Japan is a big game country, but not an e-sports power, and players are more fond of console games that entertain themselves. However, in recent years, the e-sports industry has developed rapidly, and more and more Japanese people who did not play games before have begun to play mobile games, and the e-sports industry has also taken root. For example, the so-called "e-sports school" that has been reported in China has recently appeared in Japan, which is a real professional college, which is detailed on the official website that has been opened.
The school is named "eスポーツ Higher College", the English name "Esport High School", or Esports Koutou Gakuin. Supported by Japanese telecom giant NTT and the e-sports team of Tokyo Greenfield Football Club, the high school is located in Shibuya, a trendy part of Tokyo, and the school is an open campus.
As can be seen from the public images, the classroom is stylish, equipped with 40 Galleria XA7C-R37 gaming PCs of the Intel Core i7-11700, and the graphics card is the Nvidia GeForce RTX 3070. While the school's website doesn't list games for teaching, reference projects include some of the common genres on the market, including first-person shooters, third-person shooters, instant strategy, MOBAs, and more. Teachers come from retired athletes and industry stakeholders who provide esports courses to high school students in schools.
The school also teaches cultural courses, including the standard Japanese high school curriculum, and for those who have difficulties in ordinary learning, the school will develop a separate supplementary program.
The degree of the Japanese college entrance examination is not overwhelming in China, and the e-sports industry is a youth meal, in addition to taking the famous school and becoming an e-sports player, the school also cultivates other career directions, such as anchors, VR creators, game writers, 3DCG designers, game designers, special effects creators and programmers. Of course, some of these occupations require further education at a junior college or university.
The esports school is scheduled to hold its opening ceremony in Shibuya next January, and no specific fees have been announced yet.