Fellowship

What Fellowship does

Fellowship Co., Ltd. (株式会社フェローシップ) is a privately held Japanese talent solutions company founded in August 2004 by CEO Takeo Koyama and headquartered in Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo. The company operates four service pillars: Executive Search for Next-Generation Leaders, AI Talent Solutions, Global Talent Solutions, and AI・Global Consulting, supported by a portfolio of proprietary AI products including Ainobi (AI training), G-CAT (global talent assessment), and ChatMigrate (a chat-platform migration tool with ~95% accuracy). It is licensed under Japanese law for both worker dispatch (派13-300541) and recruitment placement (13-ユ-300394) and operates Tokyo HQ, a Kansai Office in Osaka, and a Shanghai subsidiary that functions as a global talent sourcing hub. As of June 1, 2025, the company reported 1,063 in-house employees, 866 dispatched workers in Tokyo, 373 dispatch client companies, and 45,805 registered global career candidates.

The business model is a hybrid of high-volume transactional staffing and higher-value placement, consulting, and software. In temporary staffing, Fellowship charges clients an average daily fee of ¥24,429 in Tokyo (¥20,115 in Kansai) and pays workers an average daily wage of ¥15,076 (¥12,300 in Kansai), yielding a ~38% gross margin. Recruitment placement, global talent, and AI consulting contribute transaction- and project-based fees, while AI products such as Ainobi and ChatMigrate are positioned as recurring or productized offerings. The go-to-market motion is sales-led enterprise and mid-market field sales, with direct outreach to corporate clients and a growing digital presence anchored by LinkedIn — the company won the LinkedIn Talent Awards 2025 AI Pioneer Award for its AI-powered recruitment practices. In May 2025, Fellowship acquired GeekAca Co., Ltd. to in-house AI product development, and in June 2026 it refreshed its corporate brand to reposition itself as a "Social Transformation Consulting" organization. No revenue figure, funding history, or institutional investor ownership is publicly disclosed.

Name

Fellowship

Legal name

株式会社フェローシップ

Website

https://f-ship.jp

Company type

Private

Founded year

2004

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Fellowship is a privately held Japanese talent solutions company that delivers executive search, AI talent, global talent sourcing, and AI consulting to Japanese enterprises addressing the country's structural labor shortage, with proprietary AI products and operations in Tokyo, Osaka, and Shanghai.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Staffing and Recruitment Services

NAICS

Employment Placement Agencies (561311), Human Resources Consulting Services (541612)

SIC

Services-Employment Agencies (7361), Services-Management Consulting Services (8742)

akta.pro primary industry

HR Technology (HRIS/HCM) Advisory & Implementation (BPAHAGAG)

akta.pro secondary industry

Data, Analytics & AI Consulting (BPAHACAI)

Keywords

• Staffing services
• Executive search
• Talent recruitment
• AI workforce solutions
• Global talent sourcing

Headquarters

HQ city

Tokyo

HQ country

Japan

HQ region

Asia

Offices3 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Temporary Staffing (人材派遣事業): Dispatch of temporary workers to client companies. Fellowship charges clients a daily rate for dispatched workers and pays workers a daily wage. The margin rate is approximately 38% (Tokyo HQ: 38.28%, Kansai: 38.85% as of June 2025). Average daily fee: ¥24,429 (Tokyo) / ¥20,115 (Kansai). Average daily wage: ¥15,076 (Tokyo) / ¥12,300 (Kansai). Operating with 866 dispatched workers across 373 client companies (Tokyo, as of June 2025).
2. Recruitment / Placement Services (人材紹介事業): Fee-based job placement matching job seekers with client companies for permanent positions. Licensed recruitment agency (License No. 13-Yu-300394).
3. Global Talent Business (グローバル人材事業): Sourcing, cultivating, and placing outstanding global talent worldwide, delivering high-EQ, hospitality-driven professionals (bilingual professionals, global marketers, global engineers) to the Japanese market.
4. AI Solution Business (AIソリューション事業): Developing and delivering AI-driven talent and consulting solutions, including proprietary AI products such as the AI training platform Ainobi, assessment tool G-CAT, and chat migration tool ChatMigrate.
5. AI/Global Consulting (AI・グローバルコンサルティング): High-level global consulting leveraging state-of-the-art AI products to empower businesses in DX and global expansion.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels2 records

Marketing channels6 records

Core offering

Fellowship Co., Ltd. is a Japanese solution company that combines AI technology with global talent capabilities to address Japan's shrinking workforce. It provides four core service pillars: Executive Search for Next-Generation Leaders, AI Talent Solutions (AI Administrators, AI Engineers, PMOs), Global Talent Solutions (bilingual, global marketing, global engineering), and AI/Global Consulting (DX and global expansion). It also operates licensed temporary staffing and recruitment placement services, and develops proprietary AI products including the ChatMigrate tool and the Ainobi AI training platform.

Product overview

Fellowship Co., Ltd. operates as a solution provider combining AI technology and global reach to address Japan’s shrinking workforce. The company’s offering is structured around four core service pillars — Executive Search for Next-Generation Leaders (headhunting of DX, global, and CxO-level leaders), AI Talent Solutions (cultivation and placement of AI-driven talent such as AI Administrators, AI Engineers, and PMOs), Global Talent Solutions (global talent acquisition for bilingual, global marketing, and global engineering roles), and AI・Global Consulting (DX and global expansion strategy consulting powered by AI products) — alongside a portfolio of proprietary products including ChatMigrate (a Slack-to-Google Chat migration tool with ~95% migration precision, supporting multiple chat platforms), GeekAca (an AI solution development subsidiary acquired in May 2025), Ainobi (an AI-driven training and education platform), and G-CAT (a global talent recruitment assessment tool). The company positions itself as evolving from a traditional HR business into a 'Social Transformation Consulting' organization that creates both strategic consulting and proprietary technology products.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• GeekAca: AI solution development — a subsidiary acquired in May 2025 focused on AI product development.
• Ainobi
• G-CAT
• ChatMigrate
• グロキャリ (Global Career Workers)

Products and services

• Temporary Staffing Services (人材派遣事業) Licensed temporary worker dispatch services placing dispatched staff at client companies in Japan. Serves 373 client companies with 866 dispatched workers at Tokyo HQ as of June 2025, charging an average daily fee of ¥24,429 (Tokyo) / ¥20,115 (Kansai) with a margin rate of approximately 38%.
• Recruitment/Placement Services (人材紹介事業) Fee-based permanent placement service matching job seekers with client companies in Japan. Licensed recruitment agency (License No. 13-ユ-300394).
• Executive Search for Next-Generation Leaders Executive search service for technology and global leaders with change management capabilities, targeting DX leads, global executives, and CxO-level positions at Japanese enterprises.
• AI Talent Solutions Cultivation and placement of AI-driven, high-productivity talent including AI Administrators, AI Engineers, and PMOs to support enterprise AI adoption and digital transformation.
• Global Talent Solutions Sourcing and cultivation of global talent for bilingual professionals, global marketers, and global engineers, with a focus on high-EQ, hospitality-driven professionals for the Japanese market.
• AI/Global Consulting Digital transformation and global expansion consulting powered by state-of-the-art AI products, providing upstream strategic support for Japanese companies pursuing DX and international growth.
• ChatMigrate Slack-to-Google Chat migration tool developed internally after the company's own migration of 700+ channels and 5 years of data. Supports migration to/from Microsoft Teams, Chatwork, LINE WORKS, Mattermost, Discord, and other platforms, with approximately 95% migration precision for messages, attachments, and channel structures.
• Ainobi

Quantifiable outcome

• LinkedIn Talent Awards 2025 – AI Pioneer Award (Best Recruiter): recognized as the HR company most utilizing AI in Japan
• +2 more outcomes

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature6 records

Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• GeekAca Co., Ltd. (株式会社GeekAca)coreOthersFellowship acquired GeekAca Co., Ltd. as a subsidiary in May 2025. GeekAca specializes in AI solution development and is led by Founder & CEO Han Ye (韓曄), who also serves on Fellowship's board. GeekAca represents Fellowship's new business unit focused on AI product development, including the Ainobi AI training platform.

Scale indicators9 records

Recent moves8 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Emerging players

• Eightfold AI: AI-native talent intelligence platform for talent acquisition, management, and reskilling. Comparable to Fellowship's AI Talent Solutions and Ainobi AI training platform ambitions, though operating at the global enterprise SaaS layer rather than a Japanese staffing layer.

Direct peers

• World Holdings: Japanese staffing and human resources services group serving manufacturing, logistics, and engineer dispatch markets. Comparable on the temporary dispatch / placement revenue model and Japan-domestic operating geography.
• En Japan: Japanese recruitment and HR-tech firm operating mid-career job boards (en転職) and placement services. Direct competitor for placement fees, with overlapping mid-market and enterprise customer base and a similar focus on digital recruitment workflows.
• Will Group: Japan-focused staffing group operating dispatch, placement, and global talent (Will Global) businesses. Highly comparable to Fellowship on business mix (dispatch + global talent) and on mid-sized Japanese staffing scale.

Broad incumbents

• ManpowerGroup: Global staffing and workforce solutions company with a meaningful Japan presence. Comparable on the temporary staffing revenue model and on AI-augmented recruitment tooling (Power of What + Match).
• Pasona Group: Major Japanese staffing, placement, and BPO provider with global operations. Overlaps directly with Fellowship's executive search, dispatch, and global talent businesses, especially for enterprise and mid-market corporate clients.
• Robert Half International: Global professional staffing and consulting firm specializing in finance, technology, and executive search. Comparable to Fellowship's Executive Search for Next-Generation Leaders and AI/Global Consulting offerings from a business-model perspective, though at far larger scale.
• Persol Holdings: One of Japan's top staffing and HR-services groups (Tempo Staffnetwork, Persol Temp Staff). Direct competitor in temporary staffing and recruitment placement, with a much larger dispatch workforce and broader service portfolio than Fellowship.
• Recruit Holdings: Japan's largest HR/staffing conglomerate operating Indeed, HRMOS, and Recruit Agent. Competes with Fellowship across staffing, placement, and HR-tech, but at vastly greater scale and with a global footprint Fellowship lacks.

Regional players

• Hays Japan: Specialist recruitment firm focused on mid-to-senior professional and executive hiring across technology, DX, and global functions in Japan. Direct overlap with Fellowship's Executive Search for Next-Generation Leaders, particularly DX and global leadership mandates.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/f-ship
• Xx.com/Fellowship0000
• Facebookfacebook.com/profile.php

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles3 records

Subsidiaries1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments1 record

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