# All Japan High School Soccer Tournament

The All Japan High School Soccer Tournament (全国高等学校サッカー選手権大会, Zenkoku kōtō gakkō sakkā senshuken taikai, 全国高校サッカー選手権大会, Zenkoku kō kō sakkā senshuken taikai) of Japan, commonly known as "Winter Kokuritsu" (冬の国立 Fuyu no Kokuritsu), is an annual nationwide high school association football tournament. It is the oldest and largest scale amateur footballing event in Japan, widely popular throughout the nation. For third graders of the participating teams, the tournament is the last time the students can play in an official competition with their school peers, as they graduate from High School. It ends up enhancing the motivation of the players in each match of the tournament, as it can be their last wearing his High School team shirt in the competition.
Henceforth, the tournament, organized by the Japan Football Association, All Japan High School Athletic Federation and the Nippon Television, as a highly competitive tournament, it's organized in an all-knockout stage format. The prefectural preliminary rounds uses the same method, with the best-ranked teams according to the U-18 league division it plays earning byes from the early stages. The main tournament is held during the winter school vacation period, culminating in a two-week final tournament stage with 48 teams from late December to early January at the National Capital Region side.

## Venues
### Current venues

* Japan National Stadium
* Komazawa Olympic Park Stadium
* Ajinomoto Field Nishigaoka
* Saitama Stadium 2002
* NACK5 Stadium Omiya
* Kashiwanoha Stadium
* Fukuda Denshi Arena
* NHK Spring Mitsuzawa Football Stadium
* Kawasaki Todoroki Stadium

### Previous venues (since tournament moved to Kanto)

* Urawa Komaba Stadium
* National Stadium (1958)
* Oi Futo Chuo Kaihin Park Athletics Stadium
* Edogawa Stadium
* Kawagoe Sports Park Athletics Stadium
* Chiba Sports Stadium
* ZA Oripri Stadium
* Frontier Soccer Field
* Yokohama Mitsuzawa Athletic Stadium
* Shonan BMW Stadium Hiratsuka
* Sagamihara Gion Stadium

## Finals
### Results

| Season | Winner | Score | Runners–up | Participating famous players | Ambassador |
| 1917 | Mikage Shihan | 1–0 | Myojo | | |
| 1918 | Mikage Shihan | 5–1 | Myojo | | |
| 1919 | Mikage Shihan | 4–1 | Himeji Shihan | | |
| 1920 | Mikage Shihan | 3–0 | Himeji Shihan | | |
| 1921 | Mikage Shihan | 0–0 3–0 R | Kobe Itchu | | |
| 1922 | Mikage Shihan | 4–0 | Himeji Shihan | | |
| 1923 | Mikage Shihan | 5–1 | Kyoto Shihan | | |
| 1924 | Kobe Itchu | 3–0 | Mikage Shihan | | |
| 1925 | Mikage Shihan | 1–0 | Hiroshima Itchu | | |
| 1927 | Soongsil (Korea) | 6–1 | Hiroshima Itchu | | |
| 1928 | Mikage Shihan | 6–5 aet | Pyongyang Koshin (Korea) | | |
| 1929 | Kobe Itchu | 3–0 | Hiroshima Shihan | | |
| 1930 | Mikage Shihan | 3–2 | Hiroshima Itchu | | |
| 1931 | Mikage Shihan | 6–1 | Aichi Daiichi Shihan | | |
| 1932 | Kobe Itchu | 2–1 | Aoyama Shihan | | |
| 1933 | Gifu Shihan | 8–4 aet | Myojo Shogyo | | |
| 1934 | Kobe Itchu | 5–3 | Myojo Shogyo | | |
| 1935 | Kobe Itchu | 2–1 | Tennoji Shihan | | |
| 1936 | Hiroshima Itchu | 5–3 | Nirasaki | | |
| 1937 | Saitama Shihan | 6–2 | Kobe Itchu | | |
| 1938 | Kobe Itchu | 5–0 | Shiga Shihan | | |
| 1939 | Hiroshima Itchu | 3–0 | Seihochu | | |
| 1940 | Posung (Korea) | 4–0 | Kobe Daisan | | |
| 1946 | Kobe Itchu | 2–1 | Kobe Daisan | | |
| 1947 | Hiroshima | 7–1 | Amagasaki | | |
| 1948 | Rijo | 2–0 | Ueno Kita | | |
| 1949 | Ikeda | 2–0 | Utsunomiya | | |
| 1950 | Utsunomiya | 4–0 | Odawara | | |
| 1951 | Urawa | 1–0 | Mikunigaoka | | |
| 1952 | Shudo | 2–1 aet | Nirasaki | | |
| 1953 | Higashi Senda Kishiwada | 1–1 aet | | | |
| 1954 | Urawa | 5–2 | Kariya | | |
| 1955 | Urawa | 4–1 | Akita Shogyo | | |
| 1956 | Urawa Nishi | 3–2 | Hitachi Daiichi | | |
| 1957 | Akita Shogyo | 4–2 aet | Kariya | | |
| 1958 | Yamashiro | 2–1 | Hiroshima Univ. Higashisenda | | |
| 1959 | Ichiritsu Urawa | 1–0 | Myojo | | |
| 1960 | Ichiritsu Urawa | 4–0 | Tono | | |
| 1961 | Shudo | 2–0 | Yamashiro | | |
| 1962 | Fujieda Higashi | 1–0 | Ichiritsu Urawa | | |
| 1963 | Fujieda Higashi | 2–0 aet | Myojo | | |
| 1964 | Ichiritsu Urawa | 3–1 | Utsunomiya Gakuen | | |
| 1965 | Ichiritsu Narashino Myojo | 0–0 aet | | | |
| 1966 | Fujieda Higashi Akita Shogyo | 0–0 aet | | | |
| 1967 | Rakuhoku Sanyo | 0–0 aet | | | |
| 1968 | Hatsushiba Ritsumeikan | 1–0 | Sanyo | | |
| 1969 | Urawa Minami | 1–0 | Hatsushiba Ritsumeikan | | |
| 1970 | Fujieda Higashi | 3–1 | Hamana | | |
| 1971 | Ichiritsu Narashino | 2–0 | Toyo | | |
| 1972 | Ichiritsu Urawa | 2–1 aet | Fujieda Higashi | | |
| 1973 | Kansai Univ. Hokuyo | 2–1 | Fujieda Higashi | | |
| 1974 | Teikyo | 3–1 | Shimizu Higashi | | |
| 1975 | Urawa Minami | 2–1 | Shizuoka Kogyo | | |
| 1976 | Urawa Minami | 5–4 | Shizuoka Gakuen | | |
| 1977 | Teikyo | 5–0 | Yokkaichi Chuo Kogyo | Naoji Ito | |
| 1978 | Koga Daiichi | 2–1 | Muroran Otani | | |
| 1979 | Teikyo | 4–0 | Nirasaki | | |
| 1980 | Koga Daiichi | 2–1 | Shimizu Higashi | Akira Komatsu | |
| 1981 | Bunan | 2–0 | Nirasaki | Osamu Taninaka | |
| 1982 | Shimizu Higashi | 4–1 | Nirasaki | | |
| 1983 | Teikyo | 1–0 | Shimizu Higashi | | |
| 1984 | Teikyo Shimabara Shogyo | 1–1 aet | | Hiroaki Matsuyama | |
| 1985 | Shimizu Shogyo | 2–0 | Yokkaichi Chuo Kogyo | Hisashi Kurosaki | |
| 1986 | Tokai Univ. Shizuoka | 2–0 | Kunimi | Ademir Santos | |
| 1987 | Kunimi | 1–0 | Tokai Univ. Shizuoka | | |
| 1988 | Shimizu Shogyo | 1–0 | Ichiritsu Funabashi | | |
| 1989 | Minamiuwa | 2–1 | Bunan | Yoshihiro Nishida | |
| 1990 | Kunimi | 1–0 aet | Kagoshima Jitsugyo | | |
| 1991 | Teikyo Yokkaichi Chuo Kogyo | 2–2 aet | | Masanobu Matsunami | |
| 1992 | Kunimi | 2–0 | Yamashiro | | |
| 1993 | Shimizu Shogyo | 2–1 | Kunimi | Yoshikatsu Kawaguchi, Hidetoshi Nakata | |
| 1994 | Ichiritsu Funabashi | 5–0 | Teikyo | Seigo Narazaki | |
| 1995 | Kagoshima Jitsugyo Shizuoka Gakuen | 2–2 aet | | | |
| 1996 | Ichiritsu Funabashi | 2–1 | Toko Gakuen | Shunsuke Nakamura | |
| 1997 | Higashi Fukuoka | 2–1 | Teikyo | Yasuhito Endō, Koji Nakata | |
| 1998 | Higashi Fukuoka | 4–2 | Teikyo | Keiji Tamada | |
| 1999 | Ichiritsu Funabashi | 2–0 | Kagoshima Jitsugyo | Daisuke Matsui | |
| 2000 | Kunimi | 3–0 | Kusatsu Higashi | Marcus Tulio Tanaka, Yoshito Ōkubo | |
| 2001 | Kunimi | 3–1 | Gifu Kogyo | | |
| 2002 | Ichiritsu Funabashi | 1–0 | Nagasaki Kunimi | | |
| 2003 | Kunimi | 6–0 | Chikuyo Gakuen | Sōta Hirayama | |
| 2004 | Kagoshima Jitsugyo | 0–0 aet (4-2p) | Ichiritsu Funabashi | Keisuke Honda, Shinji Okazaki | |
| 2005 | Yasu | 2–1 aet | Kagoshima Jitsugyo | Takashi Inui | Maki Horikita |
| 2006 | Morioka Shogyo | 2–1 | Sakuyo | Ryohei Yamazaki | Yui Aragaki |
| 2007 | RKU Kashiwa | 4–0 | Fujieda Higashi | Genki Omae, Nobuhisa Urata | Kie Kitano |
| 2008 | Hiroshima Minami | 3–2 | Kagoshima Josei | Yuya Osako | Alice Hirose |
| 2009 | Yamanashi Gakuin | 1–0 | Aomori Yamada | Koki Arita | Rina Aizawa |
| 2010 | Takigawa Daini | 5–3 | Kumiyama | Ryo Miyaichi, Gaku Shibasaki, Shintaro Kurumaya | Umika Kawashima |
| 2011 | Ichiritsu Funabashi | 2–1 aet | Yokkaichi Chuo Kogyo | Ryohei Shirasaki, Musashi Suzuki | Haruna Kawaguchi |
| 2012 | Hosho | 2–2 aet (5–3p) | Kyoto Tachibana | Naomichi Ueda, Reo Mochizuki | Ito Ohno |
| 2013 | Toyama Daiichi | 3–2 aet | Seiryo | Tomoya Koyamatsu, Tsukasa Morishima | Airi Matsui |
| 2014 | Seiryo | 4–2 aet | Maebashi Ikuei | Ryuho Kikuchi, Tsuyoshi Watanabe, Reo Hatate Ryoma Watanabe, Yuto Iwasaki | Suzu Hirose |
| 2015 | Higashi Fukuoka | 5–0 | Kokugakuin Univ. Kugayama | Daiki Sugioka, Jefferson Tabinas Takuro Kaneko, Koki Ogawa | Mei Nagano |
| 2016 | Aomori Yamada | 5–0 | Maebashi Ikuei | Itsuki Oda, Yuta Goke | Karen Otomo |
| 2017 | Maebashi Ikuei | 1–0 | RKU Kashiwa | Ryotaro Tsunoda, Kaishu Sano, Riku Matsuda | Hikaru Takahashi |
| 2018 | Aomori Yamada | 3–1 | RKU Kashiwa | Riku Danzaki, Ikuma Sekigawa, Toichi Suzuki | Kaya Kiyohara |
| 2019 | Shizuoka Gakuen | 3–2 | Aomori Yamada | Taiga Hata, Yota Komi | Nana Mori |
| 2020 | Yamanashi Gakuin | 2–2 aet (4–2 p) | Aomori Yamada | Paul Tabinas | Miyu Honda |
| 2021 | Aomori Yamada | 4–0 | Ohzu | Kuryu Matsuki, Anrie Chase | Mizuki Kayashima |
| 2022 | Okayama Gakugeikan | 3–1 | Higashiyama | Shio Fukuda | Rimi |
| 2023 | Aomori Yamada | 3–1 | Ohmi | Gaku Nawata, Rento Takaoka | Yumia Fujisaki |
| 2024 | Maebashi Ikuei | 1–1 aet (9–8 p) | RKU Kashiwa | Rento Takaoka | Rui Tsukishima |

## Records and statistics
### Most successful prefectures

Excluding the special tournament on 1934 and the Korean schools.
| Pos. | Prefectures | Titles | Winning Schools |
| 1 | Hyōgo | 18 | Mikage Shihan (11); Kobe Itchu (6); Takigawa Daini (1) |
| 2 | Saitama | 13 | Urawa Ichiritsu (4); Urawa (3); Urawa Higashi (3); Saitama NS (1); Urawa Nishi (1); Bunan (1) |
| 3 | Shizuoka | 10 | Fujieda Higashi (4); Shimizu Shogyo (3); Shizuoka Gakuen (2); Shimizu Higashi (1); Tokai Univ. Shizuoka (1) |
| 4 | Hiroshima | 9 | Hiroshima Kokutaiji (3); Hiroshima UHS; Shudo (2); Sanyo (1); Hiroshima Minami (1) |
| 5 | Chiba | 8 | Ichiritsu Funabashi (5); Narashino (3); RKU Kashiwa (1) |
| 6 | Nagasaki | 7 | Kunimi (6); Shimabara Shogyo (1) |
| 7 | Tokyo | 6 | Teikyo (6) |
| 8 | Osaka | 5 | Ikeda (1); Kishiwada (1); Myojo (1); Hatsushiba Ritsumeikan (1); Kansai Univ. Hokuyo (1) |
| 9 | Aomori | 4 | Aomori Yamada (4) |
| 10 | Fukuoka | 3 | Higashi Fukuoka (3) |
| 11 | Kyoto | 2 | Yamashiro (1); Rakuhoku (1) |
| 11 | Kagoshima | 2 | Kagoshima Jitsugyo (2) |
| 11 | Akita | 2 | Akita Shogyo (2) |
| 11 | Ibaraki | 2 | Koga Daiichi (2) |
| 11 | Gunma | 2 | Maebashi Ikuei (2) |
* ↑ Includes titles as Hiroshima Itchu and Rijo.
* ↑ Includes titles as Hiroshima (2)HNS and Higashi Senda

### Overall top goalscorers

| Goals | Player | School | Period |
| 17 | Sōta Hirayama | Kunimi | 2001–2003 |

### Single season top scorer

| Goals | Player | School | Year |
| 10 | Yuya Osako | Kagoshima Josei | 2008 |