"High School Quiz": Which school will emerge as the winner out of 5,989 schools?

Nippon Television's quiz show, "The 45th National High School Quiz Championship," will be broadcast from 8:00 PM on September Getsuku. 42 schools that made it through the preliminary rounds will compete for the top spot out of 5,989 schools.

The event kicks off at the Expo 2025 Osaka, Kansai, Japan. In addition to multiple-choice quizzes while running around the famous large roofed ring, there will also be the "Muddy True or False Quiz," a high school quiz classic, at Odawara Castle, and a "One-on-One Speed-Blow Quiz" in a sunflower field in Hokkaido. Amidst a succession of unexpected twists and turns, the winning teams will head to Okinawa for the finals.

The "general selection quota," established last year, saw the highest number of applications ever, expanding the quota from the original three schools by two, with five schools advancing to the national tournament. Four schools making their first appearance are Toshimaoka Girls' Academy (Tokyo), Asano High School (Kanagawa Prefecture), Kisarazu High School (Chiba Prefecture), and Okayama Daianji Secondary School (Okayama Prefecture).

The show will be hosted by the popular group SixTONES, the comedy duo Chocolate Planet, and Shiori Sato. Saki Aibu and Shinichi Hatori will also appear as studio guests.

◇High schools participating in the national tournament (42 schools)

Sapporo Nihon University High School (Hokkaido), Hokkaido Asahikawa Higashi High School (Hokkaido), Morioka Daiichi High School (Iwate Prefecture), Takezono High School (Ibaraki Prefecture), Utsunomiya Higashi High School (Tochigi Prefecture), Moka High School (Tochigi Prefecture), Sakae Higashi High School (Saitama Prefecture), Waseda University Honjo High School (Saitama Prefecture), Kisarazu Comprehensive High School (Chiba Prefecture), Kisarazu High School (Chiba Prefecture), Kisarazu Girls' High School (Tokyo), Toshimaoka Girls' High School Sono High School (Tokyo, general selection quota), Musashi High School (Tokyo), Asano High School (Kanagawa Prefecture), Nagano Prefecture Suwa Seiryo High School (Nagano Prefecture, general selection quota), Nagano Prefecture Matsumoto Fukashi High School (Nagano Prefecture), Niigata High School (Niigata Prefecture), Nanao High School (Ishikawa Prefecture), Kanazawa University School of Human and Social Sciences, School of Education Affiliated High School (Ishikawa Prefecture), Gifu High School (Gifu Prefecture), Numazu Higashi High School (Shizuoka Prefecture), Hamamatsu Gakugei High School (Shizuoka Prefecture), Asahigaoka High School (Aichi Prefecture), Kariya High School (Aichi Prefecture), Kawagoe High School (Mie Prefecture), Yokkaichi High School (Mie Prefecture), Rakunan High School (Kyoto Prefecture), Osaka Kyoiku University High School Ikeda Campus (Osaka Prefecture), Osaka Seikou Gakuin High School (Osaka Prefecture), Kobe College of Fine Arts and Music (Hyogo Prefecture), Nada High School (Hyogo Prefecture), Todaiji Gakuen High School (Nara Prefecture), Nishiyamato Gakuen High School (Nara Prefecture), Okayama Asahi High School (Okayama Prefecture), Okayama Daianji Secondary Education School (Okayama Prefecture), AICJ High School (Hiroshima Prefecture, general selection quota), Niihama National College of Technology (Ehime Prefecture), Kurume University Senior High School (Fukuoka Prefecture), Nobeoka High School (Miyazaki Prefecture, general selection quota), Miyazaki Omiya High School (Miyazaki Prefecture), La Salle Senior High School (Kagoshima Prefecture, general selection quota), Showa Pharmaceutical University Senior High School (Okinawa Prefecture)