Summary of Keychron products not yet released in Japan that have acquired technical certification

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Keychron is favored by many custom keyboard fans as well as Mac users.

Recently, the Keychron Q1 HE, the first in the long-awaited “HE Series” with magnetic switches, has been released and is gaining support from the gaming crowd.

In addition, the “Max Series” released in the second half of 2023 will be even more popular with the gaming crowd due to its ultra-low latency, including an improved polling rate of 1000 Hz when connected wirelessly (using a USB receiver) using the 2.4 GHz band, which is the same as when connected wired. This is a very low latency connection.

Keychron can be used for both such business and gaming purposes, and as you know, it is famous for having a very large number of models.

Types of Keychron and how to choose ▷▷▷

Therefore, in Japan, only some models imported by the authorized distributor “Kopec Japan” are available for purchase, and since the only models that have obtained the technical qualification required for wireless connection in the first place are authorized sales products, it is difficult to legally use them even if you import unreleased models.

However, a search of the Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications’ “Search for Devices with Technical Regulations Conformity Certification, etc.” revealed that there are many models that have obtained technical conformity certification even if they have not yet been released in Japan.

In this article, we will introduce Keychron products that have obtained technical certification at this time, as well as models that are not yet available in Japan but have obtained technical certification.

However, please read the following notes carefully.

Regarding the rules for displaying the technical conformity mark, the Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications states the obligation to display the technical conformity mark, and the use of the product in Japan requires technical conformity certification plus the display of the technical conformity mark. For the products introduced here, we have not been able to confirm the display of the Technical Qualification Mark, although the products have been certified for Technical Qualification. In addition, we cannot deny the possibility of emitting radio waves when using wired connections for products that have not yet acquired the technical conformity certification. We assume no responsibility for the purchase or use of these products, so please make your own decisions at your own risk.

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List of Keychorn products that have obtained technical certification

Click here for a list of Keychron products that have obtained technical certification.

USB receiver (possibly 2.4GHz dongle)

K Series

(With or without backlight, hot-swappable or not.)

Keychron K1*
Keychron K2*
Keychron K3*
Keychron K4*
Keychron K5*
Keychron K6*
Keychron K7**
Keychron K8*
Keychron K15**

It is believed that the Pro /SE also uses a common radio module. (inferred from the fact that K8 and K8Pro had the same number)
**Most likely a delay in reflection as there is a listing at the distributor but not at the MIC.

Q Pro Series

Keychron Q1 Pro
Keychron Q2 Pro
Keychron Q3 Pro
Keychron Q5 Pro
Keychron Q6 Pro
Keychron Q10 Pro
Keychron Q13 Pro

Q Max Series

Keychron Q1 Max
Keychron Q2 Max
Keychron Q3 Max
Keychron Q5 Max
Keychron Q6 Max
Keychron Q11 Max

Q HE Series

Keychron Q1 HE
Keychron Q2 HE
Keychron Q3 HE
Keychron Q5 HE
Keychron Q6 HE
Keychron Q10 HE
Keychron Q13 HE
Keychron Q14 HE

Information reference: Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications

Keychron products that are technically certified and not yet available in Japan

Keychron products that have obtained technical certification and are not officially sold in Japan are as follows

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Model number ▲▼	technical standards compliance	Profile▲▼	Size▲▼.	Name▲▼
K1 Pro	symbol used as a placeholder (either because a number of other words could be used in that position or because of censorship)	Low	80%	TenkeyLess
K5 Pro	Fat.	Lom.	100%	FullSize
K6	symbol used as a placeholder (either because a number of other words could be used in that position or because of censorship)	Normal	65%	UltraCompact
K6 Hot Swap	symbol used as a placeholder (either because a number of other words could be used in that position or because of censorship)	Normal	65%	UltraCompact
K6 No backlight	symbol used as a placeholder (either because a number of other words could be used in that position or because of censorship)	Normal	65%	UltraCompact
K6 Hot-swap without backlight	symbol used as a placeholder (either because a number of other words could be used in that position or because of censorship)	Normal	65%	UltraCompact
K7 Pro	symbol used as a placeholder (either because a number of other words could be used in that position or because of censorship)	Low	65%	UltraCompact
K9 Pro	symbol used as a placeholder (either because a number of other words could be used in that position or because of censorship)	Low	60%	Compact
Q2 Pro	symbol used as a placeholder (either because a number of other words could be used in that position or because of censorship)	Normal	65%	UltraCompact
Q2 Max	symbol used as a placeholder (either because a number of other words could be used in that position or because of censorship)	Normal	65%	UltraCompact
Q2 HE	Unpublished ○
Q3	long vowel mark (usually only used in katakana)	Normal	80%	TenkeyLess
Q3 Max	symbol used as a placeholder (either because a number of other words could be used in that position or because of censorship)	Normal	80%	TenkeyLess
Q3 HE	Unpublished ○
Q5 Pro	symbol used as a placeholder (either because a number of other words could be used in that position or because of censorship)	Normal	96%	CompactFull
Q5 Max	symbol used as a placeholder (either because a number of other words could be used in that position or because of censorship)	Noemal	96%.	CompactFull
Q6 Pro	symbol used as a placeholder (either because a number of other words could be used in that position or because of censorship)	Normal	100%	Full
Q6 Max	symbol used as a placeholder (either because a number of other words could be used in that position or because of censorship)	Normal	100%	Full
Q6 HE	Unpublished ○
Q10 Pro	symbol used as a placeholder (either because a number of other words could be used in that position or because of censorship)	Normal	75%	Alice/Compact
Q10 HE	Unpublished ○
Q11 Pro	Unpublished ○
Q11 HE	Unpublished ○
Q13 Pro	symbol used as a placeholder (either because a number of other words could be used in that position or because of censorship)	Normal	96%alice	Compact Full
Q14 Pro	Unpublished ○	Normal	96%Alice	Southpor
Q14 HE	Unpublished ○

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Please click here to see the rationale for technical compliance.
As for K1 to K10, seeing that there is no Pro notation, it is most likely that the wireless modules are probably common.
C series, V series (no mark), and Q series (no mark) are marked with “ー” because they do not have wireless connectivity.
Only K7/K15 listed in Kopec Japan is not listed in the Technical Qualification List, so it is listed as “? (unconfirmed)”, but we assume that it is probably just not reflected on the MIC side.
Given the technical certification of the Keychron USB-C Receiver, we are aware that it is also certified for wireless connectivity using the 2.4GHz band.
For use in Japan, the keyboard must (1) be certified for technical compliance and (2) have a technical compliance mark on the keyboard itself.

List of Kopec Japan authorized products

model number	technical standards compliance	handling	profile	keyboard size
C1	long vowel mark (usually only used in katakana)		Normal	80%
C2	long vowel mark (usually only used in katakana)		Normal	100%
C1 Pro	long vowel mark (usually only used in katakana)		Normal	80%
C2 Pro	long vowel mark (usually only used in katakana)		Normal	100%
C3 Pro	long vowel mark (usually only used in katakana)	✅	Normal	80%
K1 SE (JIS/US)	○	✅	Low	80%
K1 V5 (JIS/US)	○	✅	Low	80%
K1 Pro	○		Low	80%
K1 Max (JIS/US)	○	✅	Low	80%
K2 Pro (JIS/US)	○	✅	Normal	75%.
K2 Max	–		Normal	75%.
K2 HE	–		Normal	75%
K2 No backlight	○	✅	Normal	75%
K2 Hot-swap without backlight	○	✅	Normal	75%
K2 v2 hot swap (JIS/US)	○	✅	Normal	75%
K2 v2 (JIS/US)	○	✅	Normal	75%
K3 v2 (JIS/US)	○	✅	Low	75%
K3 v2 hot swap	○	✅	Low	75%
K3 v2 No backlight	○	✅	Low	75%
K3 Pro (JIS/US)	○	✅	Low	75%
K3 Max (JIS/US)	○	✅	Low	75%
K4 V2 (JIS/US)	○	✅	Normal	96%
K4 V2 Hot Swap	○	✅	Normal	96%
K4 Pro (JIS/US)	○	✅	Normal	86%
K5 SE (JIS/US)	○	✅	Low	100%
K5	○	✅	Low	100%
K5 Hot Swap	○	✅	Low	100%
K5 Pro	○		Low	100%
K5 Max (JIS/US)	○	✅	Low	100%
K6	○		Normal	65%
K6 Hot Swap	○		Normal	65%
K6 No backlight	○		Normal	65%
K6 Hot-swap without backlight	○		Normal	65%
K6 Pro (JIS/US)	○	✅	Normal	65%
K7 (JIS/US)	○	✅	Low	65%
K7 Pro	○		Low	65%
K7 Max (JIS/US)	○	✅	Low	65%
K8	○	✅	Normal	80%
K8 Hot-swap (JIS/US)	○	✅	Normal	80%
K8 No backlight	○	✅	Normal	80%
K8 Hot-swap without backlight	○	✅	Normal	80%
K8 Pro (JIS/US)	○	✅	Normal	80%
K8 Max		✅	Normal	80%
K9 Pro	○		Low	60%
K10 (JIS/US)	○		Normal	100%
K10 Hot-swap (JIS/US)	○	✅	Normal	100%
K10 Pro (JIS/US)	○	✅	Normal	100%.
K10 Max		✅	Normal	100%.
K11 Pro			Low	65%
K12			Normal	60%
K12 Hot Swap			Normal	60%
K12 Pro			Normal	60%
K13Pro			Normal	80%.
K13 Max (JIS/US)	○	✅	Normal	80%.
K14			Normal	70%
K14 Hot Swap			Normal	70%
K14 Pro			Normal	70%.
K15 Pro	？	✅	Normal	75% alice
K15 Max			Normal	75% alice
K17 Pro			Normal	96%
K17 Max			Normal	96%
Q0	long vowel mark (usually only used in katakana)	✅	Normal	–
Q0 Plus	long vowel mark (usually only used in katakana)	✅	Normal	–
Q0 Max	○	✅	Normal	–
Q1	long vowel mark (usually only used in katakana)	✅	Normal	75%
Q1 v2	long vowel mark (usually only used in katakana)	✅	Normal	75%
Q1 Pro (JIS/US)	○	✅	Normal	75%.
Q1 Max (JIS/US)	○	✅	Normal	75%.
Q1 HE (JIS/US)	○ (Makuake)	✅	Normal	75%.
Q2 (JIS/US)	long vowel mark (usually only used in katakana)	✅	Normal	65%
Q2 Pro	○		Normal	65%
Q2 Max (JIS/US)	○	✅	Normal	65%
Q2 HE	Unpublished ○
Q3	long vowel mark (usually only used in katakana)		Normal	80%
Q3 Pro (JIS/US)	○	✅	Normal	80%
Q3 Max (JIS/US)	○	✅	Normal	80%
Q3 HE	Unpublished ○
Q4	long vowel mark (usually only used in katakana)		Normal	60%
Q4 Pro			Normal	60%
Q5	long vowel mark (usually only used in katakana)		Normal	96%
Q5 Pro	○		Normal	96%
Q5 Max	○		Noemal	96%.
Q6	long vowel mark (usually only used in katakana)		Normal	100%
Q6 Pro	○		Normal	100%
Q6 Max	○		Normal	100%
Q6 HE	Unpublished ○
Q7	long vowel mark (usually only used in katakana)		Normal	70%
Q8	long vowel mark (usually only used in katakana)		Normal	65%alice
Q8 Pro			Normal	65%alice
Q8 Max			Normal	65%alice
Q9	long vowel mark (usually only used in katakana)		Normal	40%
Q10	long vowel mark (usually only used in katakana)		Normal	75%
Q10 Pro	○		Normal	75%
Q10 Max (JIS/US)	○	✅	Normal	75%
Q10 HE	Unpublished ○
Q11	long vowel mark (usually only used in katakana)	✅	Normal	75%.
Q11 Pro	Unpublished ○
Q11 HE	Unpublished ○
Q12	long vowel mark (usually only used in katakana)		Normal	96%.
Q12 Max	long vowel mark (usually only used in katakana)	✅	Normal	96%.
Q13 Pro	○		Normal	96%alice
Q14 Pro			Normal	96%Alice
Q14 Max			Normal	96%Alice
Q14 HE	Unpublished ○
Q15 Max	○	✅	Normal	65%
Q60	long vowel mark (usually only used in katakana)		Normal	60%
Q60 Max			Normal	60%
Q65.	long vowel mark (usually only used in katakana)		Normal	65%
Q65 Max			Normal	65%
V1 (JIS/US)	long vowel mark (usually only used in katakana)	✅	Normal	75%
V1 Max (JIS/US)	○	✅	Normal	75%
V2	long vowel mark (usually only used in katakana)		Normal	65%
V2 Max			Normal	65%
V3 (JIS/US)	long vowel mark (usually only used in katakana)	✅	Normal	80%
V4	long vowel mark (usually only used in katakana)		Normal	60%
V5	long vowel mark (usually only used in katakana)		Normal	96%
V5 Max			Normal	96%
V6 (JIS/US)	long vowel mark (usually only used in katakana)		Normal	100%.
V7	long vowel mark (usually only used in katakana)		Normal	70%
V8	long vowel mark (usually only used in katakana)		Normal	65%.
V8 Max	–		Normal	65%.
V10	long vowel mark (usually only used in katakana)		Normal	75%.
S1	long vowel mark (usually only used in katakana)		Low	75%
R1			UltraLow	75%
B1 Pro			Scissor	75%.
Lemokey L1			Normal	75%
Lemokey L3			Normal	80% TKL
Lemokey P1			Normal	75%
Lemokey X5			Normal	96%

Recommended Keychron products that are technically certified and not yet available in Japan

We will now introduce recommended models that have obtained technical certification and are not yet available in Japan.

For product prices, detailed information and links, please refer to the product details page.

As for the Q series, the price difference between Pro and Max is very small, and since Max is upwardly compatible with Pro, Max is recommended if you are going to purchase one.