The official channel of a top professional who has finished No. 1 in the Japan rankings three times. Mostly footage filmed on the ground during overseas tours, including world championships.

A top professional’s own lessons and match footage. A deep store of explanation, from cue ball movement to how to pocket the 9.

An active top woman professional commentates on her own matches. There are also short videos on position problems.

Under the banner of “deeper knowledge, explained with a smile,” a professional talks through strategy, safeties, how to use a foul, and more.

The “10-Ball Runout Vision” series shows 10-ball run-outs together with the thinking behind the layout. (video titles in English)

A WPBSA-certified coach revisits the basics, such as striking the center of the cue ball and judging how much draw to put on it. Some episodes try out jump cues.

Lessons and match commentary from professional Tamami Okuda, who has also taken up Heyball drills and matches.

Professional Hiroko Sahara shares short videos: records of the women’s pro tour, and techniques she has learned from fellow pros.

Talk and tour diaries from Pros Sakura Muramatsu and Arisu Oya, with a live stream every Tuesday.

From a host who turned professional with the JPBA in July 2026, at the age of fifty: tournament footage, and a record of that personal challenge.

The channel of Pro Matsui. Mostly travel and touring videos; billiards makes up only part of it. (mostly non-billiards content)

Yuki Hiraguchi, one of Japan’s top women professionals, uses her lessons to pass on the thinking she relies on in competition. Experiments appear too.

From a JPBA tournament professional: explanations of the NBA rules, ways to practice aiming, and an introduction to the safety game.

Videos from Aoi Kanazawa, of the JPBA’s 60th intake: practice, overseas matches such as the Asian Championship, and break-and-run challenges.

Atsuhiro Saito, a professional based in Japan. Drills from his high school days, break-and-runs, and matches from opens abroad. (Japanese, English and Tagalog)

The channel of Pro Akiko Kitayama: practice videos, Taiwanese-style carom and live streams. Mostly older videos.

Features from Fukuoka tournament professional Tsujita, from putting bargain-bin cues to the test to playing it out with his students.

Basic lessons, masse, trick shots, even the new “Count 9” rules. It can be watched as a complete review of the fundamentals.

Lessons on form and the break from the JPBA’s Kana Gotoda, including an explanation of form that makes use of the body’s structure.

One-point lessons from JPBA professional Kano. Concrete in content: the distance between cue ball and bridge, for example.

From Pro Yuyama: snap in the cue action, training theory, and a collection of breaks in many patterns.

Challenge features in the spirit of “grown-ups fooling around,” and talk about equipment, from JPBA professional Magma Hayakawa.

Challenge matches against strong amateurs and professionals, from Tsuken, who competed as a professional for seventeen years. The channel description says he retired in 2024.

The channel of the hall run by women’s professional Chihiro Kawahara in Honmachi, Osaka. Five videos remain, including practice matches between pros.

Basic lessons on fullness of hit, etiquette, a pro against elementary school children, and more. Some episodes feature commentary by Pro Eriko Hirabayashi. (the channel description says it is “taking a break”)

Interviews with professionals by Pro Ogawa. Talk of equipment remains, from choosing your own cue to tips and the draw shot.

The channel of a hall run by a former pro who competed for sixteen years: introductions to the hall, and a challenge match with Pro Kajitani.

Technique for experienced players: kiss shots, the moves strong players reach for, how top pros attack a tight pocket.

The “Improve in 5 Minutes” series. How to judge the fullness of a hit, the bent “he-no-ji” cue ball route, pocketing power: each video distills a single theme into a few minutes.

Drawing on motor learning and sports psychology, it looks at how improvement works, such as when skilled players actually do their thinking.

The stroke, the elbow as pivot and how to deliver the cue, illustrated from the standpoint of physics, with talk of homemade training aids as well.

How to use the eyes, the muscles and the stance, including an explanation of how to use your eyes to aim straight.

Short videos on posture and use of the body, placing ball in hand, and cue ball control. Equipment reviews too.

Conversations with professionals, SA-class players and top pros from abroad, plus technique for intermediate and advanced players, such as precision with side spin.

Short explanations of the stroke from a JPBA-certified lesson pro in Toyama, on matters such as use of the elbow and throw.

Aiming, working out angles, and aiming systems. A great many shorts set out the channel’s own theories.

Short videos of practice at a billiards school, and of shots. Little spoken explanation.

He builds his own testing machines and checks how throw and side spin really behave. Phenomena long described by feel can be seen here under controlled conditions.

Closely reasoned explanations, one after another: the principles of Bowlliards, stance and form, visualization training and more.

Practice drills presented as series, from switchback position to run-outs. Useful for building a solo practice routine.

A Tokyo A-class player organizes what he has learned from top pros and SA-class players, covering safeties, the break and equipment.

More than 200 videos in the “Drill After Drill” series, graded by difficulty. A place to find drills for run-outs and layouts.

The official channel of the monthly magazine CUE’S. Still available: lessons in which professionals solve players’ problems, and match commentary by Naoyuki Oi.

Beginner and intermediate lessons made with professionals. Theory videos on the basics of squirt, throw and side spin remain.

The “60sec RUNOUT” and Bowlliards commentary series from the owner of a pool hall in Osaka. Difficult layouts, explained briefly.

A members-only pool hall in Higashisumiyoshi, Osaka, with a simple safety system, challenge matches with pros and more.

An academy developing junior players in Iruma, Saitama. There are explanations of the Chinese table (Heyball), and tournament finals.

Lessons, weekly events and women’s pro challenge matches from Hirarin-sensei of Billiards Cafe NORA.

The channel of a hall in Gotemba, Shizuoka, with an introduction to etiquette and attempts at the tasks of the billiards proficiency test. (many non-billiards videos too)

The channel of a hall in Sasazuka. Footage of artistic billiards remains, including Pro Kai’s rail nursing and double-rail shots.

A channel run by Takkun, an A-class player, and Kuroko-sensei, a former pro. One episode lines up a pro’s run-out against an amateur’s, side by side.

A record of Heyball and 8-ball play, and vlogs of outings such as billiards at a hot-spring inn.

Run by a player in his sixth year at A-class, with lessons from professionals and cue introductions. In one episode, Pro Sogabe teaches the draw shot.

Solo run-out videos from an everyday amateur, more than 400 of them kept as a record.

Mostly shorts, on parallel shift and offset-axis aiming, thoughts on one’s own cue, and billiards news from abroad.

A record of the host’s practice and growth since starting in December 2019, including an entry in the “Strongest YouTuber” event.

Friendly matches, experiments with Bowlliards and live streams, from a host with ten years at the game. More casual chat in recent years.

Solo billiards vlogs and casual chat from a host around thirty who plays for pleasure.

Grew out of a program broadcast on tvk in 2016. Variety content, such as a project to develop women professionals and 9-ball showdowns.

Noboru Kaneko takes on Pro Maruoka and Pro Eriko Hirabayashi in challenge features. Motorcycle and car videos too.

From Mitsuko Sakae: a record of her first break-and-run, a professional’s commentary on it, and talk features.

Rules for each game, from nine-ball to snooker and three-cushion, gathered together with technical articles and videos.

A glossary supervised by Akira Takata. With 1,082 terms, it is the most complete glossary in Japan.

The site of cue maker Adam Japan: basic knowledge, how to handle the last three balls, and profiles of professional players. (mainly for beginners)

The official rules of the Nippon Billiard Association, in the June 2026 revision. The primary source for the rules.

The site of a hall in Nogata, Tokyo: a glossary, rules, video lessons and house tournament information.

A simple manual from a billiards specialist shop, covering the games, a glossary, etiquette and basic physics. (date of last update unknown)

A glossary compiled by the equipment shop Cue Shop Japan. A reference for when you want to check a term. (date of last update unknown)