Tenrikyo

What Tenrikyo does

Tenrikyo (天理教) is a Japanese religious organization founded in 1838 by Nakayama Miki, headquartered at the Tenrikyo Church Headquarters (教祖殿) in Tenri, Nara Prefecture, Japan. The organization delivers spiritual teachings rooted in gratitude and the Oyagami (Parent God) concept through a global network of churches supported by volunteer missionaries known as yoboku. Its technology footprint centers on a multilingual official website (tenrikyo.or.jp) available in 15+ languages, the DOYUSHA Web Store (doyusha.net) for religious publications and multimedia, and Tenrijiho Online (jiho.doyusha.jp) as its dedicated news and photojournalism platform.

Core services are provided free of charge to members and visitors, including worship, religious education, life rituals (weddings, funerals, commemorations), and pastoral care. The business model combines voluntary donations and offerings (Kyōkin) from members with transactional revenue from the sale of books, videos, and religious materials through the DOYUSHA e-commerce channel. Go-to-market is community-led, relying on personal referrals and yoboku-driven propagation rather than paid acquisition.

The customer base consists of individual believers and seekers distributed across Japan and international markets served by the multilingual site, segmented into the General Public/Believers (primary) and Active Practitioners/Members (secondary). No named institutional customers, enterprise contracts, or revenue disclosures are available in the source material, and the organization operates as an independent non-profit religious body with no parent company, subsidiaries, or external capital backing.

Name

Tenrikyo

Legal name

Tenrikyo (天理教)

Website

https://tenrikyo.jp

Company type

Private

Founded year

1838

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Tenrikyo (天理教) is a Japanese religious organization founded in 1838, headquartered in Tenri, Nara Prefecture, serving individual believers and seekers worldwide through a global church network, multilingual digital platforms, and a publishing subsidiary, funded by voluntary donations and religious material sales.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Religious and Spiritual Services

NAICS

Religious Organizations (8131), Religious, Grantmaking, Civic, Professional, and Similar Organizations (813)

SIC

Services-Membership Organizations (8600)

akta.pro primary industry

Sacred Texts & Scripture Publishing (Bibles, Qur’ans, Vedas, Torah, Sutras) (MPAJAHAA)

akta.pro secondary industries

Religious Education & Catechetical Publishing (Sunday School, Catechism, Study Guides) (MPAJAHAC), Religious Reference & Study Tools Publishing (Commentaries, Concordances, Lexicons) (MPAJAHAL), Worship & Liturgy Publishing (Liturgical Texts, Missals, Service Books, Hymnals) (MPAJAHAE)

Keywords

• Religious organization
• Religious teachings
• Faith community
• Religious publications
• Spiritual guidance

Headquarters

HQ city

Tenri

HQ country

Japan

HQ region

Asia

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Others

Revenue model

1. Religious Materials Sales: Tenrikyo generates revenue through the sale of religious books, publications, videos, and other materials via the DOYUSHA Web Store (doyusha.net). This includes official doctrine texts, instructional materials, and multimedia content for believers.
2. Donations and Offerings (Kyōkin): As a religious organization, Tenrikyo receives voluntary donations and offerings from members. These contributions support church operations, facility maintenance, missionary work, and charitable activities.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels2 records

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

Tenrikyo is a Japanese religious organization that provides spiritual teachings, community worship services, and life-cycle rituals (weddings, funerals, commemorations) through a global network of churches and missionaries (yoboku). The organization publishes religious books, videos, and multimedia materials through its DOYUSHA publishing arm and operates the DOYUSHA Web Store for distributing these publications. It maintains a multilingual official website (15+ languages) and the Tenrijiho Online news platform to serve both seekers and established members worldwide.

Product overview

Tenrikyo operates a unified religious information platform centered on its official homepage (tenrikyo.or.jp), which serves both newcomers and practitioners through access to teachings, events, books, videos, news, and radio content. The organization's media ecosystem includes DOYUSHA Web Store for publications and Tenrijiho Online for photojournalism and news updates.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• DOYUSHA: Tenrikyo's publishing arm, operating the Tenrijiho Online news service and Web Store for books, videos, and other religious materials.

Products and services

• DOYUSHA Web Store Online bookstore operated by DOYUSHA (道友社), the official publishing arm of Tenrikyo, offering religious books, publications, videos, and multimedia materials for practitioners and those new to the faith.
• Tenrijiho Online Online news platform operated by DOYUSHA, providing photos, news, and updates about Tenrikyo activities, events, religious services, and community coverage for followers and the public.

Segments2 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

Two partnerships are on record, tiered internal and core.

• Tenrijiho OnlineinternalOthersTenrijiho Online (jiho.doyusha.jp) is the official online news platform of Tenrikyo, operated by DOYUSHA. It provides religious news, event coverage, photo galleries, and spiritual content for the Tenrikyo community. While it appears to be a related organizational entity rather than an external partner, it functions as the primary news and content distribution channel for the religion.
• DOYUSHA (道友社)coreOthersDOYUSHA is the official publishing arm of Tenrikyo, operating the DOYUSHA Web Store (doyusha.net). It publishes and distributes religious books, materials, videos, and other content for Tenrikyo. DOYUSHA also operates Tenrijiho Online, the official news platform. This is an integral organizational entity responsible for content publishing and distribution.

Scale indicators2 records

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Broad incumbents

• Jehovah's Witnesses: Global religious organization operating a volunteer-led door-to-door propagation model and a major multilingual publishing operation (jw.org). Comparable grassroots missionary motion and content publishing infrastructure.
• Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints: Larger, established global religion with an exceptionally developed missionary program, integrated publishing operation, and multilingual website spanning 100+ languages. Comparable as a benchmark for religious publishing scale and digital member services infrastructure.
• Baha'i Faith: Established global religion with official multilingual websites, scripture publishing operations, and a community-led propagation model centered on study circles and grassroots gatherings. Comparable digital publishing and outreach footprint.

Direct peers

• Sekai Mahikari: Japanese new religion with global centers, missionary-led propagation, and similar profile as a postwar shinshūkyō. Comparable as a Japanese-origin spiritual movement with international outreach.
• Risshō Kōsei Kai: Another major Japanese new religion (lay Buddhist movement) with a strong community-led missionary structure and emphasis on home gatherings — directly comparable community propagation model to Tenrikyo's yoboku network.
• Soka Gakkai International: Japanese new Buddhist religious movement founded in the 20th century with comparable global reach, lay-member missionary network, and multilingual operations. Most directly comparable to Tenrikyo as a Japanese shinshūkyō with international publishing and grassroots propagation model.
• Happy Science (Kofuku no Kagaku): Japanese new religion founded in the late 20th century with active publishing, media production, and international missionary activities. Comparable as a contemporary Japanese shinshūkyō with content and outreach operations.

Emerging players

• ISKCON (Hare Krishna Movement): International religious organization with community-led propagation, extensive scripture publishing, and global temple network. Comparable as a founder-led religious movement with active content publishing and lay missionary model.
• Church of Scientology: 20th-century new religious movement with global centers, publishing operation (Bridge Publications), and member-led propagation. Comparable as a modern religious organization with integrated content production and global digital presence.
• Unification Movement (Family Federation): Korean-origin new religious movement with missionary-led outreach, publishing operations, and international presence. Comparable as a 20th-century new religious movement with global ambitions.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

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Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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