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YUCa's Japanese Cooking

@yucasjapanesecooking · JP · EN

YUCa (@yucasjapanesecooking), a Tokyo-based Japanese culinary expert, teaches Japanese home cooking, dashi, miso and seasonal cooking on YouTube. The channel has about 18,800 subscribers and a median of roughly 1,700 views per video. It uploads several times a week, mostly Shorts. Sponsored integrations are estimated at $150 to $250 per video.

Why brands book YUCa's

Japanese home cooking creator with a steady, calm, food-focused audience

  • Median of about 1,686 views per video across 196 uploads and 45 uploads in the last year.
  • 88% of content is Shorts, so briefs fit a short vertical format.
  • Estimated rate of $150 to $250 per video, about $20 to $35 CPM on long-form or $4 to $8 CPM on Shorts.
Best forkitchen and pantry productsJapanese ingredient brandscookware awareness
Watch forViews are modest and the audience is small, so this suits niche product awareness more than mass reach.

Brand fit report

Content

Topics, IAB taxonomy
Food & Drink85%
Lifestyle15%
Formats
YouTube Shorts recipe builds, short ingredient explainers, short cooking tips series
Tone
calm, educational
Language
English
On camera
No, voiceover and b-roll
Production
Clean, lightly edited
Typical length
under 60 seconds

Audience

Commercial intent15/100
Comments asking for links, prices or where to buy
Sentiment85/100
Positive share of 30 comments
Engagement1.8%
Likes and comments per view on recent videos
Audience asks abouthow to make dashi at homewhat miso is and how to use ithow to build a simple Japanese meal
Age
15%18-24
30%25-34
30%35-44
25%45+
Gender
65%women
35%men
Countries
🇺🇸 United States35%
🇬🇧 United Kingdom10%
🇨🇦 Canada8%
LanguagesEnglish 100%

Commercial

2%of the last 50 videos were sponsored
None seenno sponsored videos in the last 50
Brands seen
None yet
Categories promoted
None yet
Affiliate links
Yes

No sponsorship disclosures found in the last 50 videos; affiliate flag is set on the channel metadata but no specific brands were named.

Suitability GARM Brand Safety Floor + Suitability

Profanitylow
Adultlow
Drugslow
Violencelow
Politicslow

Family friendly
Recent titles and descriptions cover cooking, ingredients and food culture with no flagged content.

We classify content, never people. No age, gender, ethnicity, religion or political views are inferred about the creator. Audience figures are estimates unless marked verified. Creators can correct anything on their profile.

Platforms

PlatformFollowersMedian viewsUploads, 90d
YouTube19k1.7k42
Instagram–––

Benchmark score: 45 / 100

Public rule, same for everyone. How it works.

Engagement Median views relative to followers11 / 50
Activity Uploads in the last 90 days30 / 30
Reach Followers on the main platform4 / 20

Recent videos

Last three uploads, latest 6 days ago.

🌸 I’m YUCa, a Japanese culinary expert based in Tokyo. Since 2013, I’ve welcomed over 20,000 guests from around the world into my kitchen, sharing Japanese home cooking and food culture. But Japanese cooking is more than recipes. It’s about understanding ingredients, following the seasons, creating balance, using what we have wisely, and appreciating the everyday. Here, you'll discover: • Japanese home cooking • Dashi, miso & Japanese ingredients • Seasonal cooking • Food culture & traditions • Wisdom behind the Japanese kitchen Welcome to The Japanese Kitchen Way — timeless wisdom from
YUCa's Japanese Cooking's own profile description on YouTube

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About YUCa's Japanese Cooking

YUCa's Japanese Cooking is a YouTube channel run by YUCa, a Japanese culinary expert based in Tokyo, according to the creator's channel description. The channel posts short, mostly vertical videos on Japanese home cooking, dashi, miso, seasonal ingredients and food culture. Recent series include Build a Japanese Meal With Me, Dashi Basics and Why Japanese Food Feels So Light, usually under 60 seconds each.

The channel has about 18,800 subscribers and a median of roughly 1,700 views per video. The audience is likely English-speaking home cooks interested in Japanese food, though these demographic estimates are inferred and not platform-verified. Creator-stated figures suggest a long history of hosting guests in the kitchen since 2013.

Estimated sponsored integration rates are $150 to $250 per video, which works out to roughly $20 to $35 per 1,000 median views on long-form content, or $4 to $8 on Shorts, compared with typical paid-ad CPMs of $10 to $30. Brands selling Japanese pantry staples or cookware may find this creator a good fit.

Written from YUCa's Japanese Cooking's public YouTube profile, platform data and web mentions. Numbers updated 2026-10-19. YUCa's Japanese Cooking can edit or remove this page at any time.

Questions about YUCa's

How much does YUCa charge for a sponsored video?

Based on the channel's roughly 1,700 median views and its Shorts-heavy format, the estimated range is $150 to $250 per video. Final pricing depends on the brief, deliverables and usage rights, so confirm details when you reach out.

What does YUCa post about on YouTube?

YUCa posts short videos about Japanese home cooking, including dashi, miso, seasonal meals, food culture and everyday Japanese meal planning. Most videos run under a minute and are presented as vertical Shorts.

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