Samezuka Academy

Samezuka Academy (鮫柄学園 Samezuka Gakuen) is an all-boys high school known as a swimming powerhouse. Students can live at home and commute to school or choose to board in the school's dormitories because of various study, sport or personal needs.

Students
The following list shows school members and their status in Free!-Dive to the Future-:

2nd year Students

 * Momotaro Mikoshiba

3rd year Students

 * Aiichiro Nitori
 * Tōru Iwashimizu
 * Kazuki Minami
 * Shōta Nakagawa
 * Takuya Uozumi

Graduated

 * Seijuro Mikoshiba
 * Rin Matsuoka
 * Sosuke Yamazaki

Swimming Team
The Samezuka Academy Swimming Team's captain is Rin Matsuoka, who succeeded Seijuro Mikoshiba after the latter graduated. Rin's childhood friend Sosuke Yamazaki joins the team. One of its notable members aside from Rin, Sosuke and Seijuro is Aiichiro Nitori, a second-year boy who shares a room with Momotaro. The Swimming Team holds joint practices with the Swim Club of Iwatobi High School from time to time. After Rin's graduation from the academy, Aiichiro is appointed as the new captain.

The swimming team's policy are "principle of efficiency" and "the fast one wins"

Members

 * Rin Matsuoka
 * Aiichiro Nitori
 * Seijuro Mikoshiba
 * Sosuke Yamazaki
 * Momotaro Mikoshiba
 * Shōta Nakagawa
 * Kazuki Minami
 * Takuya Uozumi
 * Tōru Iwashimizu
 * Sugimoto (advisor)

Maid Cafe
During the Cutural Festival, it is tradition for the Swimming Club to hold a maid cafe. It is mandatory for all members of the club to participate in it, and anyone who does not must quit the Swimming Club. Tradition dictates that first and second year students must dress in famale maid outfits while the third years are to dress up as male butlers.

The Gate

 * The arched gate leading onto Samezuka's campus is often compared to a shark's mouth; likely in reference to the "same" (鮫) in the school's name meaning shark in Japanese.
 * It is also deliberate homage to Kindai University who has since the anime's premiere has seen fans make pilgrimages to the site.