QUICK CO.,LTD.

What QUICK CO.,LTD. does

QUICK CO.,LTD. (株式会社クイック, TSE Prime ticker 4318) is a Japan-incorporated, publicly listed HR services group founded in 1980 that operates the 看護roo! (Kango-roo!) nursing media platform alongside a broader portfolio of HR staffing, placement, and consulting businesses in Japan and internationally (USA, Vietnam, Mexico, UK, Netherlands, Thailand). The group reported ¥33.9 billion in consolidated revenue for FY ending March 2026 with 2,133 group employees, and holds Privacy Mark certification and proper medical/nursing-care recruitment intermediary designations from the Japan Human Resources Association.

The 看護roo! platform is the consumer-facing core of the nursing vertical, delivering a freemium digital media experience to approximately 910,000 registered nurse and nursing-student members. The technology stack comprises a web portal (kango-roo.com) plus iOS/Android mobile applications including ナスカレ/ナスカレPlus+ (shift management, 1.8M downloads) and 看護roo!国試 (national-exam preparation, 680K downloads), all sharing a unified account. Content modules include a free nursing-technique video library (66M cumulative views), a free medical illustration library for commercial use, daily quizzes, manga, a community forum (掲示板), surveys, and a loyalty point system redeemable for gift cards or charitable donations.

Monetization is multi-stream: paid video seminars via まなびチャンネル (pay-as-you-go credit-card purchases processed through Stripe Japan), nurse recruitment and placement services (看護roo!転職) operated under a licensed paid employment agency registration, display advertising, and a group nurse liability insurance product (看護師賠償責任保険) distributed in partnership with Mitsui Sumitomo Marine Fire Insurance. Customer segments span nurses and nursing students (B2C, primary) and hospitals, clinics, and nursing-care facilities (B2B, secondary). Go-to-market is product-led with a freemium top-of-funnel (free content, apps, community) feeding into mid-funnel channels (LINE, email) and bottom-funnel recruitment, insurance, and paid-seminar transactions.

Name

QUICK CO.,LTD.

Legal name

株式会社クイック

Website

https://kango-roo.com

Company type

Public

Founded year

1980

Operating status

Operating

Short description

QUICK CO.,LTD. operates 看護roo!, a freemium Japanese nursing media platform serving 910,000 registered nurses and nursing students with educational content, mobile apps, recruitment services, paid seminars, and insurance products, within a publicly listed HR services group.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Healthcare HR Services

NAICS

Human Resources Consulting Services (541612), Temporary Help Services (561320)

akta.pro primary industry

Care Navigation, Referral & Digital Front Door Platforms (HLALABAH)

Keywords

• Nursing media platform
• Healthcare recruitment services
• Online nursing education
• Shift management apps
• Medical staffing services

Headquarters

HQ city

Osaka

HQ country

Japan

HQ region

Asia

Offices3 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Digital Commerce or Content

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Paid Video Seminars (まなびチャンネル): Premium educational content including video seminars on nursing techniques (e.g., artificial respirator seminar) sold to nurses for professional development. Payment via credit card through Stripe Japan.
2. Nurse Recruitment Services (看護roo!転職): Job placement and staffing services for medical facilities seeking nurses. The company operates as a licensed employment agency (有料職業紹介事業者) registered with the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare.
3. Advertising: Display advertising placements on the website and app properties, targeting healthcare professionals and nursing students.
4. Nurse Liability Insurance (看護師賠償責任保険): Group insurance product for nurses offered through the platform, in partnership with Mitsui Sumitomo Marine Fire Insurance (三井住友海上火災保険).

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels5 records

Marketing channels8 records

Core offering

QUICK CO.,LTD. operates the 看護roo! (Kango-roo!) digital media platform, which serves nurses and nursing students with free educational content, job listings, online video seminars, mobile applications for shift management and exam preparation, and community features. The company also provides nurse recruitment and staffing services to medical facilities through a licensed paid employment agency and publishes nursing-related books.

Product overview

看護roo! is a comprehensive nursing media platform operated by QUICK CO.,LTD., offering a unified ecosystem of web and mobile services for nurses and nursing students. The core 看護roo! website (kango-roo.com) aggregates nursing knowledge content, job search (看護roo!転職), learning videos (看護roo!まなびチャンネル), exam prep, manga, forums, and illustrations. Key mobile apps — shift management (ナスカレ/ナスカレPlus+) and exam prep (看護roo!国試) — share a unified account with the website. Additional products include the student-focused 看護roo!就活 sub-brand, a point-based loyalty system, community forums, nursing technique video library (66M+ views), and a publishing division (看護roo!BOOKS) that produced the bestseller 'ずぼかん'. A group nurse liability insurance product is also offered through the platform.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• 看護roo!転職: Nurse recruitment and job placement support service
• 看護roo!就活
• ナスカレ/ナスカレPlus+
• 看護roo!国試
• 看護roo!まなびチャンネル

Products and services

• 看護roo! (Kango-roo!) Web Platform Comprehensive web-based media portal aggregating nursing knowledge content, job search capabilities, learning videos, quizzes, manga, lifestyle articles, forums, and study materials for nurses and nursing students in Japan.
• ナスカレ/ナスカレPlus+ (Nasukare / Nasukare Plus+) Shift management and sharing mobile application for nurses that enables users to manage work schedules and share shifts with colleagues. Shares a unified account with the 看護roo! web platform and has achieved 1.8 million downloads.
• 看護roo!国試 (Kango-roo! Kokushi) Nursing exam preparation mobile app featuring past questions and mock exams for the national nursing examination. Designed for nursing students and shares an account with the 看護roo! web platform, with 680,000 downloads.
• 看護roo!転職 (Kango-roo! Tenshoku) Nurse-focused job search and recruitment support platform offering job listings, career advice, resume creation support, interview preparation, and recruiter matching services. Operated by QUICK CO.,LTD. as a licensed paid employment agency (license no. 27-Yu-020100) registered with the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare.
• 看護roo!まなびチャンネル (Kango-roo! Manabi Channel) Online seminar and video learning platform offering nursing-focused educational content through paid courses and expert-led seminars. Includes video seminars on nursing techniques (e.g., artificial respirator seminar) sold to nurses for professional development, with payment processed via Stripe Japan.
• 看護roo!就活 (Kango-roo! Shukatsu) Student-focused job-hunting sub-brand of 看護roo! tailored for nursing students seeking their first employment.
• 看護roo!BOOKS Book publishing division producing nursing-related reference books for nursing students and professionals.
• 看護roo!看護師賠償責任保険 (Nurse Liability Insurance) Group insurance product for nurses offered through the platform in partnership with Mitsui Sumitomo Marine Fire Insurance, available to registered members as a collective insurance scheme.

Quantifiable outcome

• 91万人の会員数
• +3 more outcomes

Named customers1 record

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature4 records

Partnerships

Three partnerships are on record, tiered minor.

• Mitsui Sumitomo Marine Fire Insurance Co., Ltd. (三井住友海上火災保険株式会社)minorOthersProvides group insurance products (看護師賠償責任保険) for nurses through the platform. The insurance is offered as a benefit to registered members as a collective insurance scheme.
• Japan Institute of Promotion for Information Economy (一般財団法人日本情報経済社会推進協会)minorOthersPrivacy mark certification body. QUICK CO.,LTD. holds the Privacy Mark certification demonstrating compliance with personal information protection standards.
• 一般社団法人日本人材紹介事業協会 医療系紹介協議会minorOthersQUICK CO.,LTD. participates as a key member company (幹事会社) in the medical recruitment council established under the Japan Human Resources Association, contributing to proper staffing standards.

Scale indicators6 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Direct peers

• Medley (JobMedley): Operates ジョブメドレー, a leading healthcare professional recruitment platform serving doctors, nurses, and other healthcare workers. Direct competitor on the healthcare-recruitment and digital-platform side, with a similar product-led growth model.
• M3, Inc. Operates m3.com, the dominant physician-focused medical media and community platform in Japan, with adjacent recruitment services. Same business model (vertical medical community + content + recruitment monetization) but targeting doctors rather than nurses.
• Leverages: Operates 看護のお仕事 and ナースではたらこ, two of the most established nurse-focused job placement platforms in Japan with content and community features. Closest direct competitor to 看護roo!転職 in the nurse recruitment space.

Broad incumbents

• Temp Holdings: Major Japanese staffing company with significant healthcare and nurse staffing operations. Comparable as a large-scale Japanese staffing group with overlap in medical-facility clients and nurse placement.
• Indeed: Global recruitment platform with significant presence in Japan across healthcare roles including nursing. Competes on the recruitment side for nurse job-seekers and hospital clients.
• Pasona Group: One of Japan's largest staffing and HR services groups with healthcare staffing among its segments. Comparable as a major Japanese HR/staffing player with hospital and clinic customers, though broader than the nurse-specific niche.
• Benefit One: HR services and benefits administration company under the Tokio Marine group, with overlap in employee benefits and HR-related services. Related in HR/employee-benefits space though not specifically nurse-focused.
• Recruit Holdings: Operates ナースフル, one of the largest nurse recruitment platforms in Japan, alongside Indeed Japan and broader HR services. Directly comparable on the nurse recruitment and HR-media side, and substantially larger across the broader HR-services category.

Emerging players

• Wantedly: Japanese recruitment platform combining job listings with company story content — analogous product-led growth and content-meets-recruitment model. Less nurse-specific but competes for healthcare-facility recruitment spend.

Regional players

• Kodansha (ナース専科): Major Japanese publisher operating ナース専科, a long-running nurse-focused media and community property. Comparable as an established nurse-community content brand in Japan, though primarily a publisher rather than a recruitment platform.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Xtwitter.com/kango_roo
• Facebookja-jp.facebook.com/kangor00
• Instagraminstagram.com/kangoroo_tensyoku

Compliance3 records

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles2 records

Subsidiaries11 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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