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The purpose of this research is to elucidate the educational significance for participating students of eSports club activities at high schools in Japan. It was decided to focus on students at four types of schools — public full-time ordinary course, public full-time technical course, private full-time ordinary course, and correspondence — affiliated with the North America Scholastic eSports Federation JAPAN (NASEF JAPAN). From these schools, students were selected at random according to grade level and sex ratio, and four focus group interviews (FGIs) were conducted, one in each school, with groups of six students each. The analysis was conceptualized and illustrated using the KJ method. This survey showed that there are commonalities in educational significance that can be achieved, even when school types differ, and that they can be achieved taking as a starting point the sociability and companions cultivated in club activities, i.e., and . Also, it was suggested that broadening of career development varies depending on whether, through eSports club activities, there is recognition of activities mindful of relationships and contact points between eSports and society, and whether there is recognition of eSports-specific specialized activities. On the other hand, specialized human resources education connected with development of industry through specialization for eSports is also likely to be significant, particularly at correspondence schools. Generally speaking, eSports club activities are connected with developing understanding of career education, and they are likely to be significant in allowing high school students who participate in eSports club activities to recognize that they are an opportunity for surveying the future, while touching on diverse values and having the same significance as sports.iamge