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Professional TeacherTeaches
Japanese
Native
Speaks
English
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Test PreparationWould you like to learn FLUENT JAPANESE from "1 of Top 1% JAPANESE teachers of italki in 2022" ?
Teaches
Japanese
Native
Speaks
English
Specialties
Test PreparationWould you like to learn FLUENT JAPANESE from "1 of Top 1% JAPANESE teachers of italki in 2022" ?
About Me
Me as a Teacher
My lessons & teaching style
Resume & Certificates
From JapanLiving in Tokushima, Japan (14:32 UTC+09:00)
About Me
italki teacher since Jan 14, 2022InterestsFoodFashion & BeautyMusicArtTravel
★ Now I have a YouTube channel!!! Check this out!
www.youtube.com/@YuzoTeachesJapanese
Hi. I am Yuzo, ゆうぞう from Tokushima, Japan.
After I learned English Linguistics at Kyoto, I graduated from a college called College of Notre Dame in CA. I majored in art & graphic design. love art!
I used to own a vintage clothing store in Tokushima for 16 years. My family run BBQ eel restaurants.
Hobbies :
camping & canoeing, hiking, cooking ( I cook every day and love to eat : ), lure fishing, driving in the wild ( I own 30year old Suzuki 4X4) , vintage clothing, playing ukulele and bass guitar, singing, drawing, cycling, watching road movies like Into the wild.Me as a Teacher
DO YOU WANT TO BE A FLUENT JAPANESE SPEAKER?
Grammar lessons with "NO text books!"
Many pictures and examples are used to make you think and make sentences in Japanese!
You will get a bunch of opportunities to speak and listen to Japanese, and that makes you become a NATURAL JAPANESE SPEAKER!
You will learn Japanese language, Japanese way of thinking and culture in my lessons :)
I believe if you only master Japanese language but you don't understand its culture and people, it doesn't mean anything.
The most fun part of learning language is to understand different culture and people.
For you, the happiest moment would be sharing laughter with Japanese people by using your own Japanese! My lessons & teaching style
My lessons follows "Minna no Nihongo" which is one of most popular Japanese grammar textbooks in the world. However, we don't use it in class because my lessons are NOT for being a good READER but for "being a FLUENT SPEAKER."I will prepare many materials for you instead.
We will study Japanese grammar from a very simple form like:
"I am Your NAME." which is " Watashi wa Your NAME desu."
In Japanese, "I" is "Watashi wa" and "am" is "desu".
My name is YUZO, so " I am YUZO." in Japanese is " Watashi wa YUZO desu."
It is pretty simple, right?
Now you can introduce your name in Japanese!!!
We will practice those simple sentences until you will be able to use in the real life.My teaching material
- Text Documents
- Articles and news
- PDF file
- Audio files
- Quizzes
- Image files
- Flashcards
Certificates
Yuzo Nobuta - Human Academy - 2024Certificate of Completion
Japanese Teacher Training Course (420 hours and above)
Certificate verified
Japanese Language Teacher Training Course - Human Academy - 2024Japanese Language Teacher Training Course 420 hours and above
Certificate verified
Teaching experience
2021 - Current
Tutor
Education
1996 - 1999
Bachelor’s - Art and Graphic DesignNotre Dame of Namur University whose former name of College of Notre Dame, is located in Belmont California. I obtained an academic award when I graduated.
Work Experience
2000 - 2016
CEO"redwood" a vintage clothing store Est 2000 23th Dec. Located in Takamatsu City, Kagawa and later Tokushima City, Tokushima. Treating vintage clothing and goods from the United States.
5.0
Rating
302
Students
2,155
Lessons
100%
Attendance rate
100%
Response rate
Japanese Lessons
Trial Lesson
131 lessons completed
USD 16.00+
Chat, Laugh & Learn Japanese！- Informal Tutoring & Free Conversation
B1 - C2Conversation1,185 lessons completed
USD 16.00+
Mastering Japanese Basics: Fun Grammar Lessons with Practice!
A1 - B1Language Essentials769 lessons completed
USD 21.00+
For 2 or more People ★Mastering Japanese Basics: Fun Grammar Lessons with Practice!
A1 - B1Language Essentials61 lessons completed
USD 31.00+
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113 Reviews
Luke Patrick Gleeson
59 Japanese lessons
Teacher’s pick
That was the most informative 30 minutes I have spent in a long time! Much appreciated!
Nov 13, 2025
Daniel Reynolds
169 Japanese lessons
Teacher’s pick
I've put off another review for far too long. Today was my 103rd lesson with Yuuzou-sensei, and I can confirm that even after all this time it feels like every lesson is better than the last, mainly due to my skill increase due to Yuuzou-sensei's very patient and thoughtful teaching. I look forward to a hundred more!
今日はレビューを書くのが本当に遅くなってしまいました。今日で、雄三先生とのレッスンは103回目になりましたが、この全ての時間を通じて、前のレッスンよりも毎回が良くなっているように感じています。それは主に、雄三先生の忍耐強い、思慮深い指導のおかげで、私の能力がどんどん上がっているからです。次の100回のレッスンも楽しみにしています！
Mar 25, 2024
Sterling Thomas
36 Japanese lessons
Yuzo sensei is an excellent conversationalist and he did a great job with his lesson. He knows how to guide a conversation and how to help when you don't know how to say something. Thank you so much
Oct 6, 2025
Tess Marisol
31 Japanese lessons
Teacher’s pick
Best Sensei ever. Very fun talking experience and I'm also finally getting more comfortable trying to talk more Japanese (even if I mostly make mistakes). There's never any judgement. Yuzo-San is very encouraging and corrects me all the time, suggesting more appropriate ways to say things, etc.
Jun 20, 2025
Luke Patrick Gleeson
59 Japanese lessons
Yuzo sensei is very generous with his time, and offers sensible and intelligent advice. It’s nice that it’s possible to converse with a teacher in that way while improving your language skills.
Feb 6, 2026
David Wright
31 Japanese lessons
Another great lesson with Yuzo-san. We had some conversation, reviewed the homework, and went through some grammar in the text book. Looking forward to the next lesson!
Sep 11, 2025
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