Teacher Profiles

Mineko Arai 新井峰子

Managing Director

-Has been teaching for 18 years.

-Was selected as the BEST online tutor.

-Established Arai Academy of Japanese Studies in 2014.

-Taught at the UK universities and the Foreign and Commonwealth Office.

-Holds an MA in Applied Japanese Linguistics & MBA in Education Management. (University of London. UK)

Michiko Kimura 木村美智子

Speaking Lesson Teacher

-Has been teaching for 8 years.

-Taught at  the Language Centre of the University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands

 -Holds the Post Graduate Diploma in Japanese Teaching. (Institute of International Education in London, UK)

Mariko Yamamoto 山本真理子

Business Japanese Professional

-Has been teaching for 9 years.

-Was the COO of a company with 2000+ employees for ten years

-Holds the Certificate of Japanese Language Teaching. (World Japanese Language Centre, Sydney, Australia)

Yuriko Nakamura 中村有里子

Speaking Lesson Teacher

-Has been teaching for 10 years.

-Taught at Mordern Langauge department at university in Istabul

-Holds an MA in Foreign Language Teaching - Japanese (Canakkale Onsekiz Mart University)

Toshihide Hariki 梁木俊秀

Speaking Lesson Teacher

-Has been teaching for 3 years.

-Taught at Shimaguni Language School, Brighton, UK

-Holds a Japanese Teaching Certificate at the World Japanese Language Centre, Sydney, Australia