Classroom of the Elite Season 5 Confirmed After Season 4 Finale

What was announced

Classroom of the Elite is returning for a fifth season. The renewal was revealed on June 24, 2026, immediately after the fourth season's finale aired, and it arrived with a newly drawn commemorative key visual. As reported by Crunchyroll News and Oricon, the announcement confirmed that the psychological school drama will continue, but it did not attach a premiere window or broadcast details. Our own catalog lists Classroom of the Elite as a suspense drama that has been running since its July 2017 television debut.

What we know so far

For now, the confirmation itself is the headline. No release date, no season length, and no new or returning staff and cast were detailed alongside the renewal. What is clear is where the story stands. The fourth season set a franchise record at 16 episodes, opening with a batch of early installments before settling into weekly releases, and it closed out the first half of Ayanokoji's second year at the academy. That format experiment gave streaming viewers an extended first block before the weekly cadence resumed, and the season used the extra runtime to introduce a new group of rivals for Class 1-D. That leaves Season 5 positioned to pick up the next stretch of the light novels, with those newest rivals still very much in play.

The story so far

The anime follows Kiyotaka Ayanokoji, a deceptively ordinary student sorted into Class 1-D at the elite Tokyo Metropolitan Advanced Nurturing High School, where classes reward and punish students through a merciless points system. His quiet manipulation of the school's hierarchy, often alongside the driven Suzune Horikita, has anchored four seasons of strategy and misdirection. Studio Lerche has produced the series since its debut, according to Crunchyroll News and Anime Corner. In the Japanese cast, Shoya Chiba voices Ayanokoji and Akari Kito voices Horikita.