Rumiko
NativeAmazingTalker · Japan
grammar /speaking /EIKEN test
- Native
- 1 lessons
- Not listed
- German +5
- No reviews yet
- Not shown
Teaches A1–B2
- Speaks your language
- Exam prep
- Business
- Kids
$18/h
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5,507 tutors · 12 platforms
Online Japanese tutors, compared
A 60-minute online Japanese lesson costs $20 at the median, across the 5,507 tutors we track on 12 platforms. Most tutors charge between $14 and $27 per hour. Trial lessons typically cost $5.00. Native speakers charge a median of $20 per hour, versus $20 for non-native tutors.
$20/h
Median / hour
$14–$27
Typical range
$5.00
Trial lesson
5,507
on 12 platforms
Compare Japanese tutors
2,093 tutors match. Prices are per 60-minute lesson; you book directly on each platform.
Native
Masaya
NativeAmazingTalker · Japan
🎓 11 yrs Experience | Conversa
- 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 $4.40
中村恵理子
NativeAmazingTalker · Japan
🎓 8 yrs Experience | Kids Engl
- Native
- New tutor
- Not listed
- English +1
- No reviews yet
- Not shown
- Speaks your language
- Business
- Kids
- Beginners
$20/h
Book on AmazingTalker(opens in a new tab)Trial $2.20
김혜수
AmazingTalker · South Korea
🎓 Korean Teacher | Conversatio
- Upper intermediate (B2)
- New tutor
- Professional teacher
- Korean +1
- No reviews yet
- Not shown
Teaches A1–A2
- Speaks your language
- Exam prep
- Business
- Kids
$11/h
Book on AmazingTalker(opens in a new tab)Trial $1.10
Daon
NativeAmazingTalker · South Korea
🌸 Japanese | Travel | Talk
- Native
- New tutor
- Not listed
- Korean +3
- No reviews yet
- Not shown
Teaches A1–A2
- Speaks your language
- Business
- Kids
- Beginners
$9.24/h
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Naomi
AmazingTalker · Taiwan
🎓 TCSOL | Conversational Chine
- Advanced (C1)
- 1 lessons
- Professional teacher
- Chinese
- No reviews yet
- Not shown
Teaches A1–C2
- Beginners
- Everyday admin & immigration
$20/h
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Kim
AmazingTalker · South Korea
🎓 TESOL | 한국어회화 💼
- Upper intermediate (B2)
- New tutor
- Not listed
- Korean
- No reviews yet
- Not shown
Teaches A1–A2
- Business
- Beginners
- Everyday admin & immigration
$11/h
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Hyosung
AmazingTalker · South Korea
🎓 TESOL | Business English 💼
- Advanced (C1)
- New tutor
- Not listed
- Korean +1
- No reviews yet
- Not shown
- Speaks your language
- Business
- Kids
- Beginners
$11/h
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Kevin
AmazingTalker · Taiwan
Speaking & Child
- Fluent (C2)
- New tutor
- Not listed
- Chinese +3
- No reviews yet
- Not shown
Teaches A2–C2
- Speaks your language
- Exam prep
- Business
- Kids
$22/h
Book on AmazingTalker(opens in a new tab)Trial $8.80
Nao
NativeAmazingTalker · Japan
🗣 Conversational English 👶
- Native
- New tutor
- Not listed
- English +6
- No reviews yet
- Not shown
- Speaks your language
- Exam prep
- Kids
- Beginners
$25/h
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Eileen
NativeAmazingTalker · Japan
Chinese Fun🎉|Fundamentals😊
- Native
- 1 lessons
- Not listed
- Chinese +1
- No reviews yet
- Not shown
Teaches A1–A2
- Speaks your language
- Business
- Kids
- Beginners
$26/h
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Jane
AmazingTalker · Taiwan
Conversation|Hobby
- Fluent (C2)
- New tutor
- Professional teacher
- Chinese +2
- No reviews yet
- Not shown
- Speaks your language
- Exam prep
- Business
- Beginners
$37/h
Book on AmazingTalker(opens in a new tab)Trial $6.60
Santiago
AmazingTalker · Colombia
Conversational English | Kids
- Intermediate (B1)
- New tutor
- Not listed
- Spanish +2
- No reviews yet
- Not shown
- Speaks your language
- Business
- Kids
- Beginners
$5.28/h
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"Meet
AmazingTalker · China
Conversational✨🗣️Advanced
- Fluent (C2)
- New tutor
- Not listed
- Cantonese +2
- No reviews yet
- Not shown
Teaches A1–C2
- Speaks your language
- Exam prep
- Business
- Kids
$24/h
Book on AmazingTalker(opens in a new tab)Trial $6.60
Christy
AmazingTalker · China
Major in Applied languages
- Fluent (C2)
- New tutor
- Not listed
- Cantonese +3
- No reviews yet
- Not shown
Teaches A1–A2
- Speaks your language
- Exam prep
- Business
- Kids
$15/h
Book on AmazingTalker(opens in a new tab)Trial $2.20
Felix
AmazingTalker · China
🌟 Kids English | 1 yr Experien
- Fluent (C2)
- 1 lessons
- Not listed
- Chinese +1
- No reviews yet
- Not shown
- Speaks your language
- Exam prep
- Business
- Kids
$15/h
Book on AmazingTalker(opens in a new tab)Trial $2.20
Rayza
NativeAmazingTalker · Peru
🗣 日本語会話｜旅行 ✈️
- Native
- 2 lessons
- Not listed
- Spanish
- No reviews yet
- Not shown
Teaches A2
- Kids
- Beginners
- Everyday admin & immigration
$6.60/h
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Judy醬
AmazingTalker · Taiwan
🎓 TESOL | Conversation 👶
- Fluent (C2)
- New tutor
- Not listed
- Chinese +3
- No reviews yet
- Not shown
- Speaks your language
- Exam prep
- Business
- Kids
$41/h
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Kevin
AmazingTalker · China
Reading|HSK|Basic
- Fluent (C2)
- New tutor
- Professional teacher
- Chinese +3
- No reviews yet
- Not shown
Teaches A2–C2
- Speaks your language
- Exam prep
- Business
- Kids
$20/h
Book on AmazingTalker(opens in a new tab)Trial $5.50
Sara
AmazingTalker · Taiwan
Travel Chinese/Fun Chinese
- Fluent (C2)
- New tutor
- Professional teacher
- Chinese +1
- No reviews yet
- Not shown
Teaches A1–A2
- Speaks your language
- Exam prep
- Business
- Kids
$20/h
Book on AmazingTalker(opens in a new tab)Trial $3.30
Prachi
NativeAmazingTalker · India
Prachi Jain/3 years experiance
- Native
- 1 lessons
- Professional teacher
- English +1
- No reviews yet
- Not shown
Teaches A2
- Speaks your language
- Exam prep
- Business
- Kids
$20/h
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Doris
AmazingTalker · Taiwan
HSK｜TOCFL｜Travel｜Conversation
- Fluent (C2)
- 2 lessons
- Not listed
- Chinese +3
- No reviews yet
- Not shown
Teaches A2
- Speaks your language
- Exam prep
- Business
- Kids
$34/h
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近藤恵理
NativeAmazingTalker · Japan
🗣 Oral English | Business
- Native
- New tutor
- Not listed
- English
- No reviews yet
- Not shown
- Speaks your language
- Exam prep
- Business
- Kids
$12/h
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Kaz
NativeAmazingTalker · Japan
🎓 Certified Japanese Teacher |
- Native
- New tutor
- Professional teacher
- English
- No reviews yet
- Not shown
Teaches A1–C2
- Speaks your language
- Exam prep
- Business
- Kids
$12/h
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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 | 1,085 | $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 | 51 | $34 | $27–$42 | 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, 5265 tutors
Native speakers
$20Middle 50% between $14 and $27, 3170 tutors
Non-native
$20Middle 50% between $15 and $27, 2095 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, 1085 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 $42, 51 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
- Japan3,348 / 5,507
- Taiwan151 / 5,507
- China120 / 5,507
- South Korea63 / 5,507
Hong Kong SAR China53 / 5,507
United States31 / 5,507
Philippines14 / 5,507
Spain12 / 5,507
Japanese tutors: FAQ
Across 5,265 Japanese tutors with a listed price, the median is $20 for a 60-minute lesson. Most prices fall between $10 and $36 per hour.
Cafetalk has the lowest median price for Japanese tutors in our data: $11 per hour, and a quarter of its tutors charge $7.65 or less.
Not really: native Japanese speakers charge a median of $20 per hour, while non-native tutors charge $20. We list 3,410 native speakers.
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 track 5,507 Japanese tutors on Tusclases / FindTutors, italki, AmazingTalker, Preply, Cafetalk, and Engoo. Tusclases / FindTutors has the most choice, with 1,481 tutors.
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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