Tōdaiji Gakuen is a private school, combined middle

Middle school

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 and high school

High school

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 in the city of Nara

Nara, Nara

is the capital city of Nara Prefecture in the Kansai region of Japan. The city occupies the northern part of Nara Prefecture, directly bordering Kyoto Prefecture...

, Japan

Japan

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. It was founded in 1926 as an offshoot of the famous Tōdai-ji

Todai-ji

, is a Buddhist temple complex located in the city of Nara, Japan. Its Great Buddha Hall , the largest wooden building in the world, houses the world's largest bronze statue of the Buddha Vairocana, known in Japanese simply as Daibutsu . The temple also serves as the Japanese headquarters of the ...

 temple, and began as an evening middle school (夜間中学) for working students. Daytime education began in 1963, when the current name was adopted, and evening education was dropped in 1977.
Today, most of the students go on to the national universities, especially Kyoto University

Kyoto University

, or is a national university located in Kyoto, Japan. It is the second oldest Japanese university, and formerly one of Japan's Imperial Universities.- History :...

 and University of Tokyo

University of Tokyo

, abbreviated as , is a major research university located in Tokyo, Japan. The University has 10 faculties with a total of around 30,000 students, 2,100 of whom are foreign. Its five campuses are in Hongō, Komaba, Kashiwa, Shirokane and Nakano. It is considered to be the most prestigious university...

, or medical courses.

Noted alumni

• Tetsuji Nakamura
  Tetsuji Nakamura
  is a Japanese politician of the Democratic Party of Japan, a member of the House of Councillors in the Diet . A native of Ikoma, Nara and graduate of Kyoto University, he was elected to the House of Councillors for the first time in 2007 after running unsuccessfully for the House of Representatives...
  
  , member of the House of Representatives
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• Shinya Kawano (b. 1980), comedian
• Kazuyoshi Shirahama
  Kazuyoshi Shirahama
  is a Japanese politician of the New Komeito Party, a member of the House of Councillors in the Diet . A native of Yamatokōriyama, Nara and graduate of Kyoto University, he was elected to the House of Councillors for the first time in 2001....
  
  , House of Councillors
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   member
• Shinichi Kitaoka
  Shinichi Kitaoka
  Shinichi Kitaoka is a professor of political science at Tokyo University and the former Japanese ambassador to the United Nations....
  
  , United Nations representative
• Kan Kimura
  Kan Kimura
  is a Japanese scholar of Political Studies and Area Studies. He is now a professor at Graduate School of International Cooperation Studies, Kobe University, Japan....
  
  , Professor, Kobe University