About
🔹Certified Native Japanese Experienced Coach!🔹Mastering Japanese and Speak Like A Native Japanese!
Welcome! 😃👋🏻 My name is Toshi. I was born in Hiroshima City and raised in Tokyo, Japan. I am a Los Angeles US-based certified veteran NATIVE Japanese language instructor/coach/mentor with over 20 years of experience.
I teach people of all ages from all over the world, through online platforms. Anyone who knows me knows that I am an enthusiastic teacher and serious when it comes to Japanese language matters. Manners ARE part of the Japanese language. I will teach you Japanese manners first.
I’m living in Los Angeles (in the Valley) CA, USA for more than 30 years. (PST). I have students from the USA, Australia, Canada, Singapore, Italy, Germany, New Zealand, Türkiye, Greece and Japan. Several of them were accepted into Japanese University Study Abroad programs and high school foreign exchange student programs. Also, my many students passed the JLPT exam (N5 - N1) ( see pictures below) and got an opportunity to work in Japan! 🇯🇵 I am so proud of them and so grateful to help them achieve their dream and become successful in their life.
💜 One on One PRIVATE online lessons. Learn from anywhere and from any country!
✅ I have worked with veterans, MLB professional athletes (MVP 2010), Hollywood film editors, producers, Corporation CEO, actors, actresses, TV presenters, filmmakers, voice actresses, professional makeup artists, Facebook account managers, investors, realtors, doctors, lawyers, karate teachers, professors, American college and elementary, middle, high school students, mothers, single fathers, etc
🌟 I have also working on a project through Google, since 2013. It's a data collection project that leads to the betterment of Google products for voice search capabilities in Google. Google has chosen me to record, translate, and transcribe for these projects within the Japanese division!
⭐️ My price is $60/hour, $55/45min, $45/30min
I teach basic through advanced Japanese.
Conversation, Speaking, Writing, Reading, Hearing, Hiragana, Katakana, Kanji (symbols), Grammar, Vocabulary.
Any level of JLPT prep ( N5, N4, N3, N2, N1)
AP Japanese Language and culture,
Accent Reduction For the Japanese Language.
Accent Neutralization course.
Business Japanese, Japanese Word beautification, Gender differences in spoken Japanese, Proper and Casual conversations, Japanese Polite, Humble and honorific language, and Respectful verbs. Animatic expressions, Slang, Internet Slang, Shortened Words, English Made in Japan ( Wasei- eigo), Onomatopoeia, Rough Expressions, Verb Conjugation, Interjections, Exclamations, Speech style Japanese, Nowadays the Japanese Language, etc!
📚 TEXTBOOK: If you want to learn with textbooks, ( For example, Genki textbooks, JFBP textbooks, etc ), we can cover. or enriching customized classes for you. but all depend on the student's levels, goals, and situations. Let me know, what you prefer!
⭐️ I don't just teach the Japanese language, I also teach the true meaning of Japanese spirit and soul and the right mindset, the right attitude. Such as:
1. Respect for human beings
2. Benevolence
3. Rectitude
4. Honor
5. Honesty/Sincerely
6. Loyalty
7. Politeness/Propriety
8. Courage
9. Alertness/Awareness
10. Clear Mind
11. Emotional balance
12. Japanese manners, etiquette, customs, cultures.
Do you want to take a trip to Japan with your family? Is your business or company involved with Japanese customers or suppliers? Test prep? Is it your dream to work for a Japanese company in the future? Do you want to understand Japanese animé or movies? Or Interest in the Japanese language and culture? Do you want to speak, read, and write Japanese?
🌟 I also teach ORIGAMI (Japanese art of paper folding), Japanese Calligraphy, how to make SUSHI, and how to hold the Japanese Traditional Tea Ceremony, How to make healthy Japanese foods. I can give you information about J-POP. anime, drama, and traditional Japanese songs as well. We can have fun with those, too.
Whether you are a beginner or an advanced student, I can tutor you in private lessons on your computer. I give a fun lesson and work to teach the precise and gentle true Japanese way in a friendly and open-minded one-on-one session via Zoom.
However, I also teach business Japanese, mastering speech styles from polite, humble, and honorific, super polite language, and respectful verbs. This is necessary for improving your personal and business relations! I am here to assist you!
I look forward to helping you reach your goals.
Toshi :)
Photos and videos
