UZUZ Group

What UZUZ Group does

UZUZ Group is a Japanese private holding company (UZUZ Holdings Inc., established February 2024) that delivers employment support, IT education, corporate training, and Systems Engineering Service (SES) businesses primarily targeting young job seekers and IT engineers in Japan. The company traces its origin to 2012 when founder and CEO Okamoto Hiroki established a placement firm specialized in second-year graduates (既卒・第二新卒) and other non-traditional job seekers. Following the 2024 holding-company restructuring, the group operates through five wholly-owned subsidiaries: 株式会社UZUZ (employment support, media, and recruitment), 株式会社ESES (SES business with 77% commission return rate to engineers), 株式会社UZUZ COLLEGE (IT school and corporate training, ウズウズカレッジ and ウズカレBiz), 株式会社Otaks (SES for "otaku engineers" launched March 2025), and 株式会社UZUZ Plus (employment transition support for individuals with illness or disabilities launched May 2025). A school corporation (学校法人UZUZ) and scholarship program are planned to complete the "UZUZ Model" ecosystem.

The platform is built on a combination of video-based e-learning curriculum (CCNA, LinuC, Java, AWS courses with 1,000+ practice questions), a metaverse-enabled group training infrastructure, and a cloud-based LMS, paired with one-on-one dedicated instructor support. Owned media properties include the "Daini no Shukatsu" blog, the free anonymous "Career Emon" consultation service (10,000+ annual users), and CEO Okamoto's "Hiro-san Channel" YouTube property (approximately 60,000-83,000 subscribers combined across group channels), which together form a top-of-funnel content marketing and recruitment funnel. Group employees total 332 across offices in Tokyo (headquarters plus ESES, Otaks, and UZUZ COLLEGE offices), Osaka, Nagoya, Fukuoka, and Asahikawa.

Revenue is generated through multiple streams: placement fees (transaction fees on candidate-employer matches), SES managed services (engineer billing minus engineer compensation), IT school course fees and corporate training professional services (mix of subscription and unit pricing). Pricing signals include IT school instructor compensation at 10,000 yen/month per student, corporate training at 20,000-40,000 yen per student, and ESES/Otaks engineer salaries of 246,000-700,000 yen/month. Customer mix spans individual job seekers (long-tail B2C), corporate training clients (enterprise B2B), local government digital human resource development contracts, and SES enterprise clients across IT system development, network construction, Salesforce, and RPA. No revenue figures or funding rounds are publicly disclosed.

Name

UZUZ Group

Legal name

株式会社UZUZホールディングス

Website

https://uzuz-holdings.jp

Company type

Private

Founded year

2024

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

251–500 employees

Short description

UZUZ Group is a Japanese private holding company operating employment support, IT education, corporate training, and two SES subsidiaries (ESES, Otaks) targeting young job seekers, non-traditional candidates, and IT engineers across offices in Tokyo, Osaka, Nagoya, Fukuoka, and Asahikawa.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Employment Services and IT Staffing

NAICS

Employment Placement Agencies (561311), Temporary Help Services (561320), Computer Training (611420), Vocational Rehabilitation Services (6243)

SIC

Services-Employment Agencies (7361), Services-Help Supply Services (7363)

akta.pro primary industry

Career Coaching, Mentoring & Placement Support Services (EDAAAKAO)

akta.pro secondary industries

Career Transition, Re-entry & Employability Support (Mid-career, Returnships) (EDAAAKAN), Systems Administration & IT Operations (Windows/Linux, Monitoring, ITSM) (EDABAFAH)

Keywords

• Employment support services
• IT engineer staffing
• Corporate IT training
• Youth career placement
• Systems engineering services

Headquarters

HQ city

Tokyo

HQ country

Japan

HQ region

Asia

Offices9 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B and B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Marketing or Sales, Technology or R&D, Operations, Infrastructure

Revenue model

1. 人材紹介事業（人材就職支援）: Career support and job placement services for second-year graduates, recent graduates without job offers, and young workers. Career advisors provide personalized matching, interview preparation, and post-placement support. Revenue generated through placement fees from client companies.
2. SES事業（ESES / Otaks）: Systems Engineering Service placing IT engineers at client sites. ESES maintains 77% commission return rate to engineers (up from initial 70%). Engineers select their own projects. Revenue from client billing minus engineer compensation.
3. ITスクール・教育研修事業: IT school (ウズウズカレッジ) offering e-learning courses for individuals and corporate training services (ウズカレBiz) for enterprise clients. 50,000+ cumulative participants. Public sector contracts for digital human resource development.
4. 企業向け研修サービス: Group training services for corporations and local governments including IT technical skills, business skills, and IT office skills. Curriculum customizable per client. 88%+ satisfaction rate across 50,000+ participants.
5. 奨学金事業（設立予定）: Planned scholarship system where UZUZ Group company profits are donated to fund scholarships for young people who cannot afford education. Part of the UZUZ Model sustainable ecosystem.
6. 学校法人運営（設立予定）: Planned educational institution operator for IT-focused vocational training targeting youth and global talent. Will provide employment-oriented skill development and career support.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion3 records

Distribution channels5 records

Marketing channels8 records

Core offering

UZUZ Group provides employment support, IT training, corporate training, and SES (Systems Engineering Service) staffing services for young job seekers and IT engineers in Japan. Through its subsidiaries, the group offers personalized job placement for non-traditional candidates such as second-year graduates and career changers, an IT school with placement support, corporate IT training programs, and IT engineer staffing with industry-leading commission return rates. The integrated ecosystem combines recruitment, education, and employment support to address social issues in the Japanese labor market.

Product overview

UZUZ Group is a Japanese human resources and education services company structured as a holding company (established February 2024) with multiple subsidiaries operating complementary services. The core portfolio includes: job placement services (株式会社UZUZ), IT education and training (株式会社UZUZ COLLEGE operating 'ウズウズカレッジ' and corporate training 'ウズカレBiz'), SES engineering services (ESES and Otaks), and employment transition support (UZUZ Plus). The company is also developing planned offerings including a school corporation and scholarship system as part of the 'UZUZ Model' - an ecosystem combining corporation, scholarship, and educational institution. Supporting media properties include '第二の就活' (job hunting media), 'キャリエモン' (anonymous career consultation), and YouTube channels. The group employs 332 people across offices in Tokyo, Osaka, and Asahikawa.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• UZUZ COLLEGE（ウズウズカレッジ）: ITスクール・企業向絡研修サービス。個人向絡にはIT分野の資格取得やスキルアップのための学習支援・転職支援、法人向けには新入社員向けIT技術研修や既存社員向けデジタルスキルアップ研修を提供。
• ESES
• Otaks
• UZUZ Plus
• 第二の就活
• キャリエモン
• ひろさんチャンネル
• ウズカレBiz

Products and services

• UZUZ Employment Support (就業サポート) Personalized employment support services for job seekers, particularly those who have difficulty with traditional job hunting due to career gaps or lack of experience. Offers custom-made career guidance, resume preparation, interview coaching, and post-employment follow-up support.
• UZUZ College IT School (ウズウズカレッジ) IT skill training school offering courses in networking (CCNA), servers (LinuC), programming (Java), and cloud computing (AWS). Provides e-learning format with dedicated tutors and job placement support, achieving 97%+ retention rate at 6 months after placement.
• UzkareBiz Corporate Training (ウズカレBiz) Corporate training services offering IT engineer training (infrastructure, development, embedded systems), AI training, and 1-on-1 training. Utilizes metaverse for group training and has served over 50,000 participants with 88%+ satisfaction.
• ESES SES Business (SES事業) Systems Engineering Service (SES) business with 77% commission return rate to engineers. Offers transparent unit price evaluation system and project selection system allowing engineers to choose their own assignments.
• Otaks SES Business (SES事業) SES company focused on 'otaku engineers' with 'otaku activity support system' providing 5,000 yen monthly allowance for hobbies. Aims for 75% return rate by 2027 and 80% by 2030.
• UZUZ Plus Employment Transition Support (就労移行支援) Employment transition support service for individuals with illness or disabilities. Provides one-on-one support, IT skills training with high market demand, and post-employment follow-up to help people return to work with confidence.

Quantifiable outcome

• 6-month employee retention rate of 93.6% for placed job seekers
• +5 more outcomes

Named customers4 records

Segments5 records

Ideal customer profiles6 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature3 records

Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• Reeracoen Philippines Inc.strategicStrategic or Co-development Partner · 14 August 2024Partnership with Reeracoen Philippines Inc. to strengthen support for Japanese people's overseas employment and Japanese companies' overseas expansion. This collaboration enhances UZUZ Group's ability to support Japanese professionals seeking international career opportunities while helping Japanese enterprises expand globally.

Scale indicators17 records

Recent moves10 records

Expansion highlights7 records

Broad incumbents

• Persol Career (doda): Major Japanese HR services provider operating doda, a large-scale white-collar placement and career-change platform. Overlaps with UZUZ placement, career-advice content, and corporate training at much larger scale.
• Recruit (リクルート) — Rikunabi / Recruit Agent: Operates Rikunabi (new-graduate job board) and Recruit Agent (career-change placement). Directly comparable category to UZUZ's recruitment business, but at massive scale and with a far broader portfolio including HR media, staffing, and education.

Direct peers

• JAIC (ジェイック): Japan staffing firm focused on second-chance employment (graduates without offers, freeters, mid-career re-entry). Closest direct peer to UZUZ's core 'second-year graduates and freeters' mission with similar empathetic-advisor positioning.
• CrowdWorks (クラウドワークス): Operates an IT engineer freelance-matching platform plus enterprise cloud sourcing. Comparable to UZUZ's SES engineer placement and IT-skills-based job matching, with overlapping customer segments in IT talent.
• BizReach (ビズリーチ): Japan's leading white-collar career-change platform. Comparable to UZUZ's career-coaching placement service for non-traditional candidates (second-year graduates, freeters, career changers) at the higher end of the experience spectrum.
• Leverages (レバレジーズ) / LevTech: Operates LevTech (IT engineer-focused staffing/freelance platform) and Leverages HR marketing. Directly comparable to UZUZ's IT engineer placement (ESES/Otaks) and white-collar recruitment offerings in Japan, with overlapping IT training and placement flywheel.
• Geekly (ギークス): Japan-based IT engineer staffing/SES firm focused on matching engineers to projects. Highly comparable to ESES and Otaks in business model, target engineer segment, and project-matching proposition.

Emerging players

• LITALICO (リタリコ): Provides vocational and employment-support services for people with developmental disabilities and other barriers. Comparable to UZUZ Plus's employment-transition-support mission for individuals facing illness or disability barriers.
• Samurai Engineer (侍エンジニア): Japan-focused IT programming school with mentor-style learning and job-placement support. Closely comparable to UZUZ COLLEGE's e-learning + 1-on-1 instructor model for IT-skill beginners.
• TechAcademy (キラメックス): Online IT/programming bootcamp with mentor support and career-change placement. Comparable to UZUZ COLLEGE on the training-plus-placement value chain for entry-to-mid-level IT career changers in Japan.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks7 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Xtwitter.com/okamoto_uzuz
• YouTubeyoutube.com/channel/UCRDj3fsO4eEwh1yHgRoRiww
• Facebookfacebook.com/uzuz.jp

Compliance2 records

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles3 records

Subsidiaries6 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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