Human Academy

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.

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

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)

Keywords

• Vocational education training
• Japanese language schools
• STEAM education children
• Corporate training programs
• Learning management systems

Headquarters

HQ city

Tokyo

HQ country

Japan

HQ region

Asia

Offices8 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B and B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. 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.
2. 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.
3. 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.
4. Corporate Training / Enterprise Subscriptions: Customized corporate training programs including assist platform subscriptions for businesses (assist for business), delivered online and offline.
5. Child Education (Franchise Model): Franchise fees from 1500+ child education classrooms using Human Academy Junior curriculum including robotics and coding programs.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion3 records

Distribution channels6 records

Marketing channels8 records

Core 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

Named customers8 records

Segments5 records

Ideal customer profiles7 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

AI capability2 records

Feature4 records

Partnerships

Nine partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• Capcom Co., Ltd.coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 26 June 2026Human 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)coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 20 June 2026Human 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)minorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 18 June 2026Human 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.minorGTM or Marketing Partner · 13 March 2026TS 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)minorGTM or Marketing Partner · 1 December 2024Duskin 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 ProgramminorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 April 2022Human 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)minorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 December 2020Partner 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)coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 April 2020Multi-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 GroupcoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 December 2013Ongoing 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

Emerging 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

• Xx.com/Human_Academy

Compliance5 records

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles11 records

Subsidiaries7 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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

M&A

Investments

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