Abstract
The purpose of this study was to aggregate the results of the new physical fitness tests conducted on children from the first grade of elementary school to the third grade of high-school, according to prefectures. In addition, this study verified whether there existed a difference between their physical fitness characteristics after having clarified the characteristics of each prefecture by gender and school year. The result of the analysis showed a strong relationship between the physical fitness scores of each group. The physical fitness score (T-score) of boys was 50 or more in Aomori, Akita, Yamagata, Fukushima, Saitama, Toyama, Fukui, Shizuoka, Shiga, Kyoto, Tottori, Okayama, Saga, Nagasaki, and Miyazaki in all periods. We obtained similar results for girls in Aomori, Iwate, Akita, Yamagata, Fukushima, Tochigi, Saitama, Chiba, Toyama, Fukui, Shizuoka, Shiga, Kyoto, Tottori, Okayama, and Nagasaki prefectures. In contrast, the scores were less than 50 for boys in Miyagi, Tokyo, Kanagawa, Yamanashi, Mie, Osaka, Nara, Wakayama, Hiroshima, Yamaguchi, Tokushima, Kochi, and Okinawa prefectures in all periods. On the other hand, we obtained similar results for girls in Miyagi, Tokyo, Kanagawa, Yamanashi, Mie, Osaka, Nara, Wakayama, Hiroshima, Yamaguchi, Tokushima, Kochi, Fukuoka, Oita, Kagoshima, and Okinawa prefectures. The difference in the physical fitness levels was evident in various prefectures. It is assumed that this difference is due to the differences in the educational administration of prefectures.
