Win by two ippon — Saruyama（猿山） wins

Conclusion

Win by two ippon

Match time

2:34

Winner

Saruyama（猿山）（Red）

Foul

榎本 景香Posted on the board (it is not clear from the flash report when the foul occurred)

Aterazawa（左沢）

Official name

山形県立左沢高等学校

Reading

Aterazawa

Division/Category of Establishment

Yamagata Prefectural (Coeducational)

Location

816-3 Yamano, Fujida, Oaza Ooe, Nishimurayama District, Yamagata Prefecture.

History

Opened in April 1948 as Yamagata Prefectural Takamatsu High School, with a branch school established in July of the same year Aterazawa. Became Yamagata Prefectural Aterazawa High School with the high school consolidation in 1952. Relocated to the current Fujida area in 1985, and reorganized into a comprehensive high school in 2013.

School motto/philosophy

The school’s guiding principle is “to pursue the well-being of the school and to develop capable individuals who will contribute to the community.”

Department.

Comprehensive Studies (Liberal Arts, Business, and Orchard Horticulture courses)

Kendo Club

The women's kendo team is one of the strongest in the nation. They won the women's team event at the National High School Kendo Tournament in 1992 (39th time) and 1998 (45th time), and were runners-up in 1983 (30th time) and 1987 (34th time). They recorded 28 consecutive wins at the prefectural high school general athletic meet until fiscal year 2010, where their winning streak was broken in the semi-finals against Yamagata Johoku in fiscal year 2011. In the Yamagata Prefecture qualifying round for the kendo competition of the National Sports Festival in June 2026, Aterazawa High School team finished second, and the Yamagata Prefecture selection team with four additional members won. This tournament will feature the women's team and women's individual events (山田芽依 player・猿山桃花 player).

Notes

"Aterazawa" is read as "aterazawa," a difficult-to-read school name. The only high school in Ooe Town.

Nara Ikuei（奈良育英）

Official name

奈良育英高等学校

Reading

Nara Ikuei

Division/Category of Establishment

Private (coeducational). School Corporation Nara Ikuei Gakuen

Location

Nara City, Nara Prefecture.

History

In 1916 (Taisho 5), Takakura Fujii and his wife, Shō, founded Ikuei Women's School in Hanashiba-cho, Nara City. In 1923, the school building was newly constructed and relocated to the current location, and Nara Ikuei Higher Women's School was established. With the 1947 school system reform, a junior high school was added and co-education was implemented. In 1948, the school was reorganized as the Nara Ikuei Gakuen school corporation, a high school was established, and Nara Ikuei Higher Women's School was integrated. A kindergarten was established in 1953, an elementary school in 1956, and Ikuei Nishi Junior High and High School were established in 1983.

School motto/philosophy

The founding spirit is “the nurturing of complete individuals.” It is based on the founder, Fujii Takazō’s, belief that “people should live in this world with sincerity.”

Department.

General studies course.

Kendo Club

In 2026 (Reiwa 8), they won the Nara Prefecture qualifiers and qualified for Inter-High in both the men's and women's team events. The Let's Kendo combination article introduces them as "having qualified from Nara, the host location, with a third-place finish in the Kinki tournament." 髙間咲良 and 榎本景香 players participated in the women's individual event. The school's official club activity record lists achievements such as winning the 2025 All-Japan High School Tournament Prefecture qualifiers men's individual competition and qualifying for the 2024 Inter-High.

Notes

This tournament’s host location/Nara Prefecture’s participating schools. Different from Ikuei High School (League I) in Kobe City.