Though the English versions of the Phantasy Star games, for the most part, leave us completly guessing as to the characters' ages, a handful of references pertaining to the Japanese Phantasy Star Universe covers this interesting -- albeit, pretty much pointless, as far as gameplay is concerned -- facet of the Phantasy Star characters.

Of course, these sources, being Japanese, pertain solely to the Japanese Phantasy Star Universe, and as such, they are not necessarily compatible with the English Phantasy Star Universe. However, I have taken the Japanese Phantasy Star Universe dates and adapted them to Maxx and I's paradigm of the English Phantasy Star Universe, Phantasy Star Ultimate.

First, before listing the birthdates themselves, I will address what alterations were required to make the Japanese Phantasy Star Universe dates compatible with the English Phantasy Star Universe, and Phantasy Star Ultimate.

Phantasy Star I:
Within its art galleries, Phantasy Star Collection for the Japanese Sega Saturn contains pictures of Alis, Odin, Noah, and Nero with Japanese text in small, caption-like print near the bottom of the pictures. The text appears to be a character profile, for it contains, in English, the characters' ages and birthdates on the Japanese Phantasy Star Universe AW calendar. In order to obtain my birthdates for the PSI characters, I have adopted the Japanese birthdays listed on these images and adjusted the year so that the character would be of the age listed on the images during my AW year for English PSI (AW 286). Please note that I theorize that the AW calendar was introduced to Algo by Mother Brain, meaning PSI predates its arrival and use by centuries. However, for completeness' sake, I have included the PSI characters' birthdates on the AW calendar herein.

Phantasy Star II:
Phantasy Star Official Production Compendium lists the birthdates for seven of the eight PSII PCs (Anna is the sole exception). I have adopted these Japanese birthdays and, based on the character's age at the time of the game, have obtained the year of birth on the AW calendar, subtracting backwards from Phantasy Star Ultimate's AW date for PSII (AW 1286).

Phantasy Star III:
Within its art galleries, Phantasy Star Collection for the Japanese Sega Saturn contains pictures of Rhys, Lyle, Lena, and Maia with Japanese text in small, caption-like print near the bottom of the pictures. The text appears to be a character profile, for it contains, in English, the characters' ages and birthdates. These images do not, however, contain year of birth, so, taking into account the Phantasy Star Ultimate AW date for the first generation of PSIII (AW 2293), I have added years of birth to coordinate with the ages given in Phantasy Star Collection.
Further, The Unofficial Phantasy Star III Character Book contains birthdays (again, with no year) and ages for thirteen more PSIII characters. I have adopted these birthdays and have used the ages listed to pinpoint an AW year of birth -- except where the age listed for the character in the Japanese book directly contradicted the text of English PSIII, in which case I, of course, used the age given in English PSIII.

Phantasy Star IV:
Sadly, I have yet to find a Japanese or English Phantasy Star source which contains birthdates for the PSIV characters. I have pinpointed years of birth for the PSIV characters based on the ages given in English PSIV, but this is all the information we possess at this time.

Final Notes:
For information as to the translation of dates on the AW calendar to dates on the Space Century (SC) calendar and to dates on Earth's Gregorian calendar, please see the Phantasy Star Ultimate Timeline Companion.

Note that I have inserted the names of the month into the AW calendar's dates, though this is not how the dates were listed in the Japanese Phantasy Star Universe source texts. However, not a single numerically-listed AW date contradicts the use of the Earth month names in Algo's AW calendar, and a line from PSII, in fact, supports the Earth names' use in Algo daily life ("The last rescue ship leaves on August 11th. Don't miss it!" --old newspaper in Skure).

In the Gregorian calendar column in the following tables, I list only the character's year of birth. This is done in an effort to avoid redundancy, as the month and day of birth on the Gregorian calendar are exactly the same as the month and day of the character's birth on the AW calendar.

Phantasy Star I
Name SC Calendar AW Calendar Gregorian Calendar Age (at time of game)
Alis Landale SC 341.85 5.25 May 25, AW 271 2357 15
Odin SC 341.72 2.26 February 26, AW 258 2344 28
Noah SC 341.73 3.24 March 24, AW 259 2345 27
Nero Landale SC 341.81 10.23 October 23, AW 267 2353 18


Phantasy Star II
Name SC Calendar AW Calendar Gregorian Calendar Age (at time of game)
Rolf SC 351.79 9.17 September 17, AW 1265 3351 20
Nei SC 351.99 8.30 August 30, AW 1285 3371 1
Rudo Steiner SC 351.65 7.1 July 1, AW 1251 3337 34
Amy Sage SC 351.77 4.26 April 26, AW 1263 3349 23
Hugh Thompson SC 351.81 6.14 June 14, AW 1266 3353 19
Josh Kain SC 351.79 12.9 December 9, AW 1265 3351 20
Shir Gold SC 351.79 4.1 April 1, AW 1265 3351 21


Phantasy Star III
First Generation Characters
Name SC Calendar AW Calendar Gregorian Calendar Age (at time of game)
Rhys SC 361.88 9.29 September 29, AW 2274 4360 18
Lyle SC 361.86 9.9 September 9, AW 2272 4358 20
Lena SC 361.89 11.29 November 29, AW 2275 4361 17
Maia SC 361.90 7.1 July 1, AW 2276 4362 16
Second Generation Characters
Ayn SC 362.12 11.10 November 10, AW 2298 4384 15
Thea SC 362.12 8.8 August 8, AW 2298 4384 15
Sari SC 362.12 3.30 March 30, AW 2298 4384 15
Nial SC 362.09 5.8 May 8, AW 2295 4381 18
Laya SC 351.92 4.1 April 1, AW 1278 3364 1035 (appears 15)
Ryan SC 361.92 8.22 August 22, AW 2278 4364 35
Alair SC 351.88 6.13 June 13, AW 1274 3360 1038 (appears 19)
Lune SC 351.83 12.14 December 14, AW 1269 3360 1043 (appears 24)
Third Generation Characters
Aron SC 362.30 2.22 February 22, AW 2316 4402 17
Adan and Gwyn SC 362.31 11.6 November 6, AW 2317 4403 16
Crys SC 362.27 5.12 May 12, AW 2313 4399 20
Sean SC 362.28 5.27 May 27, AW 2314 4400 19
Kara SC 362.30 1.7 January 7, AW 2316 4402 17


Other Theory Pages
The Two Phantasy Stars | Separate But Equal

Phantasy Star II's Date | Noah and Lutz
Character Birthdays | Phantasy Star II's Ending | Noah's Gender
Fate of the Worldships | Phantasy Star Online Numans | Phantasy Star Online's Date
Ragol is Not Earth | Why the Earthmen Truly Are Evil | The Whole New World

Essays
On the Characters and Story of Phantasy Star I | Phantasy Star and the Raglan Scale
The True Message of Phantasy Star II