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Rank |
Belt | Kanji | Min. period of time to achieve rank | Min. Age | Titles | YKKF instructor ranks |
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| Jr. Dan | Sho Dan Ho |
Black with white stripe |
初段 | 3 | 14 | |||
| 1st Dan | Sho-Dan | Black | 初段 | 3 | 16 | Assistant instructor | ||
| 2nd Dan | Ni-Dan | Black | 弐段 |
5 | 18 | Instructor | ||
| 3rd Dan | San-Dan | Black | 参段 |
7 | 21 | Teacher | ||
| 4th Dan | Yon-Dan | Black | 四段 |
10 | 25 | Sensei Renshi |
Master | |
| 5th Dan | Go-Dan | Black | 五段 |
15 | 30 | Sensei Renshi |
Senior Master |
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| 6th Dan | Roku-Dan | Black | 六段 |
25 | 40 | Sensei Renshi |
Senior Master | |
| 7th Dan | Shichi-Dan | Black or |
七段 |
30 | 45 | Shihan Kyoshi |
Top Master | |
| White | Red | |||||||
| 8th Dan | Hachi-Dan | Black or | 八段 |
35 | 50 | Shihan Kyoshi |
Top Master | |
| White | Red | |||||||
| 9th Dan | Kyuu-Dan | Black or | 九段 |
45 | 60 | Shihan Hanshi |
Top Master | |
| White | Red | |||||||
| 10th Dan | Juu-Dan | Black or | 十段 |
50 | 70 | Shihan Hanshi |
Top Master | |
| Red | ||||||||
