Japan High School Baseball Federation


The Japan High School Baseball Federation is the governing body of high school baseball in Japan, and is composed of the High School Baseball Federations of each of the 47 prefectures.
Together with the All Japan University Baseball Federation, it makes up the Japan Student Baseball Association. The name is often abbreviated to "Nihon Kōyaren" or just "Kōyaren".
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Brief history

The Kōyaren evolved from the All-Japan Secondary School Baseball Federation, which was formed in 1946 to oversee the National Secondary School Baseball Championship organized by Osaka Asahi Shimbun before the war.
Due to the outcome of World War II, in 1947 the school system was overhauled, and "secondary schools" became "high schools". Thus the federation was renamed to the All-Japan High School Baseball Federation.
In 1963, the federation became a private foundation separate from the Ministry of Education.

Timeline

  • 1915.08 National Secondary School Baseball Championship first held
  • 1924.04 National Secondary School Baseball Invitational Tournament first held
  • 1924.08 Koshien Stadium completed and becomes host to both tournaments
  • 1946.02 All-Japan Secondary School Baseball Federation founded
  • 1946.12 Japan Students Baseball Association becomes the parent organization
  • 1947.04 In accordance with the school system reform the name changes to the All-Japan High School Baseball Federation
  • 1956.08 National High School Soft-baseball Tournament first held
  • 1963.02 Accompanying the privatization, the name becomes the Japan High School Baseball Federation
  • 1978.08 National High School Soft-baseball Tournament renamed to the Japan High School Soft-baseball Championship

Tournaments organized