Nada High School

Nada High School
灘高等学校
Information
TypePrivate
Motto精力善用
自他共栄
Established1927
HeadmasterMasakazu Kaiho
Enrollment220 per grade (180 are from Nada Junior High School, the affiliate school of Nada High School)

Nada High School (Japanese: 灘高等学校), is private, college-preparatory, boys school located in Kobe, Hyōgo Prefecture, Japan, providing six years of education combining junior and senior high school levels. Founded in 1927, it's frequently cited and ranked as the best high school in all of Japan. Graduates often make up the majority of admissions to Japan's most prestigious universities, like the University of Tokyo and Kyoto University. The school's alumni include Nobel laureates in Chemistry Ryōji Noyori, novelist Shūsaku Endō, and politician Yasutoshi Nishimura.

Nada High School offers courses a range of electives. In addition, the school offers a concentration program in Judo. The Judo class during freshman year are intended to commemorate the founder of the school, Kanō Jigorō.

Nada High School also offers a range of extracurricular activities, including interscholastic teams in sports, academic clubs, and student-run publications. The school is known for encouraging a liberal educational space, student autonomy.