[Target: 20 Million Yen] High School Students Pitch to Companies! N High Group Student Council Challenges Fundraising to Realize a "Cultural Festival Accessible from Anywhere Nationwide"
The Student Council of the N High School Group has launched an external fundraising campaign aiming to collect 20 million yen for their upcoming "Magnet Festival 2026," a hybrid cultural festival scheduled for April 2026. By securing corporate sponsorships and crowdfunding, the students plan to enhance both the physical and online venues to ensure an accessible and enriching event for participants nationwide.
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The "N High Group Student Council" of Kadokawa Dwango Educational Institute's N High School, S High School, and R High School has launched full-scale external sales activities (securing corporate sponsorships for the cultural festival and crowdfunding) driven by students for the "Magnet Festival 2026," to be held in April 2026. The target funding amount for this initiative is 20 million yen.
*This press release was created primarily by students from the Public Relations and External Affairs Committee of the N High Group Student Council.
■ Background and Purpose of Fundraising: Breaking Away from "Cultural Festivals Only for Those Who Can Attend in Person"
The "Magnet Festival" is a hybrid online and offline cultural festival held jointly once a year by N High School, S High School, and R High School (hereafter referred to as the N High Group), along with N Junior High School (the offline venue is hosted within "Niconico Chokaigi").
In recent years, as the option of correspondence high schools has become more common, we want to change the conventional notion that "school events are only for those who can come to a physical venue." Precisely because the N High Group has students nationwide and even overseas, we believe that creating a "cultural festival where anyone can participate and connect from anywhere as long as they have the internet" will become the new standard for school events in future society. The Magnet Festival is a new form of cultural festival adapted to these changes.
The raised funds will be utilized not only to enhance the physical venue but also for the operational costs of projects held at the online venue, as well as support funds to assist participants from distant locations, aiming to expand opportunities for interaction.
■ Last Year's Achievements: Raising Over 11 Million Yen Through Student Effort
Since 2024, the N High Group Student Council has been conducting external sales activities driven by students to realize the plans for the Magnet Festival. At the previous event, "Magnet Festival ZERO" (held in April 2025), we successfully collected over 11 million yen in total support funds through corporate sponsorships and crowdfunding. Based on these funds, we implemented the following initiatives.
<Primary Uses of the Support Funds>
・Budget expansion for implemented projects
・Transportation support for student staff: Subsidies for transportation costs for approximately 400 students involved in running the physical venue of Magnet Festival ZERO
・Invitation of students from the Noto region: Free invitations to the physical venue of Magnet Festival ZERO for 20 students living in and around the Noto Peninsula
This time, we are further expanding the scale and operating with a target amount of 20 million yen.
■ Comments from Student Representatives
N High Group 4th Student Council President
N High School 2nd Year, Ryosuke Shimada
While serving as Student Council President, I strongly feel the issue that the "desire to try" of each individual student is not being fully realized due to financial constraints.
Essentially, taking on challenges should not belong only to those in certain privileged environments.
Past initiatives by the student council and precedents have shown that with appropriate support, students' challenges will steadily move forward.
In this current initiative, we want to ensure this momentum is not just a passing phase, but to establish it as a system where passion naturally leads to action. Please let your support become the power that connects to the students' future.
N High Group 4th Student Council Public Relations and External Affairs Department
N High School 1st Year, Mizuki Kawasaki
For us high school students, the cultural festival is a special event in the year.
From the image of a typical cultural festival where a class works together, the idea that "you can't experience youth in a correspondence high school" has spread in society, or even among the students themselves.
But in reality, we meet new friends during the Magnet Festival, and a lot of youth is born from the preparation leading up to the day itself. Especially at last year's Magnet Festival ZERO, thanks to the massive support we received, we were able to involve not only more students but also the people who stopped by our booths, creating a cultural festival with a high level of participant satisfaction.
For the upcoming "Magnet Festival 2026," by securing 20 million yen in support funds, we hope to elevate the quality of the festival while creating an opportunity for more people to discover the appeal of the N High Group's cultural festival.
There are only three chances to participate in the "Magnet Festival" during one's high school years. We want to continually bring the excitement of updating an unimaginable cultural festival every year, leaving behind an event that can deliver youth not only to current students but to future students as well.
Will you join us in creating the ultimate youth experience that only the N High Group can achieve?
We kindly ask for your support and cooperation!
■ Magnet Festival 2026 External Sales Activities & Crowdfunding Overview
<Regarding Corporate Sponsorship for the Cultural Festival>
Through sponsorship of the cultural festival, we have prepared menus that will lead to expanding contact points with junior and senior high school students for corporations, expanding awareness toward Generation Z, and opportunities for co-creation with students.
[Inquiries] Please use the inquiry form regarding external relations activities.
https://forms.gle/bTS8D8vjaZbWZ1847
<Regarding Crowdfunding>
[Implementation Period] Monday, February 9, 2026 - Sunday, April 26, 2026
[Returns] Thank you emails, activity reports, online reporting sessions, as well as invitations to Magnet Festival 2026, posting of support messages at the Magnet Festival 2026 online and physical venues, etc.
[Details] https://camp-fire.jp/projects/910367/
■ Magnet Festival 2026 Event Overview
[Dates and Venues]
Online Venue: Friday, April 10 - Sunday, April 26
(Special site: https://nnn.ed.jp/school_festival/ )
Physical Venue: Saturday, April 25 & Sunday, April 26
Makuhari Messe, 2-1 Nakase, Mihama-ku, Chiba City, Chiba Prefecture (within "Niconico Chokaigi 2026")
[Official Website / SNS]
Magnet Festival 2026 Special Site: https://nnn.ed.jp/school_festival/
Official Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/n_s_magfes/
Official X: https://x.com/n_s_magfes
<Physical Venue Admission Ticket Sales Information>
To visit the "Magnet Festival 2026" physical venue, advance purchase of a "Niconico Chokaigi 2026" admission ticket is required.
[Niconico Chokaigi 2026 Admission Ticket Prices]
・Priority Admission Ticket (Advance) 1-Day Ticket: 6,000 yen / 2-Day Pass: 11,500 yen
・General Admission Ticket (Advance) 1-Day Ticket: 3,800 yen / 2-Day Pass: 7,200 yen (Same-day) 1-Day Ticket: 4,500 yen
*All prices include tax / A separate handling fee will be charged at the time of purchase.
*Junior high school students and younger do not require an admission ticket (Junior high school students must present a student ID or an official ID).
*No refunds or reimbursements will be accepted after purchase.
Details: https://chokaigi.jp/2026/ticket/
[Special Admission Tickets for Current Students and Alumni Affiliates]
If you have family members or friends who are current students or alumni of the Kadokawa Dwango Educational Institute, you can purchase special admission tickets at a discounted price using a dedicated coupon. Please check the page below for details.
https://nnn.ed.jp/school_festival/ticket/
<Scenes from "Magnet Festival ZERO" held in April 2025>
Highlight Video: https://x.com/n_s_magfes/status/1927310112625926191
■ About the N High Group Student Council
The student council was established in November 2022 with the aim of enlivening student-led activities and making school life more fulfilling. Under the concept of "a student council where students decide and truly execute," it operates with various decision-making authorities, such as planning extracurricular learning and special classes students themselves want to take, selecting guests to invite to graduation ceremonies and cultural festivals, and establishing or changing rules in school life. An annual operating budget of 10 million yen is provided for the realization of each activity.
Currently, the 4th Student Council is active, operating as a student organization of over 500 members in total, centered around 24 student council officers and including members of 5 committees.
[Homepage] https://nnn.ed.jp/about/seitokai/
[Official X] https://x.com/kdg_seitokai