Two schools qualified for all divisions! Women's Team G League.
The G League at the second venue has two schools, Konan (Okinawa) and Toyama Hokubu (Toyama), coexisting in a group competing for depth, with both schools participating in all four categories of men’s and women’s team and individual events. Private school Hoshino from Kawagoe City, Saitama Prefecture, will also join. The three schools have a combined total of 7 qualifying spots for the individual competition, including 5 for the women’s individual event. Each school will play two matches in a round-robin format, and only one school will advance to the knockout tournament. The school that advances will play against the winner of H League in the first round of the knockout tournament.
These three schools.
- Konan（興南）Okinawa Prefecture.Men's team.Girls' team.Men's IndividualWomen's IndividualMen's Individual: 竹下 朱華Players(3Year) / Women's Individual: 知念 美月Players(3Year)、後藤 珠里Players(2Year)
- Toyama Hokubu（富山北部）Toyama Prefecture.Men's team.Girls' team.Men's IndividualWomen's IndividualMen's Individual: 佐藤 太陽Players(3Year)、八重﨑 蓮斗Players(3Year) / Women's Individual: 奥村 望乃果Players(3Year)、太田 わかばPlayers(3Year)
- Hoshino（星野）Saitama Prefecture.Girls' team.Women's IndividualWomen's Individual: 樋口 優衣奈Players(3Year)、佐々木 瑠真Players(3Year)
The one school that advanced will play against the winner of H League (Kofu Shogyo(Yamanashi), Tsuruga(Fukui), Tokaidai Urayasu(Chiba)) in the first round of the finals tournament.
Highlights
Round-robin tournament between three schools – only one team can advance.
The preliminary league is a round-robin between three schools, with each school playing two matches. The team match consists of five players: Senpo, Jiho, Chuken, Fukusho, and Taisho. The winner is decided by the number of wins, and if tied, by the number of points. In the official results of the previous tournament, the number of wins and points were listed together, such as "3(6)-1(2)". Only one school from each league can advance to the knockout tournament, and dropping even one match means the summer is over. The one school that advanced from G League will face the winner of H League in the first round of the knockout tournament.
Four schools competed in all four divisions – a matchup showcasing depth of talent.
Konan and Toyama Hokubu will both participate in all four categories: men’s team, women’s team, men’s individual, and women’s individual. Having two schools competing in all four categories within a single league also indicates a direct comparison of overall departmental strength. Furthermore, Hoshino possesses two individual women’s slots in addition to the women’s team event, bringing the total number of individual competitors from the three G League schools to seven. Of these, six are women’s individual competitors: two from Konan, two from Toyama Hokubu, and two from Hoshino. The depth of the team lineups is directly reflected in these numbers.
From all districts in Okinawa — Konan
Okinawa Prefecture Naha City's private Konan High School was established as Konan Gakuen in 1962, and the high school opened in April of the same year. In 1985, it opened a junior high school as the first private junior and senior high school in Okinawa Prefecture. The high school's motto is "Wa・Shidai Dōkō." It is also known nationwide as the school where the baseball club achieved the 6th ever and first in the 21st century Koshien spring and summer double victory in 2010, and the men's handball club has won six national championships at Inter-High. In kendo, both the men's and women's teams and individuals will participate in this tournament. The women's individual competitors are 知念美月 (3rd year・3rd dan) and 後藤珠里 (2nd year・2nd dan).
Six years since the integration, inheriting two school mottos Toyama Hokubu
Toyama City's prefectural Toyama Hokubu High School originated from the Higashi 岩瀬 Town Higashi 岩瀬 Vocational Supplementary School in 1916 and became a high school in 1948. In 2020, it merged with Mizuhashi High School to take its current form; in addition to the school motto "Faith, Courage, and Autonomy," it has also adopted "Perfect the Heart, Open the Way," inherited from Mizuhashi High School, since 2021. It has a General Course (Physical Education Course), a Medicine and Bio Course, and an Information Design Course. In this tournament, they are competing in all men's and women's team and individual events, with the women's individual entries being 奥村望乃果 (3rd year, 3rd dan) and 太田わかば (3rd year, 2nd dan).
1897, from “Hoshino” school — Saitama・Hoshino
Saitama Prefecture Kawagoe City’s private Hoshino High School traces its origins to being approved for establishment in Kawagoe as the Hoshino School in 1897. In 1964, the Hoshino Gakuen school corporation was approved, and in 2003, the school changed its name from “Hoshino Girls’ High School” to its current name, simultaneously opening a coeducational department. Currently, it maintains a structure with both a girls’ department and a coeducational department. The school motto is “Bunbu Ryodo, Shiso Kinben” (Literary and Martial Arts, Simplicity and Diligence), and its educational philosophy emphasizes “the construction of knowledge,” “awareness as an international person,” and “the cultivation of sentiment.” In this tournament, they are participating in the women’s team and women’s individual events, with 樋口優衣奈 (3rd year, 2nd dan) and 佐々木瑠真 (3rd year, 2nd dan) competing in the women’s individual event.
Ahead lies League H, home to schools with national championship experience.
A school that advanced from G League will play against the winner of H League in the first round of the final tournament. H League includes Kofu Shogyo (Yamanashi), which won the Inter-High men's team competition in 1957, Tokaidai Urayasu (Chiba), which won the All Japan High School Kendo Selection Tournament men's competition in 1995, and Tsuruga (Fukui), which participates in all team and individual events for both men and women. H is also a strong group with two schools from all four divisions, and the school that emerged from the league will likely face an opponent who has advanced with overall strength.
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Messages of support for the participating schools and players.
Konan everyone, the depth that won all four divisions across the sea was built up by the entire club. 知念美月 player, 後藤珠里 player, 竹下朱華 player, swing with "Wa・Shitei-doko" in your hearts. Toyama Hokubu everyone, six years after the integration, both men and women are nationwide carrying the two school mottos. 奥村望乃果 player, 太田わかば player, 佐藤太陽 player, 八重﨑蓮斗 player, continue the Toyama keiko as it is in Nara. Hoshino everyone, please demonstrate "Bunbu Ryodo・Shiso Kinben" from Kawagoe with the swords of 樋口優衣奈 player and 佐々木瑠真 player. Both schools will surely experience regret, but the summer you challenged will not disappear.
To the five members from Senpo to Taisho.
In 1897, the school that began as the Hoshino academy in Kawagoe now comes to the nation as Hoshino High School. Naha’s Konan embodies “Wa – teacher and student together,” and Toyama Hokubu, which merged with Mizuhashi High School in 2020, carries on “to refine the heart and open the way.” For the girls’ individual competition, there’s Hoshino’s 樋口優衣奈 and 佐々木瑠真 players, Konan’s 知念美月 and 後藤珠里 players, and Toyama Hokubu’s 奥村望乃果 and 太田わかば players. The names of six are listed first, but each school will field five players in the team competition, totaling fifteen. The names of the remaining nine will be announced on the day based on the order of play. Not a single one is a supporting player. Let us hear those names in Nara.
School Information
Konan（興南）
- Official name
- 興南高等学校
- Reading
- Konan
- Division/Category of Establishment
- Private (coeducational). Includes Konan middle school.
- Location
- Okinawa Prefecture, Naha City
- History
- The Konan Gakuen foundation was established on February 3, 1962, and the high school opened on April 23 of the same year. The junior high school opened on April 6, 1985, making it the first private junior and senior high school in Okinawa Prefecture.
- School motto/philosophy
- The high school’s motto is “Harmony and Master-Disciple Together” (the middle school’s is “Independent Creation”).
- Department.
- General Studies (Frontier Course, Special University Preparatory Course (Standard & Advanced), Comprehensive University Preparatory Course)
- Kendo Club
- Having won the Okinawa Prefecture qualifying tournament for fiscal year 2026, they will participate in Inter-High in all four categories: men's team, women's team, men's individual, and women's individual. The women's individual representatives are 知念美月 (3rd year, 3rd dan) and 後藤珠里 (2nd year, 2nd dan), and the men's individual representative is 竹下朱華 (3rd year, 3rd dan). Past national tournament results for the kendo club could not be confirmed from publicly available information. As for the school, the baseball club achieved the 6th ever and first 21st-century spring/summer Koshien double victory in 2010, and the men's handball club has a record of winning Inter-High six times.
- Notes
- Pronunciation is "Konan".
Toyama Hokubu（富山北部）
- Official name
- 富山県立富山北部高等学校
- Reading
- Toyama Hokubu
- Division/Category of Establishment
- Toyama Prefectural (Co-educational)
- Location
- Toyama City, Toyama Prefecture.
- History
- Founded in 1916 as Higashi岩瀬 Town Higashi岩瀬 Vocational Supplementary School, it became a high school during the educational system reforms of 1948. In 2020, it merged with Toyama Prefectural Mizuhashi High School to become the current Toyama Hokubu High School.
- School motto/philosophy
- The school motto is "Integrity," "Boldness," and "Self-Governance." Since 2021, it also upholds "Polish your spirit and forge a new path," inherited from the merged Mizuhashi High School.
- Department.
- General studies (including the sports course), pharmaceutical and biological sciences, and information design.
- Kendo Club
- In the fiscal year 2026, having won the Toyama Prefecture qualifiers, they will participate in Inter-High in all four categories: men's team, women's team, men's individual, and women's individual. The women's individual representatives are 奥村望乃果 (3rd year, 3rd dan) and 太田わかば (3rd year, 2nd dan), and the men's individual representatives are 佐藤太陽 (3rd year, 3rd dan) and 八重﨑蓮斗 (3rd year, 3rd dan). No past national tournament results could be confirmed from publicly available information.
- Notes
- Reading is "Toyama Hokubu".
Hoshino（星野）
- Official name
- 星野高等学校
- Reading
- Hoshino
- Division/Category of Establishment
- Private school. Coeducational and all-girls departments coexist (the coeducational department was established in 2003).
- Location
- Kawagoe City, Saitama Prefecture.
- History
- It began with approval for establishment as a Hoshino school in Kawagoe City in 1897. In 1964, the school corporation Hoshino Gakuen was approved, and in 2003, along with the opening of a coeducational department, the school name was changed from “Hoshino Girls' High School” to its current name.
- School motto/philosophy
- The school motto is "harmony of literary and martial arts, simplicity and diligence." Its educational philosophy emphasizes "the construction of knowledge," "awareness as an international citizen," and "the cultivation of sensibility."
- Department.
- General studies (with multiple courses in both the girls' and coeducational divisions; medical specialist and global frontier courses will be newly established from the 2026 academic year).
- Kendo Club
- Having won the Saitama Prefecture qualifiers for fiscal year 2026, they will participate in Inter-High as a women's team. 樋口優衣奈 (3rd year, 2nd dan) and 佐々木瑠真 (3rd year, 2nd dan) will participate in the women's individual event. No past national tournament results could be confirmed from publicly available information.
- Notes
- Pronunciation is "hoshi." School corporation Hoshino Gakuen operates it.
・National High School Kendo Tournament Official Website (Tournament Updates) ↗
・Let's Kendo [Matchups] August 2nd - 5th, 73rd All Japan High School Kendo Tournament / Nara Inter-High 2026. ↗
・Notion Participating School Library Konan High School Kendo Club History and Achievements Summary ↗
・Notion Participating School Library Toyama Hokubu High School Kendo Club History and Achievements Summary ↗
・Notion Participating Schools Library Hoshino High School Kendo Club History and Achievements Summary ↗
・Wikipedia Konan middle and high school ↗
・Wikipedia Toyama Prefectural Toyama Hokubu High School ↗
・Wikipedia Hoshino High School ↗
・Wikipedia Kofu Municipal Kofu Shogyo High School ↗
・Wikipedia Tokai University Narashino High School & Junior High School ↗
・Wikipedia National High School Kendo Tournament (Past Champions) ↗
・72nd All Japan High School Kendo Tournament (Hiroshima 2025) – Tournament Quick Report ↗
Which fact comes from which source?
- League formation (Konan・Toyama Hokubu・Hoshino), second match venue, individual competition participants from each school, the G vs. H match in the final tournament is in data/2026/league_briefs.json and data/2026/kumiawase.json (based on the official PDF).
- Each school’s name reading, school type, location, and qualification for participation can be found on the school-specific page in the Notion “2026 Inter-High Kendo Participating Schools Library.”
- Konan and Toyama Hokubu will mutually confirm participation in all four categories of team and individual events for both men and women via the Notion school page and shutsujo_all in league_briefs.json.
- The number of individual competitors from the G League’s three schools – seven in total (six of whom are female) – is a compilation of the kojin_danshi / kojin_joshi data from league_briefs.json.
- Founded in Konan (1962) – the first private junior and senior high school in the prefecture – school motto "Harmony and teacher-student camaraderie" – courses – baseball club's consecutive Spring and Summer Koshien championships in 2010 – men's handball club's 6 Inter-High victories are from Wikipedia "Konan Junior and Senior High School".
- Toyama Hokubu’s 1916 origins, 2020 integration with Mizuhashi High School, school motto, and departments are on Wikipedia “Toyama Prefectural Toyama Hokubu High School.”
- Hoshino’s 1897 establishment approval as a juku・1964 approval as a school corporation・name change and faculty establishment in 2003・school motto・educational philosophy・courses are on Wikipedia “Hoshino High School” (Hoshino Gakuen Junior High School・Hoshino High School)
- H League's Kofu Shogyo won the 1957 Inter-High men's team championship, and Tokaidai Urayasu won the 1995 All Japan High School Kendo Selection Tournament men's championship, as stated in Wikipedia "Kofu Municipal Kofu Shogyo High School," "Tokai University Hirayasu High School & Junior High School," and Wikipedia "All Japan High School Kendo Tournament."
- For team matches with five players, and judging based on the number of wins (points), please refer to the score notation on the official results website for the 2025 Hiroshima Tournament (e.g., 3(6)-1(2)).
- School names are read as indicated in the Notion participating schools library’s reading column. Player names have not been confirmed, so furigana are not included.
- Since this is before the tournament, I have not described any details of the matches – the attacks and defenses, wins and losses, or rankings. Only facts that can be read from the pairings and previously reported results are included.
- Regarding the kendo clubs of Konan, Toyama Hokubu, and Hoshino, no publicly available information confirming national tournament results was found, so only confirmed facts are listed. It is clarified that the overall school results (baseball, handball, etc.) are not kendo club results.
Please note that the commentary and analysis are AI-generated content based on the facts listed above. As this is before the tournament, there is no description of the matches, attacks and defenses, or wins and losses. Please excuse any errors in reading or notation.