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Japanese subtitles generator

Turn a Japanese video or recording into a ready-to-use SRT subtitle file: upload the file or paste a link, see its exact length and price, pay once ($1 up to 60 minutes, $3 up to 10 hours) and download Japanese subtitles with timings, plus the plain-text transcript. Need subtitles in English or another language too? Add a translation and get a second SRT with the same timings. No account, no subscription.

$1 up to 60 minutes $3 up to 10 hours TXT + SRT 日本語 No signup

YouTube, TikTok, Instagram, Facebook, X (Twitter), Vimeo, SoundCloud, Dailymotion, Loom, or a direct link to an audio/video file.

About Japanese recordings

Japanese is written with no spaces between words, and foreign words appear in katakana, as in normal Japanese text. Polite and plain speech (desu/masu or casual forms) is kept as spoken, not rewritten. The SRT is standard UTF-8 and displays correctly in YouTube Studio and Japanese editing software.

Japanese transcription at a glance

Native name
日本語
Writing system
Japanese (kanji, hiragana and katakana)
Writing direction
Left to right
Spoken in
Japan and by communities in Brazil, the United States and Peru
Price
$1 up to 60 minutes, $3 up to 10 hours, per file
You get
Full transcript as TXT, TXT with timestamps and SRT subtitles
Translation
Into any of 141 other languages, included in the price
Language code
ja
Transcribe Japanese audio to text

How to make Japanese subtitles

  1. Upload the video or audio (up to 5 GB) or paste a link from YouTube, TikTok, Facebook or another platform.
  2. Keep Japanese as the spoken language (or auto-detect), add a translation if you also want subtitles in another language, and pay once.
  3. Download the Japanese SRT file and add it to your video in YouTube Studio, Premiere Pro, DaVinci Resolve, CapCut, VLC or any player that reads SRT.

What the Japanese SRT file contains

Numbered subtitle blocks, each with a start time, an end time and the Japanese text spoken in between. It is plain UTF-8 text, so you can open it in any text editor, correct a name or a word and upload it again. You also get the full transcript as TXT, with and without timestamps.

Subtitles in Japanese and in a second language

Choose a translation language before paying and you get two SRT files with identical timings: the original Japanese subtitles and the translated ones. One translation is included in the price, so bilingual or translated captions for YouTube, courses and social video take no extra work.

Captions for YouTube, social video and editing

YouTube Studio accepts SRT files directly under Subtitles. Most video editors import SRT as a caption track that you can style and burn into the picture; for TikTok, Reels or Shorts you can paste the text into the app's own caption tool. The file is yours to edit and reuse, with no watermark.

Written in Japanese (kanji, hiragana and katakana), not in Latin letters

Your transcript comes back in Japanese (kanji, hiragana and katakana), the script Japanese is normally written in, not as a romanised approximation. The SRT file is plain UTF-8 text, so the characters display correctly in YouTube Studio, VLC, Premiere Pro and other modern players and editors.

Questions

How do I add the Japanese SRT to a YouTube video?

In YouTube Studio open the video, go to Subtitles, add Japanese as a language, choose Upload file, select "With timing" and pick the SRT file. The captions appear once YouTube has processed them.

Are the subtitle timings accurate?

Each subtitle block starts and ends with the speech it contains, based on the timing of the recognised words. Long silences, music and overlapping voices can shift a line slightly; you can adjust any time in a subtitle editor or a plain text editor.

Can I get Japanese subtitles translated to English?

Yes. Pick English (or any of 141 other languages) as the translation language before paying. You get the Japanese SRT and a English SRT with the same timings.

How much do Japanese subtitles cost?

$1 for a file up to 60 minutes and $3 up to 10 hours, the same for every language. You see the exact price after the file is checked and before you pay, and there is no subscription.

Will the Japanese transcript be in Japanese (kanji, hiragana and katakana)?

Yes. The text is written in Japanese (kanji, hiragana and katakana), the way Japanese is normally written, not transliterated into Latin letters.

Last updated October 27, 2026

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