I am Hippolyte. I am a 34 years old Frenchman who is currently Living in Tokyo. I am a student in Japanese. I grew up in Normandie but I have studied and worked in Paris. I studied fine arts at the university and media and governance in Japan. I could speak French, English, a bit of Japanese and I still have some leftover Spanish in the corner of my head! One of my grand-father was Italian but my mother did not teach me Italian so after Japanese, I would like to learn Italian !

Hi everyone! I'm Sizz. I'm currently working as a Korean tutor on Cafetalk. I majored in Japanese and Chinese when I was in college. Right after graduation, I studied for a Master's degree in 'Peace Studies'. I love studying languages, so I'm trying my best to prepare quality lessons every day.

My hometown is a super small town in Florida called Shalimar, but it's very close to the beautiful beach city of Destin, Florida (so let's just say I'm from there!). Where I'm from, everybody knows everyone. For example, if I go to the grocery store with my mom, I will expect to hear the phrase, "Fancy seein' you here!" about 50 times.

Hello! My name is Shiho and I currently reside in Germany. I completed my Japanese teacher training course in August 2022, and have been teaching mainly Japanese lessons on Cafetalk since September 2022. I also have experience studying in Germany, so I offer consulting sessions as well as German language lessons.

Although it has only been two months since I started teaching at Cafetalk, I am very much looking forward to meeting people from all walks of life. When I listen to their stories, I am deeply moved by the way each person faces themselves and tries their best to live their life. When I hear my returning clients tell me that they feel better or refreshed after my session, it makes me glad that I chose this job.

Hello. I am Elena, and I am a Cafetalk tutor. I was born in Russia but grew up in Japan. Next year will be my 30th year in Japan. I can speak Japanese, Korean, Russian, and English. Because of my appearance, people often speak to me in English when they meet me for the first time (^^;

Hello everyone, I am Nai. I am from Taichung, Taiwan, and I currently live in Hualien. I studied Chinese in university, and multicultural education in graduate school. I used to work as an editor for books and websites, but I currently work as a Chinese language teacher at a university and online. I am rejoiced to be able to interact with all of you on Cafetalk. I look forward to meeting you.

My father studied in New York when he was younger, so we had many jazz records that he bought there, and they were often played at home. He often took me to concerts as well. I was very fortunate in terms of having access to music, and I am grateful to my parents for that. Because of this environment, I naturally became interested in music myself. When I was a child, I had a yearning to be a classical pianist, but I found myself becoming a jazz singer.

I loved to draw, play make-believe, and play the piano as a child. I remember that when I was in my senior year of kindergarten, there was a costume parade based on the theme of my future dream, and I decided that I wanted to be a teacher at a daycare center. My mother made me an apron and puppet doll, and I walked around wearing a sun visor and a whistle. Who would have thought that 15 years later I would be working in the same place, as a teacher...!

Hello! Thank you for having me. I am Japanese, but I lived in Taiwan for 6 years when I was a kid. Thanks to that experience, I am very interested in languages, and now I am working as a Japanese Tutor here at Cafetalk. I try to make Japanese language lessons fun and interesting for my students. In my conversation lessons, I use my own material to help students learn about real spoken Japanese and about Japanese culture and society.