MEET OUR ONLINE TEACHERS
Our online teachers are bilinguals of English and Japanese. They are also qualified and experienced native Japanese teachers who are passionate about helping students to improve their Japanese language skills and understanding of the culture. Many of our online teachers are based in Japan, so you can ask current trend and life in Japan to prepare for the day you visit or live in Japan!
MIE sensei
AD of Psychology and Human Relations
Cert. Japanese Language Teaching
From：Nagoya
Hobby: Ballet, Yoga, Singing, Music, Drawing, Movie, K-drama, Traveling, Japanese tea ceremony, Reading,
I became a certified teacher in 2022. Although my Japanese teaching experience is not very long, my various careers have involved providing many lectures on wine, antique jewelry, aromatherapy, health and beauty. I also have 6 years of experience teaching English.
Message for students
I would love to help you to learn Japanese and expand your curiosity for Japanese culture!
MIHARU sensei
Bachelor of International Culture
Cert. Japanese Language Teaching
From : Shizuoka
Hobby: Cat, Erhu, Reading, Ringfit, Yoga, watching Netflix, Language (English and Chinese)
I have been teaching Japanese since 2019. I enjoy having conversation in Japanese with students and seeing them improving their Japanese skill.
Message for students
I have experience working in an office for a Japanese company. If you want to know, please ask me anything about Japan and Japanese companies. Let's enjoy learning Japanese together!
MIKI sensei
Bachelor’s Degree: Liberal Arts, Japanese Language Teaching Qualification
Certified Registered Japanese Language Teacher, TESOL
From: Kanagawa
Hobbies: Volleyball, Japanese Taiko drumming, collecting goshuin (temple and shrine stamps), watching sumo wrestling
I have taught Japanese to students who aim to work or pursue further studies in Japan.
While studying at university, I had the opportunity to teach Japanese to high school and university students from overseas. This experience sparked my interest in teaching Japanese abroad, which led me to come to Australia.
I would be delighted to share not only the joy and uniqueness of the Japanese language, but also Japanese culture and customs with everyone.
Message for Students:
Thank you for taking an interest in Japan and the Japanese language.
I truly love Australia—and I also truly love Japan!
Being able to share what I love about Japan with all of you who live in this wonderful country, Australia, brings me great happiness.
Let’s enjoy learning together—not only the language, but also the culture and everyday life in Japan.
And please, I would love for you to tell me lots about Australia as well.
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HARUKA sensei
Bachelor of Psychology
Cert. Japanese Language Teaching
From : Hiroshima
Hobby: baking(I like making 食パン (Japanese bread) the best),swimming,eating(I'm big fan of Vegemite toast.), travel, and petting aanimal.
I first visited Brisbane in 2016and I loved the kindness of people, the beauty of places and Aussie culture. And I had a strong desire to visit Brisbane again. Finally, I was able to come to Brisbane 2023.
When I was first visit, I studied English and culture in Australia and I became big fan of Australia.It's my turn to teach you Japanese, Japanese culture, history and Attractiveness of Japan!
Message for students
Thank you for your interest in Japanese. I'm very happy to be able to study with you.
I hope you will like Japan more through the lesson at BJLC School. Let's enjoy Japanese together!!
HIRO sensei
Bachelor of Economics
Cert. Japanese Language Teaching
From : Tokyo
Hobby: Sports and cooking
Before coming to Brisbane in 2020, I have lived in Singapore for 23 years. (I have been visiting Brisbane from Singapore every year. I love Brisbane.)
I have started teaching Japanese more than 10 years ago.
I really enjoy sharing the knowledge and culture through Japanese study and conversation. I am really happy to meet and talk those who are studying Japanese vividly with bright-eyes.
I like all kinds of sports, such as tennis, golf, swimming and so forth. Recently, I am just watching a game, but I love American football, Rugby, and after coming to Brisbane, I became a fan of AFL.
I also like cooking, especially Italian cuisine. I cook pasta and pizza. I can cook pasta with tomato source, cream source, seafood source and olive oil source. Mmm…Buon appetito!
Message for Students
Let's study Japanese in a fun, cheerful and energetic way.
'Walk together, talk together, all the peoples of the earth. Then and only then shall we have peace.'
MIO sensei
Master in Japanese Language
From：Nagoya
Hobby: Pilates, Mountain climbing, Traveling
I’ve studied teaching Japanese in San Francisco, and taught Japanese in college and university there as a teaching assistant. After that, I’ve worked for Japanese companies and taught in language schools in Japan.
I love this job. All students that I’m in charge are very enthusiastic, so I can put my energy into lessons.
Message for students
The important thing for learning in my lesson is having fun. Talk a lot, make mistakes, and have fun with me! I’m waiting for you to see in my lesson.
TAKAKO sensei
Cert. Japanese Language Teaching
From : Hiroshima
Hobby: Cooking, Travelling Abroad, Language (English & Italian)
I have been teaching Japanese since 2016. I enjoy seeing my students having fun learning Japanese, watching them improve our conversations each time using news skills.
Message for students
Learning a new language can be a long road, but I would like to help you improving your Japanese skills in a fun and enjoyable way, always!