I've been taking lessons with Takeo for over a month now - during which we've steadily gotten to know each other not only as tutor and student, but also as peers. For what I'm after, namely a Japanese-speaking conversation partner with native insights, Takeo has been stellar. In addition to being a reliable and professional tutor who always wants to make sure his students' needs are being met, as a person he brings an earnest attitude and plenty of genuine lived experience. There will always be some degree of subjectivity with human relationships, and others' experiences may vary - but for my part, I'm extremely grateful to have met Takeo, and I look forward to continuing our relationship.

After having several lessons with Takeo now I can say he's a great dude and he's awesome to talk to. If you're looking to have conversations in real natural Japanese rather than fake textbook Japanese, his lessons are perfect. Every lesson has been very fun and he's always attentive, helping me figure out how to express words and ideas that I couldn't use before. Helps so much with gaining that initial confidence to be able to speak in the language. Looking forward to many more!

I do a lot of self study and wanted to practice my speaking, which this lesson was perfect for

Since I have a trip to Japan in a few days, we did some roleplay of situations I might encounter at the airport and hotel. We also practised giving and listening to directions on how to get somewhere. Speaking is difficult for me but Takeo has made being being out of my comfort zone very enjoyable

In this lesson Takeo and I dicussed games and our favourite anime. He asked me to give a brief summary and we used that as a springboard for expanding on some vocabulary and sentence construction

Wow, this guy was so great. He had so much sharp feedback on how I could improve everything.