Society introduced the dan and kyū ranking system to various martial arts in Japan. In modern Japanese martial arts, kyū-level practitioners hold the ranks...

Kyu Sakamoto (Japanese: 坂本 九, Hepburn: Sakamoto Kyū, born Hisashi Sakamoto (坂本 九, Sakamoto Hisashi) and raised as Hisashi Ōshima (大島 九, Ōshima Hisashi)...

Kyu Kyu Hla (Burmese: ကြူကြူလှ; pronounced [tɕʰú tɕʰú l̥à]; born 13 April 1954) is a retired Burmese educator that served as lecturer at the Myanmar language...

who hold kyū (級) grades. Those who hold dan grades are collectively termed Yūdansha (有段者) (literally "person who has dan") and those with kyū grades are...

Kyū Sazanka (山茶花 究, Sazanka Kyū, born April 1, 1914 – March 4, 1971) was a Japanese actor. Sazanka debuted as a singer in Asakusa in 1932 and was active...

The Kyū-Yodo River (旧淀川, Kyū-Yodo-gawa) was the main stream of the Yodo River before 1907, when the current (new) Yodo River was constructed by a normalisation...

Lv999 (Japanese: 山田くんとLv999の恋をする, Hepburn: Yamada-kun to Reberu Kyū-hyaku Kyū-jū Kyū no Koi o Suru) also known as Loving Yamada at Lv999! is a Japanese...

often used together with the word kyū (級) in certain ranking systems, with dan being used for the higher ranks and kyū being used for lower ranks. The dan...

fifth dan (kyū). This same concept was later adapted into jōruri and kabuki, where the plays are often arranged into five acts with jo-ha-kyū in mind. Takemoto...

Haikyu!! (ハイキュー!!, Haikyū!!, from the kanji 排球 "volleyball") is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Haruichi Furudate. It was serialized...