Meet the teachers at our online Japanese school for kids
Who will your child
learn with?
The teachers at TOMODACHI JAPAN passed a roughly 2% selective hiring process. Run by NIJIN Inc. — which operates its own teacher communities for elementary and middle-school educators (“Jugyou Terasu” & “Chugakkou Terasu,” with 1,200+ teachers trained) — our team is trained to put safety, warmth and real dialogue first.
Principal
Tatsuro Hoshino ほしの たつろう
Principal- Role
- Principal & overall school direction
- Background
- CEO of NIJIN Inc. Founded NIJIN Academy (800+ students) and serves as its principal. As a JICA volunteer, spent two years in Guatemala, made 5,000 friends and became fluent in Spanish. Developed Japan’s first method to make public education “portable” — bringing real, face-to-face-quality dialogue online. That work received the Prime Minister’s Award and was featured on NHK and TV Asahi. Now learning English while taking on overseas ventures.
- Dream
- To realize world peace through education.
- To the kids
- Let’s become friends, in Japanese. See you in the metaverse campus!
- To parents
- We don’t teach, push or test. We’re building a school where your child discovers the joy of connecting in Japanese.
Teachers
Nike-sensei にけ先生
Teacher- Qualifications
- Registered Japanese-language teacher / 4 years as a junior-high Japanese (kokugo) teacher / junior- & senior-high teaching license (Japanese)
- To the kids
- Let’s make lots of friends!
- To parents
- I’ll help your children smile more.
- Loves
- Travel, anime
- Languages
- Japanese
Aotari-sensei あおたり先生
Teacher- Qualifications
- 3 years as a junior-high English teacher / junior- & senior-high teaching license (English)
- To the kids
- Let’s connect with everyone in Japan!
- To parents
- Through Japanese, let’s widen your child’s world.
- Loves
- Travelling abroad
- Languages
- Japanese, English
No-chan-sensei のーちゃん先生
Teacher- Qualifications
- 1 year as a school social worker (experience supporting children of foreign roots) / 2.5 years living abroad (Africa) / experience as an online Japanese teacher
- To the kids
- Let’s enjoy learning Japanese together!
- To parents
- We don’t just deliver words — we nurture hearts.
- Loves
- Days out, cooking
- Languages
- Japanese, Swahili, English, Luganda
Our team keeps growing. If you’d like to teach with us, see the Join us page.