Background check
Teaches online
Teaches all skill levels
Age: 10+
Speaks Japanese, English
Teaching since 2018
GIT
- 1 Repeated Students
Let's work with GENKI! It must be so much fun!
I really enjoy meeting new people and love to talk about Japanese culture especially movie(Ghibli!),TV-shows (Shogun!),music(City Pop!),food(Ramen!) and turism(I'm from Tokyo!)
I will listen to you as carefully as possible to make the lesson meaningful. What are you interested in about Japan? History, travel, movie, music, anime, traditional entertainment, food or else? Think of learning not Japanese, but what you love through Japanese because what you love motivates you for learning the most.
One of my typical lesson styles is a situational dialogue. Let's have fun.
Lessons are online only.
Instructor details
Location:
Teaches Online
Teaching Hours
Monday
12 AM-11:30 PM
Tuesday
12 AM-11:30 PM
Wednesday
12 AM-11:30 PM
Thursday
12 AM-11:30 PM
Friday
12 AM-11:30 PM
Saturday
12 AM-11:30 PM
Sunday
12 AM-11:30 PM
Times are shown in your local timezone (UTC-08:00) Pacific Time (US & Canada)
Pricing
30 minutes
$35
45 minutes
$45
60 minutes
$55
About Akira K.
4.8
(15)
I was born and raised in Tokyo, Japan, living in Los Angeles since 2017, and graduated from the literature department of Waseda University. I have taught for more than four years and have about 3000 hours of teaching experience.
I have taught students from 6 years old to over 60 in the US or Canada from beginner to advanced.I listen to you as carefully as possible to make the lesson meaningful. I try to listen and understand what my student is interested in and which direction she/he wants to go. I always try to make my lessons fun and informative at the same time. There are some students with autism or ADHD, I do my best for them though I am not a specialist in that field.
I enjoy meeting new students and love to talk about Japanese culture.
There are some students from the entertainment industry as actors, band members of world-famous top 40 artists, and film composers who have a business relationship with companies in Japan, too.
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4.8
15 Reviews
Zack
Teacher's studio
Had good instruction and a good lesson. Helped me really understand what I was learning. Especially since Japanese is a really hard language for English speakers to learn.
Posted Jul 28, 2023
Brian
Teacher's studio
Takelessons sent me a link to join the session. I followed it (on time!). He wasn't there. He texted I should use a different link. I followed the link he sent (google meet). Then he texted and said i followed the wrong link, that i should be on zoom. I never got a zoom invitation! So he sent that. By then, we had lost 15 minutes, so i gave up. Disappointed.
Posted Mar 15, 2023
Heidi
Teacher's studio
He’s great with my kid. Patient, friendly, encouraging.
Posted Feb 4, 2023
Experience
Japanese Instructor
Dec, 2017 - PresentFreelancer
Education
Bachelor of European Literature
Apr, 1989 - Mar, 1994Waseda University Tokyo
GIT
Sep, 1995 - Aug, 1996Musicians Institute of Technology
Awards
Human Relation Award
Sep, 1996Musicians Institute of Technology
Affiliations
Society of Composers and Lyricists
Mar, 2018The Society Of Composers & Lyricists is an organization consisting of Hollywood's professional motion picture, Television, and multimedia music composers, songwriters and lyricists, with histories in the art of scoring for motion pictures and television. Many of its members have won or been nominated for Oscars, Emmys and Grammy Awards.
Languages
English
Native Proficiency
Japanese
Native Proficiency
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Instructor details
Location:
Teaches Online
Teaching Hours
Monday
12 AM-11:30 PM
Tuesday
12 AM-11:30 PM
Wednesday
12 AM-11:30 PM
Thursday
12 AM-11:30 PM
Friday
12 AM-11:30 PM
Saturday
12 AM-11:30 PM
Sunday
12 AM-11:30 PM
Times are shown in your local timezone (UTC-08:00) Pacific Time (US & Canada)
Pricing
30 minutes
$35
45 minutes
$45
60 minutes
$55
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