GODAI
Yokohama, Japan
One of today's pros grew up on these courts.
- Yusuke Takahashi #714 ATP
A tennis-school chain that began as Hakuraku Tennis Club in Yokohama in 1978 (later Yokohama Tennis College) and now runs five indoor tennis schools in Yokohama, Tokyo, Chiba and Saitama. It offers weekly group classes for kids from 5 and adults from beginner to tournament level, plus a college for players and coaches at its Hakuraku club.
Programmes and prices
What they sell and what it costs, as published on Oct 15, 2026.
- Adult group lessons (一般): adults, beginner to advanced, 80-minute classes at Hakuraku. JPY 15,950 / month incl. tax (weekday mornings) · JPY 17,380 (weekday evenings, weekends)
- Formation class, doubles tactics (フォーメーション): adults, lower-intermediate to advanced, as an extra class. JPY 14,300 / month incl. tax (50 min) · JPY 17,380 (80 min)
- Tournament class (トーナメント): adults, advanced players approved by a coach. JPY 18,920 / month incl. tax · JPY 18,755 (Friday evening and weekend MT/LT slots)
- Men's singles (メンズシングルス): adults, men at intermediate or advanced level. JPY 20,240 / month incl. tax
- Junior class, age 5 to primary school (ジュニアクラス 年長〜小学生): kids 5 to 12, 50-minute classes. JPY 9,680 / month incl. tax (weekdays) · JPY 11,000 (weekends)
- Junior class, middle school to university (ジュニアクラス 中高大生): juniors 12 to 18 and university students, 80-minute classes. JPY 11,990 / month incl. tax
- Beginner class at GODAI Kohoku (初心者): adults new to tennis, 60-minute classes. JPY 11,000 / month incl. tax
- Player development course (育成プレーヤーズ科): adults 18+ who finished high school and want to keep competing, full days of tennis. Price on request
- Coach qualification course (プロテニス協会資格取得コース): adults 20+ with 2 years of tennis, 6 months. JPY 322,000 / year incl. tax (Hakuraku) · JPY 280,000 (Kohoku)
Deals and codes
- Join on your trial day at Hakuraku: first month JPY 2,026 incl. tax, until Oct 18, 2026
- Free trial lesson at every branch
- Discounts for 2 or more classes, families, and tennis with golf or kids sport (amounts not stated)
- Racket and shoe rental always free
The facts
- First club opened: 1978 (Hakuraku Tennis Club in Yokohama, renamed Yokohama Tennis College in 1982)
- Indoor tennis schools: 5 (Hakuraku and Kohoku in Yokohama, Kameido in Tokyo, Funabashi, Musashi-Urawa)
- Courts at Hakuraku: 4 (sand-filled artificial grass under a roof that opens and closes)
- Kids classes from: JPY 9,680 (a month incl. tax at Hakuraku, 50 minutes a week, age 5 to 12)
- Adult classes from: JPY 15,950 (a month incl. tax at Hakuraku, 80 minutes a week)
- Members staying each year: 95% (yearly retention)
- Boarding: Not mentioned
- School on site: No; a coach college for adults
- From age: 5
- Adults: Beginner to tournament level
- Visits: Free trial lesson
- Locations: 5 indoor tennis schools
Coaches
- Nobuyuki Yoshida, General manager, 45 years coaching
- Shogo Kuroda, Technical adviser and tennis director
- Kimihito Satake, Tennis director, manager at Hakuraku
- Nobuhiro Makiuchi, Tennis director
- Akira Ohashi, Head coach at Hakuraku
- Shinya Goto, Head coach, listed at Hakuraku
- Go Soeda, Adviser; Davis Cup captain of Japan
Tournaments they host
- School Championship team event. Oct 18, 2026 at Hakuraku, for members
- KOUHOKU CUP team event. Oct 17, 2026 at Kohoku, for members
- Mixed doubles, School Championship and Challenge. Nov 23, 2026 at Hakuraku; B/C-level mixed doubles at Kohoku the same day
- School Championship singles. Dec 5, 2026 at Hakuraku, men's and women's draws
Where it is
9-23 Shirahata-kamicho, Kanagawa-ku, Yokohama 221-0075.
Also in Japan
- Team YUKA 5 km, Yokohama. 1 pro raised, best Himeno Sakatsume #115 WTA
- Jiyugaoka International Tennis College 14 km, Tokyo. 2 pros raised, best Yosuke Watanuki #375 ATP
- Machida Lawn Tennis Club 19 km, Machida. 1 pro raised, best Mai Hontama #168 WTA
- S.ONE Green Tennis Club 19 km, Kawasaki. 1 pro raised, best Mai Hontama #168 WTA
- Sakurada Club 21 km, Chofu. 1 pro raised, best Hayato Matsuoka #242 ATP
- TEAM YONEZAWA 24 km, Tokyo. 2 pros raised, best Yuki Naito #278 WTA
- Shonan Institute of Technology High School 25 km, Fujisawa. 4 pros raised, best Rio Noguchi #215 ATP
- Big K 26 km, Nerima, Tokyo. 1 pro raised, best Erika Sema #554 WTA
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