What Media Network Co., Ltd. does

Media Network Co., Ltd. (株式会社メディアネットワーク) is a privately held Japanese communications consulting firm founded February 2, 1991, headquartered in Ginza 5-1-15, Chuo-ku, Tokyo, and operating exclusively within Japan. The firm positions itself as a 'Communication Company' delivering three integrated consulting practices to mid-market and select enterprise BtoB clients: Ad Consulting (content marketing, creative production, media planning, exhibition production, data analysis), HR Consulting (worker dispatch, paid job placement, SES on-site technical support, BPO), and IT Consulting (BPR, generative-AI implementation, system development, SaaS introduction, security countermeasures and infrastructure operations). Its largest disclosed shareholder is Fuji Nextera Lab, Inc. (part of the Fuji Media Holdings group), providing the firm with media-industry lineage and access. The company employs 69 people including contract workers as of April 2025, serves 45+ named BtoB clients across construction consulting, industrial manufacturing, real estate management, media and broadcasting, financial services, logistics, and government research, and has recorded 32 consecutive fiscal years of profitability with no-debt operations.

The firm's underlying technology stack is anchored by an enterprise-wide deployment of Google Workspace with Gemini, introduced in FY2025, and supported by an in-house AI specialist team called BDT (New Business Development Team) that trains staff, builds AI-powered internal tools, evaluates generative-AI platforms, and packages AI-implementation services for clients. Internal applications include meeting summarization, email drafting, market research, document creation as 'tatatakai-dai' drafts, web access analytics, and an AI-built personality diagnostic tool for the recruit site. Ad Consulting additionally offers AIO (AI Optimization) layered onto SEO for content marketing, treating AI-driven search as a primary distribution surface. IT Consulting includes Business Process Re-engineering (BPR), generative-AI introduction and follow-up support, native and SaaS system development, security diagnosis, BCP planning, and 24/7/365 infrastructure operations via external partners.

Media Network generates revenue primarily through project-based professional-services engagements across its three consulting practices, supplemented by managed-services revenue from worker dispatch and BPO and transaction-fee revenue from permanent placement and RPO. The firm holds a Worker Dispatch Business License (派13-011261), a Paid Job Introduction Business License (13-ユ-010875), Privacy Mark certification (10860757), and government bidding qualification. FY2025 disclosure shows an average dispatch fee of ¥20,584/8h versus an average wage of ¥13,792/8h, yielding a 33% dispatch margin across 31 dispatched workers serving 18 client companies. Distribution is entirely direct field/enterprise sales (face-to-face/online) with paired main+sub account coverage for each client; there is no e-commerce, self-serve funnel, or channel partner model. The firm operates a wholly-owned subsidiary, Media Partners, Inc. (established April 1, 2022), dedicated to media-industry-specialized SES.

Name

Media Network Co., Ltd.

Legal name

株式会社メディアネットワーク (MEDIA NETWORK,INC.)

Website

https://mnwk.co.jp

Company type

Private

Founded year

1991

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Media Network Co., Ltd. is a privately held Japanese communications consulting firm founded in 1991 that integrates Ad Consulting, HR Consulting, and IT Consulting for mid-market BtoB clients across construction, manufacturing, media, finance, logistics, and research institutions in Japan.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Management Consulting Services

NAICS

Advertising Agencies (541810), Management Consulting Services (54161), Advertising, Public Relations, and Related Services (5418)

SIC

Services-Advertising Agencies (7311), Services-Management Consulting Services (8742)

akta.pro primary industry

B2B / Account-Based Marketing (ABM) Strategy Consulting (MPAAAFAM)

akta.pro secondary industries

ERP, CRM & Enterprise Applications Consulting (BPAHAEAI), Corporate Event Planning & Management Services (Agencies/Planners) (MPAGAHAL)

Keywords

• Advertising consulting services
• Human resource consulting
• IT consulting services
• Worker dispatch services
• Business process re-engineering

Headquarters

HQ city

Ginza

HQ country

Japan

HQ region

Asia

Offices2 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Advertising Consulting: Made-to-order communication consulting for BtoB clients combining content marketing, creative production (CI/VI, web, video, print), media planning, exhibition production, and data analysis. Revenue is project-based, scoped per engagement.
2. HR Consulting (Dispatch / Placement / SES / BPO): Worker dispatch (派遣), permanent placement (有料職業紹介), on-site technical support (SES / 客先常駐), and BPO. Disclosure shows FY2025 dispatch margin of 33% (average dispatch fee ¥20,584/8h vs average wage ¥13,792/8h, 31 workers, 18 client companies).
3. IT Consulting (DX / AI / Systems / Security): Project-based revenue from BPR consulting, generative-AI implementation and support, system development, SaaS introduction, and security countermeasures. Includes both one-off development and recurring operations/maintenance (including 24/365 partner-served).
4. Placement / Recruitment Fees: Success-fee based permanent placement and RPO (recruitment process outsourcing) services; licensed under 有料職業紹介事業 13-ユ-010875.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels6 records

Marketing channels9 records

Core offering

Media Network Co., Ltd. operates as a 'Communication Company' providing three integrated consulting practices to B2B clients in Japan: Ad Consulting (content marketing, creative production, media planning, exhibition production, and data analysis), HR Consulting (worker dispatch, permanent placement, on-site technical support/SES, and BPO), and IT Consulting (BPR, generative-AI implementation, system development/SaaS introduction, security countermeasures, and infrastructure operations). Engagements are made-to-order and project-based, with the firm functioning as a single accountable partner across sales, recruiting, and inner-communication challenges for mid-market and select enterprise clients.

Product overview

Media Network Co., Ltd. is a 'communication company' offering a portfolio of three integrated consulting practices—Ad Consulting, HR Consulting, and IT Consulting—designed to solve communication challenges for B2B clients. The offering follows a platform-plus-modules architecture in which the three core consulting practices (Ad Consulting, HR Consulting, IT Consulting) sit on top of an internal AI platform anchored by company-wide Gemini/Google Workspace, supported by the BDT (New Business Development) specialist team, and complemented by an employee-built personality diagnostic tool (メディアネットワーク流タイプ別診断). Ad Consulting delivers content marketing, creative work, media planning, exhibition production, and data analysis; HR Consulting delivers staffing, recruitment, SES, and BPO; IT Consulting delivers BPR, generative AI implementation support, system development/SaaS implementation, security, and infrastructure operations and maintenance.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Ad Consulting (広告コンサルティング) B2B-focused advertising consulting practice covering content marketing, creative work (CI/VI, corporate/brand sites, videos, offline tools), media planning (Google Ads, Yahoo! JAPAN Ads, Bing Ads, SNS, mass media, outdoor), exhibition production, and data analysis. The practice serves as the sales-communication pillar of the firm's three-pillar consulting model.
• HR Consulting (人材コンサルティング) Human resources consulting practice providing staffing (worker dispatch, 労働者派遣事業 license 派13-011261), permanent placement (有料職業紹介事業 license 13-ユ-010875), on-site technical support (SES), and BPO. Combines dispatch and introduction services with media-industry specialized technical staffing through wholly-owned subsidiary Media Partners Inc.
• IT Consulting (ITコンサルティング) IT consulting practice that combines business knowledge with AI and other technology to support customers' digital transformation. Service lines include business improvement (BPR), generative-AI introduction and follow-up support, system development/SaaS implementation support (core systems, CRM/SFA/MA, HR/payroll, ATS), security measures (BCP, infrastructure diagnostics, training), and system/infrastructure operations and maintenance.
• Media Network Personality Test (メディアネットワーク流タイプ別診断) AI-powered personality diagnostic tool built using Gemini, published on the recruit site to assess candidate-company compatibility as part of the recruiting funnel.

Quantifiable outcome

• Reduced average monthly overtime from 20 hours to 2 hours per month for head-office staff after introducing the Overtime-Feedback System and generative AI (Gemini).
• +4 more outcomes

Named customers49 records

Segments10 records

Ideal customer profiles5 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration2 records

AI capability9 records

Feature5 records

Partnerships

Nine partnerships are on record, tiered core, flagship and minor.

• 株式会社メディアパートナーズ (Media Partners)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerWholly owned subsidiary of Media Network, established April 1, 2022 (Reiwa 4). President: 佐藤嘉晃. Mission is to bridge IT engineers with the media industry via media-industry-specialized SES. Engaged in engineer dispatch and technical support to broadcasters, production companies, and internet media.
• 株式会社トランスアルファflagshipStrategic or Co-development PartnerCo-developed the Pacific Consultants corporate website alongside Media Network; the project won the Gold Prize at the 46th Japan BtoB Advertising Awards (2025) in the Website / Corporate & School PR category. Trans Alpha HQ: Taito-ku, Tokyo; CEO: Matsumoto Naohisa.
• 税理士法人C Cubeコンサルティング 本田佳世minorImplementation/ SI/ Consulting PartnerExternal tax advisor (顧問税理士) for the firm. Listed under the corporate profile's 顧問税理士 section.
• プラッサ法律事務所 田端 聡朗minorImplementation/ SI/ Consulting PartnerExternal legal advisor (顧問弁護士) for the firm. Listed under the corporate profile.
• 山田社会保険労務士事務所 / MOT社会保険労務士法人minorImplementation/ SI/ Consulting PartnerExternal labor/social-insurance advisor (顧問社労士) for the firm. Provides HR-policy and social-insurance support given the company's many employee-benefit programs.
• 株式会社エス・エム・エスminorImplementation/ SI/ Consulting PartnerExternal occupational physician partner (顧問産業医) for the firm, supporting the company's health-management declaration and Wellness Management program.
• 京橋法人会minorOthersMember organization (加盟団体) for the firm, which is headquartered in Ginza/Chuo-ku.
• 日本広告制作協会 (OAC)minorOthersMember organization (加盟団体) supporting the firm's advertising-production capabilities and BtoB ad award participation.
• 東京都 / Chuo Ward (Tokyo)Others

Scale indicators11 records

Recent moves7 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Broad incumbents

• Dentsu Group: Largest Japanese advertising/PR group with global reach. Comparable at the level of integrated communications consulting for B2B clients, though Dentsu operates at vastly larger scale and competes for the same enterprise RFPs Media Network cannot win.
• Transcosmos: Large Japanese BPO/digital marketing/contact-center conglomerate. Overlaps with Media Network's HR Consulting (BPO) and Ad Consulting practices, and TransCosmos appears as both a competitor and a named Media Network customer. Comparable as a Tokyo-based multi-service communications services firm, though far larger in scale.
• Hakuhodo DY Holdings: Japan's #2 advertising agency group providing integrated marketing, creative, and digital services. Comparable as a full-service B2B/B2C communications provider; Media Network competes for the same mid-market Japanese client budgets on a much smaller scale.
• Digital Holdings (Digital Garage): Japanese digital marketing/consulting group with advertising, fintech, and DX practices. Comparable in the integrated digital marketing + consulting space targeting Japanese B2B clients, though much larger and more diversified.
• BellSystem24 Holdings: Large Japanese BPO/contact-center operator. Comparable in the HR Consulting BPO stream where Media Network also offers BPO; far larger scale but competing for the same outsourced operations budgets.

Direct peers

• Fullspeed Inc. Japanese digital marketing agency specializing in advertising, SEO, and creative production. Comparable in offering type (B2B digital marketing + creative) and in serving Japanese mid-market clients, though Media Network layers on HR and IT consulting.
• Septeni Holdings: Japanese digital advertising agency holding group with creative, media, and HR-tech subsidiaries. Closely comparable mid-sized Japanese communications services firm, offering overlapping advertising and digital marketing services to mid-market and enterprise clients.
• Mazarine (Mazar) Co., Ltd. Japanese advertising agency offering creative, digital, and content marketing services to B2B and B2C clients. Comparable as a Tokyo-headquartered mid-sized agency competing for similar Japanese mid-market clients.
• CARTA HOLDINGS: Tokyo-based digital advertising and marketing technology holding company. Comparable as a Japanese mid-cap integrated marketing services group with similar revenue profile and B2B/B2C client mix.

Emerging players

• Allied Architects, Inc. Japanese HR/media-tech firm offering recruitment, media, and digital services. Comparable in the HR + media intersection where Media Network's Media Partners subsidiary also plays; both target media-industry engineering talent.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Instagraminstagram.com/mnwk_saiyou
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/mnwk

Compliance5 records

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles6 records

Subsidiaries1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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