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Kana
Professional TeacherTeaches
Japanese
Native
Speaks
English
Other
Students Stay 2+ Years | Speak Naturally in Japanese | 15+ yrs Exp
Teaches
Japanese
Native
Speaks
English
Other
Students Stay 2+ Years | Speak Naturally in Japanese | 15+ yrs Exp
About Me
Me as a Teacher
My lessons & teaching style
Resume & Certificates
From JapanLiving in Tbilisi, Georgia (04:28 UTC+04:00)
About Me
italki teacher since Feb 9, 2015InterestsSports & FitnessTravelMedical & HealthcareFoodFilms & TV Series
Hello! Want to speak Japanese with confidence or don’t know where to start?
I specialize in helping beginners to advanced learners build real, lasting Japanese skills—especially for daily conversation, travel, and long-term progress.
I hold a Master’s in Applied Linguistics (Japanese) and a Graduate Diploma in Education, with 15+ years of teaching experience (5 years in Melbourne schools + 10+ years on italki).
Over 70% of my students continue for 2+ years because my lessons are structured, personalized, and designed to help you actually use Japanese in real life.
Let’s make learning practical, fun, and effective—I look forward to meeting you!
一緒に楽しく勉強しましょう！Me as a Teacher
We can make our lessons in both English and Japanese, depending on your level. I use Genki 1 for Beginners course, Genki 2 for Intermediate 1 course, An Integrated Approach to Intermediate Japanese and Tobira for Intermediate 2 course. For advanced students, the lesson material can be arranged as you please, such as news articles and books. For Beginners to Intermediate 2 course, we will mainly use textbook as well as worksheets and PowerPoint Presentation during the class. At the end of each lesson, I give some homework mainly from the workbook. I sometimes send a worksheet for homework, too. You can complete your homework in your own time and we will check answers in the following lesson. My lessons & teaching style
We will practice sentence structures, grammar points, and vocabulary together. So, you will have a lot of opportunities to create your own sentences in Japanese. Many of my students were absolute beginner when they started learning Japanese with me. So, please do not worry even if you have never studied Japanese before. If you are interested in having lessons with me, I would recommend taking a trial session first so that we can introduced ourselves a little bit, talk about how we structure your future lessons, and practice Japanese together. I believe you can improve your Japanese, too. Let’s start now! I look forward to hearing from you. Happy Japanese learning:)My teaching material
- PDF file
- Text Documents
- Presentation slides/PPT
- Homework Assignments
- Articles and news
Certificates
Victorian Institute of Teaching full registration(teaching license) - Victorian Institute of Teaching - 2010As I need to renew my registration, I only have 2014 registration card.
Certificate verified
Education
2009 - 2009
Other - Education (LOTE Japanese and ESL)Graduate Diploma
2007 - 2008
Master's - Applied Linguistics
2003 - 2007
Bachelor’s - Bachelor of Arts in Comperative Culture
Work Experience
2010 - 2010
Japanese Assistant Teacher
2011 - 2012
Japanese Teacher
2013 - 2013
Japanese Teacher
2014 - 2014
Japanese Teacher
5.0
Rating
876
Students
20.3k
Lessons
100%
Attendance rate
100%
Response rate
Japanese Lessons
Trial Lesson
609 lessons completed
USD 16.00+
Japanese for Beginners
A1 - C2Language Essentials12.0k lessons completed
USD 24.00+
Package with 7% off
Informal Tutoring
A1 - C2Conversation862 lessons completed
USD 24.00+
Package with 7% off
Japanese - Intermediate I
A1 - C2Language Essentials3,974 lessons completed
USD 24.00+
Package with 7% off
Japanese - Intermediate II
B2 - C2Language Essentials1,853 lessons completed
USD 24.00+
Package with 7% off
Japanese for advanced students
A1 - C2Language Essentials385 lessons completed
USD 24.00+
Package with 7% off
Lessons for 2 people
A1 - C2Language Essentials597 lessons completed
USD 30.00+
Package with 5% off
Availability
2,753 Reviews
Mary
239 Japanese lessons
Teacher’s pick
Kana san patiently listens to me work my way thru Japanese sentences and simple conversation. Lessons are so much fun and I think, slowly but surely, I am improving and working toward a life goal of speaking Japanese. I highly recommend this wonderful teacher !
Dec 21, 2021
gabrielgsuarez
78 Japanese lessons
Teacher’s pick
Japanese gets difficult pretty quickly, and I absolutely would have given up on it by now if I didn’t have Kana san’s support and help. Excellent teacher, excellent coach.
Sep 11, 2021
Sarah
2 Japanese lessons
Great lesson! She is challenging without being too hard, and encourages me to speak as much as I can in Japanese.
Feb 24, 2026
sumarno suhadi
395 Japanese lessons
Teacher’s pick
Excellent sensei . Always challenge the student to improve oneself . Always pushed to improve and upgrade my level . Highly recommend to anyone who seek a sensei who can inspire and motivate their students!
Oct 3, 2021
Esther ROACHESTHERE
15 Japanese lessons
Kana is always very patient with me, even when I'm struggling over things I should know by now. I really appreciate the way she guides me through the lesson. thank you!
Mar 19, 2026
Jenny
50 Japanese lessons
I always enjoy my lessons with Kana and learning a lot in the process. She helps me understand the grammar and try to incorporate the new lessons into our conversations. Great teacher, great energy and look forward to my next lesson!
Feb 20, 2026
Trial Lesson
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