Top 50 Yoga & Pilates Influencers in Japan to Know in 2026

Affiliation: Independent · Last post: 9 October 2026 (YouTube).

LILYOGA is a yoga instructor who posts home-practice videos for people who are stiff or not used to exercise, built around gentle yoga and stretching. The channel has 329K YouTube subscribers, with Instagram as the only linked social account. Many video titles lean towards slimming themes.

Affiliation: Independent · Last post: 16 October 2026 (YouTube).

Saki Nishibayashi runs Saki Yoga Channel, with 321K YouTube subscribers, posting beginner yoga and stretching videos for people with stiff bodies or little exercise, to do in the morning or before bed. Saki Nishibayashi also sells online lessons and content through MOSH, and the channel links to a LINE official account and an online store.

Affiliation: Independent · Last post: 18 October 2026 (YouTube).

Natsumi Yamaya is known for the Japanese YOGA channel, which has 288K YouTube subscribers. The channel is being renamed Amazing Feel, and the content is shifting from yoga for the body towards mindset and life themes. Instagram is the only other linked account, shown as NATSUMI YAMAYA.

Affiliation: Independent · Last post: 14 October 2026 (Instagram).

MOMI posts yoga on the theme of practising without strain, covering meditation, breathing and pelvic-floor inner care, and has 110K YouTube subscribers. MOMI lists membership of the Japan Yoga Instructor Association and a maternity yoga teacher certification on the channel.

Affiliation: Independent · Last post: 6 August 2026 (YouTube).

Eri Mishina teaches Ballet Yoga, a style that borrows from ballet, to 77.6K YouTube subscribers. Eri Mishina lists work as a yoga teacher on NHK’s Asaichi on the channel. Eri Mishina also hosts a yoga retreat in Norikura, Nagano, and offers online Zoom lessons.

Affiliation: Independent · Last post: 17 October 2026 (Instagram).

Takayo Onoda posts yoga and stretching videos of three to ten minutes, organised by goal for beginners, to 41.9K YouTube subscribers. Takayo Onoda previously trained yoga and baby-massage instructors, has supervised commercials and spent about nine years as a radio host. Takayo also runs a membership called Takayoga Bu.

Affiliation: STUDIO -yoga journey- · Last post: 17 October 2026 (YouTube).

Kayo is a yoga teacher who leads the STUDIO -yoga journey- channel, with 40.6K YouTube subscribers. The channel offers class videos on the theme of yoga that moves the heart, designed for serious practice at home.

Affiliation: Act Yoga · Last post: 18 October 2026 (Instagram).

Kazue runs Act Yoga and hosts live home yoga sessions that need only a single mat, aimed at people who dislike exercise and at parents. The Tokyo Yoga Live YouTube channel has 14.5K subscribers, while the Instagram account is larger at 43.5K followers. The channel also offers online yoga.

Affiliation: Independent · Last post: 9 October 2026 (Instagram).

Evepilates is a Pilates instructor who posts exercises that can be done at home alongside glimpses of everyday life in the instructor’s late twenties. The Instagram account has 353K followers and is the only platform listed.

Affiliation: Independent · Last post: 15 October 2026 (Instagram).

komi is a Pilates instructor who posts Pilates, fashion and everyday life with a cat to 209K Instagram followers, plus 91.9K on TikTok. Recent Instagram posts lean towards fashion and sponsored content.

Affiliation: Independent · Last post: 16 October 2026 (Instagram).

Yui Masaoka presents beginner Pilates and self-care in Instagram Reels under the theme of loosening up, and the account has 204K followers.

Affiliation: Independent · Last post: 11 October 2026 (Instagram).

Aya Suzuki is a Pilates instructor with a model and talent background. The Instagram account has 137K followers and shares Pilates for daily life, including routines that can be done on a chair, as well as body-shaping content.

Affiliation: Independent · Last post: 15 October 2026 (Instagram).

Grace Oura is a Pilates instructor who shares vlogs about daily life, weekly routines and Q&As as a young entrepreneur. The Instagram account has 43.4K followers and the YouTube channel has 6,750 subscribers.

Affiliation: Independent · Last post: 15 October 2026 (Instagram).

ANRI posts Pilates and lifestyle content, including life during pregnancy, to 42.6K Instagram followers. Posts have included tagged sponsored content for lingerie and shoes, and a secondary account covers activewear and home Pilates.

Affiliation: Independent · Last post: 17 October 2026 (Instagram).

Risa Hinga is a Pilates instructor who posts in Japanese and English about balancing child-rearing with Pilates, to 42.1K Instagram followers. The account is named Pilates x Motherhood. Risa Hinga has appeared in a Yakult web commercial.

Affiliation: Independent · Last post: 16 October 2026 (Instagram).

Mamie is a yoga and Pilates instructor who posts weekly lesson videos, with 60.5K YouTube subscribers, 40.5K TikTok followers and 31.5K on Instagram.

Affiliation: pilates alim (owner) · Last post: 18 October 2026 (Instagram).

miey runs the Pilates studio pilates alim in Ginza and Kitakyushu and teaches there. The channel, with 1.24M YouTube subscribers, shares loosening routines and hip-mobility movements for body conditioning. miey has written three books, published by Gakken Plus and Takarajimasha, and produces the YouTube channel Banitore. Instagram is the more active channel at present.

Affiliation: Bei Co., Ltd. / N.Pilates Education · Last post: 17 October 2026 (YouTube).

Naoki Yoshida explains anatomy from scratch for Pilates and yoga instructors and bodywork practitioners, alongside machine-Pilates content on posture. The YouTube channel has 105K subscribers. Naoki Yoshida has worked as a physical therapist for more than 16 years and is representative director of Bei Co., Ltd. and of the association N.Pilates Education; the business runs N Pilates machine-Pilates studios and instructor training.

Affiliation: Independent · Last post: 14 October 2026 (YouTube).

Shinobu Yakushiji explains functional anatomy, posture and walking through Pilates and self-care routines. The YouTube channel has 61K subscribers. Shinobu Yakushiji is a physical therapist with clinical experience at a general hospital and an orthopaedic clinic, and runs a machine-Pilates studio in Matsuyama, Ehime.

Affiliation: Independent · Last post: 19 September 2026 (Instagram).

Shota posts on Instagram as OGI-tore SHOTA, with the tagline Posture Teacher. The account has 174.8K followers and focuses on short reels of posture-oriented exercises, with Pilates as part of the mix.

Affiliation: PADDLE (Ginza and Omotesando) · Last post: 15 October 2026 (Instagram).

Shingo Watanabe heads PADDLE Pilates in Ginza and Omotesando. The account has 43.8K followers and shares Pilates and body-conditioning content, including posts that promote the studio.

Affiliation: Studio Fluere (head) · Last post: 16 October 2026 (Instagram).

Sachi Suzuki combines a fashion-modelling career with Pilates teaching and shares Pilates and lifestyle content for adult audiences. The Instagram account has 37.5K followers. Sachi Suzuki heads Studio Fluere, and posts include Pilates lessons for companies.

Affiliation: luluto (technical director) · Last post: 16 October 2026 (Instagram).

Keiya Toda shares short Instagram explainers on movement habits, such as neck and lower-back posture, and how Pilates exercises address them. The account has 21.5K followers. Keiya Toda is technical director at the Pilates studio luluto, and the posts also promote the studio.

Affiliation: Independent · Last post: 12 October 2026 (Instagram).

Akira Watamoto publishes guided meditation, mindfulness and sleep-oriented yoga videos for a general audience, reaching 109K YouTube subscribers. Akira Watamoto has written more than 50 books and has a long career as a yoga teacher.

Affiliation: Yoga Shala (Director) · Last post: 14 October 2026 (YouTube).

Takayuki Hosoe is the director of Yoga Shala and posts yoga philosophy lectures, glimpses of teacher training, meditation and yoga class videos to 84.8K YouTube subscribers. Yoga Shala also offers yoga teacher training and workshops.

Affiliation: space Wani (Kobe, Motomachi) · Last post: 16 October 2026 (Instagram).

Nun is a yoga and meditation teacher who leads the Kobe studio space Wani. The channel, with 61.6K YouTube subscribers, covers gentle body work, breathing techniques and meditation, with a free live yoga session on the first Sunday of each month and paid membership online classes. Nun first encountered yoga in India in 2002.

Affiliation: studioGOD (Yoyogi-Uehara) · Last post: 16 October 2026 (Instagram).

Yuka Miyagi runs studioGOD in Yoyogi-Uehara and uploads weekly yoga, Pilates and stretching videos built around anatomy-based posture instruction to 43.2K YouTube subscribers. Yuka Miyagi completed a yoga instructor course in 2007, previously worked as a dance instructor and is a Manduka ambassador.

Affiliation: surYOGA · Last post: 14 October 2026 (Instagram).

Hitomi Ooshita is a yoga teacher and wellness founder who leads surYOGA. The account, followed by 255K people, announces seasonal yoga lessons and shares a wellness-minded lifestyle and travel. It is Instagram-centred, with no YouTube channel, and the posts also promote lessons and the founder’s own business.

Affiliation: Independent · Last post: 16 October 2026 (Instagram).

Keisuke Kikuda goes by Yoga no Hito and explains how to use the hips and shoulders in yoga and stretching through short videos, mainly on Instagram, where 190K people follow. There is also a smaller YouTube channel and a TikTok account.

Affiliation: Independent · Last post: 18 October 2026 (YouTube).

Anna (Anna Style Wellness) posts yoga, face yoga and posture videos for adult women, mostly in English, with a new upload each Saturday. Instagram holds 129.6K followers and YouTube 16.9K subscribers. Anna lists BYA yoga instructor certification, Fumiko Takatsu facial yoga certification and more than 14 years as a fitness trainer on the channel, and teaches in-person classes in Fukuoka, Kurume and Saga alongside an online yoga programme.

Affiliation: Toki no Yoga (Yokohama) · Last post: 14 October 2026 (Instagram).

Orie Sato runs the Yokohama yoga studio Toki no Yoga and teaches gentle yoga for beginners and people with stiff bodies, including shoulder, back and hip routines and morning and bedtime sessions. Instagram is the larger channel at 126.4K followers, with 10.4K on YouTube. There is also an online yoga class called Oyasumi Yoga.

Affiliation: Peaceberg Style / Slow Yoga ST (representative) · Last post: 14 October 2026 (Instagram).

Rio Matsumoto is representative of Peaceberg Style and Slow Yoga ST, and shares event announcements, including a Slow Yoga session paired with a crystal sound bath, along with a yoga-centred lifestyle. Instagram has 84.3K followers and X 11.7K. Posts also promote the studio operated by the business.

Affiliation: OGATORE Inc. (Representative Director) · Last post: 30 September 2026 (YouTube).

Known as Ogatore, Ryunosuke Ogata posts stretching videos for people with stiff bodies to 1.81M YouTube subscribers. The channel is about stretching rather than yoga or Pilates. Ryunosuke Ogata is a physical therapist who has worked in hospital rehabilitation and as a trainer at national high-school and sports competitions, and heads OGATORE Inc.

Affiliation: KANEKO Inc. (Representative Director) / KANEKO Stretch Studio · Last post: 17 October 2026 (YouTube).

Tadashi Kaneko posts stretching tests and routines under the theme of bringing stretching into medicine, with 368K YouTube subscribers. Tadashi Kaneko is a physical therapist and stretching trainer with a master’s degree in sports science from Waseda University, and heads the company that runs the multi-location KANEKO Stretch Studio.

Affiliation: Independent · Last post: 9 October 2026 (Instagram).

Hiromi shares stretching, posture and self-care tips, drawing on past experience as a physical therapist, and has written a book. Instagram has 125.8K followers, X 27.3K and YouTube 7,530. Posture lessons are among the services offered.

Affiliation: Independent · Last post: 17 October 2026 (Instagram and YouTube).

YOKO.T explains handstands and body use through a self-developed method called Skeletal Vector Training, which is closer to a personal method than to standard yoga. YOKO.T has practised Ashtanga yoga since 2005, teaches at a school, has written a Kindle book on handstands and offers personal sessions in Tokyo and Kyoto. Instagram has 102.6K followers and YouTube 53.3K.

Affiliation: Independent · Last post: 23 September 2026 (YouTube).

Kana Ito developed Kokansetsu Yoga, a short routine that starts from the hips and works through the whole body, and teaches it to viewers interested in posture and leg alignment. Instagram has 57.4K followers and YouTube 12.5K.

Affiliation: Independent · Last post: 18 October 2026 (Instagram and YouTube).

Yuki, known as Jūnan no Sensei under the HaneYoga name, shares stretching routines for splits and backbends. Instagram has 46.8K followers, TikTok 17.7K and YouTube 10.2K. Yuki taught at a major yoga studio for ten years and now gives one-to-one stretching lessons in Osaka.

Affiliation: Stretch Design · Last post: 15 October 2026 (X).

Takumi Murayama is a stretching trainer who shares routines for splits and flexibility aimed at children and adults in rhythmic gymnastics, cheerleading and skating. Takumi Murayama lists combined book sales of 250,000 copies on X. Instagram has 17K followers, X 1,985 and the Stretch Design YouTube channel 1.21K.

Affiliation: Independent · Last post: 16 October 2026 (YouTube).

Yuria Tanaka has 30.9K YouTube subscribers. The channel, Vortex Journey by Yuria Yoga, centres on morning and evening guided meditations and yoga nidra. Yuria Tanaka works as a guided-meditation guide, and the Instagram account carries the same yoga nidra theme.

Affiliation: Independent · Last post: 10 October 2026 (X).

Sachiko Hatta has 19.7K YouTube subscribers. The channel’s concept, tuning the mind through the voice, runs through voice yoga and guided mindfulness meditations. Instagram and X sit alongside the channel with the same voice-yoga identity.

Affiliation: Independent · Last post: 6 October 2026 (YouTube).

Natsumi has 19.1K YouTube subscribers on the channel Mindful Ayurveda Natsumi. Natsumi works as a mindfulness instructor and Ayurveda life adviser, and the content covers mindfulness yoga, meditation and Ayurveda-style self-care. A members programme and online counselling are offered, and a sub-channel carries read-aloud radio.

Affiliation: Independent · Last post: 17 October 2026 (X).

Miho Kodama has 11.9K YouTube subscribers. With a background as a radio DJ and sports commentary announcer, Miho Kodama now presents talks on compassion and mindfulness meditation on the channel. Instagram and X support the channel.

Affiliation: MAE Y (founder) · Last post: 14 October 2026 (Instagram).

Mae Yoshikawa has 30.5K Instagram followers. A former yoga instructor, Mae leads a wellness community built around Kizuki Journaling, a “writing meditation” method, and mindfulness. Mae Yoshikawa has given a TEDx talk and wrote the book Kaku Meiso Note. The book and the method are Mae Yoshikawa’s own products.

Affiliation: Independent · Last post: 13 October 2026 (Instagram).

Maomi Yuki has 263.9K Instagram followers. A television personality and Pilates instructor, Maomi shares MAOBICS, a self-devised method, along with body-care routines for postnatal women and those in their forties and beyond. YouTube and X add reach, but Instagram is the most recently active account.

Affiliation: Independent · Last post: 11 October 2026 (Instagram).

Akane Satomi has 181.9K Instagram followers. A model and yoga instructor, Akane posts yoga, family life and fashion. Akane Satomi lists Yoga Alliance 500-hour certification and pool SUP yoga and baby-training yoga instructor credentials on the akaneyoga YouTube channel.

Affiliation: Independent · Last post: 25 September 2026 (Instagram).

Rina Uchiyama has 157.7K Instagram followers on the official account. An actor, Rina also works as a yoga teacher and shares yoga practice and lifestyle posts.

Affiliation: Independent · Last post: 18 October 2026 (Instagram).

Ritsuko Tanaka has 144.9K Instagram followers. A television personality, Ritsuko works to spread SUP yoga, yoga practised on a stand-up paddleboard, and posts about life by the sea in Okinawa. The feed links yoga with ocean activity, all in an outdoor, island setting.

Affiliation: Independent · Last post: 14 October 2026 (Instagram).

Waka Nozawa has 102.9K Instagram followers. A model and yoga instructor, Waka posts pose explanations and appearances at yoga events such as Yoga Festa. A YouTube channel under the name WAKA NOZAWA has 25.8K subscribers.

Affiliation: Independent · Last post: 15 October 2026 (Instagram).

Tsurutaro Kataoka has 92K Instagram followers. An actor and painter, Tsurutaro tags posts with actor, painter and yoga hashtags. Yoga is one theme among several rather than the main subject, and the feed mixes practice, daily life and art.