Victory: Meiho（明豊）｜Meiho（明豊） × Niigata Meikun（新潟明訓）
Matchup
| School | number of wins | points |
|---|---|---|
| Red Meiho（明豊）（Oita） ○ | 3 | 5 |
| White Niigata Meikun（新潟明訓）（Niigata） | 0 | 2 |
Senpo Yoshizaki（吉﨑） × Hasegawa（長谷川）
Commentary：Men's team first round, the Senpo match between Meiho's 吉﨑 and Niigata Meikun's 長谷川.
Explanation：Neither side is showing any openings, and the tense offensive and defensive struggle continues without any valid strikes.
Commentary：They fought for the full 4 minutes and 0 seconds, and the result was a draw.
To both players
Yoshizaki fought aggressively until the very end; it was a wonderful match.
長谷川 also fought with great spirit. Applause for both.
Jiho Nonaka（野中(道)） × Kobayashi（小林）
Commentary：Men's team first round, Meiho's 野中 vs Niigata Meikun's 小林. This is the Jiho match.
Explanation：It became a highly anticipated match.
Commentary：The match begins. First, 小林 in white scores an ippon with a men strike.
Explanation：It was a sharp men strike.
Commentary：However, from here, Nonaka in red scores a men and catches up.
Explanation：From here, it became a fierce exchange of strikes.
Commentary：Furthermore, 野中 in red scored a men, successfully making a comeback.
Explanation：They landed two consecutive men strikes.
Commentary：At 2 minutes and 4 seconds, 野中 in red won, bringing 1 win to the team.
To both players
Nonaka and 小林 showed a fierce exchange of strikes.
I give my heartfelt applause to both for their all-out effort in the fight.
Chuken Ito（伊藤） × Chino（地濃）
Commentary：Men's team first round, 伊藤 of Meiho vs. 地濃 of Niigata Meikun. This is the Chuken match.
Explanation：Both are attacking each other fiercely.
Commentary：Jino scores a men strike, and White takes the first ippon.
Explanation：It was a sharp strike.
Commentary：However, this time 伊藤 struck the men, and Red scored 1 ippon.
Explanation：It became a fierce exchange of strikes where two or more ippon were scored.
Commentary：They fought for the full 4 minutes and 0 seconds, and the result is a draw.
To both players
伊藤 and 地濃 fought a hard-fought battle, neither side giving in.
Let's give a round of applause for the passionate fight put up by both sides.
Fukusho Yano（矢野） × Minagawa（皆川）
Commentary：Men's team first round, 矢野 of Meiho vs. Minagawa of Niigata Meikun. This is the Fukusho match.
Explanation：It has become a match to watch.
Commentary：矢野 scored a men! An ippon for red.
Explanation：You hit the men cleanly.
Commentary：After that, one foul was recorded for red 矢野.
Explanation：The intense offensive and defensive struggle continues.
Commentary：Match time 4 minutes 0 seconds. 矢野 of Meiho won by ippon, bringing 1 win to the team.
To both players
Applause for both 矢野 and Minagawa, who both fought with everything they had.
It was a fierce battle where neither side would give in.
Taisho Tsuru（鶴） × Sakai（酒井）
Commentary：Men's team first round, the Taisho match between Meiho and Niigata Meikun. Red is 鶴, white is 酒井.
Explanation：This is a match to watch.
Commentary：After the match started, 鶴 in red scored a do.
Explanation：That was a solid point.
Commentary：Both players have been recorded with one foul each.
Commentary：At 4 minutes 0 seconds, the red Tsuru won by ippon, bringing 1 win to the team.
To both players
Tsuru showed an intense offensive and defensive struggle; it was a wonderful fight.
Let's also give a round of applause to 酒井, who fought until the very end without giving up.
Results
Commentary：Men's team first round, it is a match between red Meiho and white Niigata Meikun.
Explanation：Meiho is 吉﨑, 野中, 伊藤, 矢野, 鶴. Niigata Meikun is 長谷川, 小林, 地濃, 皆川, 酒井.
Commentary：In the Senpo match, 吉﨑 and 長谷川 ended in a draw.
Explanation：In the Jiho match, 野中 of the red team scored three points with men, men, and men, and won.
Commentary：In the Chuken match, 伊藤 and 地濃 drew.
Explanation：In the Fukusho match, red's 矢野 won with an ippon via men.
Commentary：In the Taisho match, the red crane won by ippon with a do.
Explanation：It was a match where Meiho did not allow any wins.
Commentary：Meiho won with 3-0 in number of wins and 5-2 in points.
To both schools and all players
Applause for Meiho, Niigata Meikun, and all the athletes who fought with everything they had.
I express my respect for the fighting spirit of both schools, who clashed fiercely.
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.
Niigata Meikun（新潟明訓）
- Official name
- 新潟明訓高等学校
- Reading
- Niigata Meikun
- Division/Category of Establishment
- Private coeducational school. Affiliated middle and high school.
- Location
- 1037 北山, Konan Ward, Niigata City, Niigata Prefecture
- History
- It began with the "Niigata Evening Middle School Study Group" in 1921 (Taisho 10), started by working youth who borrowed elementary school buildings and asked teachers for help. The school name comes from "Meikun Juku," founded by Niigata Meikun Ichizo Ohashi in Yahiko in 1882. It moved from Kawakishi Town to Kameda (currently Minami Ward) in 2004, opened Niigata Meikun Middle School in 2007 to begin integrated middle and high school education, and celebrated its 100th anniversary in 2021.
- School motto/philosophy
- Founded on the spirit of "love of learning and self-governance." The school motto is "love of learning, self-governance, cooperation, sincerity, and service" (sometimes listed as "love of learning, self-governance, sincerity, cooperation, and service" in the school brochure).
- Department.
- General studies course.
- Kendo Club
- The school particularly focuses on Type III designated reinforced clubs: baseball, track and field, soccer, and kendo (men’s). It boasts a kendo hall, fully air-conditioned and the largest in the prefecture. They won the 47th BSN High School Kendo Championship (35th National High School Kendo Selection Tournament Niigata Prefecture Qualifying) in January 2026 for the third year in a row, their 12th championship overall, defeating Niigata Seiryo 3-0 in the final. In the individual competition, Watanabe Hikoshiro, a first-year student, finished second. They placed third in the national selection tournament in 1993 (the 2nd tournament) in the men’s team event. This tournament saw them compete in the men’s team and individual events, having placed third in the Hokushinetsu tournament; the men’s individual competitor is 酒井煌介 (3rd year, 2nd dan).
- Notes
- The baseball manga *Dokaben* by Shinji Mizushima features Meikun High School, which is named after our school and is depicted as a sister school within the story.