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Foundations first
We refuse shortcuts. Hiragana and katakana before kanji. Articles before subjunctives. Certifications grow from a base, not the other way around.
00·Why Hiroshima
Deutsch·CEFR A1 → C1
Native & certified·DELF
Chapter 00 · About Triqora
A Chennai academy with a Hiroshima pedagogy.
We're a small, opinionated language institute. Three languages, sixteen levels, one rule: never teach a level we can't certify. Five years in, we've put more than 500+ students through 12+ cohorts and a 95% repeat-takers pass rate.
Founded 2021 · Chennai12+ institutional partnerships500+ students placedJapanese · German · FrenchNative and certified instructorsJLPT · Goethe · TestDaF · DELF · DALFFounded 2021 · Chennai12+ institutional partnerships500+ students placedJapanese · German · FrenchNative and certified instructorsJLPT · Goethe · TestDaF · DELF · DALFFounded 2021 · Chennai12+ institutional partnerships500+ students placedJapanese · German · FrenchNative and certified instructorsJLPT · Goethe · TestDaF · DELF · DALFFounded 2021 · Chennai12+ institutional partnerships500+ students placedJapanese · German · FrenchNative and certified instructorsJLPT · Goethe · TestDaF · DELF · DALF
01 · The academy in numbers
2021 → 2026
- 500+
- Students placed
- 12+
- Institutional partners
- 95%
- Pass rate, repeat takers
- 5+
- Years operating
02 · A note from the founders
Why Hiroshima
The name
Why Hiroshima?
Two of our founding instructors trained in Hiroshima. It's a city famous for rebuilding itself with patience and discipline — and for a gentle, exact approach to teaching Japanese to foreigners. We borrowed that posture.
“We started Triqora because we kept meeting smart Indian students fluent in two or three Indian languages — but stuck with poorly taught foreign-language classes. We thought: if a student can master Tamil and Sanskrit grammar, they can absolutely master Japanese. The problem was never the learner. It was the teaching. So we built the academy we wished we'd had.”
Kenji Watanabe
Curriculum director · Co-founder
03 · What we believe
Three principles
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Exam-mapped, not exam-only
Every lesson maps cleanly to a recognised certification, but our students leave able to actually use the language — at work, abroad, in life.
03
Native or certified — never neither
Every cohort is taught by a native speaker or a JLPT/Goethe/DELF-certified instructor. No exceptions, no rotating substitutes.
04 · How we got here
2021 → 2026
- 2021
The first cohort
Three students, one classroom, JLPT N5. The founders open Triqora in Chennai with a Hiroshima-trained pedagogy.
- 2022
The N3 jump
First batch clears N3. Word-of-mouth picks up. We take the academy's first college partnership at VIT Chennai.
- 2023
German added
Demand for ausbildung and German engineering programmes brings A1 → C1 onto the syllabus, with TestDaF prep.
- 2024
French added
DELF/DALF preparation joins the catalog. Three languages, sixteen levels, one academy.
- 2025
12 partnerships
Anna University, SRM, IIT Madras, Loyola, and others are running our cohorts on campus. 500+ students through our doors.
- 2026
What's next
Level-detail pages, alumni networks abroad, and our own faculty fellowship — opening soon.
05 · Faculty
4 instructors
Taught by native speakers and certified instructors.
Every cohort is led by an instructor who has either lived in the target country or holds the highest certification their language awards. No rotating substitutes.
- T
Japanese
Tanaka Sensei
Head Instructor · JLPT N1
15+ years teaching Japanese with specialization in JLPT preparation and business Japanese.
- S
German
Sakura Yamamoto
Senior Instructor · Native Speaker
Native Japanese speaker with 8 years of experience teaching across universities in India.
- A
French
Aravind Kumar
Instructor · JLPT N2
Indian-born instructor who studied in Tokyo. Specializes in beginner courses and cultural context.
- K
Japanese
Kenji Watanabe
Curriculum Director
Designed the academy's JLPT-aligned curriculum. Former professor at Hiroshima University.
06 · Where we teach
5 institutional partners
Partner 01
Anna University
Partner 02
VIT Chennai
Partner 03
SRM Institute
Partner 04
Loyola College
Partner 05
IIT Madras
07 · Join us
Whether you're a learner, an institution, or a future colleague —
we'd love to hear from you.
Reach the academy at info@triqora.com or step inside our Chennai campus.