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Ray
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Teaches
Japanese
Native
Speaks
English
Certified Japanese Teacher for 3 years
Teaches
Japanese
Native
Speaks
English
Certified Japanese Teacher for 3 years
About Me
Me as a Teacher
My lessons & teaching style
From JapanLiving in Yokohama, Japan (16:21 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)
✔️I'm a Japanese teacher/Tokyo Study Abroad Organizer/ Photographer/ Video Marker
✔️80k followers on social media.
✔️My English is fluent, I studied abroad in Australia for one year.
☀️Japanese Podcast On YouTube (Konichiwa 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 2100 lessons on Italki.
✔️I've been teaching Japanese almost 4 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.
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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
532
Students
2,489
Lessons
100%
Attendance rate
100%
Response rate
Japanese Lessons
Trial Lesson
332 lessons completed
USD 12.00+
JLPT Japanese lesson
A1 - C2Language Essentials918 lessons completed
USD 16.00+
Package with 2% off
Speaking Japanese practice
A1 - C2Language Essentials1,137 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
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My creations
Vocabulary (5)
Quiz (128)
147 Reviews
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
Kayode
1 Japanese lesson
It was a pleasure having my first conversation with Ray. I hadn't slept so I was quite tired, but Ray was easy to talk to and I enjoyed our conversation :)
Sep 3, 2025
Michael Wolanski
2 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
Nick Sleeper
1 Japanese lesson
Ray was awesome! Cool dude and really got to know me and my goals before sending me straight into learning. Appreciated it!
Sep 21, 2025
Philip
2 Japanese lessons
Sensei Ray truly made our lessons very comfortable and enjoyable by talking about our jobs, hobbies and challenges together. His charisma and warmth helped me to gain confidence. ありがとうございます．
Sep 2, 2025
Trial Lesson
USD 12.00
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