Many years ago, in the good old year of 1969, man first took a step on our very own personally orbiting space rock. As part of the Apollo program, 12 people have stood on the surface of the moon, with the last one being in 1972.
Now here we are in 2025, with a new program planned to take humans back to the moon with the goal of establishing a long term presence there, along with achieving milestones such as the first woman and person of colour to step foot on its surface. This mission is a stepping stone to journey further, hopefully allowing for longer missions to Mars, and who knows what else beyond that.
Artemis I took place in 2022, sending the Orion spacecraft into orbit around the moon before coming back home. Artemis II, which launched in 2026, was a manned test flight of Orion. Finally, in 2027, the Artemis III mission is planned to be the first human moon landing since 1972. This is planned for mid 2027 at the earliest, soooo letās all try reach level 60 in 2027!
This post is a sequel to 900 days with Japanese Folklore (and inspired by Luminaries), following a series of challenges to reach level 60 together by a certain date. The deadline for that challenge is Summer 2026 so if you think you can make it by then, feel free to join that one instead! Or if youād like a little more time, come join us here for Wanikaniās own Artemis III mission
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Click on the orange pen icon on the top right of this post and click āedit wikiā.
Paste the line in your group, add your details and donāt forget to update your position in table as you level up.
Leaderboard (Levels)
| Username | Current Level | Original Level | Average Speed | Date Joined | Date Achieved |
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| \color{gold}\text{Level 60} |  One giant leap for durtlekind |
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| Euruzilys | 60 | 58 | Full Speed | 2025-11-04 |  2025-11-10 |
| ironwaw | 60 | 46 | 40 days (1 new kanji per day) | 2025-12-23 | 2026-03-17 |
| Spoon1612 | 60 | 51 | 12~14 days (15 lessons/day) | 2026-03-06 | 2026-06-18 |
| \color{silver}\text{Levels 50 ā 59} | One small step for durtle |
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| SiLeVoL | 55 | 55 | ? days | 2026-07-13 | - |
| LaChrizZ | 55 | 48 | 5 days | 2026-07-07 | |
| alonzo-zip | 55 | 14 | 8 days | 2025-11-26 |  |
| \color{deepskyblue}\text{Levels 40 ā 49} | Entered the moonās exosphere |
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| meepity | 47 | 37 | ~20 days | 2025-11-14 |    |
| soggyboy | 47 | 37 | ~20 days | 2025-10-22 | |
| rilakkumacafe | 47 | 40 | ~30 days | 2025-11-05 |  |
| slightly_better_than | 43 | 42 | 39 days | 2025-10-21 | |
| yasashiku | 40 | 40 | 8- days |
2025-11-24 | |
| Pep95 | 40 | 31 | ~10 days | 2025-10-22 | |
| Roags | 40 | 6 | 10 days | 2025-10-21 | |
| Pancakes25 | 40 | 12 | 12? days | 2025-10-21 | |
| \color{mediumblue}\text{Levels 30 ā 39} | Orion is halfway there |
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| straille | 37 | 29 | 21 days | 2026-02-26 |  |
| 3point51tk | 36 | 26 | ~12 days | 2025-11-15 | |
| Marifly | 33 | 33 | ? | 2025-10-21 | |
| Gacee | 33 | 27 | ~19 days | 2025-11-03 | |
| WeepingWeeb | 33 | 20 | 23 days | 2025-10-21 | |
| Neetah | 33 | 20 | 14-30 days | 2025-11-04 | |
| TakeFlite | 32 | 24 | ~17 days | 2025-10-23 | |
| MothKau | 32 | 17 | Taking a break until the JLPT exam | 2026-02-18 | |
| SayouEffect | 31 | 28 | 8-12 days | 2026-8-3 | |
| NihongoDhruv | 30 | 2 | 7 days | 2025-11-09 | |
| TacoTruckDriver | 30 | 4 | 9 days | 2025-10-21 | 2026-07-09 |
| rebrand | 30 | 24 | 9-10 days | 2026-06-05 |  |
| \color{darkorchid}\text{Levels 20 ā 29} | Left the Earthās atmosphere |
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| mitrac |  |
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2025-10-21 | |
| SpiderWeb | 29 | 29 | 8-150 days | 2025-10-23 | |
| Madalan | 29 | 9 | ~7 days | 2025-11-8 | |
| Minfue | 28 | 28 | ~14 days | 2026-04-02 | |
| Brackenstall | 28 | 25 | 14 days | 2026-03-25 |  |
| Ostric | 28 | 9 | 14 days | 2025-11-5 | |
| doubleMC | 26 | 26 | 2-3 months | 2025-11-10 | |
| hemuli | 26 | 22 | 14 days | 2025-11-04 |   |
| KanjiOzeki | 26 | 19 | ~8+ days | 2025-10-21 | |
| crazyfluff | 26 | 25 | ~14 days | 2026-07-26 | |
| yoohoo-s | 25 | 17 | ~9 days | 2026-02-28 | |
| Vincent.29 | 25 | 23 | 16 | 2026-7-7 | |
| benni | 25 | 18 | 17 days | 2026-04-07 | |
| magglett | 24 | 18 | 14-30 days | 2025-10-21 | |
| Sciros | 24 | 15 | 20 days | 2025-3-16 | ļæ½ |
| dshaffer | 24 | 14 | 12 days | 2025-10-28 | |
| blitz64 | 23 | 4 | 10 | 2026-01-05 | |
| Maru_maru | 23 | 16 | 17 days | 2025-12-20 | |
| Alvinael | 23 | 7 | ~14 days | 2026-01-18 | |
| pandoravakarian | 23 | 16 | 20? days | 2025-10-21 | |
| nKaplan | 22 | 22 | ~11 Days | 2025-11-04 | |
| sanshoo | 21 | 17 | 8/10 days | 2025-10-21 |  |
| TomatoHeta | 21 | 18 | 19(i hope) | 2025-10-24 | |
| gilm27 | 21 | 20 | ~30 days | 2025-11-19 | |
| Neon_Kitsune | 21 | 7 | good enough | 2025-10-23 | |
| J-InKs | 21 | 9 | 9-15 days | 11 Feb 2026 | |
| subarashikisekai | 20 | 20 | 13 days | 2026-02-19 | |
| AwesomeS64 | 20 | 7 | 10 days | 2025-10-23 | |
| Aleithian | 20 | 3 | 8 days | 2025-10-28 | |
| \color{deeppink}\text{Levels 10 ā 19} | Liftoff |
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| Tan Tan | 18 | 5 | 7-10days | 2026-1-16 |  |
| rentalfish | 18 | 8 | 18 ish day | 2025-10-23 |  |
| emmiechui | 17 | 17 | 13 days | 2026-04-23 | |
| 4on | 17 | 7 | 16 days | 2025-11-18 | |
| burikidesu | 17 | 16 | 15 days | 2026-07-29 | |
| Soufflefox | 16 | 16 | 54 days | 2023-07-18 | ļæ½ |
| westrheim | 16 | 11 | 53 days | 2025-10-24 |  |
| Madness | 16 | 15 | 7~14 days | 2026-02-26 | tbd |
| Kitsune1897 | 18 | 16 | 12 days | 2026-06-20 | |
| alt_Castiel | 16 | 10 | slowww | 2026-04-20 | |
| legobridge | 16 | 2 | 15 days / lvl | 2026-01-14 | One dayā¦ |
| Pokebom | 15 | 15 | 10 days / Lvl | 2026-08-01 | |
| parkersuzuki | 15 | 13 | 15 days | 2025-12-01 | |
| Portego | 15 | 15 | 15 days | 2026-02-03 | |
| MaxiSundae | 15 | 14 | ~11 days | 2026-4-27 |  |
| gotta-catch-em-all | 15 | 7 | 9 ~ 14 days | 2026-3-1 | ? |
| LLHati | 14 | 7 | 13 days, 9 hours, 42 minutes | 2026-04-24 | est: 2028-03-09 |
| Sunnydodge | 13 | 4 | 20 days | 2025-11-18 | |
| ClashKeule | 13 | 11 | 11-15 Days | 2026-02-18 | |
| rurakojayn | 13 | 5 | 64 days | 2025-10-21 | |
| Yarata | 13 | 10 | 47 days | 2026-05-28 |  |
| kanjinoobienc | 13 | 13 | fast | 7/16/26 | Circa 2027 |
| Noctis92 | 13 | 1 | 23 days | 2025-12 | 2028 Eventually |
| TheFamangus | 12 | 12 | 8 lessons/day | 2026-03-10 |  |
| nickfrei | 12 | 12 | 2025-10-23 | ||
| ToastedRice | 12 | 11 | 10 days | 2026-02-20 | |
| mpinder | 12 | 8 | ~14 days | 2025-10-28 | |
| Sneakycat491 | 12 | 12 | 15 days | 2026-05-11 | |
| sallivana | 12 | 12 | 10-14 days | 2026-05-14 | 2027 |
| jcmcdonough | 12 | 6 | 40 days | 2025-12-01 | |
| kazzeee | 11 | 11 | 7-14 days (?) | 2025-11-12 | |
| KiyoKatu | 11 | 9 | ~14 Days | 2026-07-08 | Current Estimate: May 2028 |
| Kara-m | 11 | 8 | slow | 2026-01-03 | |
| Lunalily | 11 | 3 | 10 - 11 days | 2025-12-13 | |
| a39soundfactory | 11 | 5 | 9 days | 2026-06-13 | |
| ghelgheli | 10 | 7 | 8 days | 2025-11-12 | |
| lavengro | 10 | 3 | 11 days | 2025-11-12 | |
| Chrisgonal | 10 | 7 | ~25 days | 2026-01-18 | |
| toguba | 10 | 4 | 14-20 days | 2025-11-16 | |
| Armavica | 10 | 1 | 21 days | 2025-10-20 | |
| Paul31 | 10 | 1 | |
2025-12-05 |  |
| Konaaa | 10 | 10 | 10-11 days | 2026-06-25 | Dec 2027 |
| IPORUI | 10 | 10 | 30 days | 2026-07-02 | pls pls pls pls |
| \color{lightblue}\text{Levels 1 ā 9} | Reach for the sky |
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| PureOrange | 9 | 9 | 14 days | 2025-12-01 |  |
| undine | 9 | 9 | ~30 days | 2026-01-04 | |
| deev | 9 | 2 | ~25 days | 2025-12-10 | |
| ukebox | 9 | 3 | 22 days | 2025-12-29 | |
| drone501 | 8 | 5 | 13 | 2026-01-28 | Sometime in the future |
| Kamaboko | 8 | 8 | 14 days | 2026-14-01 | |
| VioletMoon | 8 | 6 | 10 Days | 2026-06-17 | Levelled up 2026-06-29 |
| pallavid | 7 | 7 | 10-14 days | 2025-10-25 | |
| liz | 7 | 4 | ? | 2025-11-04 | |
| OwlSong74 | 7 | 2 | ~2 weeks | 2025-12-10 | |
| sharpcheddar | 7 | 7 | not fast enough | 2026-3-18 | last lvl up: idk a while ago TT^TT |
| SadObiJuan | 7 | 2 | 1 lvl/week | 2026-01-23 |  |
| evy001 | 6 | 6 | 15 | 2026-04-05 | one day |
| AksU | 6 | 1 | Turtle | 2025-10-21 | |
| FredLearnsLanguages | 6 | 5 | 7-8 days | 2026-01-05 | |
| zhenders88 | 6 | 4 | ~ 8 days | 2026-01-13 | Last lvl up: 2026-01-29 |
| Iadri | 6 | 6 | ~20 days? | 2026-02-14 | One day soonish |
| KanjiMoth11 | 5 | 4 | ? | 2025-10-21 | |
| vjbmulder | 5 | 4 | 2 days | 2025-10-28 | |
| Senii | 5 | 1 | |
2025-11-17 | 2026-02-01 |
| MPK | 5 | 4 | 19 days | 2026-01-31 | |
| Sujidu | 4 | 3 | 20ish days | 2025-10-21 | |
| NightSparrow | 4 | 4 | ~30 days | 2025-12-16 | |
| K1w1Numpty | 4 | 4 | WaniKani godspeed | 2026-04-13 | |
| Akimori7 | 3 | 1 | Stopped | 2026-01-04 | not yet lvl 60 |
| LuckyCocoa | 3 | 3 | 0 new kanji/day | 2026-07-08 | |
| sortasamm | 3 | 1 | ? | 2026-07-27 |  |
| leoalexandrino | 2 | 2 | 5 days | 2025-12-11 | (āÆĀ°ā”Ā°ļ¼āÆ ā»āā» |
| theTimRidenour | 2 | 1 | 15 days | 2026-03-09 | Lv. 2 03-24 |
| KotsuCoder | 1 | 1 | Slow Pace | 2026-01-02 | Ummā¦ |
| Paaandaaas | 1 | 1 | ? | 2026-01-12 | goal 8/23/27 |
! They call it āthe prettiestā, āmost basedā ā5% speed buffā level-up thread of all time! I will post here now I think instead of old thread, even if I am on a good pace at least I will have some leeway
Iāll see you on the moon
because thatās encouraging
I donāt want to be abandoned by everyone!
idk what your pace is but I feel like a post said the average is about 2 years and our deadline is just over that (idk if thatās true but I feeeeel like someone said that)
