Saomai Japan

What Saomai Japan does

Saomai Japan (サオマイジャパン株式会社) is a private, Tokyo-based recruitment agency founded on January 29, 2020, that specializes in sourcing, training, and placing foreign electrical equipment engineers and CAD technicians into Japanese construction-sector employers. The company operates as a licensed paid employment placement agency (有料職業紹介事業者, license 13-ユ-312393) and registered support organization under Japan's immigration system (25登-011736), with services spanning candidate identification, visa/immigration support, pre-employment training, and six months of post-placement follow-up. Its core products include a recruiter-matching service, the DENKOU pre-employment education program for Indian Specified Skilled Worker candidates (co-developed with MOSAIQUE Private Limited), the Electrical Technician Scholarship Program with Anabuki College, and a 12-session Japanese workplace conversation course.

The company is a group company (関係会社) of Kyokujitsu Denki Kogyo (旭日電気工業株式会社), an electrical equipment contractor with approximately 100 years of industry history, and operates KYOKUJITSU VIETNAM CO., LTD. as an overseas talent-sourcing subsidiary. Its candidate pool spans Vietnam, India, Nepal, the Philippines, Indonesia, Mongolia, Kyrgyzstan, Bangladesh, and Sri Lanka, while its employer customers are Japanese electrical equipment contractors (primarily SMEs) facing structural labor shortages driven by Japan's demographic decline. Revenue is generated primarily through employer-paid placement fees, with the scholarship-linked program pricing at approximately 1.1 million yen per hire (600,000 yen scholarship plus 500,000 yen placement fee). Marketing is largely content-driven, executed through a multilingual Japanese/English/Vietnamese website, blog, email newsletter, social media channels, and co-hosted webinars.

The business model is sales-led and consultative: Saomai engages Japanese employer prospects through direct outreach and inbound inquiries, conducts needs assessments, and matches them against a screened pool of foreign technical candidates. The company is small (1-10 employees, headquartered in Setagaya-ku, Tokyo) with registered capital of 30,000,000 yen and has not disclosed external funding.

Name

Saomai Japan

Legal name

サオマイジャパン株式会社

Website

https://saomai.co.jp

Company type

Private

Founded year

2020

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Saomai Japan is a Tokyo-based licensed recruitment agency that sources, trains, and places foreign electrical equipment engineers and CAD technicians into Japanese construction contractors facing severe labor shortages. It is a group company of Kyokujitsu Denki Kogyo.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Technical Recruitment Services

NAICS

Employment Placement Agencies (561311)

SIC

Services-Employment Agencies (7361)

akta.pro primary industry

Workplace & Career Integration for Immigrants (Credentialing, Job Readiness) (EDAAADAE)

akta.pro secondary industries

International Student Employment & Practical Training Support (CPT/OPT/AT, work authorization guidance) (EDALANAF), Career & Employability Integration Support (Work Culture, Networking, Job Readiness) (EDAIAKAH), Maintenance, Repair & Operations (MRO) / Industrial Maintenance Staffing (BPACAEAH)

Keywords

• Foreign technical recruitment
• Electrical equipment staffing
• CAD technician placement
• Specified skilled worker visas
• Construction worker hiring

Headquarters

HQ city

Setagaya

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. Employer-side Recruitment Fee (人材紹介手数料): Saomai Japan charges a placement fee to the hiring company (求人企業) when a foreign candidate is successfully recruited. This is the primary revenue stream of the agency. The fee structure is described on the company's commission page but specific rates are not publicly disclosed on the website.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels2 records

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

Saomai Japan is a paid employment placement agency (有料職業紹介) that matches foreign technical workers — primarily electrical equipment engineers, CAD technicians, construction supervisors, and interpreters — with Japanese electrical equipment construction companies. The agency manages the full hiring lifecycle, including candidate screening, visa and immigration support under Japan's Specified Skilled Worker (特定技能) and Engineer/Specialist in Humanities (技人国) frameworks, and six months of post-placement follow-up. It complements core placement with proprietary pre-employment training (DENKOU) and a scholarship-linked hiring program for international students at Japanese vocational schools.

Product overview

Saomai Japan operates as a human resources matching platform specializing in the Japanese electrical equipment industry. The company connects foreign technical workers with Japanese employers through its core recruitment services, supplemented by educational programs including DENKOU (pre-employment training for construction workers) and the Electrical Technician Scholarship System (supporting foreign students in electrical engineering programs). Additional services include Japanese language training and immigration support, positioning the company as a comprehensive solution provider for foreign talent acquisition in the electrical/construction sector.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• DENKOU: Pre-employment education program for foreign technical talent, especially for Specified Skilled Workers in the electrical equipment industry

Products and services

• Foreign Human Resources Introduction Services (有料職業紹介) Core recruitment matching service that connects foreign technical workers (electrical equipment engineers, CAD technicians, construction supervisors, interpreters/coordinators) with Japanese electrical equipment construction companies. Includes full visa and immigration support and six months of post-placement follow-up. Targets Japanese employers (HR departments and business owners) seeking foreign technical talent.
• DENKOU (でんこう) Pre-Employment Training Program Pre-employment education program that prepares foreign technical workers — particularly Indian construction personnel — for work in Japan's electrical equipment industry, covering Japanese language, cultural orientation, and electrical equipment industry fundamentals before deployment to client worksites. Operated jointly with MOSAIQUE Private Limited (India).
• Electrical Technician Scholarship System (電気技術者奨学金制度) Scholarship program that supports foreign students (from Nepal, China, Vietnam, and other countries) enrolled at Japanese vocational schools such as Anabuki College who are studying for or have passed the Class 2 Electrical Construction Engineer (第二種電気工事士) certification. Combined with job placement services at electrical equipment companies upon graduation. Total cost is approximately 1.1 million yen per hire (600,000 yen scholarship from employer + 500,000 yen placement fee).
• Hanasou, Nihongo (Japanese Conversation Classes) Japanese conversation course designed for technical foreign workers, structured as 12 sessions over 3 months with role-play exercises using practical workplace Japanese. Downloadable as a resource for registered users.

Named customers2 records

Segments2 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Partnerships

Four partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• MOSAIQUE Private Limited (India)coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 22 May 2026An Indian talent education organization headquartered in Bengaluru. Co-hosts online seminars with Saomai Japan on Indian technical talent for the Japanese construction industry. Plans to open the 'Japan GO! Career Academy' in May 2026. Has sent approximately 80 candidates to Japan with a 95%+ retention rate. Together with Saomai Japan, jointly operates the DENKOU pre-employment training program for Indian engineers.
• 旭日電気工業株式会社 (Kyokujitsu Denki Kogyo Co., Ltd.)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerSaomai Japan is a group company (関係会社) of Kyokujitsu Denki Kogyo, an electrical equipment company with approximately 100 years of industry history. This parent relationship provides Saomai Japan with deep industry knowledge, credibility among electrical equipment companies, and access to a network of potential hiring clients. Kyokujitsu Denki also directly employs foreign engineers recruited through Saomai Japan.
• KYOKUJITSU VIETNAM CO., LTD.coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerA Vietnamese subsidiary of the Kyokujitsu group. Serves as an overseas operational base for cross-border talent sourcing, candidate screening, and coordination with sending institutions in Vietnam — the primary source country for Saomai Japan's placed foreign engineers.
• 穴吹カレッジ (Anabuki College)minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerA Japanese vocational school (Senmon Gakko) with electrical and CAD courses. Partnered with Saomai Japan for the 電気技術者奨学金制度 (Electrical Technician Scholarship Program), through which Saomai Japan sources and places foreign students enrolled at Anabuki College who have passed or are preparing for the 第二種電気工事士 (Class 2 Electrical Construction Engineer) certification. Students from Nepal, China, Vietnam, and other countries are enrolled in the program.

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves7 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Broad incumbents

• Dip Corporation: Japanese staffing and digital-media firm (operator of Baitai and Hatarako job platforms) with growing programs for foreign workers in Japan. Comparable in recruitment-fee business model and target of Japanese SMEs; serves adjacent rather than directly overlapping verticals.
• World Holdings Co., Ltd. Large Japanese staffing group with dedicated technical and construction divisions that include foreign-worker placement capabilities. Comparable in serving Japanese employers seeking technical talent but operates across multiple industries and geographies.
• Fullcast Holdings Co., Ltd. Major Japanese temporary staffing and placement firm with a growing foreign-worker segment serving logistics, manufacturing, and construction. Comparable in placement-driven business model and Japanese employer customer base, but operates across many verticals.
• Pasona Group Inc. One of Japan's largest staffing and HR services groups with broad foreign-worker placement programs including for technical and skilled-trade roles. Comparable in employer-side business model but serves multiple industries at much greater scale; serves as a broad benchmark rather than a direct competitor in the electrical-construction niche.
• CAST Group Co., Ltd. Japanese staffing holding company operating multiple placement brands serving both Japanese and foreign workers across industries. Comparable placement-fee business model and immigration support, but at significantly larger scale and across diverse verticals.

Direct peers

• Global Power Co., Ltd. (グローバルパワー): Specialized Japanese recruitment agency focused on placing foreign technical workers — particularly construction and engineering roles — with Japanese companies. Highly comparable vertical focus and target customer; competes for the same employer accounts and candidate pipeline.
• Plus Inc. Japanese HR services firm operating foreign-worker placement programs targeting technical and skilled-trade roles for Japanese employers. Comparable in segment focus (foreign technical staffing) and in supporting immigration/visa processes for placed candidates.
• Leverages Inc. Japanese HR firm with a dedicated foreign-worker placement business (Leverages Global) that recruits technical and construction talent from Southeast Asia for Japanese employers. Directly comparable in business model, customer base (Japanese employers), and immigration/visa handling, but operates at much larger scale across multiple verticals.
• Asia Human Resources Co., Ltd. Japan-based foreign-worker recruitment and support firm focused on placing technical interns and skilled workers from Vietnam, Indonesia, and the Philippines into Japanese construction and manufacturing roles. Directly comparable in candidate sourcing geography and target industries.

Emerging players

• Anabuki College Group: Japanese vocational school (専修学校) group with electrical and CAD courses that has partnered with Saomai Japan on the Electrical Technician Scholarship Program. Comparable as a talent-pipeline participant and adjacent player in producing foreign-student electrical talent for the Japanese workforce.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• YouTubeyoutube.com/@saomaijapanco.ltd.4599
• Facebookfacebook.com/saomaijapan
• Instagraminstagram.com/saomai_japan
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/saomaijapan

Compliance2 records

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles5 records

Subsidiaries2 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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