Kitahoro High School

Kitahoro High School
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Kitahoro Senior High School (北幌高等学校 Kitahoro Kōtō Gakkō), or Kitahoro High School (北幌高校 Kitahoro Kōkō) for short, is the main setting of the series Kimi ni Todoke. It is the high school where main character Sawako Kuronuma, her friends, and her love interest Shouta Kazehaya attend.

History

*The school's history was given with Japanese era names. The corresponding Gregorian calendar year has been provided in parenthesis.

• Meiji 38 (1905) - Kitahoro Agricultural School established.
• Taisho 10 (1921) - Renamed to Kitahoro Junior High School.
• Showa 23 (1948) - Renamed to Kitahoro Senior High School.
• Showa 30 (1955) - Completion of the library through citizen donations.
• Showa 38 (1963) - Completion of gymnasium.
• Showa 40 (1965) - Development of sports ground.
• Showa 42 (1967) - The first school festival is held.
• Showa 51 (1976) - Completion of interlocking clubroom.
• Showa 52 (1977) - Baseball club wins the 40th Aodamo Tournament.
• Showa 55 (1980) - To commemorate the 75th anniversary of the school's establishment, the staff at that time created the current school song.
• Heisei 17 (2005) - 100th anniversary of school's establishment. Some new building construction.
• Heisei 21 (2009) - At the 43rd school festival, second-year Class 2-D's Black Magic Cafe becomes a legend.

School Year

Japanese school years begin in April, and are generally divided into three terms.

• April - School Entrance Ceremony
• May - Midterm Exams
• June - School Festival
• July - End of Term Exams
• August - Summer Vacation
• September - New Term Opening Ceremony
• October - Sports Festival; Midterm Exams
• November - School Trip
• December - End of Term Exams
• January - New Term Opening Ceremony
• February - End of Term Exams
• March - End of Term Ceremony; Graduation Ceremony

Staff

• Kazuichi "Pin" Arai
• Yoshiyuki "Zen" Arai

Students

Class A

• Yuka
• Hiromi
• Megumi
• Rena
• Youko

Class B

• Ume Kurumizawa
• Mogi Motoki
• Aki
• Yume

Class C

• Chigusa Takahashi (was in Class D during first year)
• Suname

Class D

• Sawako Kuronuma
• Shouta Kazehaya
• Chizuru Yoshida
• Ryu Sanada
• Ayane Yano
• Eriko Hirano
• Tomomi Endo
• Soichi Jonouchi
• Keisuke Ando

Second and third years only

• Kento Miura (moved from Class B before second year)
• Tsuru (moved from Class B before second year)
• Madoka Horiguchi
• Youko Chiba
• Yuko Nishikawa
• Yui Tomizawa
• Jun Okamoto
• Kenta Hasegawa
• Minoru Nakai
• Tomokazu Tsuruoka
• Yuusuke

First year only

• Kana Nakatani
• Ayako Nonohara
• Masanori Hamasaki
• Toshio Nakanishi
• Takayuki Tanaka
• Yagi

Unknown class

• Shino

Quotes

Graduation song

Lofty and precious,
In this place, the time has passed,
The blessings of my teacher,
Looking back, how quickly the time has flown,
Now we part,
Farewell

- Translation in Chapter 119