This product was not featured by Product Hunt yet. It will not be visible on their landing page and won't be ranked (cannot win product of the day regardless of upvotes).
Tunanuki
Japanese shadowing practice with real voice actors, not AI
Tunanuki is a Japanese shadowing app for English speakers at N5 to N2 level. Every dialogue is recorded by professional Japanese voice actors, never AI. Listen, shadow with the script, then shadow without it, one line at a time. Level 1 is free.
Hi Product Hunt! I'm Malik, the maker of Tunanuki.
I lived in Japan for two years and found learning to speak Japanese surprisingly hard. Classes didn't click, I couldn't stay consistent with textbooks, and I got stuck around N3. What changed things was discovering shadowing (repeating native audio a split second behind the speaker) and Krashen's ideas about comprehensible input.
I wanted a tool that combined shadowing with the daily structure of an app like WaniKani, so I built Tunanuki:
• Real voices only. A Japanese friend who works as a translator wrote the dialogues, and I auditioned professional voice actors to record them. Native speakers I asked could easily tell AI voices apart, so no AI audio.
• Three steps per dialogue: listen, shadow with the script, then shadow without it.
• Line-by-line replay, slower playback, furigana and English translations.
It's in beta: Level 1 (beginner) is free and available now, and more levels are coming. I'd love your honest feedback, especially from anyone learning Japanese. What would make you practice every day?
No comment highlights available yet. Please check back later!
About Tunanuki on Product Hunt
“Japanese shadowing practice with real voice actors, not AI”
Tunanuki was submitted on Product Hunt and earned 0 upvotes and 1 comments, placing #195 on the daily leaderboard. Tunanuki is a Japanese shadowing app for English speakers at N5 to N2 level. Every dialogue is recorded by professional Japanese voice actors, never AI. Listen, shadow with the script, then shadow without it, one line at a time. Level 1 is free.
Tunanuki was featured in Education (79.5k followers) and Languages (14.5k followers) on Product Hunt. Together, these topics include over 43.7k products, making this a competitive space to launch in.
Who hunted Tunanuki?
Tunanuki was hunted by Malik. A “hunter” on Product Hunt is the community member who submits a product to the platform — uploading the images, the link, and tagging the makers behind it. Hunters typically write the first comment explaining why a product is worth attention, and their followers are notified the moment they post. Around 79% of featured launches on Product Hunt are self-hunted by their makers, but a well-known hunter still acts as a signal of quality to the rest of the community. See the full all-time top hunters leaderboard to discover who is shaping the Product Hunt ecosystem.
Want to see how Tunanuki stacked up against nearby launches in real time? Check out the live launch dashboard for upvote speed charts, proximity comparisons, and more analytics.
Malik