EISHIN

What EISHIN does

EISHIN is a Tokyo-based HR technology company founded in January 2020 by brothers Daishi Igarashi (CEO) and Takumi Igarashi (CTO). The company operates a recruitment optimization business built around "Recruitment CX" (Candidate Experience) — the principle that hiring outcomes improve when each stage of the funnel (awareness, interest, application, interview, hiring) is measured, analyzed, and engineered rather than left to intuition.

The company's core product is EISHIN Optia Cloud (採用CXクラウド), a cloud-based SaaS platform with 30+ AI-powered features covering the full hiring funnel. Its technical capabilities include funnel-stage conversion rate analytics, predictive analytics on recruitment performance, process automation for job posting operations (including Indeed integration), recommendation logic for candidate-job matching, and emerging generative AI agent services. A second product, GOOD FOR JOB, is a recruitment pitch document-stored job media platform focused on transparency in employer branding. EISHIN complements these SaaS products with professional services including recruitment consulting, pitch material production, creative/web production, and licensed paid job placement services (有料職業紹介, license 13-ユ-314714).

Commercially, EISHIN pursues a hybrid go-to-market model combining The Model (分業制) specialized sales roles (Inside Sales, Field Sales, Customer Success, Marketing), product-led growth through free trial offerings, and government-subsidy enabled SMB distribution via IT Introduction Subsidy 2024 certification (up to ¥1.5M subsidy per qualifying client). The company targets SMB to mid-market Japanese companies with active hiring needs and has accumulated 1,500+ client companies as of recent disclosure. Documented customer outcomes include candidate pool expansion from 100 to 750 for new graduate hiring and a 3x+ lift in monthly applications through Indeed integration. By the 6th fiscal period since founding, EISHIN reported ¥1.4 billion in revenue with an ~86.1% CAGR, has closed Series A funding from JAFCO (September 2025), and has publicly targeted an IPO by 2030.

Name

EISHIN

Legal name

株式会社EISHIN

Website

https://ei-shin.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2020

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

51–100 employees

Short description

EISHIN is a Tokyo-based HR technology company founded in 2020 that operates the AI-powered EISHIN Optia Cloud recruitment CX platform (30+ features), combined with recruitment consulting and licensed job placement services, serving SMB and mid-market Japanese companies seeking to optimize hiring funnel performance and candidate matching.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Recruitment Optimization Software

NAICS

Employment Placement Agencies (561311), Employment Placement Agencies and Executive Search Services (56131)

SIC

Services-Employment Agencies (7361), Services-Prepackaged Software (7372)

akta.pro primary industry

Talent Acquisition (Recruiting) & Applicant Tracking (ATS) (BPACAPAD)

akta.pro secondary industry

Career Services & Job Placement Platforms (Jobs, Recruiting, Employer Networks) (EDAFAMAM)

Keywords

• Recruitment optimization platform
• Candidate experience software
• HR SaaS solutions
• Recruitment consulting services
• Employer branding tools

Headquarters

HQ city

Tokyo

HQ country

Japan

HQ region

Asia

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Software

Cost components

Personnel, Marketing or Sales, Technology or R&D, Operations

Revenue model

1. SaaS Subscription (EISHIN Optia Cloud): Monthly/annual subscription fees for the EISHIN Optia Cloud recruitment optimization platform. Companies pay to access the AI-powered hiring tools and analytics features.
2. Recruitment Consulting Services: Professional services including new graduate recruitment support, mid-career recruitment support, and recruitment branding services. The company provides hands-on consulting alongside their SaaS platform.
3. Job Placement Services (有料職業紹介): Fee-based employment placement services with license number 13-ユ-314714, matching job seekers with companies.
4. Incentive-Based Compensation: Sales and consulting staff earn industry-top tier incentives up to 11.5% with no payment caps. Monthly incentives are paid out, with documented cases of 500,000+ yen payments in a single month.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion3 records

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels8 records

Core offering

EISHIN develops and sells EISHIN Optia Cloud, an AI-powered cloud-based recruitment CX (Candidate Experience) optimization SaaS platform with 30+ features covering the entire hiring funnel from candidate awareness through application to hiring. The company complements its SaaS offering with recruitment consulting services (new graduate and mid-career hiring support, recruitment branding), job placement services, and the GOOD FOR JOB recruitment pitch media platform, serving Japanese companies with hiring challenges.

Product overview

EISHIN operates as a recruitment support company with a multi-product portfolio centered on HR optimization. The core product is EISHIN Optia Cloud (採用CXクラウド), a cloud-based recruitment CX optimization platform with 30+ AI-powered features covering the full recruitment lifecycle from candidate awareness through hiring. This platform is complemented by GOOD FOR JOB, a recruitment pitch material-stored job media platform, and a comprehensive service site (hrcxcloud.com) aggregating all offerings including recruitment pitch material production and case studies. The company also provides end-to-end recruitment support services for new graduate and mid-career hiring, creative production, and human resources introduction. The product architecture follows a platform-plus-modules approach where the cloud platform serves as the central hub, with specialized services and tools built around it.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• EISHIN Optia Cloud: Recruitment CX cloud platform with over 30 features for optimizing candidate experience and conversion rates across the recruitment funnel.
• GOOD FOR JOB
• 採用CXクラウド

Products and services

• EISHIN Optia Cloud (採用CXクラウド) Cloud-based recruitment CX (Candidate Experience) optimization SaaS platform with 30+ AI-powered features covering the entire hiring funnel from candidate awareness through application to hiring. Visualizes and analyzes conversion rates at each recruitment stage to enable data-driven hiring decisions. Designed for Japanese companies with hiring challenges.
• GOOD FOR JOB Recruitment pitch document storage-type job search media platform that enables companies to showcase their culture and hiring pitch materials to job seekers, focused on transparency in recruitment activities.
• Recruitment Consulting Services Professional consulting services including new graduate recruitment support, mid-career recruitment support, and recruitment branding services, provided alongside the SaaS platform to help companies implement data-driven hiring improvements.
• Job Placement Services (有料職業紹介)

Quantifiable outcome

• Increased candidate pool from 100 to 750 candidates (750% increase) for new graduate recruitment within approximately 1 year
• +3 more outcomes

Named customers3 records

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration1 record

AI capability7 records

Feature4 records

Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• 株式会社DRONE ENJOY (DRONE ENJOY Co., Ltd.)coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 9 June 2026EISHIN partnered with DRONE ENJOY, a drone video production company, to enhance recruitment branding and candidate experience through video content. DRONE ENJOY has produced content for major productions including NHK Taiga Drama 'Dokusho' and TBS 'SASUKE', and has over 200 corporate office filming projects. Their pilot represented Japan in world drone racing championships. The partnership enables EISHIN to offer drone video services for office tours, employee spotlight content, and recruitment brand videos to help candidates better understand company culture and work environments.

Scale indicators7 records

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Broad incumbents

• en Japan: Long-established Japanese recruitment services provider operating job boards and placement services. Comparable to EISHIN's licensed job placement business and recruitment consulting, but operates at much larger scale and across multiple job-board brands.
• Indeed Japan: Global job board owned by Recruit Holdings with dominant share in Japan. EISHIN integrates with Indeed for job posting management, making Indeed both a channel partner and a broad incumbent in the recruitment advertising space EISHIN helps customers optimize.
• Recruit Holdings: Japanese HR/media conglomerate parent of Indeed, Rikunabi, and other recruitment brands. Comparable as the dominant Japanese recruitment incumbent across HR media, staffing, and HR technology; poses broad competitive and acquisition optionality for EISHIN's niche.

Direct peers

• BizReach: Japan-focused mid-career recruitment platform operated by BizReach Inc. Comparable in serving Japanese companies hiring mid-career talent; competes with EISHIN's mid-career recruitment support offering, though focused on the senior-talent segment.
• HRBrain: Japanese HR/talent management SaaS providing HR data, evaluation, and analytics for SMB and mid-market companies. Highly comparable to EISHIN Optia Cloud in serving Japanese HR teams with cloud-based people analytics, though with broader HR scope beyond recruitment.
• SmartHR: Leading Japanese cloud HR and labor-management SaaS serving tens of thousands of SMBs. Comparable as a horizontal HR cloud platform targeting Japanese SMB/mid-market; EISHIN is more recruitment-focused while SmartHR covers payroll, onboarding, and personnel data.
• Talent Palette: Japanese talent management SaaS covering hiring, onboarding, performance, and engagement. Comparable as a Japanese HR cloud platform with strong recruitment analytics; directly overlaps with EISHIN Optia Cloud's hiring funnel analytics value proposition.
• Wantedly: Japanese recruitment and company-branding platform used by both job seekers and employers. Comparable to EISHIN's GOOD FOR JOB sub-brand and to its employer branding/pitch document services; overlaps directly in recruitment marketing for Japanese SMBs.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Xtwitter.com/daishi_igarashi
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/eishin

Compliance2 records

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles3 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds1 record

Investors1 record

Funding detail is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

M&A

Investments

M&A and investment is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

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