Tn

What Tn does

Tn Co., Ltd. (株式会社Tn, branded "Team never") is a Kyoto, Japan-based private for-profit operating company founded in 2012 that runs an integrated portfolio of services targeted at working mothers and the Kyoto local economy. The company employs approximately 160 people (50 full-time and 110 part-time) across five operating pillars: childcare and education (保育ルームOhana nursery, Ohana こども園 combined preschool/kindergarten, and the Grow! learning classroom), facility sanitation and management (キレイコンシェル and ダスキン元氣 servicing hotels, social welfare facilities, and corporate accounts), a labor-matching platform called UKESARA that connects working mothers with Kyoto businesses, a community space-rental business (お寺空間, monetizing temple venues), and a handmade-goods marketplace (Aletta Bambi).

The business model blends recurring subscription revenue from childcare and after-school education with managed-services contracts in sanitation and contingent-labor fees from UKESARA, plus transaction-based income from space rentals and marketplace fees. Founded by Representative Director 石井直彌 (Naohiro Ishii), the company added Director 木本努 (Tsutomu Kimoto) in April 2017 as it built out the childcare operations. With registered capital of ¥3,000,000 and no disclosed external funding, Tn is a self-funded, organically grown local services platform that has used operational adaptability — notably a 2020 COVID pivot into medical-gown production and ozone sterilization — to extend its sanitation line.

Strategically, Tn has pursued a vertical-integration logic: each new business either feeds the working-mother talent pool (UKESARA), serves its customers (sanitation, childcare), or monetizes local Kyoto assets (お寺空間, Aletta Bambi). Recent moves — the 2025 Base-up Class launch, a leadership-authored book, internal restructuring, and a 2026 rice-provision welfare program combined with Kyoto Youth Summit participation — suggest a maturation phase focused on employer brand, training productization, and community positioning rather than aggressive geographic expansion.

Name

Tn

Legal name

株式会社Tn（ティーエヌ）

Website

https://tn-kyoto.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2012

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

101–250 employees

Short description

Tn Co., Ltd. (株式会社Tn) is a Kyoto-based operating company that runs an integrated platform of childcare, after-school education, sanitation services, working-mother labor matching (UKESARA), temple-space rental, and a handmade-goods marketplace, serving Kyoto families, local businesses, and community institutions.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Childcare and Workforce Services

NAICS

Child Care Services (62441), Child Care Services (624410)

SIC

Services-Child Day Care Services (8351)

akta.pro primary industry

Temporary/On-Demand Babysitter Placement (HSAAALAD)

akta.pro secondary industry

Infant & Toddler Occasional Babysitting (HSAAAAAK)

Keywords

• Childcare services
• Sanitation services
• Business process outsourcing
• Women workforce empowerment
• Nursery operations

Headquarters

HQ city

Kyoto

HQ country

Japan

HQ region

Asia

Offices3 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B and B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Infrastructure

Revenue model

1. 保育・教育 (Childcare/Education): Monthly nursery fees, temporary childcare fees, and educational services. The company operates nursery facilities (Ohana, Ohana Kodomoen) and learning教室 Grow! providing monthly tuition for various extracurricular activities.
2. 衛生サービス (Sanitation Services): Rental cleaning equipment services, professional cleaning services (house cleaning, office cleaning, regular cleaning), pest control services, and housekeeping services offered under the 'キレイコンシェル' brand.
3. コントラクティング (Business Contracting): UKESARA provides business process outsourcing services to Kyoto companies, employing working mothers ('ママ') to perform various business tasks. Revenue comes from service fees charged to client businesses.
4. 空間利用 (Space Rental): お寺空間 (Temple Space) rental service - renting traditional temple spaces to the public for various events and activities. Revenue from hourly/daily space rental.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion3 records

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

Tn operates an integrated service ecosystem centered on childcare and women's workforce empowerment. Its core offerings include licensed nursery care (Ohana brand) for children aged 0-5, business process outsourcing through UKESARA that places teams of working mothers at Kyoto client companies, professional sanitation and cleaning services under Kirei Concierge and DUSKIN Genki brands, and traditional temple space rentals for cultural and mindfulness events. The company connects childcare infrastructure, female employment, and outsourced business services under a single operating group.

Product overview

株式会社Tn operates a diversified service portfolio centered on childcare/education, sanitation services, and business contracting. The childcare segment includes 保育ルームOhana and Ohanaこども園 for children 0-5 years, the Grow! learning center for extracurricular activities, and on-site childcare services. The sanitation division offers キレイコンシェル and ダスキン元気 brands for cleaning and hygiene services. UKESARA provides business contracting services connecting companies with skilled mother workers. Additional operations include お寺空間 (temple space rentals) and Aletta Bambi (handmade goods marketplace). The company positions itself as a women's empowerment leader, leveraging female workforce expertise across all service lines.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Ohana: Childcare brand operating 保育ルームOhana for infants (0-1 years) and Ohanaこども園 for toddlers (2-5 years), including the Ohana Learning Classroom Grow!
• UKESARA
• Grow!
• お寺空間
• ダスキン元気
• Aletta Bambi

Products and services

• Ohana Nursery (保育ルームOhana / Ohanaこども園) Licensed nursery and kindergarten services for children aged 0-5 years across two facilities in Kyoto (Ohana for infants 0-1 years, Ohana Kodomoen for children 2-5 years), offering monthly, temporary, and regular childcare with on-site cooking, nursing support, and extended hours from 7:00 to 21:00. Combined licensed capacity of 78 children.
• Ohana Learning Classroom Grow! Comprehensive after-school learning and enrichment program for children offering gymnastics, dance, ballet, table tennis, English lessons, swimming, and a new Base-up Class launched December 2025 focused on building fundamental physical strength, balance, flexibility and concentration through play-based activities.
• UKESARA (Business Contracting) Business process outsourcing service that deploys minimum 3-person 'mama teams' of working mothers from Tn's childcare ecosystem to Kyoto client companies. Engagements are structured as 1-year or longer contracts priced per hour per person with volume discounts, supporting digital transformation, operational tasks, and flexible staffing needs.
• Kirei Concierge (キレイコンシェル) Sanitation Services Comprehensive sanitation service including rental of cleaning equipment, professional house cleaning, office cleaning, regular cleaning, pest control, and housekeeping services. Operates as a one-stop 'cleaning concierge' providing tailored plans for both households and corporate clients.
• DUSKIN Genki (ダスキン元気) Cleaning Services Cleaning service brand providing home and office cleaning, sanitation equipment rentals, and cleaning education programs for households and corporate clients in Kyoto.
• Otema (お寺空間) Temple Space Rental Online platform for renting traditional Kyoto temple spaces to the public for events, seminars, massage sessions, wellness retreats, meditation, and cultural experiences. Bookings are made online through oterarental.jp with hourly/daily rental pricing.
• On-site Childcare Service (出張保育) Mobile childcare service where experienced Ohana nursery staff bring nursery services to corporate events, weddings, seminars, and community gatherings. Priced at ¥5,000 per person per hour base with premium surcharges for nights, weekends, holidays, and same-day requests, with a 2-hour minimum.
• Ozone Space Sterilization Service (オゾン空間除菌サービス) Space sterilization and deodorization service using ozone technology for infection prevention, offered to corporate clients and facilities following the August 2020 launch.
• Rice Provision Welfare Program (お米支給制度) Original employee welfare program that provides rice to all Tn staff as a non-cash benefit supporting household food costs and helping female employees manage the financial burden of working and raising children.

Quantifiable outcome

• Employees report high satisfaction with support systems for balancing work and family life
• +1 more outcomes

Named customers4 records

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Partnerships

Six partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• 京都カグヤライズ (Kyoto Kaguya Rise)coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 27 September 2023Company sponsors women's professional table tennis team 京都カグヤライズ and hosts table tennis instruction at Grow! learning classroom, providing children with professional coaching in table tennis. Partnership supports women's athletic excellence and youth sports development.
• 京都ノートルダム女子大学 (Kyoto Notre Dame Women's University)minorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 17 November 2022Company cooperated with Kyoto Notre Dame Women's University's 'Career Formation Seminar' class, participating in a crowdfunding project to help students understand the confectionery industry's challenges and future prospects.
• готов (Readyfor)minorChannel Partner/ Reseller/ Distributor · 17 November 2022Crowdfunding platform used for the joint project with Kyoto Notre Dame Women's University. Company and university used the readyfor.jp platform to conduct crowdfunding for confectionery industry research.
• 株式会社ケーラボ (Kera Lab Co., Ltd.)minorChannel Partner/ Reseller/ Distributor · 1 June 2022IT/web development company that participates in Ohana's co-use (共同利用) nursery program as a partner company, allowing their employees to use nursery services.
• 京都リサーチパーク/京都府 (Kyoto Research Park / Kyoto Prefecture)minorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 9 February 2022Company participated as a sponsor company in the 2026 Kyoto Youth Summit (京都若手サミット), an industry-government-academia partnership event held at Kyoto Research Park to promote dialogue between companies and students about working in Kyoto.
• 上智大学グリーフケア研究所 (Sophia University Grief Care Research Institute)coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 20 January 2019Company director 木本努 serves as a part-time lecturer at Sophia University's Grief Care Research Institute Human Resource Development course. This partnership enables grief care education and training programs.

Scale indicators5 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Market position

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Instagraminstagram.com/ohana_tn
• Facebookfacebook.com/teamnever

Compliance1 record

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles2 records

Subsidiaries6 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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