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The wikia page stated that Toshinou Kyouko is 14 years old, Funami Yui is 14,
Akaza Akari is 13 and Chinatsu is 13. Chinatsu added the honorific senpai when
she called Kyouko and Yui's name. However Akari who is of the same age as her
did not.

Is this because Akari is close enough to Kyouko and Yui that she dropped the
honorific despite being the kouhai (junior)? Or is she actually the same grade
as Kyouko and Yui despite being one year younger?


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Is Akaza Akari the same grade as Toshinou Kyouko and Funami Yui?


I belive they are different years as on the Wikia there are 2 categories for
[First Year](http://yuruyuri.wikia.com/wiki/Category:First_Year_Student) and
[Second Year](http://yuruyuri.wikia.com/wiki/Category:Second_Year_Students)
Students

you'll notice that Akari, Chinatsu, Himawari and Sakurako are all first year
students with Akari's profile on
[Wikiapedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/YuruYuri#The_Amusement_Club) saying
that...

> Chinatsu, Sakurako and Himawari are her classmates.

For Second Year Students we Ayano and Chitose however we don't see Yui or
Kyoko on there but their character songs, but in the first years category
Akari's and Chinatsu's character songs appeared here aswell.

Also in [Yui's trivia section](http://yuruyuri.wikia.com/wiki/Yui#Trivia) it
says

> Although she is arguably the most mature, **she is the youngest of the
> Second-Year students.**

While Kyoko is [25 days
older](http://yuruyuri.wikia.com/wiki/Ky%C5%8Dko_Toshin%C5%8D#Trivia)

> Oddly enough, as well as being best friends with Yui since they were very
> little, they were also born only 25 days apart.

also in this [My Anime List forum
post](http://myanimelist.net/forum/?topicid=305333#msg11033105)

> Well, you know, I guess this is may be because of the difference of school
> cultures between Japan and Western countries, it seems translaters changed
> and translated from 'top in her grade' to 'top in her class'.  
>  But actually, 'gakunen top' meant 'She always wins the top in her second
> grade'  
>  Well, at any rate, just studying one night and getting such a high grade
> every time is so amazing.

while [further down](http://myanimelist.net/forum/?topicid=305333#msg11035899)

> In the US at least class generally refers to your grade level. When you
> refer to top of the class, that would be the top student of your year.
> Saying top of your grade is pretty much never used (I've never heard anyone
> use it personally). So that's a logical translation, it still means the same
> thing but is phrased appropriately for the US, which is CrunchyRoll's main
> target audience.

these are talking about what happened in [Season 1 - Episode 2: The Student
Council
Meeting](http://yuruyuri.wikia.com/wiki/Episode_02_-_The_Student_Council_Meeting)

> Ayano, as Kyouko's rival, is upset that Kyouko beat her in the placement
> test. Ayano bursts into the Amusement Club room, followed by Chitose. Ayano
> is annoyed at Kyouko because although she hardy studies, she always gains
> top of the class.

Logically it would not make sense for Ayano, a Second Year, to be beaten by
Kyoko if she was a first year.

Thus all this seems to indicate that Kyoko is a Second Year with Yui.

As for Akari not using _-senpai_ to address Yui and Kyoko like what Chinatsu
does this is probably as you suggest due to their closeness as later in the
series

> we see Akari, Yui and Kyoko as children when they were young with Kyoko
> being bullied by a young Chinatsu (who they don't recognize when they are
> older) and Akari standing up for Kyoko


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