Mirai Sozobu Co.

What Mirai Sozobu Co. does

Mirai Sozobu Co. (株式会社未来創造部) is a Japanese for-profit private company founded in April 2022 and headquartered in Atami, Shizuoka Prefecture. It operates a portfolio of environmental and social-innovation programs under representative director Edahiro Junko (枝廣淳子), an environmental journalist and university lecturer. The company's offerings are organized around three environmental projects — the Blue Carbon Project (seaweed bed restoration for marine ecosystem recovery and CO2 sequestration), the Future Rocket Carbonizer (a failure-free external-heat biochar production unit enabling local biomass-to-J-credit conversion), and the PlCatch Project (river-mouth netting to intercept marine plastic debris) — paired with two educational streams: the Future Creation Youth Team (ages 0–29) and the ATAMI Social Issues Lab (a 6-month corporate membership program). Ancillary revenue comes from workspace rental at Marine Square (Atami) and an e-commerce store (Umikara no Okurimono) selling Atami seafood and regional specialties.

The business model blends subscription, professional-services, and episodic hardware revenue. The ATAMI Social Issues Lab is priced at 550,000 JPY per participant for a 6-month cohort, with tiered discounts for multi-person enrollments; Youth Team participation is essentially free for K–12 students and nominal (5,500 JPY) for fee-paying adults, supported by 100,000 JPY corporate sponsorships and donations. Corporate training, workshops, and "vacation" (workcation) programs are sold as bespoke engagements. The Rocket Carbonizer is sold as a hardware unit (a 1200L model was delivered to a Fukui forestry organization in June 2026), with periodic viewing/demo events serving as sales-engineering touchpoints. Workspace rental and event fees (500–1,650 JPY per salon/seminar) round out the mix.

The company serves a heterogeneous customer base: large Japanese corporates (Nichirei, Mitsui O.S.K. Lines, SOLIZE) for the ATAMI Lab; youth and young adults (ages 0–29) for the Future Creation Youth Team; the Atami local community for environmental conservation and beach cleanup events (~500 regular participants); forestry and agricultural organizations for the Rocket Carbonizer hardware; and individual consumers for the e-commerce store. Strategic partners include the Green Energy Promotion Council (PlCatch co-development, with Aeon's 29th grant of 490,000 JPY) and E-z Co. The company is privately held with no disclosed funding, no parent entity, and no public listing, operating as a founder/management-controlled purpose-driven enterprise.

Name

Mirai Sozobu Co.

Legal name

株式会社未来創造部 (Kabushiki Kaisha Mirai Souzou-bu)

Website

https://mirai-sozo.work

Company type

Private

Founded year

2022

Operating status

Operating

Short description

Mirai Sozobu Co. is a Japanese environmental and social-innovation enterprise based in Atami that runs Blue Carbon marine restoration, biochar carbonization hardware, marine plastic cleanup, youth education, and corporate training programs. It serves corporates, youth, the local Atami community, and hardware buyers.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Environmental Regeneration Services

NAICS

Other Aquaculture (112519), Materials Recovery Facilities (56292)

SIC

Services-Commercial Physical & Biological Research (8731)

akta.pro primary industry

Seaweed & Algae Aquaculture (incl. microalgae) (AFAEAAAE)

akta.pro secondary industries

Industrial Symbiosis & Byproduct Exchange Platforms (EUAIANAG), Waste, Recycling & Circularity (On-site Programs) (BPABAAAL)

Headquarters

HQ city

Shizuoka

HQ country

Japan

HQ region

Asia

Offices2 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B and B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Corporate Training & Workshops: Revenue from SDGs training, workshops, and corporate研修 programs conducted in Atami's natural environment. Includes workcation programs combining sustainability education with regional experience.
2. ATAMI Social Issues Lab: 6-month membership program for corporate employees and social entrepreneurs to learn social innovation through local field work and networking. Fee-based participation.
3. Youth Team Programs: Participation fees from Future Creation Youth Team members, with subsidies from supporters. Elementary to high school students participate free of charge.
4. Workspace Rental: Rental income from Marine Square workspace on the second floor, used for workshops and meetings.
5. Online Shop Sales: E-commerce sales of products from 海からの贈り物 and 未来のタネを見つける・はぐくむ online stores.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels6 records

Core offering

Mirai Sozobu Co. is a multi-program environmental regeneration organization based in Atami that runs the Blue Carbon Project (seaweed bed restoration for CO2 sequestration), the Future Rocket Carbonizer (biochar production hardware for J-credit creation), and the PlCatch marine plastic interception initiative. It complements these with paid sustainability programming for youth (Future Creation Youth Team) and corporations (ATAMI Social Issues Lab, corporate training and workcation), plus Marine Square workspace rental and an online shop for Atami seafood and regional products.

Product overview

Mirai Sozobu Co. (未来創造部) is a multi-program organization based in Atami, Shizuoka Prefecture, that operates a portfolio of environmental and social innovation initiatives. The core offerings span three environmental programs — the Blue Carbon Project (for marine ecosystem restoration), the Future Rocket Carbonizer (for localized biochar production and carbon sequestration), and the Placatch marine plastic cleanup — alongside the Future Creation Youth Team (a youth empowerment and skills program), and workspace rental facilities (Marine Square). The company also delivers corporate training and experience programs, maintains an e-commerce store for Atami seafood and regional products, and runs the ATAMI Social Issues Lab as a member-based social innovation incubator. The portfolio is coordinated around a shared mission of creating a sustainable and happy society through locally grounded, globally connected, and research-backed practical action.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Blue Carbon Project: Environmental regeneration initiative focused on blue carbon and marine ecosystem restoration.
• Future Rocket Carbonizer
• 未来創造部ユースチーム (Future Creation Youth Team)

Products and services

• Blue Carbon Project (ブルーカーボン・プロジェクト) A coastal and marine ecosystem restoration initiative that revives seaweed beds to recover marine biodiversity and sequester CO2 through blue carbon ecosystems. The project develops survey and measurement methodologies for blue carbon and serves environmental researchers, corporations seeking carbon offsets, and regional stakeholders in Atami.
• Future Rocket Carbonizer (未来ロケットカーボナイザー) A failure-free external-heat rocket carbonizer (carbonization device) that converts unused local biomass resources into biochar, contributing to carbon sequestration and J-credit creation for regional resource circulation. Sold as a hardware unit (e.g., 1,200L model delivered to customers) to forestry operators, municipalities, and sustainability-focused organizations.
• Future Creation Youth Team (未来創造ユースチーム) A monthly study program for youth from elementary school through age 29 that cultivates five core skills (vision creation, systems thinking, effective communication, consensus building, resilient living) for creating desirable social change. Free for elementary through high school students (with report submission) and free for university students aged 29 and under as of 2026.
• Marine Square Workspace Rental (マリンスクエア レンタルスペース) A bright and open rental workspace on the second floor of Marine Square, located one minute walk from the beach in Atami, suitable for workshops, seminars, and meetings. Serves as an exchange hub connecting local residents with domestic and international visitors.
• Corporate Training & Experience Programs (企業研修・体験プログラム) Organization and facilitation of workshop-based corporate training programs, SDG learning programs, and immersive experience (workcation) programs in Atami's natural environment. Designed to enhance employee productivity, creativity, and well-being. Includes specialized tracks on marine plastic issues, Blue Carbon, and biochar / carbonization tours.
• Online Shop — Umikara no Okurimono (海からの贈りもの)

Quantifiable outcome

• 90% of corporate training participants felt workcation experience had positive impact on their work (2024)

Named customers3 records

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature3 records

Partnerships

Two partnerships are on record, tiered core.

• Green Energy Promotion Council (グリーンエネルギー推進協議会)coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 24 May 2020Collaborative partnership on marine energy initiatives and the PlCatch project. The council provided support including grant funding (490,000 JPY from Aeon's 29th grant program) for the PlCatch initiative. Jointly developed the river mouth plastic collection system.
• E-z Co. (有限会社イーズ)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerBusiness partnership under representative Edahiro Junko. E-z Co. operates as a strategic partner for social innovation initiatives and supports the Future Creation Youth Team program. Jointly coordinates social innovation activities.

Scale indicators2 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Direct peers

• ハーチ株式会社 (Harch Inc.): Sustainability-focused communications and consulting firm in Japan working with corporates on ESG, decarbonization, and social-issue strategy. Comparable in serving Japanese enterprise customers seeking sustainability training and program design.
• 株式会社レスポンスアビリティ: Japan-based sustainability education and training provider delivering corporate workshops, seminars, and learning programs. Closely comparable B2B training motion, customer base (Japanese enterprises), and sustainability content focus.
• 特定非営利活動法人ETIC. Japanese non-profit supporting youth social entrepreneurs through structured programs, community building, and corporate partnerships. Highly comparable to Mirai Sozobu's Youth Team and ATAMI Lab model of developing social-innovation capability in young people and corporate employees.
• ジャパンブルーエコノミー技術研究組合 (JBE): Japanese consortium conducting research and deployment of blue carbon and marine ecosystem restoration, including seaweed bed regeneration. Direct match for Mirai Sozobu's Blue Carbon Project technology and mission.

Emerging players

• 株式会社ビオ炭蔵 / biochar Japan players (representative: 日本バイオ炭協会): Japanese biochar industry association and emerging producers working on biochar production for carbon sequestration and J-credit generation. Directly comparable to Mirai Sozobu's Rocket Carbonizer business in hardware and carbon-credit logic.

Others

• 株式会社グリーンガイアナ (Green Guardian): LCA and sustainability consulting partner already linked from Mirai Sozobu's website. Adjacent rather than competing — provides carbon/LCA advisory that complements Mirai Sozobu's biochar and blue carbon programs.
• 一般社団法人 eumo: Community currency and civic-tech organization already partnered with Mirai Sozobu (linked on website). Adjacent ecosystem participant supporting the company's community-building and engagement programs.

Broad incumbents

• アミタ株式会社 (Amita Holdings): Listed Japanese sustainability company providing environmental consulting, circular-economy services, and corporate sustainability programs across multiple sectors. A broader incumbent that overlaps with Mirai Sozobu's corporate sustainability training and circular-economy positioning.

Market position

Strengths1 record

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles2 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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