Japanese captions for DaVinci Resolve

Japanese captions in DaVinci Resolve

Why editors are looking for Japanese subtitles

DaVinci Resolve supports subtitle tracks for long-form projects, but automatic transcription is part of the paid Studio version — in the free version, Japanese subtitles need an SRT file before they can be imported into the Edit page. For documentary, corporate, and narrative projects with dense Japanese dialogue, generating and cleaning that SRT manually adds real time to the post workflow. CaptionX for DaVinci Resolve transcribes Japanese speech and adds the captions to your timeline, in the free version too.

DaVinci Resolve's subtitle track handles Japanese characters reliably when a CJK-compatible font is loaded in the subtitle style — but line-break quality depends entirely on the imported SRT. For long-form Japanese projects like documentaries or corporate interviews, poor line breaks mean editors need to manually review every subtitle clip in the Edit page, which is slow at scale.

CaptionX for DaVinci Resolve transcribes Japanese speech on our servers and shows you the transcript before anything is placed, so a wrong word is fixed once. It then adds the captions to your timeline as animated titles you can still edit, or as plain editable text. It works in the free version of DaVinci Resolve and is available now on Windows.

This page is for creators who want automatic Japanese captions, styled subtitles, and a clean export-ready workflow in DaVinci Resolve. If that matches your workflow, download CaptionX for DaVinci Resolve above.