Rikkyo Ikebukuro Junior and Senior High School

is private boys' junior and senior high school in Ikebukuro, Toshima, Tokyo. History Bishop Channing Moore Williams established Rikkyo Junior High School in Tsukiji, Tokyo in 1896. The original building was destroyed by the Great Kantō earthquake, so a new building in Ikebukuro opened in 1923. The school was re-established in the post-World War II period in 1948. The school was renamed Rikkyo Ikebukuro Junior High School in 2000, and in the same year its senior high school division was established. Notable alumni Takeshi Takashina, Imperial Japanese Army general Hiroshi Sekiguchi, actor (middle school) Monta Mino, TV presenter (middle school) Oji Hiroi, author (middle school) Bokuzen Hidari, actor Jōtarō Kawakami, politician Masato Yokota, track and field athlete Yukihiro Takahashi, musician (middle school) Kento Misao, footballer