From “I understand”
to “I can solve it myself.”

Leave the studying
entirely in my hands.

Standing between the student and the family like an older brother they can consult, I build the curriculum from the goal, fix things in the lesson and help with choosing a cram school too. The family does not have to carry it alone: this plan lets you hand the whole of studying over to me.

Ask about the all-in plan

Sitting beside the student
shows why they get stuck.

Listening alone rarely reveals the real cause of a difficulty. I watch how a student actually works through a problem—the method, the small slips, the habits—and only then decide what comes next.

After a gap year, I entered the University of Tokyo through recommendation-based admission. That experience taught me how to work backwards from a goal and how to rebuild a plan when progress stalls. In tutoring, I go beyond solving problems during the lesson: study plans, use of materials and review methods are tailored to each student.

Understanding is only the first step.
The goal is for a student to reproduce the process independently. I aim to be someone both the student and their family can consult without hesitation.

1. Understand the starting point

   I look at understanding, temperament and daily routine, and we find where progress is stalling.

2. Build the plan

   Working backwards from the goal, I set out which materials to work on in the coming week and how far to go in each.

3. Fix it in the lesson

   An explanation is not the end: I check that the student can solve the problem again unaided.

4. Review

   I check what has been retained, then adjust the actions and review method before the next lesson.

5. Share with the family

   Lesson progress and next steps are shared so the family understands the situation too.

Detours and recoveries—
I have been through them myself.

I began researching boxer crabs in high school and received the JSEC 2020 Award for Excellence. After a gap year, I was admitted to the University of Tokyo on my second recommendation-based application. I now continue research in the Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences while working as a professional tutor.

I currently teach through several tutoring services, private engagements and Todai Bansou. Each service has its own structure and students, so I choose an approach that fits the student and family instead of applying a single fixed method. The articles and programmes below have covered that path.

• 2024.04Toyo Keizai OnlineThe road to the University of Tokyo through a second recommendation-based application after a gap year (in Japanese)Read the article
• 2026.01The University of Tokyo Newspaper, “Campus People”From boxer crab research to the launch of the education service Todai Bansou (in Japanese)Read the article
• 2024.12Career lecture at my alma mater, Salesio GakuinA talk on my career path and inquiry-based work, for students from the third year of junior high to the second year of high school (in Japanese)View the record
• 2024.12NHK Educational TV, “Opening the Door to Science”Appeared on a programme in which seven University of Tokyo science students describe what first drew them to science (in Japanese)View the record

See the boxer crab research

Start by telling me
where things stand.

Tell me the student's year, goals and what is difficult right now. The quickest route is the official LINE account. If you prefer e-mail, use the box below; I will read it, reply and think through the right form of tutoring with you.

See what the all-in plan (75,000 yen a month) covers

Questions, big or small,
on LINE.

The official LINE account is the fastest way to reach me about tutoring. After adding it, send a line about the student's year, goals and what is difficult right now. I reply myself.

Ask on the official LINE accountAfter adding us, send a line about the year and goals

E-mail also works: shonan@aiconication.com.

I teach there, and appear in the videos.

At Todai Bansou I teach students as a tutor. In its launch period I also helped plan, appear in and edit the channel's videos.

MOST VIEWED — How grade-four scores carry forward Why early childhood matters in junior-high entrance examinations Rebuilding a summer study plan Rethinking summer-course homework Strength beyond the entrance exam Finding a path through three axes Questions about entrance exams A better day during summer courses What happens after entrance exams Turning interest into progress

Open the Todai Bansou channel

Todai Bansou official accounts

The official site and social accounts.

Todai Bansou — Official Sitetodai-bansou.comOPEN Todai Bansou on X@todai_bansouOPEN Chugaku Juken Navi (Junior-high entrance exam guide)Threads · @juken_bansouOPEN

Not only teaching:
I also helped run and promote the launch.

I joined Todai Bansou at its zero-revenue launch. Teaching students is the core of what I do there, but I also carried what parents and students told me back into its outreach: running X and Threads, planning and editing YouTube videos with the editing experience I gained at QuizKnock, and helping train tutors.

Rather than dressing this record up with revenue or performance figures, I have documented what I thought through, built and improved from zero.