What BirdMan Inc. does

BirdMan Inc. (バードマン社) is a Japanese sole proprietorship (個人事業) registered in Setagaya, Tokyo and operated remotely from Iizuka City, Fukuoka Prefecture by a single principal, Aoyagi Yosuke (青柳洋介). The firm was opened for business in 2004 and operates in the information-processing industry with an explicitly stated annual budget of 1.2 million yen. Officers and employees are described as virtual; the founder conducts semi-annual business trips to Tokyo and otherwise works from Fukuoka.

The firm's core asset is the 'Great System' (グレイトシステム), a philosophical/conceptual framework for sustainable society development that the founder began developing in 1981 and that spans three organizational divisions: BirdMan Publishing (books), BirdMan Development (system design), and Art Harbour (system deployment), alongside a meta-entity called World Commune (世界公社). The flagship deliverable is the conceptual design of the 'Amaterasu Machine' (アマテラスマシン), a sustainability architecture intended to remain operational for over 1,000 years under circular-economy principles. Books published through Amazon include 'Great System' (2013) and a Persian translation 'Persian King and Sea Princess' (2016).

BirdMan generates revenue through three streams: advertising fees (primarily via Google), royalties from self-published books sold on Amazon, and support fees. Distribution is through Amazon (books), direct blog platforms (content), Google (advertising), and one physical retail partner, Mantiya (魔人屋). The firm holds no disclosed patents or trademarks, has no external investors or parent company, and has no disclosed enterprise customers beyond platform partners. There is no evidence of commercial AI/ML products; the founder's prior technical career at Oki Electric included historical involvement in Japan's Fifth-Generation Computer parallel-inference computing research (1984–1987).

Name

BirdMan Inc.

Legal name

BirdMan Inc. (バードマン社)

Website

https://birdman-ao.blogspot.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2004

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

BirdMan Inc. (バードマン社) is a single-person Japanese sole proprietorship that publishes philosophical works and develops the 'Great System' sustainability framework, operating on a 1.2M JPY annual budget with revenue from Amazon royalties, Google advertising, and support fees.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

Setagaya, Tokyo

HQ country

Japan

HQ region

Asia

Offices2 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Operations, Personnel, Marketing or Sales, Others

Revenue model

1. Advertising Revenue: Revenue from advertising fees (広告料), primarily through Google advertising partnerships.
2. Royalties: Royalty income (ロイヤルティ) from publishing activities including book publishing through Amazon.
3. Support Services: Support fee revenue (サポート料) for services provided.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels3 records

Core offering

BirdMan Inc. is a sole proprietorship that develops the "Great System" — a philosophical and conceptual framework for building a sustainable society — and publishes related books through BirdMan Publishing (including translated and self-authored works sold via Amazon). Revenue is generated from advertising fees (Google), royalties (Amazon book sales), and support fees for consulting/information services. The company also acts as an advisor to the World Commune on Amaterasu Machine rollout.

Product overview

BirdMan Inc. is a personal business (個人事業, sole proprietorship) operated by Aoyagi YoSuKe (青柳洋介) in the information processing industry. The company is structured around the development of the 'Great System' (グレイトシステム), a philosophical framework, and publishing 'Great Books' (グレイトブック). The company consists of three divisions: BirdMan Publishing (グレイトブック出版), BirdMan Development (グレイトシステム設計), and Art Harbour (グレイトシステム展開). The three-company structure includes Honey Company (information manufacturing/sales), Silk Company (goods manufacturing/sales), and OfuMi Company (service manufacturing/sales). The company's business is conducted remotely from Iizuka, Fukuoka Prefecture, with twice-yearly Tokyo visits. Revenue comes from advertising fees, royalties, and support fees.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Great System (グレイトシステム) Self-authored book by Aoyagi Yosuke, articulating the developer's lifelong philosophical framework for a sustainable society (mechanical, biological, and systematic views of the universe), published by BirdMan Publishing and distributed through Amazon.
• Persian King and Sea Princess (ペルシャの王と海の王女) Translated literature published by BirdMan Publishing and distributed through Amazon (Kindle Store and physical sales).
• Assertion-Based Design (アサーションベース設計) Co-translated engineering design book published by Maruzen, related to the founder's EDA and design-tooling expertise from his Oki Electric tenure.
• Great System Information Processing and Advisory Services Information processing services and advisory support provided by Aoyagi Yosuke as a registered sole-proprietorship (業種: 情報処理業), including advisory role to the World Commune on the Amaterasu Machine concept (from fiscal year 2020).

Named customers3 records

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature1 record

Partnerships

Five partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• 世界公社 (World Commune)coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2020Starting from fiscal year 2020, BirdMan became an advisor to the World Commune (世界公社), a virtual organization positioned above the United Nations. The partnership was established because the concept design of the Amaterasu Machine was completed.
• AmazoncoreChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorPrimary book distribution partner. BirdMan Publishing uses Amazon for book sales and distribution.
• GooglecoreChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorPrimary advertising partner for revenue generation through advertising fees.
• 魔人屋 (Mantiya)minorChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorRetail store partner operating as Club & Canon main branch (クラブ＆カノン本店). The owner is POCO Sumiko (青柳POCO須美子).
• 第５世代コンピュータ技術開発機構 (Fifth-Generation Computer Technology Development Organization)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerPast partnership during 1984-1987 period when 青柳洋介 participated in the Ministry of International Trade and Industry project for parallel inference computing research.

Scale indicators2 records

Recent moves8 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Others

• Amazon Kindle Direct Publishing: Self-publishing platform used by BirdMan for book distribution. Comparable as the primary distribution channel that enables a sole-proprietor publisher like BirdMan to reach global readers without traditional publishing infrastructure.
• Lulu Press: Self-publishing platform enabling individual authors to publish and distribute books globally. Comparable because it provides the same kind of independent publishing infrastructure that BirdMan uses via Amazon, serving sole proprietors and individual authors.

Broad incumbents

• Iwanami Shoten: Major Japanese academic and philosophical publisher known for science, humanities, and thought-leadership titles. Comparable to BirdMan in publishing philosophical/scientific content in Japan, but as a large established house rather than a sole proprietorship.
• Kodansha: One of Japan's largest publishing houses, producing books across literary, scientific, and philosophical categories. Comparable to BirdMan as a Japanese publisher but operates at massive scale across many genres, whereas BirdMan is a one-person niche philosophical publisher.

Emerging players

• Medium: Online publishing platform for individual writers and thinkers to reach audiences. Comparable to BirdMan's blog-based content distribution approach serving individual creators of long-form philosophical content.
• Substack: Independent publishing platform for individual writers to distribute essays and ideas directly to subscribers. Comparable to BirdMan's blog/content publishing model targeting niche intellectual audiences, though Substack is English-language and software-focused.

Regional players

• Hayakawa Publishing: Japanese publisher specializing in science fiction, science, and thought-provoking non-fiction. Comparable because it serves a similar intellectual/philosophical readership in Japan that BirdMan targets with the Great System.
• note.com: Japanese content platform enabling individual writers and creators to publish articles and earn revenue. Comparable because it serves the same Japanese sole-proprietor publisher/creator niche that BirdMan operates in with its blogs and self-published books.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat2 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/birdman-inc-

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Subsidiaries6 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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