Human Academy
Human Academy is a Japan-based diversified education company operating vocational schools (19 campuses), Japanese language schools (35 campuses, ~4,000 students), and 1,500+ franchised K-12 STEAM classrooms, serving working adults, students, international learners, and corporate clients through its proprietary assist LMS platform.
- Company typePrivate
- Founded1985
- HeadquartersTokyo, Japan
- Headcount51–100
- GTM typeB2B and B2C
- OfferingServices
What Human Academy does
Human Academy Co., Ltd. (ヒューマンアカデミー株式会社) is a Japan-headquartered diversified education company and wholly-owned subsidiary of Human Holdings Co., Ltd., operating across vocational training, language education, K-12 enrichment, corporate training, and professional e-sports. Founded in 1985, the company serves five primary customer segments — working adults seeking career advancement, full-time vocational students aged 15+ pursuing creative and professional careers, international students from 40+ countries, K-12 children, and corporate/government clients — through a multi-brand portfolio including Sōgō Gakuen Human Academy (19 vocational campuses), Human Academy Japanese Language School (35 campuses with ~4,000 student capacity), Human Academy Junior (1,500+ franchised STEAM classrooms), HIUC (overseas university preparation with 130+ university partners), Crest Gaming (professional e-sports), and international subsidiaries in France, the Philippines, Indonesia, and Malaysia.
The company's technology backbone is the proprietary 'assist' learning management system, developed in-house by the DX Strategy Division, which unifies scheduling, contract execution, course booking, group chat, data visualization, and AI-powered learner support across all brands. Recent product extensions include AI assist-kun (a knowledge-retrieval chatbot launched September 2024), HAi-J (an AI-driven Japanese conversation app released December 2024), assist Timeline (a social community feature), and Linx (a K-12 platform). The company has accumulated 1.79 million+ learners since founding and maintains 40,000+ active users on the assist platform as of July 2024.
Human Academy generates revenue primarily through recurring tuition from full-time vocational and language programs, franchise royalties from the 1,500+ child education classroom network, corporate training contracts, e-sports sponsorship, and licensing. Pricing is not publicly disclosed and varies by program duration and format, with multi-year commitments for full-time vocational programs and annual or per-course billing for professional continuing education. Distribution operates through a hybrid model: direct campus-based enrollment for B2C learners, online self-serve through the assist platform for SMB/individual customers, enterprise field sales for corporate and government clients, and a franchise network for K-12 delivery. ISO certifications (9001, 29991, 29993, 27001) and Privacy Mark accreditation support institutional sales credibility.
Human Academy firmographics
Firmographics- Name
- Human Academy
- Legal name
- Human Academy Co., Ltd. (ヒューマンアカデミー株式会社)
- Website
- https://manabu.athuman.com
- Company type
- Private
- Founded year
- 1985
- Operating status
- Operating
- Headcount range
- 51–100 employees
- Short description
- Human Academy is a Japan-based diversified education company operating vocational schools (19 campuses), Japanese language schools (35 campuses, ~4,000 students), and 1,500+ franchised K-12 STEAM classrooms, serving working adults, students, international learners, and corporate clients through its proprietary assist LMS platform.
- Ownership category
- akta.pro rank
Human Academy industry classification
Industry- Product category
- Education Services
- NAICS
- Technical and Trade Schools (6115), Language Schools (611630)
- SIC
- Services-Educational Services (8200)
- akta.pro primary industry
- Community & Adult Education (Municipal/Community Schools) (EDAAAEAB)
- akta.pro secondary industries
- College & Career Transition Services (Bridge Programs, Dual Enrollment Pathways) (EDAAABAK), Online/Hybrid ASE Programs & Virtual Classrooms (EDAAABAG), International/Global Curriculum Schools (IB, Cambridge, etc.) (EDAJABAG)
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Where Human Academy is headquartered
LocationHeadquarters
- HQ city
- Tokyo
- HQ country
- Japan
- HQ region
- Asia
Offices8 records
Markets served
Human Academy business model
Business model- GTM type
- B2B and B2C
- Offering type
- Services
- Cost components
- Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Technology or R&D, Infrastructure, Supply Chain
Revenue model
- Vocational and Professional Education Tuition: Tuition fees from full-time vocational schools (総合学園ヒューマンアカデミー), part-time professional courses (資格取得・就転職のヒューマンアカデミー), and corporate training programs. Programs range from 2-year professional diplomas to short-term certification courses.
- E-sports and Crest Gaming Operations: E-sports team operations including sponsorship revenue, team participation fees, and curriculum development income from the e-Sports College.
- Japanese Language School Services: Tuition from Japanese language schools at Tokyo, Osaka, and Saga campuses (~4000 student capacity) for international students, plus corporate Japanese training programs.
- Corporate Training / Enterprise Subscriptions: Customized corporate training programs including assist platform subscriptions for businesses (assist for business), delivered online and offline.
- Child Education (Franchise Model): Franchise fees from 1500+ child education classrooms using Human Academy Junior curriculum including robotics and coding programs.
Pricing tiers
| Model | Billing | Price |
|---|---|---|
| Subscription | Multi-year contract | Full-time vocational school tuition — multi-year programs |
| Subscription | Annual | Social/professional continuing education courses |
Go-to-market motion3 records
Distribution channels6 records
Marketing channels8 records
Human Academy product offering
Product offeringCore offering
Human Academy is a private education company that sells tuition-based learning programs for individual learners (full-time vocational college students, Japanese language students, K-12 STEAM students, and adult recurrent learners) and provides enterprise training plus an assist for Business LMS subscription to corporations and government. Its ~19 nationwide vocational campuses, 3 Japanese language schools, 1,500+ child-education franchise classrooms, and overseas schools deliver programs unified by its in-house assist learning management system.
Product overview
Human Academy operates as an Edutainment Company offering a diversified portfolio of education products and services across multiple brands and delivery formats. The core platform is ヒューマンアカデミーassist (assist), a learning management system providing learning schedule management, communication tools, and AI-powered student support. This platform underpins multiple brand-specific implementations including assist for Business (corporate training), specialized LMS for the 総合学園 vocational schools, and Japanese language school operations. The product ecosystem encompasses full-time vocational schools (総合学園ヒューマンアカデミー with 19 campuses), Japanese language education (3 campuses with 4,000+ student capacity), children's STEAM education (1,500+ franchised robot classrooms), professional e-sports operations (crest Gaming), overseas university preparation (HIUC with 130+ university partnerships), European manga/anime education (Human Academy Europe), and corporate training services. Supporting sub-products include AI assistくん (AI chatbot launched September 2024), HAi-J (AI-powered Japanese conversation learning app), assistタイムライン (social learning community), and Linx (children's education platform). The architecture combines a unified digital platform with brand-specific deployments across vocational education, language learning, K-12 STEAM, corporate training, and distance learning segments.
Differentiator
Problem solved
Functional benefit
Products and services
- Comprehensive Human Academy (総合学園ヒューマンアカデミー) - Sogo Gakuen Human Academy Full-time vocational school brand operating approximately 19 campuses nationwide offering specialized multi-year diploma programs in game development, e-sports, voice acting, manga, design, IT, fashion, beauty, music, sports, fishing, childcare, and business for students aged 15+ pursuing creative and professional careers.
- Human Academy Japanese Language School (ヒューマンアカデミー日本語学校) Japanese language education institution with campuses in Tokyo, Osaka, and Saga (~4,000 student capacity) providing Japanese language instruction, JLPT preparation, practical Japanese courses, and university/graduate school preparation for international students.
- Human Academy Junior (ヒューマンアカデミージュニア) Children's STEAM education division offering robotics classrooms (1,500+ franchised locations), programming courses, science classes, and mathematics instruction for K-12 students ages 3-15, with annual robot contest finals held at Tokyo University Yasukuda Auditorium.
- Crest Gaming e-Sports Operations Professional e-sports team operations under Human Academy ownership combining a professional competitive team (with sponsorship revenue and tournament participation) and an e-Sports College program feeding player development, wellness, and career pathways into the e-sports industry.
- HIUC (ヒューマン国際大学機構) - Overseas University Preparation Overseas university preparation institution with academic partnerships with approximately 130 universities across more than 100 countries, supporting approximately 5,000 students annually for international university admission.
- Human Academy Europe SAS (ヒューマンアカデミー ヨーロッパ) European institution established 2015 in Angoulême, France, offering Japanese manga and anime professional courses including Manga Pro, Anime Pro, Game Art & Illustration Pro, and Game Pro programs to European students.
- Assist LMS Platform (ヒューマンアカデミーassist) Proprietary learning management system (LMS) built in-house providing learning schedule management, information visualization, peer communication, assignment archiving, course reservations, online contract execution, AI chatbot support, and progress tracking for all Human Academy brands.
- AI assist-kun (教えて「AI assistくん」) AI chatbot integrated into the assist learning platform that answers student inquiries and provides conversational learning support across Human Academy brands.
- Assist for Business (assist for business) Enterprise learning and growth support system providing employee assessment tools, learning schedule management, data visualization, 1-on-1 meeting support, and AI instructor capabilities for corporate training clients, deployed as a managed service plus subscription.
- HAi-J (AI-J) Japanese Conversation Learning App Japanese conversation learning app utilizing AI technology that enables foreign students to practice Japanese speaking through AI-powered dialogue, designed for Japanese language school students.
- Corporate Training Services (企業研修サービス) Corporate Japanese language and cross-cultural training programs for foreign employees, including business Japanese courses and cultural understanding training delivered to international companies and government agencies.
- Tana-mana Correspondence Education (通信教育「たまなな」) Self-directed correspondence learning programs allowing students to study remotely with course materials and online support through the assist platform, including schedule management and learning progress tools.
- Human Academy Free School (ヒューマンアカデミー フリースクール) Alternative education program for students who have dropped out of traditional schools or are struggling academically, providing flexible pathways to find their ideal future through individualized learning environments.
- Video Creator College Full-time vocational college program providing specialized training for video creators, with curriculum co-developed by industry partners DeeWAN (AR/VR and 3DCG) and Sony Music's Be Social Creator Label.
- e-Sports College (e-Sportsカレッジ) Full-time e-sports vocational program offering specialized education in e-sports with practical instruction from the Crest Gaming professional team following their 2020 acquisition.
Quantifiable outcome
- Multiple students won major manga awards from Shueisha, Kodansha, and Akita Shoten publishers; one graduate (Po'L Grétá) debuted on Young Jump official website.
- +3 more outcomes
Companies that use Human Academy
Customer profileNamed customers8 records
Segments5 records
Ideal customer profiles7 records
Human Academy technology and API
TechnologyTechnology focussed Yes
API detail
- Has API
- No
- API docs
- API detail
Core technology
AI maturity
App detail
AI capability2 records
Feature4 records
Human Academy partnerships and signals
Strategic signalPartnerships
Nine partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.
- Capcom Co., Ltd.coreHuman Academy Crest Gaming and Capcom co-hosted an e-sports event 'Street Fighter' connecting parent-child bonds through gaming.
- Fuji Television (フジテレビ)coreHuman Academy and Fuji Television launched an anime production collaboration project, where students will create anime works as part of their curriculum.
- Senuwii Co., Ltd. (QSPEC Gaming Brand)minorHuman Academy students collaborated with Senuwii Co., Ltd. through a Creative Challenge Competition to design the TRACE gaming mouse pad, later marketed by QSPEC.
- TS TECH CO., LTD.minorTS TECH CO., LTD. signed a sponsorship agreement with Human Academy Crest Gaming (operated by Human Academy) to provide a Fatigue Estimation AI Seat for the e-sports team's physical and environmental support during gameplay.
- Duskin Co., Ltd. (株式会社ダスキン)minorDuskin began renting special fraud prevention mats designed by Human Academy Sendai campus students to raise awareness of special fraud targeting the elderly in Miyagi Prefecture.
- Wales University Trinity Saint David — MBA ProgramminorHuman Academy provides assist platform for the Wales University Trinity Saint David MBA program offered to Japanese students.
- Hosen Gakuen (宝仙学園理数インター)minorPartner school for international exchange; collaborated on SDG×STEAM education Summer Camp 2025 hosting 19 Thai students for cross-cultural learning activities.
- Game Wellness Project Partners (産経デジタル, 株式会社ゲームエイジ総研, 日本ユニシス株式会社, レノボ・水株式会社)coreMulti-company academic-industry consortium with Human Academy to research game player wellness, brain wave analysis for performance optimization, and healthy gaming practices. Led by researchers from Kanoya Physical Education University and Kyushu Sangyo University.
- KADOKAWA Game Linkage — Famitsu GroupcoreOngoing tie-up events since December 2020 with Famitsu (KADOKAWA) bringing professional game creators (PlatinumGames, Bandai Namco) to lecture Human Academy game students on real industry practices.
Scale indicators10 records
Recent moves9 records
Expansion highlights6 records
Human Academy competitors and assessment
Company assessmentEmerging players
- TechAcademy (キラメックス): Japan-based online programming/web/marketing bootcamp operator serving career changers. Overlaps with Human Academy's adult recurrent IT education and corporate reskilling segment via different delivery model (pure online vs. blended campus).
- Code Chrysalis: Tokyo-based English-language coding bootcamp with corporate training programs. Emerging peer in the developer-education and corporate-reskilling space intersecting Human Academy's IT/AI vocational tracks.
- Progate Corporation: Japan-founded online programming education platform with enterprise and K-12 editions (Progate for School, Progate for Biz). Directly comparable to Human Academy Junior's coding curriculum and assist for Business IT training modules via self-paced digital delivery.
Others
- KADOKAWA (Famitsu / DWANGO): Media and education conglomerate operating Famitsu, N High School correspondence high school, and creative-industry talent programs. Strategic partner via Famitsu tie-up events and a comparable operator of alternative K-12 and creative-industry education in Japan.
Direct peers
- ECC Co., Ltd. Major Japanese language school and vocational training operator (English conversation schools, ECC Kokusai College of Foreign Languages, corporate training). Directly comparable in Japanese-language education for international students and corporate English/Japanese training segments.
- Berlitz Corporation: Global language school and corporate language training operator with ISO-certified programs (ISO 29991). Highly comparable to Human Academy's Japanese language schools and corporate Japanese training business in delivery model and target learners.
- AEON Corporation: Operates Japan's largest network of Japanese-language schools for international students, plus English conversation schools and adult education. Direct competitor in the Japanese language school segment and adult continuing education, with comparable curriculum/career positioning.
Broad incumbents
- Benesse Corporation: Largest Japanese diversified education group (Shinkenzemi, Kodomo Challenge, language schools, child care). Closest full-stack peer to Human Academy's multi-segment adult, K-12 and language education portfolio, and competes head-on in correspondence, franchise delivery and language education.
- Gakken Holdings Co., Ltd. Japanese education publisher and school operator spanning K-12 learning materials, classroom schools (Gakken Class), language, and vocational programs. Broadly comparable diversified education conglomerate that competes in K-12 franchise education and adult learning.
- Kaplan International Languages: Global English and language school operator owned by Kaplan, with university pathway and corporate language training. Comparable to Human Academy's international student language education and HIUC university-prep offerings.
Market position
Strengths5 records
Weaknesses5 records
Competitive moat5 records
Key risks6 records
Key highlights7 records
Customer concentration
Human Academy social profiles
Digital presenceHuman Academy compliance and trust
Trust signalCompliance5 records
Human Academy financial estimates
Financial estimateRevenue estimate
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Human Academy leadership team
Management profileNumber of profiles
Profiles11 records
Human Academy subsidiaries and ownership
Company hierarchySubsidiaries7 records
Human Academy funding detail
Funding detailFunding overview
Funding rounds
Investors
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Human Academy M&A and investment
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Investments
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Frequently asked questions about Human Academy
What does Human Academy do?
Human Academy is a private education company that sells tuition-based learning programs for individual learners (full-time vocational college students, Japanese language students, K-12 STEAM students, and adult recurrent learners) and provides enterprise training plus an assist for Business LMS subscription to corporations and government. Its ~19 nationwide vocational campuses, 3 Japanese language schools, 1,500+ child-education franchise classrooms, and overseas schools deliver programs unified by its in-house assist learning management system.
Is Human Academy a public or private company?
Human Academy is a private company. It is classified as corporate owned and is currently operating.
When was Human Academy founded?
Human Academy was founded in 1985. It employs 51 to 100 people.
Where is Human Academy based?
Human Academy is headquartered in Tokyo, Japan, in the Asia region.
How does Human Academy make money?
Five revenue lines are on record. Vocational and Professional Education Tuition is the primary driver. The others are E-sports and Crest Gaming Operations, japanese Language School Services, corporate Training / Enterprise Subscriptions and child Education (Franchise Model).
Who are Human Academy's main competitors?
Emerging players on record are TechAcademy (キラメックス), Code Chrysalis and Progate Corporation. KADOKAWA (Famitsu / DWANGO) is listed as an others. Direct peers are ECC Co., Ltd., Berlitz Corporation and AEON Corporation. Broad incumbents are Benesse Corporation, Gakken Holdings Co., Ltd. and Kaplan International Languages.
Does Human Academy have an API?
No public API is recorded for Human Academy.
What industry is Human Academy in?
Human Academy's product category is Education Services. Its primary akta.pro industry code is EDAAAEAB, Community & Adult Education (Municipal/Community Schools), with a secondary code of EDAAABAK, College & Career Transition Services (Bridge Programs, Dual Enrollment Pathways). Its NAICS code is 6115 and its SIC code is 8200.