Name

Vintage

Legal name

株式会社ヴィンテージ・クリエーション

Website

https://s-r-vintage.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2026

Operating status

Operating

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Pharmacy Recruitment Services

NAICS

Pharmacies and Drug Retailers (45611)

SIC

Retail-Drug Stores And Proprietary Stores (5912)

akta.pro primary industry

Retail & Community Pharmacies (Chain/Independent) (HLAFALAA)

Keywords

• Pharmacy recruitment services
• Graduate hiring support
• Employer branding services
• Recruitment consulting
• HR training seminars

Headquarters

HQ city

Tokyo

HQ country

Japan

HQ region

Asia

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Marketing or Sales, Operations, Others

Revenue model

1. Recruitment Consulting Services: Dedicated consultant support spanning candidate pipeline formation to offer acceptance. Offered in three tiers: Spot consultation (single-issue advisory), Seasonal (6-10 month hiring cycle accompaniment), and Annual (full-year deep accompaniment with organizational development). Revenue is generated through service contracts with small and mid-size pharmacies.
2. Joint Briefing Events: Practical mini-internship job fair format held 5 times annually across Japan. Companies pay participation fees (from ¥350,000 per company per event) to run stage presentations and booth workshops, reaching a concentrated pool of pre-screened pharmacy students. Magazine subscribers receive discounted rates.
3. Recruitment Magazine Placement: Two-tier magazine advertising product: GOLD placement (featured editorial with pharmacist story) and Recruit page placement (standard job listing). Distributed to 79 pharmacy school career centers. Pricing is quote-based, with bundled discounts for joint briefing co-signups.
4. HR Training Seminars: Training programs for small pharmacy HR staff covering interviewer training, recruitment strategy, offer acceptance follow-up, and employer branding. Programs are sold as half-day or full-day modules, with pricing quote-based. Can be bundled with consulting services.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels9 records

Core offering

Vintage Creation operates Yakugaku Musubi (薬学むすび), a B2B new graduate pharmacist recruitment support service for small and mid-size independent pharmacies in Japan. The company sells four service modules: joint briefing events (5 venues/year), recruitment magazine placements (10,000 copies/year to 79 pharmacy schools), HR training programs, and recruitment consulting in Spot, Seasonal, and Annual tiers. All services leverage direct university partnerships to connect pharmacies with pharmacy students.

Product overview

Vintage (株式会社ヴィンテージ・クリエーション) operates 薬学むすび (Yakugaku Musubi), a comprehensive new graduate recruitment support platform for small and independent pharmacies in Japan. The service is structured as a multi-module ecosystem combining: joint briefing events (合同説明会) with practical mini-internship experiences across 5 venues; a recruitment magazine (就活雑誌掲載) distributed to 79 pharmacy universities (10,000 copies/year); HR training programs (人事研修・セミナー) covering interviewer training and recruitment strategy; recruitment consulting (採用コンサルティング) with dedicated consultants; career events such as 薬学みらいフェア and すごろく自己分析会; and practical training programs like 現場の1ページ. The company also provides a recruitment diagnosis tool (採用力診断) and career navigation content (薬学むすび就職活動ナビ). This integrated approach addresses the structural mismatch between small pharmacies struggling with recruitment and pharmacy students unable to find suitable workplaces.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• 薬学むすび: A new graduate recruitment support service for small and independent pharmacies, offering joint seminars, recruitment magazine placement, HR training, and consulting services targeted at pharmacy students and pharmacy schools across Japan.

Products and services

• Yakugaku Musubi (薬学むすび) A comprehensive new graduate recruitment support service for small and independent pharmacies in Japan, connecting them with pharmacy students through job fairs, a recruitment magazine, HR training, and consulting services. Leverages partnerships with 79 pharmacy universities nationwide to facilitate direct employer-student engagement.
• Joint Briefing (合同説明会) Joint briefing sessions held 5 times annually across major Japanese cities (Saitama, Matsuyama, Fukuoka, Osaka, Tokyo/Shinjuku) where pharmacy students experience mini-internship activities including role-play workshops, company presentations, and lunch networking with participating pharmacies. Participation starts from ¥350,000 per company per event.
• Recruitment Magazine Placement (就活雑誌掲載) Annual recruitment magazine (10,000 copies/year) distributed to pharmacy students at 79 universities nationwide. Features pharmacist career stories, resume/interview guidance, and company profiles. Two plans available: Gold feature (story-based coverage) and Recruitment page (standard job listing).
• HR Training and Seminars (人事研修・セミナー) Practical HR training programs for small pharmacy HR personnel including interviewer training, recruitment strategy development, candidate follow-up training, and employer branding workshops, available both online and in-person. Offered in half-day (4 hours) and full-day (8 hours) formats.
• Recruitment Consulting (採用コンサルティング) Dedicated consultant support for recruitment strategy development, employer branding, candidate pool formation, selection process improvement, and new hire follow-up. Offers Spot consultation (1-2 meetings), Seasonal (6-10 month monthly meetings), and Annual engagement plans with full organizational development support.

Quantifiable outcome

• 5 joint briefing events per year across 5 cities
• +3 more outcomes

Segments1 record

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

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API docs

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Core technology

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Partnerships

Nine partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• 79 Pharmacy School Career Centers (薬学部キャリアセンター)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerCareer center partnerships across 79 pharmacy schools in Japan enable Yakugaku Musubi to distribute its recruitment magazine and conduct career support lectures. These partnerships are the foundation of the company's B2B recruitment service for small independent pharmacies.
• 10 Universities for Career Seminars (就活ゼミ・講演)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartnerships with 10 universities for career lecture programs. Yakugaku Musubi conducts interactive career support lectures while universities gain structured career education for their pharmacy students. Universities include Matsuyama University, Tokushima Bunri University, Kobe Gakuin University, Yokohama University of Pharmacy, Showa Pharmaceutical University, Japan University of Pharmacy, and others.
• Matsuyama University (松山大学)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerActive partnership involving career lectures, practical training programs ('Gemba no 1 Page' communication training), and collaborative event hosting. Yakugaku Musubi's representative has delivered career lectures and the university has invited repeat sessions. A student from Matsuyama University also joined the community.
• Tokushima Bunri University (徳島文理大学)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartnership initiated in 2025 for career support events and student exchange. Yakugaku Musubi visited the Tokushima Campus to plan career events in the Shikoku region, aiming to deepen pharmacy student career support in the area.
• Japan Pharmaceutical Association Academic Conference (日本|TYPHA学術大会)minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerYakugaku Musubi exhibited at the Japan Pharmaceutical Association Academic Conference held in Kyoto in October 2025, reaching pharmacy professionals and companies nationwide. This was the first exhibition for the Yakugaku Musubi student community and helped expand awareness among employers. The next target conference is the Niigata Conference.
• Japan University of Pharmacy (日本薬科大学)minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerYakugaku Musubi conducted a career support lecture for 120 pharmacy students at Japan University of Pharmacy in November 2025, introducing self-understanding and career planning concepts. The session received positive student feedback and university recognition.
• Kobe Gakuin University (神戸学院大学)minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartnership for career support lectures in the Kansai region. Yakugaku Musubi delivered interactive lectures covering self-understanding, peer sharing, and career pathway information for pharmacists (dispensing pharmacy, hospital, public servant, pharmaceutical company). This was the company's first Kansai-region career lecture.
• Yokohama University of Pharmacy (横浜薬科大学)minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartnership for career lectures using the PREP communication method for self-presentation. The lecture focused on helping students articulate their career goals and communicate their value to potential employers.
• Showa Pharmaceutical University (昭和薬科大学)minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerYakugaku Musubi visited Showa Pharmaceutical University in June 2026 to discuss a career support lecture program. The discussion focused on how to help pharmacy students think about their future career paths and the role of small independent pharmacies in regional healthcare.

Scale indicators6 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Direct peers

• JobMedley (メドレー): Operated by Medley Inc., JobMedley is a healthcare-focused job board covering doctors, nurses, pharmacists, and other healthcare professionals. Directly comparable as a digital-first recruitment platform serving the same employer-customer segment (independent pharmacies and clinics) that Yakugaku Musubi serves via events and consulting.
• PharmaCareer (ファーマキャリア): A leading Japanese pharmacist-focused recruitment agency and job board that connects pharmacy students and licensed pharmacists with pharmacies and pharmaceutical companies. Directly comparable because both Vintage/Yakugaku Musubi and PharmaCareer target the same candidate pool (new graduate pharmacists) and compete for the same employer customers across Japan.
• Yaku-Cari (薬キャリ): A specialized pharmacist recruitment platform operated by AnyCarry, focused on matching pharmacy students and pharmacists with dispensing pharmacies and hospitals. Directly comparable as a pharmacist-recruitment specialist serving the same new-graduate segment that Vintage Creation's Yakugaku Musubi targets.
• M3 Career (エムスリーキャリア): The healthcare-career subsidiary of M3 Inc., operating the largest medical professional job platform in Japan including dedicated pharmacist career services. Comparable because it competes for the same pharmacist recruitment budgets and benefits from the network effects of m3.com's medical professional community.
• Dip Corporation (ディップ): Operates the 'Hatarako Net' and Baito Doctor job platforms, including dedicated verticals for pharmacist and medical staffing. Comparable as a recruitment-platform operator that includes pharmacist roles among its healthcare offerings and competes for the same employer recruitment budget.

Broad incumbents

• Indeed Japan (Indeed Japan株式会社): The Japanese arm of Indeed (Recruit Holdings subsidiary), a horizontal job search engine that includes pharmacist and pharmacy roles among millions of postings. Comparable as a broad incumbent that pharmacies use alongside or instead of niche services like Yakugaku Musubi.
• Recruit Holdings (リクルートホールディングス): The parent company of Indeed, Rikunabi, and other major Japanese recruitment platforms, with broad HR solutions across industries. Comparable as a broad incumbent with the resources to enter or expand into pharmacist recruitment, posing a structural competitive threat to niche players like Vintage.

Others

• Welcia Holdings (ウエルシアホールディングス): One of Japan's largest pharmacy chains, a direct potential customer and competitor for new-graduate pharmacist hiring. Comparable as the dominant employer-side counterpart in the same recruitment market that Yakugaku Musubi serves.
• Tsuruha Holdings (ツルハホールディングス): A major Japanese pharmacy chain group competing with other large chains for new-graduate pharmacist talent. Relevant as the dominant employer in the recruitment market where Yakugaku Musubi's independent-pharmacy clients compete for candidates.
• Cosmos Pharmaceutical (コスモス薬品): A major discount drugstore chain in Japan that hires significant numbers of pharmacists each year. Comparable as one of the large-chain employers whose recruitment intensity shapes the competitive landscape for Yakugaku Musubi's independent-pharmacy clients.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Instagraminstagram.com/yakugakumusubi

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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