Award-Winning Japanese Tutors
serving Greensboro, NC

Growing up attending the Japanese Weekend School of New Jersey while enrolled in American public schools, Hidefusa developed native-level fluency in both languages and a deep understanding of where English speakers stumble with Japanese. He teaches everything from hiragana and katakana basics to kanji recognition, particle usage, and keigo (formal speech) — drawing on the bilingual instincts of someone who has lived in both linguistic worlds.

I am particularly passionate about math as well as standardized test prep. I studied math on a double-accelerated track throughout middle school and high school, covering math from algebra to multivariable calculus. Aside from teaching academic subjects, I am also trained in playing the piano and violin, having taken lessons for piano from the ages of 4 to 18 and playing violin in my school orchestra from 5th to 12th grade. I love working with students to improve their skills in an area of study, and my favorite part is getting to see them gain confidence in themselves and their own abilities!

As an Asian Studies major at Duke, Caitlin engages with Japanese language in an academic context that goes beyond textbook dialogues — she understands how kanji, hiragana, and katakana each function within the writing system and why particles like は and が trip up English speakers. She walks through sentence structure and honorific levels with cultural context that makes the grammar patterns memorable.

Brian prepared for and took the SAT Subject Test in Japanese with Listening, which means he's worked through the grammar structures, kanji recognition, and listening comprehension challenges that define intermediate Japanese study. He approaches language learning with the same systematic thinking he applied to economics and CS at Caltech — breaking down sentence patterns and verb conjugations into logical rules rather than pure memorization.

As a native Japanese speaker with over fifty years of fluency in reading, writing, and conversation, Hatsuki teaches the language the way it's actually used — from particle usage and keigo (honorific speech) to the nuances between hiragana, katakana, and kanji in everyday contexts. She currently lives in the U.S. with her family, giving her a natural understanding of where English speakers stumble with Japanese grammar and pronunciation.

Briana minored in Japanese at Michigan State, giving her a grounded understanding of the language's grammar patterns, particle usage, and writing systems — hiragana, katakana, and introductory kanji. She approaches Japanese as someone who learned it systematically in an academic setting, which means she can explain the "why" behind structures that often confuse English speakers.

I'm currently a freshman at Brown University. I will most likely triple major in Ancient Greek & Sanskrit, Latin, and Japanese. I have had lots of experience tutoring those around me, such as friends, peers, and class mates, and I have always enjoyed seeing their progress as students. My tutoring experiences include after-school assistance to those struggling in Ancient Greek at my former high school, to helping Juniors and Sophomores help ace the SAT. My specialty is language and history, with an emphasis on Japanese, English, Latin, US history and World History, but I am also more than happy to help out those struggling with Algebra and Geometry. As someone who was once an ESL student himself, I believe that a good education rests upon the ability to comprehend, interact, and apply ideas. Besides academic matters, I am also fond of running, calisthenics, and Enka music.

Linguistics training gives Andrew a structural advantage when teaching Japanese — he understands how languages build meaning differently, which matters when explaining why particles replace prepositions or why verbs land at the end of every sentence. His background in Korean and German means he's personally navigated multiple grammar systems far removed from English, and he applies that comparative instinct to make Japanese word order and conjugation feel logical rather than arbitrary.

Rachel's International Relations coursework exposes her to multiple language systems and cross-cultural communication, which she channels into teaching Japanese fundamentals like hiragana recognition, basic particle usage, and everyday vocabulary. Her relaxed, adaptive style — reflected in a 5.0 rating — is especially useful for beginners who tense up when faced with an entirely new writing system and unfamiliar grammar order.

Jacob's degree in East Asian Languages and Civilizations from the University of Chicago means his Japanese instruction is rooted in deep study of the culture, history, and linguistic traditions behind the language. He connects vocabulary and grammar to their cultural logic — explaining why certain verb endings carry social weight or how kanji compounds reflect Chinese origins — giving students a richer understanding than drills alone provide. Rated 5.0 by students.

Though her degrees are in biology and science education, Sarah lists Japanese among her interests and brings a teacher's instinct for breaking complex systems into learnable parts — useful when students are wrestling with hiragana stroke order or the logic behind particle placement. Her 5.0 rating and four years of classroom teaching mean she knows how to pace a lesson and adjust when something isn't landing.

Having taught himself Japanese alongside his formal studies in public policy and education, James knows firsthand where English speakers get tripped up — especially with particles, basic verb conjugation, and the leap from hiragana to katakana. His education background means he's trained to spot where understanding breaks down and adjust his explanations on the fly, which is exactly what beginners need when nothing about Japanese grammar maps onto what they already know.