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Takeshi Spada
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Teaches
Japanese
Native
Speaks
English
Entertaining Japanese!
Teaches
Japanese
Native
Speaks
English
Entertaining Japanese!
About Me
Me as a Teacher
My lessons & teaching style
From JapanLiving in Utsunomiya, Japan (19:45 UTC-05:00)
About Me
italki teacher since Feb 10, 2022InterestsWritingAnimation & ComicsFoodMusicGaming
Hello! My name is Takeshi. I lived in Toronto for two years, and now I'm back in Japan! I also spent 9 months in the States. While I was in the States, I spent my time recording music in Chicago and studying English. I'm super passionate about music, movies, acting, creating content, and language. I'm also addicted to improving myself. I want to meet people who are serious about learning Japanese and whoｍ I can share my vast knowledge with! I'm looking forward to meeting you!Me as a Teacher
I've been professionally teaching Japanese for about three years. My specialties are casual Japanese and teaching phrases that only native speakers use! I help my students avoid directly translating things, as this often results in creating unnatural expressions (E.g When we hang out and friends look a bit bored, we don't say "Are you bored? We say "Do you wanna do something different? （何か違うことする？）in Japanese). Also, I break down common formal Japanese expressions and explain how you can make casual phrases with them. So that you can see the difference and pick proper expressions when you speak or write!My lessons & teaching style
I teach Japanese for a variety of use cases. For example, one of my students wants to be a flight attendant, so we practice a mix of formal and casual Japanese. Another one of my students wants to be funny when he speaks Japanese, so we speak casually and watch anime and comedy together! I always watch my student's favourite anime, shows and videos on youtube to learn natural expressions so that they can remember phrases and rewatch them whenever they forget the phrases we learned! I'm passionate about finding methods that suit my friends. (I call the people I teach, friends!)My teaching material
- PDF file
- Text Documents
- Audio files
- Image files
- Video files
- Articles and news
- Quizzes
- Test templates and examples
- Graphs and charts
- Homework Assignments
5.0
Rating
111
Students
761
Lessons
99%
Attendance rate
100%
Response rate
Japanese Lessons
Trial Lesson
97 lessons completed
USD 10.00+
Entertaining Japanese!
A1 - C1Language Essentials664 lessons completed
USD 46.00+
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65 Reviews
Anthony Huntley
93 Japanese lessons
I've been taking weekly lessons with Takeshi for almost two years now and I can't recommend him enough! Although I was still making steady progress I felt like the routine for our lessons and my homework needed to be switched up a bit last lesson and as usual he came back with a lot of creative ideas and was more than willing to listen to my own ideas to devise new methods to keep the learning process fresh and productive. Every single lesson is as fun as it is effective and I'm excited to keep learning with him!
Aug 26, 2025
Marcus Charlecius
5 Japanese lessons
Takeshi is exactly the kind of tutor I need at this stage of my Japanese learning journey. He explains concepts well, keeps a fun environment during the lesson while continuously challenging me. He's able to correct me on the spot without disrupting the flow of the conversation when we're talking in Japanese only, and suggest more casual or natural ways to phrase things. 100% would recommend, and I'll be working with him for the foreseeable future.
Aug 7, 2025
Hardy
12 Japanese lessons
I really, really appreciate Takeshi's patience with me as I feel it takes a little bit of a while for me to "change gears" into Japanese. I am so grateful!
Jun 29, 2025
Tucker
1 Japanese lesson
Takeshi is extremely kind, patient, and informative! I've only had one lesson so far, but I will continue to work with him.
Aug 22, 2025
ブランドン
2 Japanese lessons
ありがとうございます
Jul 27, 2025
nera
1 Japanese lesson
Great teacher! 🌟
Takeshi is so good at explaining things and it was always interesting to listen to him. I really like his teaching style which is more on the casual side. He also had a lot of resources and studying materials prepared which helped me out a ton! 😊
Jun 13, 2025
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