Company information
- Company Name
- ZENKIGEN Inc.
- Location
- Headquaters
Shiroyama Trust Tower 21F, 4-3-1 Toranomon, Minato-ku, Tokyo 105-6021, Japan
ZENKIGEN Sazan Beach Office
Southern Beach Hills 4F Room 11-a, 4-12986-52 Nakakaigan, Chigasaki-shi, Kanagawa 253-0055, Japan - Established
- October 2017
- Captial
- ¥100,000,000 (March 2025)
- Representative
- Co-Founder & CEO Hibiki Nozawa
- Business
- Operation of Recruiting DX service "harutaka"
Operation of Individualized guidance system for goal achievement "koredou goal setting"
Organizer of collaborative research "ZENKIGEN Lab"
Organizer of HR community "ZINZIEN"
Organizer of Recruitment Service "ZEN Career Partners" - Various Registrations and Permissions
- ISMS certification：ISO27001
![認証基準: JIS Q 27001:2014（ISO/IEC 27001:2013」）認証番号: IS 702166]()
IS 702166 / ISO 27001
The ISMS certification "ISO27001" that our company has obtained is for planning, development, and operation of a web platform for human resources conducted at the head office (Shiroyama office Tokyo).Charged Employment Placement Businesses：13-ユ-315410
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Leadership
Co-Founder & CEO
Hibiki Nozawa
In 1998 Joined Intelligence Co., Ltd. (currently Persol Career) as a new graduate. In 1999 Joined a cyber agent with fewer than 10 employees during the founding period. Contributed to the rapid growth of the company, including the listing of Mothers as the Osaka office, the president's office and business manager. . Received the President's Award for the highest individual award and the CAJJ Award for the highest organization award. As the person in charge of the business, the operating profit in the shortest period at that time exceeded 100 million yen. In 2011 While participating in Softbank Academia as a first-year student, Mr. Masayoshi Son joined the company's president's office. Established SB Power Co., Ltd., a power business, and started a power retail business as a sales manager to start up the business. Engaged as a business manager from conception to sales of Japan's first forest donation-type “Nature Denki” for individuals with full liberalization of electricity. 2017 Founded ZENKIGEN. Inc
Co-Founder
Takahiro Mizuno
In 1999 Joined Yasuda Fire & Marine Insurance Co., Ltd. (currently Sompo Japan Nipponkoa). In 2000 Joined Intelligence Inc. (currently Persol Carrier). Contributed to the company's rapid growth by launching affiliated companies specializing in 20s and venture companies, recruiting headquarters recruitment business, and mid-career recruitment. In 2005 Founded Knock-on Co., Ltd. (Selling to Director General Manager of Business Administration, Zenrin Datacom), List of Cookpad Listing Preparation and Human Resources, AOI Pro. (Currently: AOI TYO Holdings) New Business Manager. Engaged in management as a founding member of Unicon Pte.Ltd. In 2017 Founded Zenkigen. Inc
Director
Suguru Namura
Joined CyberAgent, Inc. in 2004 and engaged in launching new services such as Ameba Pigg, AWA and AbemaTV. Joined Mercari, Inc. in 2016 and after taking charge of service development in US, became CTO of Mercari, Inc. He then was appointed as CTO of Souzoh, Inc., a Mercari Group company, in January 2021.
Became Technical Advisor of CarbGeM Inc. in April 2022.
Joined LayerX Co., Ltd. in June 2022 and was appointed as Executive Officer in July.
Director
Soichi Kariyazono
In 1996, participated in the establishment of venture capital business of GLOBIS Co., Ltd. In 1999, he established Apax Globis Partners as a joint venture with Apax Group. To the present. The cumulative total investment is 66.0 billion yen. Main track records include user base, Oisix, Glee, Works Applications, Net Age Group, etc. Before participating in GLOBIS, engaged in management strategy consulting at Sanwa Research Institute. Since July 2015, he has served as chairman of the Japan Venture Capital Association. Graduated from Keio University Law School and MBA from University of Pittsburgh. His books include "Private Equity for Institutional Investors" (Kinzai), "Entrepreneurial Strategies Learned by Cases" (Nikkei Business Publications), "MBA Business Plan" (Diamond), and "entrepreneurs talked to by venture capitalists" "Proposal" (Tax Study Group).
Audit & Supervisory Board Member（Full-Time）
Masae Yazaki
Joined Takasago Thermal Engineering Co., Ltd. as a new graduate in 1998. Joined KPMG AZSA LLC in 2005 and engaged in audit work for listed companies and foreign-affiliated companies.
Established Yazaki Accounting Office in 2017. Joined Hongo Tsuji Tax & Consulting in 2018 and worked in the area of asset tax.
Joined ZENKIGEN Inc. in October 2021 as an internal auditor.
Audit & Supervisory Board Member
Yoshinori Takabatake
Joined Intelligence, Inc. (currently PERSOL CAREER CO., LTD.) in 1998 and was involved in the company's initial public offering. After the IPO, joined ES NETWORKS Co., Ltd. in June 2000 as a consultant or executive in startups and companies in the revitalization stage, providing support for transformation initiatives both domestically and internationally and became President and CEO since January 2021.
Graduated from Faculty of Commerce and Management in Hitotsubashi University and completed University of Michigan Ross School of Business.
Audit & Supervisory Board Member
Miki Fujita
Registered as lawyer and joined Nishimura Law Office in 2001 (currently Nishimura & Asahi). Graduated from Duke University School of Law with LLM degree in 2007.
Seconded to Hughes Hubbard & Reed in New York from 2007 to 2008.
Became a partner at Nishimura & Asahi in January 2013. Handled corporate disputes during the time as lawyer.
Joined AsiaWise Group in December 2018 and also co-founded and became Representative Director of Lisse Co., Ltd. which provides services to improve legal operations using legal technology.
Executive Officer
Nariaki Konita
Joined SoftBank Corp. in 2014 as a new graduate. Engaged in BI development as an IT infrastructure SE. Moved to Accenture Japan Ltd and participated in ARISE Inc. Analytics, a joint venture, as a Data Scientist. Joined ZENKIGEN Co., Ltd. in October 2019. Appointed as Executive Officer in 2025.
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Headquater
Shiroyama Trust Tower 21F, 4-3-1 Toranomon, Minato-ku, Tokyo 105-6021, Japan
3 minute walk from Tokyo Metro Kamiyacho Station
5 minute walk from Tokyo Metro Roppongi-itchome Station
ZENKIGEN Sazan Beach Office
Southern Beach Hills 4F Room 11-a, 4-12986-52 Nakakaigan, Chigasaki-shi, Kanagawa, 253-0055 Japan
Train: 18 minutes walk from South Exit of JR Chigasaki Station
Bus: From South Exit of JR Chigasaki Station, take line 37 "Hanamidaira Danchi (Nishihama)" for about 10 minutes and get off at "Kaisuiyokujo-mae"
Community bus EBOSHI-GOU: From South Exit of JR Chigasaki Station, get off at "Nakakaigan Nanko Junkan Shiritsu Byouin-sen" about 10 minutes and get off at "9th Southern Beach Iriguchi"
Workstyle
Culture / Office / Benefits
Our employee benefits support members to perform to the best of their abilities.
ZINZIEN
"ZINZIEN" is an HR community with ZENKIGEN as the community owner.
Under the concept of "Borderless Human Relations", we cooperate with each other beyond individual companies to support people in society.
We hold variety of online workshops and events to face social issues.