Kansai Christian School was founded by six Christian mission organizations* in the fall of 1970 for the purpose of providing an education in the English language to children of missionaries in the Kansai region.  

Classes were originally held in an old home that once belonged to missionaries located on the campus of the Ikoma Bible College.  It was an intimate setting for a tight-knit Christian community of teachers and learners.  For nearly 40 years KCS called the campus of the Bible college home, steadily growing into a complete elementary, middle, and high school.

* The founding missions were the Evangelical Free Church of America, Japan Mission, the Evangelical Alliance Mission, North American Baptist General Mission in Japan, Christian Churches/Church of Christ, and Worldwide Evangelization Crusade. 

After much prayer and a lot of effort a suitable location was found and funding secured to renovate an old Buddhist gravestone manufacturing facility in Heguri, Nara Prefecture.  And in September, 2010, the newly renovated campus was opened for classes.

Our Heguri Campus was originally built on 420 tsubo housing our elementary building, middle and high school building (including administrative offices), and multi-purpose Hall, along with a playground facility for recess and PE.  In the fall of 2024 we acquired an additional 327 tsubo of land adjacent to campus with plans to develop it into an athletic facility for basketball, futsal, tennis, and volleyball in addition to outdoor PE classes.