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This study investigates native-speakerism among Southeast Asian learners of Japanese participating in an online intercultural exchange. Based on interviews with Thai and Vietnamese students who engaged in both interactions with native speakers (PLCS) and with non-native speakers (TLCS), the analysis revealed that learners showed greater anxiety regarding fluency and grammatical accuracy when conversing with Japanese students. They also tended to perceive miscommunication with native speakers as their own fault, while attributing it to both parties when conversing with non-native speakers. These findings indicate Japanese learners’ internalized belief that native speakers represent linguistic authority, perfection, and the sole model of successful language learning, reflecting individual-level native-speakerism.