School (Niki) and Hokkaido Furubira High School (Furubira) in 2010. Public Hokkaido Yoichi Koshi High School Private Hokusei Gakuen Yoichi High School Junior high schools Asahi Junior High School Higashi Junior High School Nishi Junior High School Elementary schools Kurokawa Elementary School Nobori Elementary School Ōkawa Elementary School Sakae Elementary School Sawamachi Elementary School Notable people Yoichi is the birthplace of Mamoru "Mark" Mohri, the first Japanese astronaut; he attended elementary and junior high schools here. The Yoichi Space Museum, also called the Space Apple, was dedicated in his honor when it was opened in 1998. Other Yoichi luminaries include ski jumping Olympic gold medalists Yukio Kasaya and Kazuyoshi Funaki. They were born in Yoichi and took up ski jumping at the facility built by Masataka Taketsuru, the founder of Nikka Whisky Distilling. References External links Official website Towns in Hokkaido