Explanation：A draw between Taisho 小野 and 鶴も. It was a closely contested match with 3 draws out of 5 bouts.
Commentary：With a number of wins of 0 to 2 and points of 2 to 5, Meiho won.
To both schools and all players
Applause for all the athletes, including Akitashogyo and Meiho, who fought a fierce battle and refused to give in to one another.
My heartfelt respect to both schools for fighting with all their souls.
Akita Sho（秋田商）
- Official name
- 秋田市立秋田商業高等学校
- Reading
- Akita Sho
- Division/Category of Establishment
- Akita City (Coeducational)
- Location
- Akita Prefecture Akita City Araya Katto 1-1-1
- History
- In July 1919 (Taisho 8), the Akita City Council resolved to establish 秋田市商業学校 to commemorate the 30th anniversary of the city’s founding. Approval for its establishment was granted in 1920 (Taisho 9), and it opened on April 25th of the same year. It was renamed to its current name in 1961. It is the oldest commercial high school in Akita.
- School motto/philosophy
- School motto: "Gratitude, Diligence, and Training." Based on the spirit of the "Three Principles of the School Motto" established in April 1920 by the first principal, Yoshisuke Kuronuma, it was revised to its current form in April 2002 to commemorate the school's 80th anniversary.
- Department.
- The Commercial Department (Accounting Course, Distribution Economics Course, Information Course). As of April 1, 2024, the total enrollment is 622 students.
- Kendo Club
- Won the Inter-High boys' team event in 1958 (5th, Akita), runner-up in 1954 (1st, Tochigi), 1959 (6th, Kumamoto), and 2021 (68th, 石川). In the boys' individual event, 山田薫 won in 1993, and 加藤峻一郎 was runner-up in 2012. In the 15th Koryo Cup National Selected Kendo Tournament in April 2026, they won the boys' team event (final 1-0 Goshogawara Daiichi). This season, they also won the Kaiseiki and the Tohoku tournament. This tournament centers around Taisho 小野翔 and 三浦歩, who placed 2nd in the Tohoku individual event.
- Notes
- Commonly known as "Akisho". The Inter-High men's team consecutive victories of 1967 and 1968 were also at Akita High School in Akita Prefecture, a school separate from Akitashogyo business.
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.