Visited 20 hours ago
Ray
Professional TeacherTeaches
Japanese
Native
Speaks
English
Certified Japanese Teacher for 5 years
Teaches
Japanese
Native
Speaks
English
Certified Japanese Teacher for 5 years
About Me
Me as a Teacher
My lessons & teaching style
From JapanLiving in Yokohama, Japan (01:59 UTC+09:00)
About Me
italki teacher since Jun 18, 2021InterestsMusicHistoryFilms & TV Series
☀️Introduction☀️
✔️Hello, everyone. I'm Ray from Japan. I’m the CEO of Ray's Lighthouse (Inbound Company)
✔️90k followers on social media.
✔️My English is fluent, I studied abroad in Australia for one year.
☀️Japanese Podcast On YouTube (Konnichiwa My Dude)☀️
I am creating podcast videos for Japanese learners, so if you'd like to get a sense of my vibe, it might be a good idea to check them out first!Me as a Teacher
👨🏫Japanese teacher experience👨🏫
✔️I graduated from a Japanese teaching school and also a Japanese university.
✔️Over 2600 lessons on Italki.
✔️I've been teaching Japanese almost 5 years. My lessons & teaching style
🎶How I teach Japanese🎶
I will design a lesson to focus on what you would like to improve in. This can include, but is not limited to, the following: kanji, honorifics, casual language and slang terms, conversational practice, for example, introductions, and so on. Please let me know what you would like to study in advance.
[Discount Offer]
Please check package plans!! You will get a discount.
※Please note that no cancellations or rescheduling can be made 24 hours prior to the start of the lesson.My teaching material
- Audio files
- Test templates and examples
- Graphs and charts
- Articles and news
- Image files
- Text Documents
- Video files
- Quizzes
5.0
Rating
587
Students
2,751
Lessons
100%
Attendance rate
100%
Response rate
Japanese Lessons
Trial Lesson
377 lessons completed
USD 12.00+
JLPT Japanese lesson
A1 - C2Language Essentials1,047 lessons completed
USD 16.00+
Package with 2% off
Speaking Japanese practice
A1 - C2Language Essentials1,225 lessons completed
USD 16.00+
Package with 2% off
Japanese Lesson with your friends
A1 - C2Language Essentials25 lessons completed
USD 25.00+
Package with 1% off
Availability
Based on your timezone (UTC+00:00)
My creations
Vocabulary (5)
Quiz (128)
150 Reviews
Adam Kelly
4 Japanese lessons
I have really appreciated my conversation practice sessions with Ray. My Japanese comprehension is decent, but my ability to produce speech is really bad, which is why I started doing italki. Ray is very patient with me while I struggle to put together a coherent sentence. When I’m completely stuck he helps with how to say what I want to say. He is cheerful and fun to talk to, even though I’m not really able to express myself yet. I’m sure with more practice I’ll get better!
Jan 29, 2026
Alec Benjamin
4 Japanese lessons
Super friendly and patient. Looking forward to our next chat!
Jan 13, 2026
Michael Wolanski
3 Japanese lessons
Great first lesson with an energetic teacher. Got to talk about what I wanted to learn.
Looking forward to another lesson.
Sep 22, 2025
Samantha
3 Japanese lessons
My Trial Lesson with Ray was fun! He's also very encouraging and patient. We went through introduction and basic phrases and he helped me a lot with my pronunciation of certain words and was great at explaining the why's when it comes to grammar.
Jan 25, 2026
Ania Kowalska
1 Japanese lesson
Ray is super funny and easy going guy, nicely and clearly explains things! I’m waiting forward more lessons with him
Oct 1, 2025
Hunter
1 Japanese lesson
It was solid and we had some stuff to talk about and I hope to get some structure soon
Sep 21, 2025
Trial Lesson
USD 12.00
Your final payment will be made in USD