Watching Japanese YouTube channels is one of the most effective ways to learn Japanese. I can’t stress enough how important immersion is in acquiring Japanese, but that’s not what this post is about.
YouTube offers thousands of hours of content that you can use for immersion. However, as a more advanced Japanese learner, finding interesting content that suits your level can be quite difficult.
That’s why in this post, I will show you 19 Japanese YouTube channels for advanced learners of Japanese.
How to Watch Japanese YouTube
First, you should create a new YouTube account that you use for nothing else than watching Japanese videos. By doing that the YouTube algorithm will only show you other Japanese videos.
This will allow you to find more and more content that you find interesting.
Next, you want to find channels to watch. But finding quality content that isn’t just somebody eating 5kg of ramen noodles is quite difficult (just take a look at what’s trending on YouTube Japan…).
That’s why I created this list of Japanese YouTube channels for adcanced learners. I divided them into categories so that it’s easier for you to navigate this post and find channels that you’d be interested in.



Japanese YouTube Channels for Adcanced Learners
Exept for the first category about Japanese news channels I will include the channel name, a video, the amount of subscribers, information on how frequently they post and a link to their channel.
Here’s also a quick overview so that you can click on the category you’re interested in.
The purpose of this post is to provide more advanced learners of Japanese with interesting Japanese channels. So, if you know of any YouTuber that I should include in this list, leave a comment with a link.
Japanese YouTube Channels for Advanced Learners
Japanese News on YouTube
I find that watching Japanese news on youtube is a great way to learn Japanese. The main reasons are that they are relevant, there’s new content every single day and that the Japanese used is rather high-level.
So here are some Japanese news channels on YouTube:
Educational / Book "Review" YouTube Channels
If you like channels like PolyMatter, WendoverProduction, RealLifeLore or Curious Elephant then I have some Japanese ones that are quite similar to those.
There are also many who summerise non-fiction books and animate everything in a nice way.
So here are some educational Japanese YouTube channels.
バフェット太郎の投資チャンネル
Subscribers: 55k
Frequency: 3 times a week
Link: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCQPPXy9LCznUQHHG_kh6Bpg
サラタメさん【サラリーマンYouTuber】
Subscribers: 386k
Frequency: once per week
Link: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCaG7jufgiw4p5mphPPVbqhw
アバタロー
Subscribers: 76k
Frequency: once per week
Link: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCduDJ6s3mMchYMy2HvqalxQ/featured
ディスカバリーチャンネル
Subscribers: 912k
Frequency: ~once per week
Link: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCxbY38ReXW3LbaviWUE4omg
メンタリスト DaiGo
Subscribers: 2 Million
Frequency: more than twice a day
ゾゾ!生き方チャンネル
Japanese Investing / Stocks YouTubers
I’ll now show you some Japanese YouTubers who make videos talking about stock markets and investing in stocks.
PAN米国株投資ちゃんねる
Subscribers: 10k
Frequency: twice a week
Link: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCZZor-8vAs36TUcfdhim2Aw/videos
とも's投資ゼミ
Subscribers: 7k
Frequency: almost daily
Link: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCLd_KPUX_yai_rXMaC90mrA/videos
Japanese History YouTubers
Here are some Japanese YouTube channels about history.
Historia Mundi
Subscribers: 80k
Frequency: ~twice per week
Link: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCzSU4Vjk2VBJFHPvB5SJxHA
あやのんCH
Subscribers: 643
Frequency: 2-3 times a week
Link: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC6FAqiB3YRaZ-P3MSeQL-2Q/featured
Japanese Tech YouTubers
I wasn’t sure whether I should include Japanese tech YouTubers or not because most of the content isn’t that difficult to understand as they’re mainly describing product features. On top of that, most of the words are English loan-words anyway. But I included them for the sake of it.
ギズモード・ジャパン
amity_sensei
Subscribers: 150k
Frequency: twice a week
Link: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCcXtyjK8wagT5LWS5bBgPPQ/featured
Japanese Gym / Fitness YouTubers
Lastly, I will show you some Japanese fitness YouTubers.
筋肉あるある
Subscribers: 62k
Frequency: once a week
Link: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCIzzH3m7wKDe-zrbg5RPBtw
ザ・きんにくTV 2nd 【The Muscle TV 2nd】
Subscribers: 153k
Frequency: twice a week
Link: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCnHzm–hwx96P9D3Rnbe3LQ/featured
コアラ小嵐
Subscribers: 238k
Frequency: twice a week
Link: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCM3Eo_7bq7Z1EuksMgs5jCA
That's It!
I hope this post was useful, and you found at least one YouTube channel to learn Japanese with.
Obviously there are many other channels that I didn’t include here or that I simply don’t know about.
So, if you know of any other channels and would like to share it, leave a comment with a link to that channel down below!
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