Saint Joseph College, Yokohama

For other schools of the same name, see Saint Joseph's College (disambiguation).

Saint Joseph College (セント・ジョセフ・カレッジ) was a Catholic international school, located on the "Bluff" in Naka-ku, Yokohama, Japan. The school started as a division of Gyosei Gakuin in 1888 and was established as an independent school by the Marianists in 1901. St. Joseph closed with the graduating class of June 2000. It served kindergarten, elementary education and secondary education primarily to the expatriate community in Yokohama.

The school was the host to Japan's first Scout troop, established in 1911.^[1]

Alumni

Ureo Egawa (Willy Mueller), class of 1921, actor^[2]
Charles J. Pedersen, class of 1922, awarded the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 1987^[2]
Andy Albeck (1921–2010), head of United Artists movie studio^[3]
Mika Mifune (Mika Ohno), class of 2001, actress, daughter of Toshiro Mifune^[2]
Isamu Noguchi, class of 1921, Japanese-American artist and landscape architect^[2]
E. H. Eric (Taibi Erick Sevaldsen) (1929–2000), class of 1949, stand-up comedian, emcee^[2]
Masumi Okada (Otto Sevaldsen) (1935–2006), class of 1949, actor, singer, stand-up comedian, emcee, and film producer^[2]
Willy Okiyama (William James Naraindas), class of 1955, singer^[2]
Marcos Fernandes, class of 1973, musician^[2]

References

↑ "History". Japan: The International Boy Scouts Troop One. 2007. Retrieved 2012-02-01.
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 "SJC/SJIS Alumni".
↑ Obituary Los Angeles Times, October 8, 2010; page AA7.

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