The school was founded on March 12, 1963, by the Tottori Gakuen Educational Corporation but only effectively opened in April of the same year.

The goal of this course is to aim for a range of career paths, such as entering a university or vocational school or finding a job.

[5] In this particular course, Tottori Jōhoku High School graduated have gone on to success in sports such as baseball and sumo.

[9] A number of sekitori come from the ranks of the school,[6] among whom are yokozuna Terunofuji, sekiwake Ichinojō, maegashira Ishiura, Mitoryū and Hokuseihō, Hakuōhō, Takerufuji and juryō Takakentō.

In May 2015, Terunofuji won professional sumo's top division championship, or yūshō,[10] and he visited the school in October 2021 shortly after being promoted to yokozuna.

[12] The school has links to Miyagino stable, with Hakuōhō, Hokuseihō and Ishiura, the son of the current principal, all being graduates.

The aprons are usually dark red (after the colour of the school) with the head of a kirin, a traditional art figure from the Inaba Province (now Tottori Prefecture), depicted in the center.

The words "Training without lies," the motto of the Sumo Club, and "Johōku spirit," a reminder of the alma mater, are embroidered on the side of the head along with the name of the wrestler.

[18] Since its creation, the club have participated in eight Kōshien tournaments,[19] four spring invitationals and four summer national championships.