Victory: Meiho（明豊）｜Shukutoku Sugamo（淑徳巣鴨） × Meiho（明豊）
Matchup
| School | number of wins | points |
|---|---|---|
| Red Shukutoku Sugamo（淑徳巣鴨）（Tokyo） | 1 | 2 |
| White Meiho（明豊）（Oita） ○ | 2 | 2 |
Senpo Kitagawa（北川） × Shigeta（茂田）
Commentary：Women's team quarterfinals, Senpo match between 北川 of Shukutoku Sugamo and 茂田 of Meiho.
Explanation：They are gauging each other's distance.
Commentary：茂田 in white scores a men!
Explanation：That was a sharp strike.
Commentary：Match time 4 minutes 0 seconds. 茂田 of Meiho won by ippon, bringing 1 win to the team.
To both players
北川 and 茂田, that was an intense battle.
Applause for both sides for their all-out exchange of strikes.
Jiho Fukuda（福田） × Watanabe（渡邉）
Commentary：Women's team quarterfinals, the Jiho match between Shukutoku Sugamo's 福田 and Meiho's 渡邉.
Explanation：It has become a match to watch.
Commentary：A fierce exchange continues from the start of the match, but white's 渡邉 scores a men.
Explanation：That was a sharp strike.
Commentary：With a match time of 4 minutes 0 seconds, 渡邉 of Meiho won by ippon, bringing 1 win to the team.
To both players
福田 gave it their all, and 渡邉 scored a brilliant ippon.
Let's give a round of applause to the two for their intense battle.
Chuken Sato（佐藤） × Iwasaki（岩崎）
Commentary：Women's team quarterfinals, Chuken match between 佐藤 of Shukutoku Sugamo and 岩崎 of Meiho.
Explanation：It has become a match to watch.
Commentary：Right from the start, red's 佐藤 scores a men strike to take the first ippon.
Explanation：It was a sharp strike.
Commentary：Furthermore, 佐藤 scored a men strike, taking the second ippon.
Explanation：It was a fast-paced match, with two points scored in a short amount of time.
Commentary：The match time was 1 minute 18 seconds. 佐藤 in red won, bringing 1 win to the team.
To both players
Applause for the intense exchange between 佐藤 and 岩崎.
It was a wonderful match where both sides gave their all.
Fukusho Sugimoto（杉本） × Takanabe（髙鍋）
Commentary：Women's team quarterfinals, the Fukusho match between 杉本 of Shukutoku Sugamo and 髙鍋 of Meiho.
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 neither side scored a valid strike.
Explanation：As a result of both sides attacking until the end, this match ended in a draw.
To both players
Kudos to both 杉本 and 髙鍋 for their fierce battle.
A big round of applause for the two who fought a battle where neither would give in.
Taisho Miura（三浦） × Kawanami（川浪）
Commentary：Women's team quarterfinals, it is the Taisho match between Shukutoku Sugamo's 三浦 and Meiho's 川浪.
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, attacking each other until the end, but the result was a draw.
To both players
三浦 fought with all their might until the very end; it was a wonderful display of offense and defense.
Applause for the fighting spirit of the 川浪 players, who neither gave an inch to the other.
Results
Commentary：Women's team quarterfinals, Shukutoku Sugamo vs Meiho. Senpo are 北川 and 茂田.
Explanation：茂田 scores an ippon with a men strike, and Meiho takes the lead.
Commentary：Jiho are 福田 and 渡邉. Here too, 渡邉 wins by ippon with a men strike.
Explanation：Meiho takes the lead with 2 wins.
Commentary：The Chuken are 佐藤 and 岩崎. 佐藤 won with men, men.
Explanation：Shukutoku Sugamo returns one win.
Commentary：Fukusho 杉本 and 髙鍋 ended in a draw.
Explanation：The match goes to the Taisho match.
Commentary：Taisho 三浦 and 川浪 also ended in a draw.
Explanation：The number of wins is 1 for Shukutoku Sugamo and 2 for Meiho.
Commentary：Both schools scored 2 points. The winner was Meiho.
To both schools and all players
Applause for Shukutoku Sugamo, Meiho, and all the athletes for fighting with everything they had.
My sincerest respect to both schools, who fought a fierce battle where neither would give in.
Shukutoku Sugamo（淑徳巣鴨）
- Official name
- 淑徳巣鴨高等学校(淑徳巣鴨中学校・高等学校)
- Reading
- Shukutoku Sugamo
- Division/Category of Establishment
- Private (coeducational)
- Location
- 2-22-16 Nishi-Sugamo, Toshima Ward, Tokyo.
- History
- Founded in 1919 (Taisho 8) by social worker Yoshinobu Hasegawa. Currently has a middle school attached.
- School motto/philosophy
- The school motto is "Gratitude and Service." We aim to cultivate character based on the spirit of Mahayana Buddhism.
- Department.
- The high school offers a selection course (Ultimate Class/Premium Class) and a special advancement course. The junior high school offers a super selection course and a special advancement course.
- Kendo Club
- Combined junior high and high school division, with practice locations at the kendo and judo dojo. There are 4 male and 21 female high school members, totaling 25, and 12 female junior high school members (as of March 2026). Main achievements include a best 8 finish at Inter-High and a win at the Kanto High School Kendo Tournament for the high school team, and a win at the All Japan Middle School Kendo Tournament and the Kanto Middle School Kendo Tournament for the junior high school team. They have a spacious dojo with strong support from alumni, with Fridays off for junior high school and Mondays off for high school, and training camps in spring and summer. In this tournament, they will participate in the women's team event and the women's individual event (杉本歩夢 player・北川美緒 player).
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.