Rank |
Belt | Kanji | Minimum age |
Minimum period of time to achieve the rank |
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18th Kyu | Juuhachi Kyu | White | Shiro No Obi | 白色帯 | . | . |
17th Kyu | Juunana Kyu | one stripe | 5 | 4 month | ||
16th Kyu | Juuroku Kyu | two stripe | 5 | 4 month | ||
15th Kyu | Juugo Kyu | Yellow | Kiiroi No Obi | 黄色帯 | 6 | 4 month |
14th Kyu | Juuyon Kyu | one stripe | 6 | 4 month | ||
13th Kyu | Juusan Kyu | two stripe | 7 | 4 month | ||
12th Kyu | Juuni Kyu | Orange | Daidaiiro No Obi | 橙色帯 | 7 | 4 month |
11th Kyu | Juuichi Kyu | one stripe | 8 | 4 month | ||
10th Kyu | Jui Kyu | two stripe | 8 | 4 month | ||
9th Kyu | Ku Kyu | Green | Midori No Obi | 緑色帯 | 9 | 4 month |
8th Kyu | Hachi Kyu | one stripe | 9 | 4 month | ||
7th Kyu | Nana Kyu | two stripe | 10 | 4 month | ||
6th Kyu | Roku Kyu | Blue | Aoiro No Obi | 青色帯 | 10 | 4 month |
5th Kyu | Go-Kyu | one stripe | 11 | 4 month | ||
4th Kyu | Yon-Kyu | two stripe | 11 | 4 month | ||
3rd Kyu | San-Kyu | Brown | Chairo No Obi | 茶色帯 | 12 | 4 month |
2nd Kyu | Ni-Kyu | one stripe | 12 | 4 month | ||
1st Kyu | Ik-Kyu | two stripe | 13 | 4 month |