Shimizu Commercial High School
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is a co-educational commercial high school
located in Shimizu ward, Shizuoka city
, Japan
. The school was founded in 1921. It has a strong soccer program and has won the All Japan High School Soccer Tournament three times (1985, 1988, 1993). A large number of professional association football players are alumni of the school.
High school
High school is a term used in parts of the English speaking world to describe institutions which provide all or part of secondary education. The term is often incorporated into the name of such institutions....
located in Shimizu ward, Shizuoka city
Shimizu-ku, Shizuoka
is one of three wards of the city of Shizuoka, in Shizuoka Prefecture, Japan, located in the eastern part of the city.-Geography:Shimizu is located on the coast of Suruga Bay of the Pacific Ocean and covers a wide area from a coastal plain to the hills...
, Japan
Japan
Japan is an island nation in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south...
. The school was founded in 1921. It has a strong soccer program and has won the All Japan High School Soccer Tournament three times (1985, 1988, 1993). A large number of professional association football players are alumni of the school.
Prominent footballer alumni of Shimizu Commercial High
- Toshiya FujitaToshiya FujitaToshiya Fujita is a professional footballer for J. League Division 2 side JEF United Ichihara Chiba.-Playing career:...
- Tadaaki HirakawaTadaaki Hirakawais a Japanese football player. He is a midfielder and currently plays for J. League side Urawa Red Diamonds.-Club:*Includes other competitive competitions, including the J. League Championship, Japanese Super Cup and FIFA Club World Cup.-Club:...
- Takashi HiranoTakashi HiranoTakashi Hirano is a former Japanese international footballer.-Club:Hirano attended Shimizu Commercial High School, where he won the All-Japan High School Championship in 1991....
- Yoshikatsu KawaguchiYoshikatsu Kawaguchi, sometimes referred to as Yoshi Kawaguchi, is a Japanese footballer who plays as a goalkeeper. He is a former captain of the Japan national team.-Biography:...
- Naoya KikuchiNaoya Kikuchiis a professional Japanese footballer currently playing for Albirex Niigata.- Career :Kikuchi played for the Shimizu S-Pulse junior youth team and Shimizu Commercial High School, which has a strong soccer tradition with players such as Shinji Ono among its alumni. After graduating the school, he...
- Daigo KobayashiDaigo KobayashiDaigo Kobayashi is a Japanese football player who last played for Shimizu S-Pulse.-Career:He started up his professional career at Tokyo Verdy where he won the Emperor's Cup in 2004 and the Japanese Super Cup in 2005. In the same year they got relegated from the J-League which marked his end in...
- Koki MizunoKoki Mizunois a Japanese footballer, who currently plays as a midfielder for Kashiwa Reysol.He is the cousin of Keita Suzuki, also a footballer.-JEF United:After graduating from Shimizu Commercial High School, Mizuno joined JEF United in 2004. He was the MVP of the 2006 J...
- Shigeyoshi MochizukiShigeyoshi Mochizukiis a retired Japanese football player. He was capped 14 times for the Japanese national team and scored the winning goal in Asian Cup 2000 Final, Japan vs Saudi Arabia.Mochizuki played for Vissel Kobe and JEF United Ichihara in the J. League....
- Hiroshi NanamiHiroshi Nanamiis a former professional footballer for Júbilo Iwata of the J. League Division 1. He was born in Shizuoka Prefecture.-Playing career:Nanami was a key figure for the Japan national team throughout the late 1990s and during the early part of this century....
- Go Oiwa
- Shinji OnoShinji Onois a Japanese football player, who plays as a midfielder for Shimizu S-Pulse in Japan.Known as Tensai, Japanese for "Genius", from his youth days, Ono is one of the biggest stars in Asian football, known for his vision, technique and superb passing...
- Keisuke OtaKeisuke Otais a former Japanese footballer. He is a tall right-footed forward.He was educated at and played for Shimizu Commercial High School and Fukuoka University. He represented Japan for the 2001 Universiade held in Beijing where the team won the title beating Ukraine in the final. He played 5 matches in...
- Yukihiko SatoYukihiko SatoYukihiko Sato is a Japanese football player, currently playing for V-Varen Nagasaki, a Japan Football League club....
- Makoto TanakaMakoto Tanakais a Japanese football player, who has recently played for the J. League Division 2 team Avispa Fukuoka.He was called up for Japan's 2006 World Cup team, but had to withdraw after sustaining a thigh injury in the run-up to the tournament.-Statistics:...
- Takahiro YamadaTakahiro Yamadais a retired Japanese football player. He was a skillful attacking midfielder.-Career:Yamada was educated at and played for Shimizu Commercial High School. At the high school, he won the national high school championship and the national youth championship with his team mates including Hiroshi...
Football honors
- All Japan High School Soccer TournamentAll Japan High School Soccer TournamentThe of Japan, commonly known as "Winter Kokuritsu" , is an annual nationwide high school association football tournament. It is the largest scale amateur sport event in Japan, even as soccer continues to gain more attention....
: 3titles (1985, 1988, 1993) - Prince Takamado CupPrince Takamado CupThe is an annual Japanese football competition run by the Japan Football Association for under–18 and under-15 sides. The prize is named after Norihito, Prince Takamado, a long time patron of football in Japan.-Notice:...
: 6titles (1989, 1990, 1993, 1994, 1995, 2000)