HW
AmazingTalker · China
🎓 Teaching Credential | Conver
- Fluent (C2)
- New tutor
- Professional teacher
- Cantonese +2
- No reviews yet
- Not shown
- Speaks your language
- Business
- Kids
- Beginners
$6.60/h
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5,422 tutors · 12 platforms
Cheap Japanese tutors under $14 an hour
The most affordable quarter of Japanese tutors charge $14 per hour or less: 1,318 tutors across 12 platforms. For comparison, the overall median is $20. Trial lessons typically cost $5.00. Native speakers charge a median of $20 per hour, versus $20 for non-native tutors.
$11/h
Median / hour
$9.18–$12
Typical range
$5.00
Trial lesson
1,318
on 12 platforms
Compare Japanese tutors
151 tutors match. Prices are per 60-minute lesson; you book directly on each platform.
Ken
NativeAmazingTalker · Japan
💬 Conversational English 🎯
- Native
- 7 lessons
- Not listed
- English +1
- No reviews yet
- Not shown
Teaches A1–C2
- Speaks your language
- Exam prep
- Business
- Beginners
$12/h
Book on AmazingTalker(opens in a new tab)Trial $1.10
Haru15yrs
NativeAmazingTalker · Japan
🥇Conversation/JLPT N1/Business
- Native
- New tutor
- Not listed
- English
- No reviews yet
- Not shown
Teaches A1–A2
- Speaks your language
- Exam prep
- Business
- Kids
$12/h
Book on AmazingTalker(opens in a new tab)Trial $1.10
Yukako
NativeAmazingTalker · Japan
Laos🇱🇦/Taiwan🇹🇼 Teaching Exp.
- Native
- New tutor
- Professional teacher
- English
- No reviews yet
- Not shown
- Speaks your language
$12/h
Book on AmazingTalker(opens in a new tab)Trial $5.50
Thalia
AmazingTalker · Philippines
Academic, Conversation, Exams
- Intermediate (B1)
- 1 lessons
- Professional teacher
- Filipino +1
- No reviews yet
- Not shown
Teaches A1–C2
- Speaks your language
- Exam prep
- Business
- Kids
$9.24/h
Book on AmazingTalker(opens in a new tab)Trial $1.10
Yuna
AmazingTalker · China
Spoken Course丨FreeConversation
- Advanced (C1)
- 2 lessons
- Professional teacher
- Chinese +3
- No reviews yet
- Not shown
Teaches A2–C2
- Speaks your language
- Beginners
$11/h
Book on AmazingTalker(opens in a new tab)Trial $3.30
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Tiki
NativeAmazingTalker · South Korea
Grammar & Conversation✨
- Native
- 1 lessons
- Not listed
- English +1
- No reviews yet
- Not shown
Teaches A1–C2
- Speaks your language
- Exam prep
- Business
- Beginners
$12/h
Book on AmazingTalker(opens in a new tab)Trial $2.20
"七七
AmazingTalker · China
"Master Chinese🔥
- Advanced (C1)
- New tutor
- Professional teacher
- Chinese +1
- No reviews yet
- Not shown
Teaches A1–C2
- Speaks your language
- Exam prep
$12/h
Book on AmazingTalker(opens in a new tab)Trial $2.20
Ling
AmazingTalker · China
🎓 TCSOL | Business Chinese 💼
- Advanced (C1)
- 1 lessons
- Professional teacher
- Chinese +2
- No reviews yet
- Not shown
Teaches A1–A2
- Speaks your language
- Exam prep
- Business
$9.24/h
Book on AmazingTalker(opens in a new tab)Trial $1.10
王平
AmazingTalker · China
🎓 20年經驗 | 商業中文 基礎中文 ✍️ HSK考試
- Upper intermediate (B2)
- New tutor
- Not listed
- Chinese
- No reviews yet
- Not shown
Teaches A1–C2
- Exam prep
- Business
- Everyday admin & immigration
$6.60/h
Book on AmazingTalker(opens in a new tab)Trial $1.10
I'm
AmazingTalker · China
Children (6-11)|TCTE|Basic
- Advanced (C1)
- New tutor
- Not listed
- Chinese +1
- No reviews yet
- Not shown
Teaches A1–A2
- Speaks your language
- Exam prep
- Business
- Kids
$13/h
Book on AmazingTalker(opens in a new tab)Trial $2.20
Idiom
NativeAmazingTalker · Japan
for bigginer specialist
- Native
- 6 lessons
- Not listed
- English +1
- No reviews yet
- Not shown
Teaches A1–A2
- Speaks your language
- Business
- Kids
- Beginners
$13/h
Book on AmazingTalker(opens in a new tab)Trial $2.20
Jiyu
AmazingTalker · South Korea
🗣 Conversational Japanese ✈️
- Upper intermediate (B2)
- New tutor
- Not listed
- Korean +1
- No reviews yet
- Not shown
Teaches A1–A2
- Speaks your language
- Business
- Kids
- Beginners
$11/h
Book on AmazingTalker(opens in a new tab)Trial $1.10
Carmela
AmazingTalker · Philippines
🎓 TEFL | Conversation 💼
- Beginner (A1)
- New tutor
- Professional teacher
- Cebuano +5
- No reviews yet
- Not shown
- Speaks your language
- Business
- Kids
- Beginners
$3.96/h
Book on AmazingTalker(opens in a new tab)Trial $1.10
Christian
AmazingTalker · Philippines
✨ Conversational English 👶
- Fluent (C2)
- New tutor
- Not listed
- English +3
- No reviews yet
- Not shown
- Speaks your language
- Business
- Kids
- Beginners
$7.92/h
Book on AmazingTalker(opens in a new tab)Trial $1.10
Sayaka
AmazingTalker · Philippines
🎌 JLPT N3 | Travel Japanese ✈️
- Beginner (A1)
- New tutor
- Professional teacher
- English
- No reviews yet
- Not shown
Teaches A1–A2
- Speaks your language
- Exam prep
- Business
- Kids
$3.96/h
Book on AmazingTalker(opens in a new tab)Trial $2.20
Blythe
AmazingTalker · Canada
🎌 Conversational Japanese 🗣
- Upper intermediate (B2)
- New tutor
- Not listed
- English
- No reviews yet
- Not shown
Teaches A1–A2
- Speaks your language
- Kids
- Beginners
$9.24/h
Book on AmazingTalker(opens in a new tab)Trial $1.10
Yukiho
NativeAmazingTalker · Japan
🎌 Conversational Japanese 🗣
- Native
- New tutor
- Not listed
- Spanish +1
- No reviews yet
- Not shown
Teaches A1–A2
- Speaks your language
- Business
- Kids
- Beginners
$7.92/h
Book on AmazingTalker(opens in a new tab)Trial $1.10
Hayato
NativeAmazingTalker · Japan
🎓 TESOL | Kids Conversation 👶
- Native
- New tutor
- Not listed
- English +1
- No reviews yet
- Not shown
- Speaks your language
- Business
- Kids
- Beginners
$12/h
Book on AmazingTalker(opens in a new tab)Trial $4.40
Tatsufumi
NativeAmazingTalker · Japan
🎓 TESOL | Conversation 👶
- Native
- New tutor
- Not listed
- English
- No reviews yet
- Not shown
- Speaks your language
- Business
- Kids
- Beginners
$7.92/h
Book on AmazingTalker(opens in a new tab)Trial $1.10
Kazuhiro
NativeAmazingTalker · Japan
🎓 20 yrs | Business English 💼
- Native
- New tutor
- Not listed
- English
- No reviews yet
- Not shown
- Speaks your language
- Business
- Kids
- Beginners
$12/h
Book on AmazingTalker(opens in a new tab)Trial $1.10
Cho
AmazingTalker · South Korea
🗣 Conversational Japanese | Ki
- Fluent (C2)
- New tutor
- Not listed
- Korean
- No reviews yet
- Not shown
Teaches A1–A2
- Business
- Kids
- Beginners
$11/h
Book on AmazingTalker(opens in a new tab)Trial $1.10
Miyu
NativeAmazingTalker · Japan
🎌 Conversational Japanese 🗣
- Native
- New tutor
- Not listed
- English +1
- No reviews yet
- Not shown
Teaches A1–A2
- Speaks your language
- Business
- Kids
- Beginners
$11/h
Book on AmazingTalker(opens in a new tab)Trial $1.10
Kito
NativeAmazingTalker · United States
🎓 TESOL | Business English 💼
- Native
- New tutor
- Not listed
- English
- No reviews yet
- Not shown
- Speaks your language
- Business
- Kids
- Beginners
$11/h
Book on AmazingTalker(opens in a new tab)Trial $1.10
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Japanese tutors by platform
Cafetalk has the lowest median price ($11), while Tusclases / FindTutors offers the most choice (1,481 tutors). Number of tutors, median hourly price and trial policy on each marketplace.
| Platform | Tutors | Median / h | Middle 50% | Avg. rating | Trial lesson | Lesson length |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tusclases / FindTutors | 1,481 | $20 | $16–$27 | 5.0★ | First class free with many tutors | 60 min |
| italki | 1,002 | $18 | $14–$24 | 5.0★ | Discounted trial (30 min) | 30 / 45 / 60 / 90 min |
| AmazingTalker | 904 | $22 | $17–$30 | 5.0★ | Discounted trial (25 min) | 25 / 50 min |
| Preply | 862 | $24 | $18–$36 | 5.0★ | Discounted trial (25 min) | 50 min |
| Cafetalk | 696 | $11 | $7.65–$15 | — | Discounted trial (25 min) | Set by each tutor |
| Engoo | 239 | from $67/month | — | 5.0★ | Free trial (25 min) | 25 min |
| Classgap | 72 | $24 | $17–$30 | 5.0★ | Free trial (20 min) | 60 min |
| Verbling | 69 | $31 | $25–$37 | 5.0★ | Free or discounted trial (30 min) | 60 min |
| Apprentus | 49 | $34 | $27–$41 | 5.0★ | No trial lessons | 60 min |
| Wyzant | 25 | $52 | $40–$70 | 5.0★ | No trial; money-back guarantee on the first hour | 60 min |
| LanguaTalk | 16 | $30 | $26–$33 | 5.0★ | Free or discounted trial (30 min) | 55 min |
| Tutor Hunt | 7 | $56 | $44–$64 | 5.0★ | No trial lessons | 60 min |
How much Japanese tutors charge
Hourly price spread for native and non-native tutors.
All tutors
$20Middle 50% between $14 and $27, 5180 tutors
Native speakers
$20Middle 50% between $14 and $28, 3087 tutors
Non-native
$20Middle 50% between $15 and $27, 2093 tutors
Prices by platform
Median hourly price and spread on each marketplace.
Tusclases / FindTutors
$20Middle 50% between $16 and $27, 1479 tutors
italki
$18Middle 50% between $14 and $24, 1002 tutors
AmazingTalker
$22Middle 50% between $17 and $30, 904 tutors
Preply
$24Middle 50% between $18 and $36, 862 tutors
Cafetalk
$11Middle 50% between $7.65 and $15, 695 tutors
Classgap
$24Middle 50% between $17 and $30, 72 tutors
Verbling
$31Middle 50% between $25 and $37, 69 tutors
Apprentus
$34Middle 50% between $27 and $41, 49 tutors
Wyzant
$52Middle 50% between $40 and $70, 25 tutors
LanguaTalk
$30Middle 50% between $26 and $33, 16 tutors
Tutor Hunt
$56Middle 50% between $44 and $64, 7 tutors
Where Japanese tutors are from
- Japan3,267 / 5,422
Taiwan151 / 5,422- China120 / 5,422
- South Korea63 / 5,422
Hong Kong SAR China53 / 5,422- United States31 / 5,422
- Philippines14 / 5,422
Spain12 / 5,422
Japanese tutors: FAQ
The cheapest quarter of Japanese tutors in our directory charge $14 per hour or less (1,318 tutors). Community tutors and non-native speakers are usually the most affordable, and many offer discounted trial lessons.
Across 5,180 Japanese tutors with a listed price, the median is $20 for a 60-minute lesson. Most prices fall between $10 and $36 per hour.
Yes. The median trial lesson costs $5.00. Trials are offered on italki, AmazingTalker, Preply, Cafetalk, and Engoo, usually for 25–30 minutes, and some tutors give them for free.
We read the public profile of every tutor listed on the marketplaces we cover and refresh it daily. Prices are converted to US dollars at European Central Bank rates and normalised to a 60-minute lesson. Platforms can't pay to rank higher.
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How we collect this data
We collect public profile facts (name, photo, languages, price, rating) from tutoring marketplaces and refresh them daily. Prices are normalised to a 60-minute lesson in US dollars. Ratings and reviews belong to each marketplace. Subscription platforms have no per-tutor price.
Updated September 29, 2026
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