WHO WE ARE

Tokyo Academics is the passion project of a constellation of teachers, researchers, and academics in Tokyo, Japan. Since 2012, we’ve evolved from a few university friends teaching over a restaurant in Nakameguro, to a growing number of part-time and full-time individuals located in a share office, to what we are now: an organization of experts deeply passionate about helping students meet their potential and capture the opportunities of the future.

OUR VALUES

Tokyo Academics knows, from experience, that passion and education combine powerfully. 

  • We know that inspired students can accomplish far more than they are typically expected to do at a particular grade or age.
  • We see that success in today’s world requires training students to be truly exceptional thinkers and doers.
  • We understand that our students will be competing on a world stage in the future, and their preparation needs to be competitive at a global level.
  • We aim to foster intellectual curiosity and pair it with practical skills-based teaching.
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Global Standards

The world is growing closer and closer. Your competition isn’t your neighbor: it’s the Academic Olympian from the next country and continent over. Elite university admission rates are at 5%. What are you doing to stay on top?

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Inspired Learning

Students accomplish more than we expect when they’re inspired, and constraints are pulled away. Foster the flame of their intellectual curiosity, then get out of the way – what students can do will inspire even you.

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Instructor-Mentorship

We aren’t teachers. Our expert instructors are here to provide deep content expertise and role-model habits and attitudes essential for success. Whether you’re working with a JD, MA, PhD, or a BA, we provide the greater context for why academics are important.

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Success Needs Discipline

The greatest talents are wasted without discipline and practice. There are no shortcuts in academics: every new skill and expertise requires practice, practice, and even more practice. Do you have what it takes to upgrade your abilities?

FACULTY & PEOPLE

(partial listing)

Willy

Waseda University

Expertise
SAT, ACT, SAT II Math, Statistics, Mathematics

Language(s)
English, Japanese

Kimberly

Vanderbilt University

Expertise
SAT, ACT, SSAT, ISEE, Mathematics, English

Language(s)
English, Japanese

Taka

Princeton University

Expertise
SAT, ACT, SSAT, ISEE, Writing, Humanities

Language(s)
English, Japanese

Neil

University of California – Berkeley

Expertise
SAT, ACT, SSAT, ISEE, Mathematics, Physics

Language(s)
English

Rei

Harvard University

Expertise
SAT, ACT, SSAT, ISEE, Mathematics, Physics, Humanities

Language(s)
English, Japanese

Taryn

Williams College

Expertise
SAT/ACT, SSAT/ISEE, Literature, Mathematics, Physics

Language(s)
English

Anran

Smith College

Expertise
SAT, ACT, TOEFL, Mathematics, Economics

Language(s)
English, Japanese

Taiga

University of Tokyo

Expertise
SAT, ACT, Biology, Mathematics, History

Language(s)
English, Japanese

Dustin

Harvard University

Expertise
SAT, ACT, SSAT, ISEE, English, Mathematics

Language(s)
English

Douglas

University of Washington

Expertise
SAT, ACT, SSAT, ISEE, English, Mathematics

Language(s)
English

Subo

University of Cambridge

Expertise
English, Writing, History, Social Sciences

Language(s)
English, Japanese

Riko

Northwestern University

Expertise
SAT, ACT, SSAT, ISEE, Biology, Physics, Chemistry, English

Language(s)
English, Japanese

Donald

University of Chicago

Expertise
SAT, ACT, SSAT, ISEE, Reading, Writing, Mathematics

Language(s)
English

Mark

Harvard University

Expertise
SAT, ACT, SSAT, ISEE, Mathematics, Biology, English

Language(s)
English

Ash

Harvard University

Expertise
SAT, ACT, SSAT, ISEE, English, Humanities

Language(s)
English

Eriko

University of Tokyo

Expertise
SAT, ACT, SSAT, ISEE, Biology, Mathematics

Language(s)
English, Japanese

James

University of Tokyo

Expertise
Mathematics, Physics, Computer Science, SAT, SAT Subject Tests

Language(s)
English

Evan

University of California – Davis

Expertise
SAT, ACT, SSAT, ISEE, Mathematics, Statistics, English

Language(s)
English

Michael

Dartmouth College

Expertise
Creative and Academic Writing, English, Admissions Essays

Language(s)
English, Japanese

Clara

University of British Columbia

Expertise
English, Academic and Creative Writing, Humanities

Language(s)
English

Varun

University of Tsukuba

Expertise
SAT/ACT, Mathematics, Physics, Chemistry

Language(s)
English, Japanese

Tyler

Columbia University

Expertise
SAT/ACT, SSAT/ISEE, Critical Thinking, Mathematics, English

Language(s)
English, Japanese

Sam

Oxford University

Expertise
SAT/ACT, SSAT/ISEE, English, Reading, Mathematics

Language(s)
English