OUR TRAINERS

Meet Our Personal Trainers

Certified, experienced coaches who come to you across Osaka, Kobe and Kyoto. Sessions in English, Japanese and Italian.

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12,000+sessions delivered across all FIT STAGE services
NSCA · NESTAcertified personal trainers on the team
3 languagesEnglish, Japanese and Italian

Individual results vary.

For sessions in English we pair you with Sam, Luke or Naomi. Every trainer coaches one-to-one and adapts the session to your level, from first-time exercisers to athletes.

Personal trainer · NSCA-CPT

Samuele Ancora (Sam)

English · Japanese · Italian

NSCA-certified, from Italy, in Japan since 2017, with 13+ years of training himself. Sam explains the purpose and form of every exercise in plain English and works mainly on strength, body composition, posture correction and fat loss.

Certification: NSCA Certified Personal Trainer
Focus: Strength, body composition, posture, fat loss
Languages: English, Japanese, Italian

Personal trainer

Luke Cooper (Luke / Coops)

English · Japanese

Luke grew up playing rugby and spent about four years as a semi-professional rugby sevens player while working a full-time job. He brings that grounding in conditioning, discipline and consistency to one-to-one coaching, from complete beginners to experienced athletes.

Background: Semi-professional rugby sevens, about 4 years
Focus: Strength, conditioning, sports performance, beginners
Languages: English, Japanese

Personal trainer · NESTA-PFT

Naomi Igaku

Japanese · conversational English

NESTA-PFT certified. Naomi worked as a trainer and studio manager at a functional training gym, coaching everyone from children to seniors. She combines conditioning, core and strength work, and is especially experienced with women's fitness. Sessions in conversational English are available.

Certification: NESTA Personal Fitness Trainer
Focus: Conditioning, core training, women's fitness
Languages: Japanese, conversational English

Founder · Personal trainer

Naoki Sakane

Japanese

Founder of FIT STAGE. About eight years as a personal trainer and more than 8,000 sessions delivered himself. Beyond fat loss and body shaping, he works on posture, movement quality and exercise for older adults, shaped by his own experience of a herniated disc.

Experience: About 8 years, 8,000+ sessions
Focus: Movement quality, seniors, fat loss, body shaping
Languages: Japanese

Personal trainer

John Ishikawa

Japanese

More than five years as a personal trainer, coaching everyone from first-time exercisers to clients working on body shaping. He adjusts each session to your experience, routine and how you feel that day, and teaches form step by step.

Experience: 5+ years of personal training
Focus: Beginners, body shaping, form coaching
Languages: Japanese

Stretch specialist

Takaaki Hirata

Japanese

Twelve years in assisted stretching, including running a specialist stretching studio and training its staff. He works on posture, flexibility and conditioning, focusing on the neck, shoulders, back and hips that tighten up with desk work.

Experience: 12 years of assisted stretching
Focus: Posture, flexibility, conditioning
Languages: Japanese

Which trainers coach in English?

Samuele Ancora and Luke Cooper coach entirely in English, and Naomi Igaku coaches in conversational English. Our other trainers work in Japanese.

Can I choose my trainer?

Yes. Tell us who you would like and we will check their schedule. There is no nomination fee.

Are your trainers certified?

Our team includes an NSCA Certified Personal Trainer and a NESTA Personal Fitness Trainer, alongside trainers with five to twelve years of coaching experience. Each profile lists that trainer's own certification and background.

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