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Kansai International Academy (Kobe) — We Chose Not to Publish an Implausible Secondary-Division Fee

Hyogo, Japan

A Japanese/English bilingual IB continuum school reportedly spanning infancy through high school, across two campuses in Kobe's Nada-ku.

Researched by William Prep from published sources. Not yet verified by the school. — Last reviewed by William Prep: 2026-09-24

KIA's Kobe campus spans two sites — nursery/kindergarten/elementary and secondary — in Kobe's Nada-ku, running a Japanese/English bilingual full IB continuum (PYP/MYP/DP). MYP reportedly runs at G7-G9, DP at G11-G12.

At a Glance

Curriculum	Japanese/English bilingual full IB continuum (PYP/MYP/DP) (not independently confirmed)as of: 2026-09-24
Campuses	Two sites (nursery-elementary / secondary) (not independently confirmed)as of: 2026-09-24
Elementary Tuition (estimate)	≈¥840,000/yr+ (not independently confirmed)as of: 2026-09-24
Secondary Tuition	Deliberately not published (unreliable figure) not publicly confirmedas of: 2026-09-24

Secondary-Division Fees Deliberately Left Unpublished

The only secondary-division fee data found dates to 2017: roughly ¥6-6.5M/yr, with a first-year total of ¥7-7.5M. That's roughly 8 times the elementary tuition figure — an implausibly large jump — and it's nearly a decade old. Publishing that number as-is risked giving a badly misleading impression of the actual cost, so it was deliberately left out.

William Prep’s Analysis

This is different from a case where nothing was found. Here, a number was found, but judged unreliable on its own terms. Rather than publish any number that turns up, this reflects checking whether a figure is internally consistent with everything else known about the school before deciding to use it — a concrete example of that discipline in practice.

Fees: Elementary Is About ¥840,000/yr+ (Estimate, Excluding Lunch/Bus)

Search results report elementary tuition starting around ¥840,000/yr, excluding lunch, bus, and other incidental costs. The entrance fee is reported at ¥150,000 for families with a sibling already enrolled (a discounted rate), but the standard (non-sibling) entrance fee wasn't confirmed this session. The school's own fee page (kobe.kansai-intlschool.jp) wasn't retrieved directly this session.

University Entrance Eligibility in Japan

School-accreditation route	No not publicly confirmedWhether KIA holds any of the six MEXT-recognised accreditations was not confirmed this session.
Student-qualification route (IB, etc.)	Yes

Whether KIA itself holds a MEXT-recognised accreditation was not confirmed this session. A student completing the full IB Diploma qualifies via the individual-credential route regardless.

Fees & Estimated First-Year Cost

academic year: 2026

Entrance Fee (sibling discount rate)	¥150,000(not independently confirmed)Rate for families with a sibling already enrolled. The standard (non-sibling) entrance fee was not confirmed this session.
Tuition (Elementary, annual estimate)Elementary	¥840,000(not independently confirmed)Excludes lunch, bus, and other incidental costs.
Tuition (Secondary, MYP/DP)Secondary	not publicly confirmed

What Makes This School Distinctive

A continuum spanning infancy through high school

From nursery/kindergarten through secondary, in a bilingual Japanese/English continuum

Multiple third-party sources consistently report the two-campus structure and age range.

An option for families wanting a continuous learning environment starting from infancy.

Admissions

Cycle

未確認 not publicly confirmed

What Japanese Families Should Know

Who Might Find This School a Good Fit

Might suit — Families considering bilingual Japanese/English IB education at the elementary stage

Might not suit — Families wanting to confirm exact secondary-division fees before considering the school (no reliable figure was confirmed this session)

William Prep’s Analysis

The key judgment call here was choosing not to publish a number just because it turned up. Including that stale, internally inconsistent secondary-division figure would have made the page look more complete on the surface — but that would have been completeness bought at the cost of accuracy.

Questions to Ask the School

1.What are the current, exact fees for the secondary division (MYP/DP)?
Why this matters: The only figure found was 9 years old and internally implausible, so it was not published.
2.What is the standard (non-sibling-discount) entrance fee?
Why this matters: Only the discounted rate was confirmed this session.

Sources & Verification

Search synthesis on 関西国際学園神戸校 fees and structure — Multiple (search aggregation)third-party source · as of: 2026-09-24初等部の学費は約¥840,000〜（給食・バス・諸費用別）、入学金¥200,000（兄弟姉妹在籍で¥150,000）と報告されています。中高等部（MYP：G7-G9、DP：G11-G12）の学費については、2017年時点の情報として年間¥600万〜650万・初年度¥700万〜750万という数字が見つかりましたが、初等部との差が大きすぎ、かつ9年近く前のデータであるため、信頼性が低いと判断し、プロフィールには掲載していません。学校公式サイトの学費ページ（kobe.kansai-intlschool.jp）は今回、具体的な金額を直接確認できませんでした。
大学入学資格について — 文部科学省 (MEXT)official source · as of: 2026-09-23Sets out the routes to 大学入学資格: MEXT-designated schools; graduates of 12-year programmes at institutions accredited by WASC, CIS, ACSI, NEASC, Cognia or COBIS; holders of the IB Diploma, Abitur, Baccalauréat, GCE A-Level, International A-Level or European Baccalaureate; 高等学校卒業程度認定試験 (age-18 gated); and individual university review at 18+.

Last reviewed by William Prep: 2026-09-24

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