Zōjirushi Private High School (私立象印高校, Shiritsu Zōshirushi Kōkō), also known as "Zōjirushi High School" in the official K Manga English translation is a private high school in Tokyo, Japan.
Ippo Makunouchi, Aikawa, Masahiko Umezawa, Takemura, and Matsuda attended and graduated at this high school. Ippo's classroom location was 2-A in the manga, class 2-B in the anime.
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History[]
Part I[]
Early Days Arc[]
Ippo Makunouchi was a student at the school whose work at his family's fishing boat company was limiting his social interactions with schoolmates, rejecting a proposal to go to the movies after school (much to his classmate's annoyance) due to his night shift at work. Over the next few months, Ippo became interested in boxing and trained for it during school.
Debut Arc[]
After Ippo's match against Yūsuke Oda, his classmates were surprised and excited about his becoming a boxer and asked him a bunch of questions, but at lunchtime nobody wanted to talk to him anymore. He went to the roof to eat lunch alone but was soon approached by Masahiko Umezawa, Takemura, and Matsuda, who wanted to know about Ippo's debut match. They admitted liking boxing but clarify they do not admire him. They asked when the next match was and left. As they run away, it was revealed their original intention was to apologise and they decide to attend his next match.
Rookie King Tournament: First Rounder Arc[]
After Ippo won his match against Yoshio Fujiwara, Umezawa forced Ippo to follow him. Ippo seen a whole gang of delinquents and tried to run away, but Umezawa stopped him and introduced him to everyone as his boxer friend while he told them about the match with Fujiwara Yoshio. Ippo had an ambiguous feeling as the person who bullied him called him a friend but was nevertheless happy about it.
Rookie King Tournament: Finals Arc[]
At his school, Ippo had a meeting with his teacher about his future and career choices. When Ippo told him that he had no intention of entering college, the teacher immediately attributed this attitude to him being "poor". Ippo explained to the sceptical teacher why he wanted to be a boxer until the teacher finally let him go telling him that he will be there if he changed his mind.
All Japan Rookie King Tournament: Rocky of Naniwa Arc[]
After Umezawa, Matsuda, and Takemura congratulated Ippo on defeating Ryō Mashiba and becoming the East Japan Rookie King, they wished him luck on the upcoming All Japan Rookie King Tournament. Ippo informed them that he was withdrawing from the tournament due to his injury, which disappointed the group.
Two Rookie Kings Arc[]
At his school, Ippo had graduated, and as noted by his teachers, and as opposed to the beginning, "he was very popular", as all students, along with the graduated students, seen clapping and cheering for Ippo because of his All-Japan Rookie King match against Takeshi Sendō. Umezawa, Takemura, and Matsuda requested a photo with Ippo's fans. After taking pictures with his fans and classmates, Ippo walked with Umezawa, the latter wanted to apologise for all the bullying, but was unable to say it.
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Trivia[]
- Zōjirushi (象印) literally means "elephant mark".