Inter-High School Kendo Championships Results List [1st to 72nd] 1954 to 2025

Author: BUSHIZO Kudo

The Inter-High School Championships (National High School Athletic Meet Kendo Tournament) is the highest level high school kendo tournament held every August. This article lists the results of all tournaments, from the first tournament in 1954 to the 72nd tournament in 2025.

What is Inter-High School Kendo?

It is one of the "three major high school tournaments," along with the All Japan Selection Tournament and the Gyokuryu-ki Tournament. Players and teams that win prefectural qualifying rounds compete for the top spot in Japan in individual and team competitions. The individual competition has been held since the 6th tournament (1959), and the women's team competition since the 16th tournament (1969).

All-time winner ranking

Top 5 Boys' Teams

1st place: Kyushu Gakuin (Kumamoto) 12 times
2nd place: PL Gakuen (Osaka) 8 times
3rd place: Yatsushiro Higashi (Kumamoto) 6 times
4th place: Toin Gakuen (Kanagawa) 4 times, Kaho (Fukuoka) 4 times

Top 5 schools in the women's team competition

1st place: Aso (Kumamoto) 13 times
2nd place: Nakamura Gakuen Girls' School (Fukuoka) 9 times
3nd place: PL Gakuen (Osaka) 7 times
4rd place: Yatsushiro Higashi (Kumamoto) 6 times
5th place: Moriya (Ibaraki) 5 times

Latest tournament results (72nd/2025)

Location: Hiroshima Prefecture
Men's group: Winner: Iwata Higashi (Shizuoka), Runner-up: Meiho (Oita), 3rd place: Nichisho Gakuen (Miyazaki) and Nara University High School (Nara)
Women's group: Winner Nakamura Gakuen Girls' High School (Fukuoka), Runner-up Moriya High School (Ibaraki), 3rd place Yatsushiro Shirayuri High School (Kumamoto) and Oita Tsurusaki High School (Oita)
Men's individualWinner: Mori Daiha (Fukuoka Ohori, Fukuoka), runner-up Hayashi Akira (Fukuoka Ohori, Fukuoka), 3rd place Nishi Toshihiro (Kagoshima Commercial High School, Kagoshima) and Takamatsu Yuto (Meiho, Oita)
Female individual: Winner: Nakatsukasa Miu (Yatsushiro Shirayuri, Kumamoto), runner-up: Nakamoto Ryokue (Meiho, Oita), 3rd place: Awaji Saki (Tohoku Gakuin, Aomori) and Odashima Sorai (Sapporo Nihon University, Hokkaido)

Past tournament results (1st to 72nd)

1st to 10nd (1954 to 1963)

1st (1954, Tochigi)
Men's team: 1st place Otawara (Tochigi), 2nd place Akita Commercial High School (Akita), 3rd place Fukuoka Commercial High School (Fukuoka) and Wakayama Commercial High School (Wakayama)

2nd (1955, Oita)
Men's team: Winner: Kaho (Fukuoka), Runner-up: Kurashiki Seiryo (Okayama), Third place: Awaichi (Chiba) and Sakai (Tottori)

3rd (1956, Fukushima)
Men's team: 1st place Chukyo Commercial High School (Aichi), 2nd place Awaichi High School (Chiba), 3rd place Kitsuki High School (Oita) and Kagamino High School (Okayama)

4th (1957, Osaka)
Men's team: 1st place Kofu Commercial High School (Yamanashi), 2nd place Shodoshima High School (Kagawa), 3rd place Kagamino High School (Okayama) and Chukyo Commercial High School (Aichi)

5th (1958, Akita)
Men's team: 1st place Akita Commercial High School (Akita), 2nd place Fudooka High School (Saitama), 3rd place Kunisaki Aki High School (Oita) and Itoshima High School (Fukuoka)

6th (1959, Kumamoto)
Men's team: 1st place: Kogota Agriculture and Forestry (Miyagi), 2nd place: Akita Commercial High School (Akita), 3rd place: Kaho (Fukuoka) and Takachiho (Miyazaki)
Men's individual: Winner: Masao Sakamoto (Kyushu Gakuin, Kumamoto), runner-up: Katsumi Yoshida (Awaichi, Chiba), third place: Naohiko Honda (Nagasaki Higashi, Nagasaki) and Eiji Iwao (Seiseiko, Kumamoto)

7th (1960, Kochi)
Men's team: 1st place Kunisaki Aki (Oita), 2nd place Fukuoka Commercial High School (Fukuoka), 3rd place Awaichi High School (Chiba) and Kyushu Gakuin High School (Kumamoto)
Men's Individual: 1st place: Kenji Ikeda (Fukuoka Commercial High School, Fukuoka), 2nd place: Masakazu Komiyama (Toyohashi Commercial High School, Aichi), 3rd place: Kunihiko Kanazawa (Minamiuwa High School, Ehime) and Toru Kazumi (Wakayama Commercial High School, Wakayama)

8th (1961, Gifu)
Men's team: 1st place Kaho (Fukuoka), 2nd place Sugamo Commercial High School (Tokyo), 3rd place Kogota Agriculture and Forestry High School (Miyagi) and Shodoshima High School (Kagawa)
Men's Individual: Winner: Furusawa Satoshi (Niigata Commercial High School, Niigata), Runner-up: Kojima Satoshi (Nagasaki Nishi High School, Nagasaki), Third place: Tateoka Akira (Akita Commercial High School, Akita) and Matsukuma Yoshinori (Itoshima High School, Fukuoka)

9th (1962, Aomori)
Men's team: 1st place Kaho (Fukuoka), 2nd place Seiseiko (Kumamoto), 3rd place Kogota Norin (Miyagi) and Kagamino (Okayama)
Men's Individual: 1st place: Kunihiro Sato (Chukyo Commercial High School, Aichi), 2nd place: Kimiteru Matsuzaki (Kaho High School, Fukuoka), 3rd place: Jin Chiba (Kogota Agriculture and Forestry High School, Miyagi) and Tetsuo Shimoike (Kagoshima Commercial High School, Kagoshima)

10th (1963, Gunma)
Men's team: Winner: Kagamino (Okayama), Runner-up: Kaho (Fukuoka), Third place: Akita (Akita) and Niigata Commercial High School (Niigata)
Men's Individual: 1st place: Fumio Kuboki (Kanagawa Nihon University, Kanagawa), 2nd place: Takeo Kawabe (Maebashi Commercial High School, Gunma), 3rd place: Yoshitaka Kogure (Fudooka High School, Saitama) and Masahiro Tabata (Waseda Jitsugyo High School, Tokyo)
Women's Individual: Winner: Kazue Matsuo (Hiroshima Commercial High School, Hiroshima), Runner-up: Keiko Kaneko (Chiba Commercial High School, Chiba), Third place: Yuko Oki (Tokyo Polytechnic High School, Tokyo) and Ruriko Sato (Odate Homei High School, Akita)

11st to 20nd (1964 to 1973)

11th (1964, Shizuoka)
Men's team: 1st place Nagasa (Chiba), 2nd place Nagasaki Higashi (Nagasaki), 3rd place Fukuoka Commercial High School (Fukuoka) and Fukuoka (Iwate)
Men's Individual: Winner: Hideo Fukumoto (PL Gakuen, Osaka), Runner-up: Yukio Masaki (Hyogo, Hyogo), Third place: Susumu Kamata (Kogota Agriculture and Forestry, Miyagi) and Hirokazu Sawaniri (Sagara, Shizuoka)
Women's individual: 1st place: Kazue Matsuo (Hiroshima Commercial High School, Hiroshima), 2nd place: Tae Ota (Seiwa High School, Tokyo), 3rd place: Fumie Takano (Yokohama Commercial High School, Kanagawa) and Hideko Hanada (Chinzei High School, Kumamoto)

12th (1965, Saga)
Men's team: 1st place Saga Kita (Saga), 2nd place Kokushikan (Tokyo), 3rd place Shuyukan (Fukuoka) and Kyushu Gakuin (Kumamoto)
Men's individual: Winner: Sakuragi Satoshi (Yanagawa Commercial High School, Fukuoka), Runner-up: Inayoshi Masamichi (Toyohashi Commercial High School, Aichi), 3rd place: Sunahama Kazufumi (Miyazaki Agriculture High School, Miyazaki) and Okuyama Sotaro (Akita High School, Akita)
Women's Individual: 1st place: Takano Fumie (Yokohama Commercial High School, Kanagawa), 2nd place: Hanada Hideko (Chinzei High School, Kumamoto), 3rd place: Maeda Shinko (Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology, Gunma) and Takahashi Setsuko (Tajima High School, Fukushima)

13th (1966, Iwate)
Men's team: 1st place Kyushu Gakuin (Kumamoto), 2nd place Kagoshima Jitsugyo (Kagoshima), 3rd place Kogota Agriculture and Forestry (Miyagi) and Kagamino (Okayama)
Men's Individual: Winner: Makita Minoru (PL Gakuen, Osaka), Runner-up: Korogi Takashi (Hokkai Gakuen, Hokkaido), Third place: Hoshinoo Mitsuhiro (Kagawa, Kagawa) and Wakamatsu Toshikatsu (Aki, Oita)
Women's Individual: 1st place: Eiko Kuwahara (Yatsushiro Higashi High School, Kumamoto), 2nd place: Kyoko Higashiyama (Tsuru High School, Yamanashi), 3rd place: Miho Nakaya (Matsuyama Commercial High School, Ehime) and Fumie Takano (Yokohama Commercial High School, Kanagawa)

14th (1967, Niigata)
Men's team: 1st place Akita (Akita), 2nd place Nikko (Tochigi), 3rd place Nishikai Gakuen (Nagasaki) and Kyushu Gakuin (Kumamoto)
Men's Individual: 1st place: Nobuo Nasu (Uto, Kumamoto), 2nd place: Takashi Aoyagi (Saga Kita, Saga), 3rd place: Yukio Kaya (Seiryo, Ishikawa) and Kohei Ito (Mobara Technical High School, Chiba)
Women's Individual: 1st place: Eiko Kuwahara (Yatsushiro Higashi, Kumamoto), 2nd place: Yumiko Nobayashi (Imari, Saga), 3rd place: Akiko Ide (Asahikawa Tojo, Hokkaido) and Mikiko Soejima (Saga Higashi, Saga)

15th (1968, Hiroshima)
Men's team: 1st place Akita (Akita), 2nd place Kamakura Gakuen (Kanagawa), 3rd place Eishin (Hiroshima) and PL Gakuen (Osaka)
Men's individual: 1st place Todoroki Toshitaka (Miyazaki, Miyazaki), 2nd place Baba Hiroomi (Izumi, Kagoshima), 3rd place Oshige Nakaichi (Kagoshima Commercial High School, Kagoshima) and Kuroki Sadamitsu (Miyazaki Agriculture High School, Miyazaki)
Women's Individual: 1st place: Sachiko Kamiyama (Nikko, Tochigi), 2nd place: Harumi Baba (Goto, Nagasaki), 3rd place: Fumiko Sudo (Yahata Minami, Fukuoka) and Fumiyo Aoki (Municipal Funabashi, Chiba)

16th (1969, Chiba)
Men's team: 1st place: Awa (Chiba), 2nd place: Kotohira (Kagawa), 3rd place: Kagoshima Commercial High School (Kagoshima) and Sagara (Shizuoka)
Women's team: 1st place Yatsushiro Higashi (Kumamoto), 2nd place Tono (Iwate), 3rd place Municipal Funabashi (Chiba) and Ichinomiya Commercial (Chiba)
Men's Individual: Winner: Teruaki Kageyama (Tsuchiura San, Ibaraki), Runner-up: Hozumi Maeda (Hokuriku, Fukui), Third place: Naotoshi Kuga (Yatsushiro Higashi, Kumamoto) and Ken Kamata (Kogota Agriculture and Forestry, Miyagi)
Women's Individual: 1st place: Michiko Yoshimine (Yatsushiro Higashi, Kumamoto), 2nd place: Yumi Oyamada (Taragi, Kumamoto), 3rd place: Hisako Yahagi (Sagae, Yamagata) and Etsuko Koseki (Narita, Chiba)

17th (1970, Kyoto)
Men's team: 1st place: Chukyo Commercial High School (Gifu), 2nd place: Kagoshima Commercial High School (Kagoshima), 3rd place: Awa High School (Chiba) and Nagasaki Higashi High School (Nagasaki)
Women's team: 1st place Yatsushiro Higashi (Kumamoto), 2nd place Maki Agriculture (Niigata), 3rd place Hokuriku (Fukui) and Wakimachi (Tokushima)
Men's Individual: 1st place: Hideo Ogawa (Kokushikan University, Tokyo), 2nd place: Hirosuke Oshige (Kagoshima Commercial High School, Kagoshima), 3rd place: Takayoshi Hatakeyama (Toyohashi Commercial High School, Aichi) and Kiyotoshi Kato (Kaho University, Fukuoka)
Women's Individual: 1st place: Yumiko Niwa (Yaotsu, Gifu), 2nd place: Kayoko Kumemura (Kagoshima, Kagoshima), 3rd place: Michiko Yoshimine (Yatsushiro Higashi, Kumamoto) and Tomoe Ohno (Ashoro, Hokkaido)

18th (1971, Tokushima)
Men's team: Winner: Kagoshima Commercial High School (Kagoshima), Runner-up: Chukyo Commercial High School (Gifu), 3rd place: Akita Minami High School (Akita) and Sakata Higashi High School (Yamagata)
Women's team: Winner: Kagoshima (Kagoshima), Runner-up: Kokugakuin Tochigi (Tochigi), Third place: Takamatsu Minami (Kagawa) and Ichinomiya Commercial (Chiba)
Men's Individual: Winner: Yoshiyuki Machi (Nagasaki Higashi, Nagasaki), Runner-up: Akira Shinya (Kagamino, Okayama), Third place: Yoshifumi Nakamura (Chukyo Commercial High School, Aichi) and Hiroshi Sasaki (Yuzawa, Akita)
Women's Individual: 1st place: Ikeda Momoyo (Chukyo Commercial High School, Aichi), 2nd place: Tamaki Kiwako (Totsukawa High School, Nara), 3rd place: Tashiro Yuko (Tamana High School, Kumamoto) and Komatsu Ritsuko (Odate Minami High School, Akita)

19th (1972, Yamagata)
Men's team: 1st place PL Gakuen (Osaka), 2nd place Kagoshima Shoko (Kagoshima), 3rd place Kokugakuin Tochigi (Tochigi) and Kogota Agriculture and Forestry (Miyagi)
Women's team: 1st place Kagoshima (Kagoshima), 2nd place Sagae (Yamagata), 3rd place Miyazaki Minami (Miyazaki) and Wakimachi (Tokushima)
Men's Individual: Winner: Masao Sano (Awa, Chiba), Runner-up: Itsuo Ikeda (Kaho, Fukuoka), Third place: Takanori Shiiba (Yatsushiro Higashi, Kumamoto) and Kunio Ueki (Jutoku, Gunma)
Women's Individual: 1st place: Kurosu Atsuko (Kokugakuin Tochigi, Tochigi), 2nd place: Akamine Satoko (Nozu, Oita), 3rd place: Kanamori Junko (Johoku Women's University, Osaka) and Ikeda Momoyo (Chukyo Commercial High School, Aichi)

20th (1973, Mie)
Men's team: 1st place Yatsushiro Higashi (Kumamoto), 2nd place PL Gakuen (Osaka), 3rd place Fukuoka Ohori (Fukuoka) and Awa (Chiba)
Women's team: 1st place Sagae (Yamagata), 2nd place Hitachiichi (Ibaraki), 3rd place Kagoshima (Kagoshima) and Tokuyama Technical High School (Yamaguchi)
Men's Individual: Winner: Hideaki Suetori (Minamichiku, Fukuoka), Runner-up: Shozo Yokoyama (Yatsushiro Higashi, Kumamoto), Third place: Shinya Ota (Koyo, Wakayama) and Kazuhiro Kasai (Fukuoka Ohori, Fukuoka)
Women's Individual: 1st place: Rukiko Nakatsuka (Minamichiku, Fukuoka), 2nd place: Naoko Uemura (Chinzei, Kumamoto), 3rd place: Kiwako Tamaki (Totsukawa Higashi, Nara) and Chieko Saito (Narita, Chiba)

21st to 30nd (1974 to 1983)

21st (1974, Fukuoka)
Men's team: 1st place Kaho (Fukuoka), 2nd place Minamichiku (Fukuoka), 3rd place Aki (Oita) and PL Gakuen (Osaka)
Women's team: 1st place Minamichiku (Fukuoka), 2nd place Itoshima (Fukuoka), 3rd place Nakaminatoichi (Ibaraki) and Yatsushirohigashi (Kumamoto)
Men's Individual: Winner: Tomoshige Takanashi (Tsuchiura Nihon University, Ibaraki), Runner-up: Kazuya Taniguchi (Kochi, Kochi), Third place: Nagatoshi Ushijima (Saga Agriculture, Saga) and Hirofumi Fujimoto (Shido Commercial High School, Kagawa)
Women's Individual: 1st place: Junko Hirakawa (Murasakino, Kyoto), 2nd place: Miho Amada (Tokuyama Technical High School, Yamaguchi), 3rd place: Miho Sasauchi (Shingu, Wakayama) and Kanae Yano (Nozu, Oita)

22nd (1975, Tokyo)
Men's team: Winner: Yanagawa Commercial High School (Fukuoka), Runner-up: Kotohira High School (Kagawa), Third place: PL Gakuen High School (Osaka) and Taki High School (Aichi)
Women's team: 1st place Nozu (Oita), 2nd place Kagoshima (Kagoshima), 3rd place Fukuoka (Iwate) and Minamichiku (Fukuoka)
Men's Individual: Winner: Koda Gunshu (Nagasaki East, Nagasaki), Runner-up: Murakami Makoto (Kotohira, Kagawa), Third place: Irakami Susumu (Naha, Okinawa) and Omukaehiro (Tono, Iwate)
Women's Individual: Winner: Yoko Anekawa (Meizen, Fukuoka), Runner-up: Junko Matsumoto (Kochi, Kochi), Third place: Akemi Yasuzaki (Okayama Higashi Commercial High School, Okayama) and Yoshie Fujimoto (Sakuyo High School, Okayama)

23rd (1976, Fukui)
Men's team: 1st place PL Gakuen (Osaka), 2nd place Kogota Norin (Miyagi), 3rd place Takamatsu Minami (Kagawa) and Fukuoka Commercial High School (Fukuoka)
Women's team: 1st place Yatsushiro Higashi (Kumamoto), 2nd place Kokura Minami (Fukuoka), 3rd place Saga Commercial High School (Saga) and Yumoto High School (Fukushima)
Men's Individual: Winner: Masahiko Yamamoto (PL Gakuen, Osaka), Runner-up: Takamori Gonjo (Higashi Fukuoka, Fukuoka), Third place: Tetsuo Kuroyama (Kagoshima Jitsugyo, Kagoshima) and Takaaki Miura (Sakata Higashi, Yamagata)
Women's Individual: Winner: Tomi Tsuesaki (Yatsushiro Higashi, Kumamoto), Runner-up: Hiromi Muraoka (Miyazaki Women's, Miyazaki), Third place: Sachiko Matsuzaki (Shimabara Commercial High School, Nagasaki) and Akemi Kataoka (Shimabara Commercial High School, Nagasaki)

24th (Okayama, 1977)
Men's team: 1st place Saidaiji (Okayama), 2nd place Higashiyama (Kyoto), 3rd place Mie (Mie) and Takashima (Shiga)
Women's team: 1st place Yatsushiro Higashi (Kumamoto), 2nd place Kashii (Fukuoka), 3rd place Odate Minami (Akita) and Nihon University Yamagata (Yamagata)
Men's Individual: Winner: Yoshihiro Hirata (Saidaiji, Okayama), Runner-up: Yutaka Ninagawa (Kokuraminami, Fukuoka), Third place: Koji Yamamoto (Takashima, Shiga) and Akio Ninomiya (Nagahama, Shiga)
Women's Individual: 1st place: Uchida Yayoi (Yaotsu, Gifu), 2nd place: Ueda Yayoi (Nagasaki Nishi, Nagasaki), 3rd place: Yoshida Kayo (Onahama, Fukushima) and Ogino Fujiko (Fujieda Nishi, Shizuoka)

25rd (1978, Fukushima)
Men's team: 1st place PL Gakuen (Osaka), 2nd place Nagasaki Minamiyama (Nagasaki), 3rd place Takachiho (Miyazaki) and Fukuoka Commercial High School (Fukuoka)
Women's team: 1st place Nozu (Oita), 2nd place Onahama (Fukushima), 3rd place Odate Minami (Akita) and J. F. Oberlin (Tokyo)
Men's Individual: Winner: Yosuke Yamanaka (PL Gakuen, Osaka), Runner-up: Hidehiro Honda (Nagasaki Nanzan, Nagasaki), Third place: Tadashi Iwata (Saitama Sakae, Saitama) and Keiji Kuwahara (Kagoshima Commercial High School, Kagoshima)
Women's Individual: Winner: Mutsumi Saza (Kyushu Jogakuin, Kumamoto), Runner-up: Kazue Omoto (Sakuyo, Okayama), Third place: Yayoi Uchida (Yaotsu, Gifu) and Miki Sato (Yaotsu, Gifu)

26th (1979, Shiga)
Men's team: Winner: Kagoshima Shoko (Kagoshima), Runner-up: Nagasaki Nanzan (Nagasaki), Third place: Hatsushiba (Osaka) and Ryukoku (Saga)
Women's team: 1st place Itoshima (Fukuoka), 2nd place Yatsushiro Higashi (Kumamoto), 3rd place Wakayama Kita (Wakayama) and Takashima (Shiga)
Men's Individual: Winner: Norio Yamashita (Kitsuki, Oita), Runner-up: Hiroshi Kiyota (Kansai, Okayama), Third place: Akihiro Takatsumi (Nagasaki Nanzan, Nagasaki) and Tsuneo Arai (Minano, Saitama)
Women's Individual: Winner: Hiromi Fujita (Kokura Minami, Fukuoka), Runner-up: Ikuyo Michizono (Aso, Kumamoto), Third place: Masumi Kamiya (Tomioka Higashi, Tokushima) and Hiroe Tominaga (Miyazaki Women's, Miyazaki)

27th (1980, Kochi)
Men's team: 1st place Yatsushiro Higashi (Kumamoto), 2nd place Takachiho (Miyazaki), 3rd place Kochi (Kochi) and Nagasaki Higashi (Nagasaki)
Women's team: 1st place Aki (Oita), 2nd place Awa (Chiba), 3rd place Minamichiku (Fukuoka) and Saga Commercial High School (Saga)
Men's individual: 1st place: Shinichiro Nakajima (Kochi, Kochi), 2nd place: Hitoshi Miura (Sakata Technical High School, Yamagata), 3rd place: Shinichi Taniguchi (Sakata Commercial High School, Yamagata) and Takayuki Tomita (Karatsu Higashi High School, Saga)
Women's Individual: 1st place: Satomi Nakayama (Showa Women's High School, Tokyo), 2nd place: Yumiko Sasagawa (Tokai University Sagami High School, Kanagawa), 3rd place: Hiromi Akahoshi (Yatsushiro Higashi High School, Kumamoto) and Masumi Kamiya (Tomioka Higashi High School, Tokushima)

28th (1981, Yamanashi)
Men's team: 1st place PL Gakuen (Osaka), 2nd place Nitta (Ehime), 3rd place Kokushikan (Tokyo) and Tokiwa (Fukuoka)
Women's team: 1st place Aki (Oita), 2nd place Awa Minami (Chiba), 3rd place Kagoshima (Kagoshima) and Akita Kita (Akita)
Men's Individual: Winner: Masayoshi Yanagi (Kagoshima Commercial High School, Kagoshima), Runner-up: Yutaka Saga (PL Gakuen, Osaka), Third place: Hideki Nagatome (Nagasaki Nanzan, Nagasaki) and Tadanori Hashimoto (Akita Minami, Akita)
Women's Individual: Winner: Sakaki Tomoko (Akita Kita, Akita), Runner-up: Fujita Kazue (Kokura Minami, Fukuoka), Third place: Fukunoue Satomi (Kagoshima, Kagoshima) and Tanaka Eriko (Noheji, Aomori)

29th (1982, Kagoshima)
Men's team: Winner: Kagoshima Jitsugyo (Kagoshima), Runner-up: Yatsushiro Higashi (Kumamoto), Third place: Kotohira (Kagawa) and Kagoshima Shoko (Kagoshima)
Women's team: 1st place Yatsushiro Higashi (Kumamoto), 2nd place Saidaiji (Okayama), 3rd place Kushikino Women's (Kagoshima) and Kagoshima (Kagoshima)
Men's Individual: Winner: Kenji Ishii (PL Gakuen, Osaka), Runner-up: Yuichi Ono (Chinzei, Kumamoto), Third place: Satoshi Saga (Tokai University Daiichi, Hokkaido) and Masaaki Sato (Oita, Oita)
Women's Individual: 1st place: Satomi Fukunoue (Kagoshima, Kagoshima), 2nd place: Yukie Shibata (Kozakai, Aichi), 3rd place: Chizuru Funami (Kogakuin, Mie) and Kyomi Mitoya (Saga Commercial High School, Saga)

30th (1983, Aichi)
Men's team: 1st place Yatsushiro Higashi (Kumamoto), 2nd place Kyushu Sangyo University Kyushu (Fukuoka), 3rd place Takachiho (Miyazaki) and Nagasaki Minamiyama (Nagasaki)
Women's team: 1st place Nozu (Oita), 2nd place Atawa (Yamagata), 3rd place Kagoshima (Kagoshima) and Kawashima (Tokushima)
Men's Individual: Winner: Masahito Wakai (PL Gakuen, Osaka), Runner-up: Futoshi Kuriyama (Kyushu Sangyo University, Fukuoka), Third place: Yasuhiko Yoshizato (Chinzei, Kumamoto) and Masaru Takeda (Sugamo, Tokyo)
Women's Individual: 1st place: Naomi Yasukawa (Nozu, Oita), 2nd place: Kazuko Miki (Aki, Oita), 3rd place: Aki Oishi (J. F. Oberlin, Tokyo) and Kaori Tokushige (Kagoshima, Kagoshima)

31st to 40nd (1984 to 1993)

31th (1984, Akita)
Men's team: Winner: Yatsushiro Higashi (Kumamoto), Runner-up: Masatsugu (Nara), Third place: Takanabe (Miyazaki) and Akita Minami (Akita)
Women's team: 1st place: J. F. Oberlin (Tokyo), 2nd place: Shukugawa Gakuin (Hyogo), 3rd place: Akita Keiho University (Akita) and Kokura Women's Commercial High School (Fukuoka)
Men's Individual: Winner: Eiichi Takenaka (Takachiho, Miyazaki), Runner-up: Kanji Inamoto (Yatsushiro Higashi, Kumamoto), Third place: Kazuhiko Hosaka (Akita Chuo, Akita) and Tetsuji Okada (Saidaiji, Okayama)
Women's Individual: Winner: Chinatsu Nakayama (Aso, Kumamoto), Runner-up: Keiko Yamazaki (Awa Minami, Chiba), Third place: Ayumi Moriuchi (Sakuyo, Okayama) and Terumi Niitome (Miyakonojo Commercial, Miyazaki)

32nd (1985, Ishikawa)
Men's team: 1st place Kokushikan (Tokyo), 2nd place Takachiho (Miyazaki), 3rd place Miyaki (Saga) and Seiryo (Ishikawa)
Women's team: 1st place PL Gakuen (Osaka), 2nd place J. F. Oberlin (Tokyo), 3rd place Sakuyo (Okayama) and Oita (Oita)
Men's Individual: Winner: Kazuhiko Shimohashi (Kagoshima Commercial High School, Kagoshima), Runner-up: Tomohiro Yumi (Miyoki High School, Saga), Third place: Takafumi Saito (Ako High School, Hyogo) and Hidekazu Sone (Wakayama Higashi High School, Wakayama)
Women's Individual: 1st place: Miyuki Satake (Nozu, Oita), 2nd place: Mika Nakao (Nozu, Oita), 3rd place: Takako Mizoguchi (Takanabe, Miyazaki) and Yoko Sakata (Yanagawa, Fukuoka)

33rd (1986, Yamaguchi)
Men's team: 1st place Takachiho (Miyazaki), 2nd place PL Gakuen (Osaka), 3rd place Tokiwa (Fukuoka) and Saidaiji (Okayama)
Women's team: 1st place Takachiho (Miyazaki), 2nd place Kagoshima (Kagoshima), 3rd place Kokugakuin Tochigi (Tochigi) and Aso (Kumamoto)
Men's Individual: Winner: Ryutaro Ichikawa (Kasuga, Fukuoka), Runner-up: Naoki Takahashi (Seifu, Osaka), Third place: Daisuke Tonoike (Shimotsuma First High School, Ibaraki) and Takakazu Tanaka (Seiseiko High School, Kumamoto)
Women's Individual: Winner: Midori Shimamoto (Iwayo, Iwate), Runner-up: Rie Tsutsumi (Oita, Oita), Third place: Ruriko Honda (Kokura Women's Commercial High School, Fukuoka) and Yuri Yoshida (Minoshima, Wakayama)

34th (1987, Hokkaido)
Men's team: 1st place PL Gakuen (Osaka), 2nd place Wakayama Higashi (Wakayama), 3rd place Sapporo Daiichi (Hokkaido) and Tokiwa (Fukuoka)
Women's Team: 1st Place PL Gakuen (Osaka), 2nd Place Aterazawa (Yamagata), 3rd Place Maebashi Commercial High School (Gunma) and Kofu Commercial High School (Yamanashi)
Men's Individual: Winner: Takahiro Nabeyama (PL Gakuen, Osaka), Runner-up: Yuichi Kono (Takachiho, Miyazaki), Third place: Kazunori Takizawa (Niigata Commercial High School, Niigata) and Jun Matsuo (Nagasaki Higashi High School, Nagasaki)
Women's Individual: 1st place: Nagasawa Matsue (Nozu, Oita), 2nd place: Yamamoto Michie (PL Gakuen, Osaka), 3rd place: Nakamura Keiko (Chukyo Commercial High School, Aichi) and Hayashi Mie (Tomioka Higashi High School, Tokushima)

35th (1988, Hyogo)
Men's team: 1st place Kagoshima Shoko (Kagoshima), 2nd place Fukuoka Ohori (Fukuoka), 3rd place Ikuei (Hyogo) and Takachiho (Miyazaki)
Women's team: 1st place PL Gakuen (Osaka), 2nd place Aso (Kumamoto), 3rd place Takachiho (Miyazaki) and Aterazawa (Yamagata)
Men's Individual: Winner: Kenji Fukui (Kotohira, Kagawa), Runner-up: Mitsuji Tsutsumi (Oita, Oita), Third place: Satoshi Matsumura (Masayoshi, Nara) and Kenji Fukuda (Nagasaki Higashi, Nagasaki)
Women's Individual: Winner: Yurika Taniyama (Kagoshima, Kagoshima), Runner-up: Tomomi Otsuka (Miyoki, Saga), Third place: Reiko Matsushita (Saidaiji, Okayama) and Ayako Koshimizu (Hanasaki Tokuei, Saitama)

36th (1989, Kagawa)
Men's team: 1st place PL Gakuen (Osaka), 2nd place Masatsugu (Nara), 3rd place Kogota Norin (Miyagi) and Takamatsu Minami (Kagawa)
Women's team: 1st place PL Gakuen (Osaka), 2nd place Ako (Hyogo), 3rd place Nozu (Oita) and Saitama Sakae (Saitama)
Men's Individual: Winner: Tadanori Yamashita (Uji, Kyoto), Runner-up: Kazuhiro Asahi (Sugamo Commercial High School, Tokyo), Third place: Shinsuke Noda (Takamatsu Minami High School, Kagawa) and Toshikazu Kunika (Ikuei High School, Hyogo)
Women's Individual: Winner: Yukie Yano (Ichinomiya Commercial High School, Chiba), Runner-up: Yurika Taniyama (Kagoshima High School, Kagoshima), Third place: Mieko Komaki (PL Gakuen High School, Osaka) and Akemi Takamatsu (Yatsushiro Higashi High School, Kumamoto)

37th (1990, Miyagi)
Men's team: 1st place Aso (Kumamoto), 2nd place Wakayama Higashi (Wakayama), 3rd place Kogota Agriculture and Forestry (Miyagi) and Niigata Commercial High School (Niigata)
Women's team: 1st place PL Gakuen (Osaka), 2nd place Takachiho (Miyazaki), 3rd place Hagi Commercial High School (Yamaguchi) and Tagajo (Miyagi)
Men's Individual: Winner Mitsunobu Sato (Kogota Agriculture and Forestry, Miyagi), Runner-up Hideto Akimoto (PL Gakuen, Osaka), Third place Kiyoshi Sato (Sakata Commercial High School, Yamagata) and Takahiro Kawachi (Saikyo High School, Kyoto)
Women's Individual: Winner: Tomoko Takada (PL Gakuen, Osaka), Runner-up: Masu Matsunaga (Saga Commercial High School, Saga), Third place: Mayumi Otsuka (Miyoki High School, Saga) and Masami Kai (Hosho High School, Miyazaki)

38th (1991, Shizuoka)
Men's team: 1st place Takachiho (Miyazaki), 2nd place Narashino (Chiba), 3rd place Saidaiji (Okayama) and Tochigi Minami (Tochigi)
Women's team: 1st place Aso (Kumamoto), 2nd place PL Gakuen (Osaka), 3rd place Gunma Women's Junior and Senior High School (Gunma) and Kagoshima (Kagoshima)
Men's Individual: Winner: Kanematsu Noriaki (Seifu, Osaka), Runner-up: Takeyasu Toshikuni (PL Gakuen, Osaka), Third place: Daimon Kazuki (Kanazawa Sakuragaoka, Ishikawa) and Asada Kenji (Takachiho, Miyazaki)
Women's Individual: 1st place: Eri Omura (Saidaiji, Okayama), 2nd place: Reiko Nabeyama (Chikuyo Gakuen, Fukuoka), 3rd place: Mari Kawamura (Yanagawa, Fukuoka) and Tomomi Goto (Sazawa, Yamagata)

39th (1992, Miyazaki)
Men's team: 1st place Saidaiji (Okayama), 2nd place Takanawa (Tokyo), 3rd place Ikuei (Hyogo) and Miyagi (Saga)
Women's team: 1st place: Atezawa (Yamagata), 2nd place: Kamimura Gakuen (Kagoshima), 3rd place: Aso (Kumamoto) and Miyazaki Kita (Miyazaki)
Men's Individual: Winner: Akito Honma (Miyazaki Kita, Miyazaki), Runner-up: Masakazu Fukui (Tokai University Dai-ni, Hokkaido), Third place: Takahiro Odaguchi (Kagoshima Commercial High School, Kagoshima) and Masakazu Iwamoto (Kudamatsu Technical High School, Yamaguchi)
Women's Individual: 1st place: Reiko Nabeyama (Chikuyo Gakuen, Fukuoka), 2nd place: Mikiko Hayashi (PL Gakuen, Osaka), 3rd place: Chiho Sakamoto (Miyazaki Kita, Miyazaki) and Yoshiaki Kage (Takachiho, Miyazaki)

40st (1993, Tochigi)
Men's team: 1st place Fukuoka Ohori (Fukuoka), 2nd place Tochigi Minami (Tochigi), 3rd place Fukushima (Fukushima) and Nagasaki Higashi (Nagasaki)
Women's team: 1st place Aso (Kumamoto), 2nd place Saidaiji (Okayama), 3rd place Tochigi Minami (Tochigi) and Omura (Nagasaki)
Men's Individual: Winner: Kaoru Yamada (Akita Commercial High School, Akita), Runner-up: Hideyuki Inoue (Numata High School, Gunma), Third place: Masashi Yoshino (Tokai University Sugao High School, Tokyo) and Ken Kurusumi (Toin Gakuen High School, Kanagawa)
Women's Individual: Winner: Arima Kayo (Kamimura Gakuen, Kagoshima), Runner-up: Matsuo Miki (Fukuoka Minami Women's, Fukuoka), Third place: Otsu Tomomi (Aso, Kumamoto) and Kaizu Tomoko (Aso, Kumamoto)

41st to 50nd (1994 to 2003)

41st (1994, Toyama)
Men's team: 1st place PL Gakuen (Osaka), 2nd place Takachiho (Miyazaki), 3rd place Kyushu Sangyo University Kyushu (Fukuoka) and Takaoka Kogei (Toyama)
Women's team: 1st place Nagasaki Nishi (Nagasaki), 2nd place Aso (Kumamoto), 3rd place Gunma Women's Junior and Senior High School (Gunma) and Tokai University Daiichi (Hokkaido)
Men's Individual: 1st place: Masaomi Sone (Wakayama East, Wakayama), 2nd place: Seiichiro Tomoeda (Aso, Kumamoto), 3rd place: Takeshi Taniyama (Kagoshima Technical High School, Kagoshima) and Ueaki Hiraoka (Mito Junior High School, Ibaraki)
Women's Individual: 1st place: Shizuko Kishimoto (Saidaiji, Okayama), 2nd place: Makoto Kai (Takachiho, Miyazaki), 3rd place: Miho Nagano (Kamimura Gakuen, Kagoshima) and Wakako Mure (Kamimura Gakuen, Kagoshima)

42nd (1995, Tottori)
Men's team: 1st place Fukuoka Ohori (Fukuoka), 2nd place Wakayama Higashi (Wakayama), 3rd place Saidaiji (Okayama) and Takachiho (Miyazaki)
Women's team: 1st place Aso (Kumamoto), 2nd place Takachiho (Miyazaki), 3rd place Tomioka Higashi (Tokushima) and PL Gakuen (Osaka)
Men's Individual: Winner: Hiraoka Uesugi (Mito Shorts Mito, Ibaraki), Runner-up: Mori Daiki (Fukuoka Ohori, Fukuoka), Third place: Gonpei Norihiro (Niigata Meikyu, Niigata) and Shiraishi Hajime (Nagasaki Nanzan, Nagasaki)
Women's Individual: Winner: Kamata Haruyo (Sawazawa, Yamagata), Runner-up: Kono Tomoko (Aso, Kumamoto), Third place: Sakamoto Keiko (Mie, Mie) and Yamada Miki (Saidaiji, Okayama)

43th (1996, Yamanashi)
Men's team: 1st place Aso (Kumamoto), 2nd place Saga Gakuen (Saga), 3rd place Narashino (Chiba) and Nagasaki Minamiyama (Nagasaki)
Women's team: 1st place Aso (Kumamoto), 2nd place Miyazaki Kita (Miyazaki), 3rd place Moriya (Ibaraki) and Tomioka Higashi (Tokushima)
Men's Individual: Winner: Hitoshi Itoyama (Nagasaki Minamiyama, Nagasaki), Runner-up: Hiroki Wada (Narashino, Chiba), Third place: Yosuke Saito (Tochigi Minami, Tochigi) and Keiichiro Narumoto (Gion Kita, Hiroshima)
Women's Individual: Winner: Ayumi Korogi (Aso, Kumamoto), Runner-up: Yuki Ogata (Kumamoto City, Kumamoto), Third place: Kaoru Takazawa (Kisarazu Chuo, Chiba) and Kyoko Ono (Mie, Mie)

44th (1997, Kyoto)
Men's team: 1st place Takanawa (Tokyo), 2nd place Ritsumeikan Uji (Kyoto), 3rd place Saeki Kakujo (Oita) and Saitama Sakae (Saitama)
Women's team: 1st place Takachiho (Miyazaki), 2nd place Aso (Kumamoto), 3rd place Hiyoshigaoka (Kyoto) and Chikuyo Gakuen (Fukuoka)
Men's Individual: 1st place: Ozuno Takanobu (Saidaiji, Okayama), 2nd place: Nakano Takahiro (Hiyoshigaoka, Kyoto), 3rd place: Egashira Yusuke (Ryukoku, Saga) and Ajiro Tadakatsu (Ikuei, Hyogo)
Women's Individual: Winner: Kaori Fukunaga (Aso, Kumamoto), Runner-up: Yoko Morita (Tokyo Seitoku, Tokyo), Third place: Saeko Sugimoto (Hiyoshigaoka, Kyoto) and Azusa Shimomura (Kanazawa Sakuragaoka, Ishikawa)

45th (1998, Ehime)
Men's team: 1st place Kyushu Gakuin (Kumamoto), 2nd place Nagasaki Minamiyama (Nagasaki), 3rd place Wakayama Higashi (Wakayama) and PL Gakuen (Osaka)
Women's team: 1st place: Aterazawa (Yamagata), 2nd place: Shutoku (Tokyo), 3rd place: Hiyoshigaoka (Kyoto) and Aso (Kumamoto)
Men's Individual: Winner: Ryoichi Uchimura (Kyushu Gakuin, Kumamoto), Runner-up: Yusuke Egashira (Ryukoku, Saga), Third place: Masato Koike (Takanawa, Tokyo) and Tadakatsu Ajiro (Ikuei, Hyogo)
Women's Individual: 1st place: Kumiko Tsutsui (Miyoki, Saga), 2nd place: Miho Takahashi (Saikyo, Kyoto), 3rd place: Yuki Inomata (Niigata Meikyu, Niigata) and Yuko Suzuki (Sazawa, Yamagata)

46th (1999, Iwate)
Men's team: 1st place Ryukoku (Saga), 2nd place Wakayama Higashi (Wakayama), 3rd place Jinsei Gakuen (Kagawa) and Oita (Oita)
Women's team: 1st place Aso (Kumamoto), 2nd place Hiyoshigaoka (Kyoto), 3rd place Saga Gakuen (Saga) and Fukuoka (Iwate)
Men's Individual: Winner: Miyagawa Kakuji (PL Gakuen, Osaka), Runner-up: Nishi Hiroyuki (Kagoshima Commercial High School, Kagoshima), Third place: Inoue Noriyuki (Ryukoku High School, Saga) and Shiotsuka Yukihisa (Nagasaki Nanzan High School, Nagasaki)
Women's Individual: Winner: Mai Korogi (Aso, Kumamoto), Runner-up: Chie Doi (Saga Gakuen, Saga), Third place: Kumi Mizobuchi (Takamatsu Commercial High School, Kagawa) and Risa Eto (Oita Tsurusaki, Oita)

47th (2000, Gifu)
Men's team: 1st place Takanawa (Tokyo), 2nd place Toin Gakuen (Kanagawa), 3rd place Narashino (Chiba) and Takaoka Kogei (Toyama)
Women's team: 1st place Aso (Kumamoto), 2nd place Moriya (Ibaraki), 3rd place Gotemba Nishi (Shizuoka) and Houou (Kagoshima)
Men's Individual: 1st place: Shoichi Sasaki (Narashino, Chiba), 2nd place: Akihiro Kawano (Aso, Kumamoto), 3rd place: Koji Marutani (Hiroshima Minami, Hiroshima) and Musashi Ameya (Toin Gakuen, Kanagawa)
Women's Individual: 1st place: Atsusa Sakamoto (Takachiho, Miyazaki), 2nd place: Seiko Mitsunaga (Shimabara, Nagasaki), 3rd place: Mari Kimura (Taiseigakuin, Osaka) and Saori Kikuchi (Mito Aoryo, Ibaraki)

48th (2001, Kumamoto)
Men's team: 1st place Yatsushiro Higashi (Kumamoto), 2nd place Kanuma (Tochigi), 3rd place Ritsumeikan Uji (Kyoto) and Ikuei (Hyogo)
Women's team: 1st place Aso (Kumamoto), 2nd place Aterazawa (Yamagata), 3rd place Tomioka Higashi (Tokushima) and Kamimura Gakuen (Kagoshima)
Men's Individual: 1st place: Akio Konosu (Mito Aoryo, Ibaraki), 2nd place: Kotaro Masuda (Toin Gakuen, Kanagawa), 3rd place: Katsuya Serigawa (Aso, Kumamoto) and Daisuke Ishihara (Sakuragaoka, Aichi)
Women's Individual: 1st place: Kimura Mari (Taisei Gakuin, Osaka), 2nd place: Nagahara Yukiko (Ryukoku, Saga), 3rd place: Kita Yumiko (Saga Gakuen, Saga) and Seki Kaori (Moriya, Ibaraki)

49th (2002, Ibaraki)
Men's team: 1st place Toin Gakuen (Kanagawa), 2nd place Tsuchiura Nihon University (Ibaraki), 3rd place Mito Aoryo (Ibaraki) and Fukuoka Ohori (Fukuoka)
Women's team: 1st place Aso (Kumamoto), 2nd place Hakata Women's (Fukuoka), 3rd place Moriya (Ibaraki) and Sapporo Nihon University (Hokkaido)
Men's Individual: Winner: Kazushi Shime (Kyushu Gakuin, Kumamoto), Runner-up: Ryota Katsuren (Kogota Agriculture and Forestry, Miyagi), Third place: Yasuto Takatori (Miyoki, Saga) and Junya Hirayama (Kochi, Kochi)
Women's individual: 1st place: Osato Ayano (Nakamura Gakuen Girls' High School, Fukuoka), 2nd place: Nozaki Yukari (Aso High School, Kumamoto), 3rd place: Arimura Haruka (Kagoshima High School, Kagoshima) and Kato Yayoi (Jujitsu High School, Okayama)

50th (2003, Nagasaki)
Men's team: 1st place Toin Gakuen (Kanagawa), 2nd place Kyushu Gakuin (Kumamoto), 3rd place Nagasaki Minamiyama (Nagasaki) and Wakayama Higashi (Wakayama)
Women's team: 1st place Takachiho (Miyazaki), 2nd place Toin Gakuen (Kanagawa), 3rd place Moriya (Ibaraki) and Nakamura Gakuen Girls' High School (Fukuoka)
Men's Individual: Winner: Hayato Ohata (Saidaiji, Okayama), Runner-up: Kenta Yamamoto (Nagasaki Minamiyama, Nagasaki), Third place: Yusuke Kondo (Wakayama Higashi, Wakayama) and Shin Masuda (Kusatsu Higashi, Shiga)
Women's Individual: 1st place: Osato Ayano (Nakamura Gakuen Girls' High School, Fukuoka), 2nd place: Honda Miwa (Oita Prefecture, Oita), 3rd place: Takahashi Asami (Oita Prefecture, Oita) and Ishitsuki Sayuri (Yatsushiro Shirayuri High School, Kumamoto)

51st to 60nd (2004 to 2013)

51st (2004, Shimane)
Men's team: 1st place Takanawa (Tokyo), 2nd place Aso (Kumamoto), 3rd place Taisha (Shimane) and Shimabara (Nagasaki)
Women's team: 1st place Takachiho (Miyazaki), 2nd place Chukyo (Gifu), 3rd place Houou (Kagoshima) and PL Gakuen (Osaka)
Men's Individual: 1st place: Kosuke Hatanaka (Wakayama Higashi, Wakayama), 2nd place: Kei Hirata (Chikushigaoka, Fukuoka), 3rd place: Yosuke Katsumi (Kurashiki, Okayama) and Daigo Ueda (Taisha, Shimane)
Women's Individual: Winner: Ai Kawagoe (Houou, Kagoshima), Runner-up: Sayaka Yasutomi (Iwata Nishi, Shizuoka), Third place: Mutsumi Kamura (Ryukoku, Saga) and Kazumi Kasatani (Oita Tsurusaki, Oita)

52th (2005, Chiba)
Men's team: 1st place: Awa (Chiba), 2nd place: Toin Gakuen (Kanagawa), 3rd place: Koyama (Tochigi) and Kyushu Gakuin (Kumamoto)
Women's team: 1st place Moriya (Ibaraki), 2nd place Toin Gakuen (Kanagawa), 3rd place Chukyo (Gifu) and Aterazawa (Yamagata)
Men's Individual: Winner: Tatsuya Kawabata (Miyakonojo Higashi High School, Miyazaki), Runner-up: Yuta Watanabe (Wakamatsu Commercial High School, Fukushima), Third place: Kenichiro Kameda (Tokai University Daiichi High School, Hokkaido) and Tatsunori Narita (Toin Gakuen High School, Kanagawa)
Women's Individual: 1st place: Airi Suzuki (Sawazawa, Yamagata), 2nd place: Megumi Hashimoto (Miyoki, Saga), 3rd place: Kanoko Miyazato (Kindai Wakayama, Wakayama) and Kanako Amano (Hiyoshigaoka, Kyoto)

53th (2006, Kyoto)
Men's team: 1st place Mito Aoryo (Ibaraki), 2nd place Toin Gakuen (Kanagawa), 3rd place Reizei Mizunami (Gifu) and Koyama (Tochigi)
Women's team: 1st place Chikushidai (Fukuoka), 2nd place Numata City (Hiroshima), 3rd place Moriya (Ibaraki) and Aterazawa (Yamagata)
Men's individual: 1st place: Ishida Yuji (Takanawa, Tokyo), 2nd place: Narita Tatsunori (Toin Gakuen, Kanagawa), 3rd place: Oshinoi Naoki (Mito Aoryo, Ibaraki) and Kanai Yuta (Mito Aoryo, Ibaraki)
Women's Individual: 1st place: Rieko Haraguchi (Seiryo, Fukuoka), 2nd place: Mariko Yamamoto (PL Gakuen, Osaka), 3rd place: Serika Motobu (Toyomi Castle, Kagoshima) and Shizuka Fukutomi (Chikushidai, Fukuoka)

54th (2007, Saga)
Men's team: 1st place Ryukoku (Saga), 2nd place Wakayama Higashi (Wakayama), 3rd place Kyushu Gakuin (Kumamoto) and Akita Minami (Akita)
Women's team: 1st place Moriya (Ibaraki), 2nd place PL Gakuen (Osaka), 3rd place Nakamura Gakuen Girls' High School (Fukuoka) and Atasawa (Yamagata)
Men's Individual: Winner: Jin Murayama (Sakata Commercial High School, Yamagata), Runner-up: Chikara Iwakawa (Akita Minami High School, Akita), Third place: Keita Yamaguchi (Ryukoku High School, Saga) and Raita Murakami (Toin Gakuen High School, Kanagawa)
Women's Individual: 1st place: Sae Mitoma (Hita, Oita), 2nd place: Yuki Iwasawa (Sazawa, Yamagata), 3rd place: Marina Chonan (Tsuchiura Kohoku, Ibaraki) and Tomomi Nagasawa (Nakamura Gakuen Girls' High School, Fukuoka)

55th (2008, Saitama)
Men's team: 1st place Hita (Oita), 2nd place Mito Aoryo (Ibaraki), 3rd place Takanawa (Tokyo) and Tokai University Daiichi (Hokkaido)
Women's team: 1st place PL Gakuen (Osaka), 2nd place Akita Kita (Akita), 3rd place Sapporo Nihon University (Hokkaido) / Wakamatsu Commercial High School (Fukushima)
Men's Individual: Winner: Sugano Ryusuke (Kogota Agriculture and Forestry High School, Miyagi), Runner-up: Tajima Junichi (Toin Gakuen High School, Kanagawa), Third place: Ando Sho (Tokai University Daiichi High School, Hokkaido) and Takeda Naohiro (Kogota Agriculture and Forestry High School, Miyagi)
Women's Individual: Winner: Yurika Takagane (Nihon University Sapporo, Hokkaido), Runner-up: Ayako Shimoi (PL Gakuen Osaka), Third place: Sakie Ikeda (Tokyo Seitoku, Tokyo) and Mikie Shibata (Kojokan, Okayama)

56th (2009, Osaka)
Men's team: 1st place Mito Aoryo (Ibaraki), 2nd place Toin Gakuen (Kanagawa), 3rd place Fukuoka Ohori (Fukuoka) and Kyushu Gakuin (Kumamoto)
Women's team: Winner Shimabara (Nagasaki), Runner-up PL Gakuen (Osaka), Third place Reitaku Mizunami (Gifu) and Aso (Kumamoto)
Men's Individual: Winner: Shiotani Masaaki (Meitoku Gijuku, Kochi), Runner-up: Shigeta Daiki (Kyushu Gakuin, Kumamoto), Third place: Sato Hiroki (Reizei Mizunami, Gifu) and Watanabe Akira (Sakuragaoka, Aichi)
Women's Individual: 1st place: Shiho Maeda (PL Gakuen, Osaka), 2nd place: Nagisa Komorita (Shimabara, Nagasaki), 3rd place: Kozue Ehara (Tsuchiura Kohoku, Ibaraki) and Nana Takanashi (Moriya, Ibaraki)

57th (2010, Okinawa)
Men's team: 1st place Awa (Chiba), 2nd place Takachiho (Miyazaki), 3rd place Mito Aoryo (Ibaraki) and Fukuoka Ohori (Fukuoka)
Women's team: 1st place Chikushidai (Fukuoka), 2nd place Aso (Kumamoto), 3rd place Taisha (Shimane) and Shimabara (Nagasaki)
Men's Individual: Winner: Yuki Chiba (Awa, Chiba), Runner-up: Takahiro Tsuruoka (Yumoto, Fukushima), Third place: Yohei Irie (Shimabara, Nagasaki) and Daisuke Onuki (Awa, Chiba)
Women's Individual: 1st place: Matsumoto Mizuki (Chikushidai, Fukuoka), 2nd place: Takahashi Moeko (Moriya, Ibaraki), 3rd place: Takeda Kanami (Kojokan, Okayama) and Senuma Akari (Tokai University Sagami, Kanagawa)

58th (2011, Aomori)
Men's team: 1st place Fukuoka Ohori (Fukuoka), 2nd place Koyama (Tochigi), 3rd place Awa (Chiba) and Tokai University Daiichi (Hokkaido)
Women's team: 1st place Moriya (Ibaraki), 2nd place Wakayama Higashi (Wakayama), 3rd place Sapporo Nihon University (Hokkaido) and Honjo Daiichi (Saitama)
Men's individual: 1st place: Hiroya Takakura (Mito Aoryo High School, Ibaraki), 2nd place: Taisei Ono (Tokai University Daiichi High School, Hokkaido), 3rd place: Katsuya Sakaguchi (Chinzei High School, Kumamoto) and Kazuma Yamashita (Tsuchiura Nihon University, Ibaraki)
Women's Individual: 1st place: Takahashi Moeko (Moriya, Ibaraki), 2nd place: Abe Miho (Toin Gakuen, Kanagawa), 3rd place: Imamura Mai (Nakamura Gakuen Girls', Fukuoka) and Takahashi Kai (Chikushidai, Fukuoka)

59th (2012, Niigata)
Men's team: 1st place Toin Gakuen (Kanagawa), 2nd place Fukuoka Daiichi (Fukuoka), 3rd place Ikuei (Hyogo) and Takanawa (Tokyo)
Women's team: 1st place Moriya (Ibaraki), 2nd place Nakamura Gakuen Girls (Fukuoka), 3rd place Niigata Commercial High School (Niigata) and Aso Chuo High School (Kumamoto)
Men's Individual: 1st place: Katsuya Ide (Fukuoka Daiichi High School, Fukuoka), 2nd place: Shunichiro Kato (Akita Commercial High School, Akita), 3rd place: Takeshi Murakami (Toin Gakuen High School, Kanagawa) and Masahiro Orita (Kagoshima Commercial High School, Kagoshima)
Women's Individual: Winner: Reiko Morita (Oita, Oita), Runner-up: Natsuki Fukukawa (Yatsushiro Shirayuri, Kumamoto), Third place: Rumi Yamazaki (Shimabara, Nagasaki) and Maya Takeda (Niigata Commercial High School, Niigata)

60th (2013, Saga)
Men's team: 1st place Kyushu Gakuin (Kumamoto), 2nd place Takanawa (Tokyo), 3rd place Shimabara (Nagasaki) and Ikuei (Hyogo)
Women's team: 1st place Shimabara (Nagasaki), 2nd place Reizei Mizunami (Gifu), 3rd place Oita Tsurusaki (Oita) and Nakamura Gakuen Girls' High School (Fukuoka)
Men's Individual: 1st place: Yoichiro Sasaki (Takanawa, Tokyo), 2nd place: Takaaki Soga (Kyushu Gakuin, Kumamoto), 3rd place: Yuya Motoyoshi (Saitama Sakae, Saitama) and Yoshihide Tanaka (Toin Gakuen, Kanagawa)
Women's individual: 1st place: Rio Oi (Aso Chuo High School, Kumamoto), 2nd place: Yuka Itagaki (Too Gijuku High School, Aomori), 3rd place: Anri Yamamoto (Shimabara High School, Nagasaki) and Hinano Tominaga (Teikyo High School, Ehime)

61st to 72nd (2014 to 2025)

61st (2014, Kanagawa)
Men's team: 1st place Kyushu Gakuin (Kumamoto), 2nd place Ikuei (Hyogo), 3rd place Tokai University Sagami (Kanagawa) and Takanawa (Tokyo)
Women's team: 1st place: Reizei Mizunami (Gifu), 2nd place: Nakamura Gakuen Girls (Fukuoka), 3rd place: Teikyo Go (Ehime) and Sazawa (Yamagata)
Men's Individual: Winner: Nakane Yuya (Mito Aoryo, Ibaraki), Runner-up: Yamada Ryohei (Kyushu Gakuin, Kumamoto), Third place: Senda Kai (Sendai Ikuei, Miyagi) and Tagaya Ayumu (Koyama, Tochigi)
Women's Individual: Winner: Sachi Watanabe (Aso Chuo, Kumamoto), Runner-up: Saya Inoue (Suma Gakuen, Hyogo), Third place: Minori Sato (Reizei Mizunami, Gifu) and Ai Honda (Shimabara, Nagasaki)

62nd (2015, Wakayama)
Men's team: 1st place Kyushu Gakuin (Kumamoto), 2nd place Shimabara (Nagasaki), 3rd place Tsuchiura Kohoku (Ibaraki) and Teikyo Go (Ehime)
Women's team: 1st place: Reizei Mizunami (Gifu), 2nd place: Toin Gakuen (Kanagawa), 3rd place: Too Gijuku (Aomori) and Nakamura Gakuen Girls' High School (Fukuoka)
Men's Individual: 1st place: Takuhito Saito (Tokai University Sagami, Kanagawa), 2nd place: Yusei Tsuchida (Kyushu Gakuin, Kumamoto), 3rd place: Ryoga Tsukao (Too Gakuin, Aomori) and Kenshiro Matsuzaki (Shimabara, Nagasaki)
Women's Individual: 1st place: Miho Takenaka (Shimabara, Nagasaki), 2nd place: Makoto Nishiguchi (Moriya, Ibaraki), 3rd place: Koyuki Kuwano (Aso Chuo, Kumamoto) and Minori Sato (Reizei Mizunami, Gifu)

63th (Okayama, 2016)
Men's team: 1st place Kyushu Gakuin (Kumamoto), 2nd place Reizei Mizunami (Gifu), 3rd place Kokushikan (Tokyo) and Fukuoka Ohori (Fukuoka)
Women's team: 1st place Nakamura Gakuen Girls (Fukuoka), 2nd place Saidaiji (Okayama), 3rd place Kinkowan (Kagoshima) and Aso Chuo (Kumamoto)
Men's Individual: Winner: Keita Hoshiko (Kyushu Gakuin, Kumamoto), Runner-up: Takemasa Kajitani (Kyushu Gakuin, Kumamoto), Third place: Tomoki Kozumi (Reizei Mizunami, Gifu) and Yuki Takayama (Nara University, Nara)
Women's Individual: 1st place: Kana Komatsu (Tohoku University, Aomori), 2nd place: Maria Asano (Tohoku University, Aomori), 3rd place: Izumi Matsumoto (Wakayama Higashi University, Wakayama) and Ami Shojima (Shiraishi University, Saga)

64th (2017, Miyagi)
Men's team: 1st place Takachiho (Miyazaki), 2nd place Shimabara (Nagasaki), 3rd place Sano Nihon University (Tochigi) and Honjo Daiichi (Saitama)
Women's team: 1st place Nakamura Gakuen Girls (Fukuoka), 2nd place Moriya (Ibaraki), 3rd place Wakayama Higashi (Wakayama) and Teikyo Go (Ehime)
Men's Individual: Winner: Yuma Iwakiri (Kyushu Gakuin, Kumamoto), Runner-up: Shoji Ohira (Sano Nihon University, Tochigi), Third place: Daichi Fujimoto (Tamashima, Okayama) and Kazuki Nagao (Kyushu Gakuin, Kumamoto)
Women's individual: 1st place: Maika Senoo (Nakamura Gakuen Girls' High School, Fukuoka), 2nd place: Natsuko Yasuda (Teikyo 5 High School, Ehime), 3rd place: Kyoka Hashimoto (Hiyoshigaoka High School, Kyoto) and Ririka Ide (Kokushikan High School, Tokyo)

65th (2018, Mie)
Men's team: 1st place Kyushu Gakuin (Kumamoto), 2nd place Ikuei (Hyogo), 3rd place Nara University High School (Nara) and Higashi Fukuoka (Fukuoka)
Women's team: 1st place Nakamura Gakuen Girls' High School (Fukuoka), 2nd place Moriya High School (Ibaraki), 3rd place Tono Gijuku High School (Aomori) and Toin Gakuen High School (Kanagawa)
Men's Individual: 1st place: Ohira Shoji (Sano Nihon University, Tochigi), 2nd place: Kato Tatsunari (Yatsuka, Tottori), 3rd place: Nose Toshiya (Iwata Higashi, Shizuoka) and Natsumeda Ryusuke (Mito Aoryo, Ibaraki)
Women's individual: 1st place: Maika Senoo (Nakamura Gakuen Girls' High School, Fukuoka), 2nd place: Akane Watanabe (Matsuyama Kita High School, Ehime), 3rd place: Tomo Saito (Too Gakuen High School, Aomori) and Hitomi Ikeda (Nichisho Gakuen High School, Miyazaki)

66th (2019, Kumamoto)
Men's team: 1st place Kyushu Gakuin (Kumamoto), 2nd place Mito Aoryo (Ibaraki), 3rd place Toyo University Himeji (Hyogo) and Meiho (Oita)
Women's team: 1st place Nakamura Gakuen Girls (Fukuoka), 2nd place Touou Gijuku (Aomori), 3rd place Gosen (Niigata) and Hiroshima Minami (Hiroshima)
Men's Individual: 1st place: Ryunosuke Ikeda (Fukuoka Ohori, Fukuoka), 2nd place: Yumeya Ogawa (Keitoku, Saga), 3rd place: Mizuki Saito (Shimabara, Nagasaki) and Hiroki Abiru (Meiji University Nakano, Tokyo)
Women's Individual: 1st place: Kakimoto Saetsuki (Moriya, Ibaraki), 2nd place: Kawai Yoshina (Tokai University Shoyo, Shizuoka), 3rd place: Yamamoto Mao (Saidaiji, Okayama) and Furukawa Kanka (Miyoki, Saga)

67th (Okayama, 2020)
*Cancelled to prevent the spread of COVID-19

68nd (2021, Ishikawa)
Men's team: 1st place Kyushu Gakuin (Kumamoto), 2nd place Akita Commercial High School (Akita), 3rd place Meiho (Oita) and Tamashima (Okayama)
Women's team: 1st place Nakamura Gakuen Girls' High School (Fukuoka), 2nd place Yatsushiro Shirayuri High School (Kumamoto), 3rd place Suzuka High School (Mie) and Moriya High School (Ibaraki)
Men's Individual: 1st place: Chiaki Araki (Nisshou Gakuen, Miyazaki), 2nd place: Takeo Watanabe (Sendai Ikuei, Miyagi), 3rd place: Yuki Sashimoto (Kanazawa Sakuragaoka, Ishikawa) and Hidehiro Suenaga (Kyushu Gakuin, Kumamoto)
Women's Individual: 1st place: Rin Hasegawa (Yokkaichi Technical High School, Mie), 2nd place: Kotoka Ide (Shimabara High School, Nagasaki), 3rd place: Nana Miyamoto (Kotohira High School, Kagawa) and Oshi Oishi (Meikei Gakuen High School, Ibaraki)

69th (2022, Kochi)
Men's team: 1st place Shimabara (Nagasaki), 2nd place Nichisho Gakuen (Miyazaki), 3rd place Kyushu Gakuin (Kumamoto) and Ikuei (Hyogo)
Women's team: Winner Nakamura Gakuen Girls' High School (Fukuoka), Runner-up Meiho High School (Oita), Third place Yatsushiro Shirayuri High School (Kumamoto) and Tokai University Sapporo High School (Hokkaido)
Men's Individual: 1st place: Takashima Souma (Kyushu Gakuin, Kumamoto), 2nd place: Nakao Oshin (Kyushu Gakuin, Kumamoto), 3rd place: Tomeba Keigo (Fukuoka Ohori, Fukuoka) and Sakamoto Ryosuke (Taisha, Shimane)
Women's Individual: Winner: Hinano Oku (Meiho, Oita), Runner-up: Rika Kato (Suzuka, Mie), Third place: Momoka Ikari (Miyoki, Saga) and Mutsumi Kake (Okayama University of Commerce, Okayama)

70th (2023, Hokkaido)
Men's team: 1st place Kyushu Gakuin (Kumamoto), 2nd place Fukuoka Daiichi (Fukuoka), 3rd place Mito Aoryo (Ibaraki) and Taisha (Shimane)
Women's team: 1st place Moriya (Ibaraki), 2nd place Meiho (Oita), 3rd place Miyaki (Saga) and Kendai Takasaki (Gunma)
Men's Individual: 1st place: Yasuteru Moriyasu (Fukuoka Ohori, Fukuoka), 2nd place: Aomi Kawai (Kamimiya, Osaka), 3rd place: Masato Toda (Nagasaki Minamiyama, Nagasaki) and Junya Hatano (Taisha, Shimane)
Women's Individual: Winner: Kadota Rika (Nakamura Gakuen Girls' High School, Fukuoka), Runner-up: Konakahara Eika (Meiho Girls' High School, Oita), Third place: Goto Fuka (Meiho Girls' High School, Oita) and Kono Reina (Nakamura Gakuen Girls' High School, Fukuoka)

71nd (2024, Oita)
Men's team: 1st place Kyushu Gakuin (Kumamoto), 2nd place Meiho (Oita), 3rd place Seiko Gakuin (Fukushima) and Toin Gakuen (Kanagawa)
Women's team: 1st place Nakamura Gakuen Girls' High School (Fukuoka), 2nd place Yatsushiro Shirayuri High School (Kumamoto), 3rd place Meiho High School (Oita) and Touou Gijuku High School (Aomori)
Men's individual: 1st place: Yamashita Kenki (Meiho, Oita), 2nd place: Mori Osuke (Kyushu Gakuin, Kumamoto), 3rd place: Seki Keitaro (Fukuoka Ohori, Fukuoka) and Matsuwa Ren (Tokai University Urayasu, Chiba)
Women's Individual: 1st place: Hashimoto Haruna (Nakamura Gakuen Girls' High School, Fukuoka), 2nd place: Kawada Riko (Nakamura Gakuen Girls' High School, Fukuoka), 3rd place: Nakamura Haruka (Honjo Daiichi High School, Saitama) and Miyazaki Aoi (Keitoku High School, Saga)

72th (2025, Hiroshima)
Men's team: 1st place Iwata Higashi (Shizuoka), 2nd place Meiho (Oita), 3rd place Nichisho Gakuen (Miyazaki) and Nara University High School (Nara)
Women's team: 1st place Nakamura Gakuen Girls (Fukuoka), 2nd place Moriya (Ibaraki), 3rd place Yatsushiro Shirayuri (Kumamoto) and Oita Tsurusaki (Oita)
Men's Individual: Winner: Mori Hiroha (Fukuoka Ohori, Fukuoka), Runner-up: Hayashi Akira (Fukuoka Ohori, Fukuoka), Third place: Nishi Toshihiro (Kagoshima Commercial High School, Kagoshima) and Takamatsu Yuto (Meiho High School, Oita)
Women's Individual: 1st place: Nakatsukasa Miu (Yatsushiro Shirayuri, Kumamoto), 2nd place: Nakamoto Ryokue (Meiho, Oita), 3rd place: Awaji Saki (Too Gijuku, Aomori) and Odashima Sorai (Sapporo Nihon University, Hokkaido)

Summary

The Inter-High School Championships is a traditional high school kendo tournament that has been held since 1954. While Kyushu teams, especially those from Kumamoto Prefecture, stand out as particularly strong, strong teams from all over the country participate and fierce battles are waged every year. This article lists the results of all 72 tournaments, so please use it to check your alma mater's track record or to research the history of kendo.

*The data in this article is based on official records. If you find any errors in the information, please contact BUSHIZO.