Zelda Timeline 2026

Last verified: 2026-11-10

The Japanese timeline page

Nintendo's Japanese chronicle is a primary page. The English sentences on this site are my reading of it, not an official translation.

Original parchment chart of the Downfall, Child, and Adult branches
Official key art for The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom

Key art © Nintendo, used with a link to the product page. Chart art on this site is original.

Chronicle terminology, with our English gloss

JapaneseEnglish counterpartReading
ハイラル王国建国The establishment of Hyrule KingdomFounding in the earlier Era of Prosperity
ゾナウ族ZonaiRauru belongs to this people in the later founding account
クロニクルChronicle / lore chronologyStory history, distinct from the release catalog
ヒストリーHistory / release listPublication order rather than chronology

The Japanese 40th-anniversary chronicle uses ハイラル王国建国 for the establishment of Hyrule and a separate line for a kingdom begun by the Zonai in the age of the gods. Those are the same two ideas the English page now prints: an Era of Prosperity founding, and Rauru and Sonia's founding in the wild-era section.

I do not treat a Japanese update as automatically copied into the English page on the same day. When I cite the Japanese page I say so. Branch names in English on this site follow the English page's defeated and triumphant wording, with Downfall, Child, and Adult as the search labels.

There is no full Japanese edition of this website. This page is for English readers who want the cross-check. A Spanish overview lives at the Español link.

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