[School year 2024] Date of birth and age of 1st year of kindergarten

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Date of birth and age of 1st year of kindergarten as of School year 2024(Reiwa 6).
You can also check the age before and after the birthday, and the Sexagenary cycle.
In addition, you can easily check Grade list such as date of birth, grade, age, etc. for each year in the table.

School year starts on April 1st and ends on March 31st of the following year.
"School year 2024" is from April 1, 2024 to March 31, 2025.

School year 2024(Reiwa 6) - 1st year of kindergarten

School year 2024
(Reiwa 6)
April 2, 2024 – April 1, 2025
Grade 1st year of kindergarten
Date of birth April 2, 2020 – April 1, 2021
Age 3 years old – 4 years old
If your birthday has not yet come after April 2nd : 3 years old
If your birthday is after April 2nd : 4 years old
Sexagenary cycle
Born in 2020 : 子(Ne 子(Ne))
Born in 2021 : 丑(Ushi 丑(Ushi))

Grade list

DateGrade Age
April 2, 2020 – April 1, 2021 Birth
April 2, 2021 – April 1, 2022 0 – 1
April 2, 2022 – April 1, 2023 1 – 2
April 2, 2023 – April 1, 2024 2 – 3
April 2, 2024 – April 1, 2025 1st year of kindergarten 3 – 4
April 2, 2025 – April 1, 2026 2nd year of kindergarten 4 – 5
April 2, 2026 – April 1, 2027 3rd year of kindergarten 5 – 6
April 2, 2027 – April 1, 2028 1st grade in elementary school 6 – 7
April 2, 2028 – April 1, 2029 2nd grade in elementary school 7 – 8
April 2, 2029 – April 1, 2030 3rd grade in elementary school 8 – 9
April 2, 2030 – April 1, 2031 4th grade in elementary school 9 – 10
April 2, 2031 – April 1, 2032 5th grade in elementary school 10 – 11
April 2, 2032 – April 1, 2033 6th grade in elementary school 11 – 12
April 2, 2033 – April 1, 2034 1st grade in junior high school 12 – 13
April 2, 2034 – April 1, 2035 2nd grade in junior high school 13 – 14
April 2, 2035 – April 1, 2036 3rd grade in junior high school 14 – 15
April 2, 2036 – April 1, 2037 1st grade in high school 15 – 16
April 2, 2037 – April 1, 2038 2nd grade in high school 16 – 17
April 2, 2038 – April 1, 2039 3rd grade in high school 17 – 18
April 2, 2039 – April 1, 2040 1st year university student 18 – 19
April 2, 2040 – April 1, 2041 2nd year university student 19 – 20
April 2, 2041 – April 1, 2042 3rd year university student 20 – 21
April 2, 2042 – April 1, 2043 4th year university student 21 – 22
April 2, 2043 – April 1, 2044 1st year master's student 22 – 23
April 2, 2044 – April 1, 2045 2nd year master's student 23 – 24
April 2, 2045 – April 1, 2046 1st year Ph.D. student 24 – 25
April 2, 2046 – April 1, 2047 2nd year Ph.D. student 25 – 26
April 2, 2047 – April 1, 2048 3rd year Ph.D. student 26 – 27

*Primary school(6 years) / Junior high school(3 years) / High school(3 years) / Four-year university(4 years) / Master's course(2 years) / Doctoral course(3 years)

*Age does not take into account repeat grades or ronin.

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