EXPG/EXPG High School

"**EXPG High School**" is an initiative by EXPG for children who want to work in the field of dance as a profession by allowing them to acquire high school graduation qualifications through distance learning while also training to dance.

## History

During a press conference in Tokyo on November 25, 2019, it was announced that LDH would establish "**EXPG High School**" in April 2020 as a business alliance between EXPG Studio and the correspondence school corporation *Kadokawa Dwango Gakuen "N High School"*.

This initiative would include a system that allows students to acquire a high school equivalency diploma through distance learning at *N High School* while also studying about dance. The purpose of this project would be to support children who want to work in the field of dance as a profession (e.g. artists, dancers, choreographers, instructors, etc.). Additionally, it would be a further step to faciliate the ambitions of students interested in this sport after dancing has become a compulsory subject for junior high school health and physical education at Japanese schools in 2012. EXPG High School would open campuses in Tokyo, Osaka and Aichi with a capacity of 30 students each and the term of study would be 3 years.

EXILE's TETSUYA was appointed as the president of the new institution while GENERATIONS' Nakatsuka Yuta, RIKACO and Ramos Ruy were announced as special lecturers.

In April 2020, the first year of its establishment, a total of 118 students enrolled in the first term at the Tokyo, Nagoya, and Osaka schools.

On April 7, 2021, the entrance ceremony for the 2nd term students was held online. The ceremony was attended by about 130 new students studying in the school buildings in Tokyo, Nagoya, Osaka and Fukuoka.

On March 31, 2022, the entrance ceremony for the 3rd term students was held in-person at Toyosu PIT in Tokyo. With a total of 235 students in Tokyo, Nagoya, Osaka, and Fukuoka from the 1st and 2nd term, 141 new students were welcomed to the school.

On March 30, 2023, the graduation ceremony of the 1st term students (the first graduation ceremony since the school opened) and entrance ceremony for the 4th term students was held. A total of 128 new students were welcomed to the school.

On January 25, 2024, it was announced in a press conference to commemorate the opening of EXPG Funabashi that Nakatsuka Yuta of GENERATIONS from EXILE TRIBE had been appointed as the new (second) president of EXPG High School (starting from the new term in April), taking over the position from EXILE TETSUYA who had served as the first president since its founding in April 2020.

## Trivia

* Special lecturers also include EXILE TRIBE members EXILE HIRO, TETSUYA, AKIRA, NESMITH, Kobayashi Naoki, Sekai, Sato Taiki, Shirahama Alan, Nakatsuka Yuta, Sano Reo and Iwaya Shogo.
* iScream member HINATA was one of the students who enrolled in the school during its first year.
* PSYCHIC FEVER member WEESA was one of the students who enrolled in the school during its first year.

## References

1. ↑ 株式会社expg・学校法人角川ドワンゴ学園　提携に関する記者発表会
2. ↑ 「EXPG高等学院」4月に開校！EXILE TETSUYAは学長就任、中務裕太も特別講師に
3. ↑ ４月開校「ＥＸＩＬＥ高校」学長にＴＥＴＳＵＹＡ
4. ↑ LDHとドワンゴがダンス学校開校 EXILE TETSUYAが学長就任
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13. ↑ https://natalie.mu/music/news/558512
14. ↑ https://www.tokyoheadline.com/734185/