Welcome to Nile C. Kinnick High School (also called Yo-Hi), "Home of the Red Devils." For those of you who aren’t familiar with our location, Kinnick High School is on the scenic Miura Peninsula at Yokosuka Naval Base, Yokosuka, Japan, about a one-hour train ride south of Tokyo. We are situated along Tokyo Bay, and the waters of the bay provide fantastic views from most of the classrooms.
Nile C. Kinnick High is a school filled with tradition, pride, and a sense of history. The name Yo-Hi has been around for a long time and currently describes the areas from which most family members come - Yokosuka/Yokohama. However, Yo-Hi began on the bluff in Yokohama during the occupation after World War II. It then moved to the old Navy Exchange area in the Honmoku district of Yokohama. In the fall of 1971, it moved to a refurbished Marine Corps barracks that had previously been a Japanese Imperial Navy basic training camp.

Yo-Hi has many things going for it. It is small enough that students all know each other allowing for a real sense of community and fellowship. Students are provided with ample opportunities to be participants in all phases of school life – the performing arts, athletics, school government, clubs, and a variety of other school activities.

Nile C. Kinnick High consists of fifty (50) professional staff members (to include SPED paraprofessionals, an Educational Technology Specialist, our Administrative Technology Specialist), five (5) office staff members, and 540 students from as far as the Philippines, the US, Guam, and Korea. We have a professional staff, dedicated to students, and one that works extremely hard to ensure that students always come first. We are all, also, dedicated to providing the very best for our students
We are really looking forward to having you at Kinnick, and we think you’ll enjoy the small, homey atmosphere. Please make sure to let us all know what we can do to make your transition to Japan a smooth one

Nile Clarke Kinnick, after whom the school was re-named, was an outstanding scholar and athlete, the winner of the Heisman Trophy in 1939, a member of Phi Beta Kappa, a University of Iowa graduate, law student, and destined to become a pre-eminent jurist. However, during WWII, Kinnick was killed when his Navy fighter plane went down on a training mission off the USS LEXINGTON in the Caribbean. He has become a symbol of the promise and potential of youth.