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- Learning Japanese in English
- Learning Japanese in Japanese
- Learning Methods
- Lifestyle
- Popular Japanese Youtubers
- Japanese Kid Shows
- Intermediate to Advanced Listening
- Japanese News Channels
Lessons about Japanese vocabulary, grammar, and culture; spoken primarily in English.
Miku Real Japanese
Content about: Grammar, conversation/listening
Featured playlists: Grammar videos, Japanese listening video, Learn Japanese with Terrace House.
Japanese Ammo with Misa
Content about: Vocabulary, grammar, listening, JLPT Prep
Featured playlists: Japanese Vocabulary & Slang, Listening Practice, NEW Absolute Beginner Japanese Lessons.
Organic Japanese with Cure Dolly
Content about: Vocabulary, grammar
Featured playlists: Japanese Immersion: The organic approach, Japanese Vocabulary and Kanji Hacks: Learn vocabulary the SMART way, Japanese from scratch: the game-changing course in organic.
ToKini Andy
Content about: Genki textbook lessons, learning methods
Featured playlists: 【N5-N4】GENKI Grammar Made Clear 【NO CHAT】, Japanese Conjugation Simplified
JapanesePod 101
Content about: Listening, vocabulary
Featured playlists: Read & Write in Japanese, Japanese Top Words
Lessons about Japanese vocabulary, grammar, and culture; spoken primarily (if not entirely) in Japanese.
Learn Japanese with Tanaka san
Content about: Comprehensible input, listening
Featured playlists: Conversation Practice, Listening Practice.
Comprehensible Japanese
Content about: Comprehensible input, listening
Featured playlists: Comprehensible Japanese Complete Beginner 日本語超初心者, Comprehensible Japanese Beginner 日本語初級, Comprehensible Japanese Intermediate 日本語中級.
三本塾Sambon Juku
Content about: Grammar, listening, JLPT Prep
Featured playlists: 日本語おもしろい！, JLPT N3, JLPT N2, JLPT N1.
もしもしゆうすけ
Content about: Conversations, listening, vlogging
Featured playlists: Conversation Series, Monologue Series.
Nihongo to Tabi
Content about: Japanese grammar, Japanese by theme
Featured playlists: テーマ別日本語（Japanese by theme), 文法（JLPT N3 Grammar)
日本語の森 - Nihongo no Mori
Content about: JLPT prep, grammar
Featured playlists: JLPT N3, N2文法 || N2 Grammar.
Onomappu
Content about: Onomatopoeia, how to learn japanese, Japanese culture in easy japanese
Featured playlists: Onomatopoeia All Videos
These Youtubers talk more about the different ways in which you can learn the japanese language and how they went about learning japanese. They also might provide helpful resources or tutorials.
Matt vs. Japan
Content about: Immersion learning, learning resources, interviews
Featured playlists: Interviews, Pitch Accent, Theory (start here).
Stevijs 3
Content about: JLPT N1, immersion learning, learning resources, time tracking
Lindie Botes
Content about: Language learning, JLPT prep
Featured playlists: 日本語 | Japanese 🇯🇵, Language motivation.
These youtubers talk more about Japanese culture and living in Japan. They also touch upon how they studied (or study) Japanese.
KemushiChan ロレッタ
Content about: Life in Japan, how to learn japanese, conversations
Featured playlists: Speaking Japanese w/ Strangers | Travel Vlogs w/ KemushiChan, School Vlogs // Japanese University & Grad School.
Boomlore
Content about: Life in Japan, how to learn japanese, JLPT prep methods
Featured playlists: JAPAN VLOGS by Loretta & Boomer
Japanese youtubers who are the most popular in Japan. They speak primarily (or only) in Japanese. Good listening practice for intermediate to advanced learners, but they very often (if not always) provide English subtitles.
はじめしゃちょー（hajime）
Content about: Variety, comedy
Featured playlists: 100万円企画, 2ndチャンネル!!チャンネル登録してね！)Д)･;,`.
Yuka Kinoshita木下ゆうか
Content about: Food (Mukbang)
Featured playlists: 大食いチャレンジ, 気になる商品食べてみたよ.
Immersion content (comprehensible input) for beginner to intermediate learners.
Immersion content for upper intermediate to advanced learners.
Listening for upper intermediate to advanced.
