New Horizon is an English language textbook used by junior high school students in Japan.
[2] There are several characters whose adventures centered on the fictional Wakaba Junior High School inspire the books' grammar and vocabulary lessons.
These characters, updated in the revised 2006 edition of the text, are as follows: Their teachers are a Canadian Assistant Language Teacher (ALT) named Ann Green and Kazuko Sato (佐藤 和子 Satō Kazuko), a Japanese woman who is mostly ignored by the authors.
In April 2016, new characters and visuals in the fictional Midori (green) High School are introduced: Their ALT is named Ellen Baker who was born in Boston, USA.
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