diff --git a/TTS/tts/utils/japanese/__init__.py b/TTS/tts/utils/japanese/__init__.py
deleted file mode 100644
index 30d963e8..00000000
--- a/TTS/tts/utils/japanese/__init__.py
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-from .text import japanese_text2phone
diff --git a/TTS/tts/utils/text/__init__.py b/TTS/tts/utils/text/__init__.py
index f6b46783..f9f44167 100644
--- a/TTS/tts/utils/text/__init__.py
+++ b/TTS/tts/utils/text/__init__.py
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ from packaging import version
 
 from TTS.tts.utils.text import cleaners
 from TTS.tts.utils.text.chinese_mandarin.phonemizer import chinese_text_to_phonemes
-from TTS.tts.utils.japanese import japanese_text2phone
+from TTS.tts.utils.text.japanese.phonemizer import japanese_text_to_phonemes
 from TTS.tts.utils.text.symbols import _bos, _eos, _punctuations, make_symbols, phonemes, symbols
 
 # pylint: disable=unnecessary-comprehension
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ def text2phone(text, language):
         return ph
 
     if language == "ja-jp":
-        ph = japanese_text2phone(text)
+        ph = japanese_text_to_phonemes(text)
         return ph
 
     raise ValueError(f" [!] Language {language} is not supported for phonemization.")
diff --git a/TTS/tts/utils/text/japanese/__init__.py b/TTS/tts/utils/text/japanese/__init__.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..e69de29b
diff --git a/TTS/tts/utils/japanese/text.py b/TTS/tts/utils/text/japanese/phonemizer.py
similarity index 99%
rename from TTS/tts/utils/japanese/text.py
rename to TTS/tts/utils/text/japanese/phonemizer.py
index 3a705352..f09d5b05 100644
--- a/TTS/tts/utils/japanese/text.py
+++ b/TTS/tts/utils/text/japanese/phonemizer.py
@@ -371,7 +371,7 @@ def text2kata(text: str) -> str:
                 res.append(word)
     return hira2kata(''.join(res))
 
-def japanese_text2phone(text: str) -> str:
+def japanese_text_to_phonemes(text: str) -> str:
     """Convert Japanese text to phonemes.
     """
     res = text2kata(text)
diff --git a/TTS/tts/utils/japanese/text_test.py b/TTS/tts/utils/text/japanese/phonemizer_test.py
similarity index 77%
rename from TTS/tts/utils/japanese/text_test.py
rename to TTS/tts/utils/text/japanese/phonemizer_test.py
index d3ade826..f07c0901 100644
--- a/TTS/tts/utils/japanese/text_test.py
+++ b/TTS/tts/utils/text/japanese/phonemizer_test.py
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 import unittest
-from . import japanese_text2phone
+from .phonemizer import japanese_text_to_phonemes
 
 _TEST_CASES = '''
 どちらに行きますか？/dochiraniikimasuka?
@@ -13,10 +13,10 @@ ky o: w a o N s e N n i , i k i m a s u ./kyo:waoNseNni,ikimasu.
 
 class TestText(unittest.TestCase):
 
-    def test_text2phone(self):
+    def test_japanese_text_to_phonemes(self):
         for line in _TEST_CASES.strip().split('\n'):
             text, phone = line.split('/')
-            self.assertEqual(japanese_text2phone(text), phone)
+            self.assertEqual(japanese_text_to_phonemes(text), phone)
 
 if __name__ == '__main__':
     unittest.main()