Ken Sensei

I always look forward and enjoy my lessons with Ken-Sensei. He's extremely charismatic, fun, and easy to talk to. Ken-Sensei is excellent at motivating you, keeping you moving forward, being patient, having fun conversation that's easy to follow in Japanese, and explaining concepts and words. I appreciate the structure to the lessons that help me stay on track with my Japanese progress, but it's not too rigid like a class so we can go at my own pace. I look forward to continuing our lessons together *^^*

Always amazing. I've had 100+ lessons with Ken. He has taken me from barely understanding hiragana to being able to have full conversations in Japanese. The conversation has always fun! I had never taken a Japanese lesson before meeting with Ken and I really owe just about everything that I have gained from him. Only really great teachers have the ability to make a complete beginner understand both the Japanese language and culture. Unlike other teachers on Italki, Ken has a very good understanding of American culture so he is able to give lots of advice in regards to cultural translations (a lot of direct translations from English sound weird/rude in Japanese) and to translate unusual English idioms. If you are starting out (or an intermediate/advanced student looking for a fun conversation), I highly recommend Ken!

I've been taking lessons with Ken for about 4 months now and he's motivated me more than any other teacher I've had in the past. He challenges you, while at the same time not putting so much pressure on you that you get stressed. Every lesson he and I will spend about 10-15 talking in Japanese about the past week and it never fails to make me feel accomplished lol. I can't recommend Ken enough. He's like that cool older brother you always wanted, but never had.

Amazing! No wonder Ken is in such high demand, he's a great listener and gets right down to the details of what the student needs.

Excellent lesson and thanks for helping me with tricky sentences!

Great tutoring! It's really helpful to be corrected on tricky sentences.