Career Design Center Co., Ltd.
Career Design Center Co., Ltd. (株式会社キャリアデザインセンター) is a Japanese kabushiki kaisha registered under Houjin Bangou corporate number 8010401008039, maintained in Japan’s National Tax Agency corporate-number registry, where its current status is recorded as Active. Its registered office is located in Minato Ward, Tokyo (postal code 107-0052).
The company operates a group of employment-related media and recruitment services built around "type," its principal general career-change job-search platform, together with "Woman type" (aimed at women seeking long-term full-time careers), a direct-sourcing recruitment app branded "Direct type," a dedicated career-change recruitment-agent service, IT-sector staff-dispatch operations, and new-graduate recruitment services. Its principal activities span recruitment-media publishing, career-change job-matching, recruitment-fair organisation, and temporary and IT staffing.
According to Career Design Center’s own corporate-history disclosures, the company was established in July 1993. It listed on the Hercules market of the Osaka Securities Exchange in October 2004, moved to the Tokyo Stock Exchange Second Section in September 2006, and was promoted to the TSE First Section in October 2013. Following the Tokyo Stock Exchange’s 2022 market restructuring, the company now trades on the TSE Prime Market under securities code 2410, per its own investor-relations pages.
As of 30 September 2025, Career Design Center reported 768 employees on a company basis, according to its official company-overview page, and its stated capital is approximately JPY 558.66 million.
The 2015-10-05 date shown elsewhere in this registry entry reflects the date Japan’s nationwide Houjin Bangou corporate-number system was launched, not Career Design Center’s actual founding date, which its own official history page places more than two decades earlier, in July 1993.
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Shareholders
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Shareholders of Career Design Center Co., Ltd.
Internal registry data lists nine disclosed shareholder records for Career Design Center Co., Ltd., most recently verified as of 2 August 2026. The five most prominent records returned are foreign institutional asset managers holding relatively small blocks of ordinary shares at a recorded price of JPY 1,686 per share: Old Westbury Small & Mid Cap Strategies Fund (4,700 shares), DFA International Sustainability Core 1 Portfolio (1,900 shares), Dimensional ETF Trust – Dimensional International Small Cap ETF (1,300 shares), DFA Investment Dimensions – World Ex U.S. Core Equity Portfolio (1,100 shares), and DFA Investment Dimensions – DFA VA International Small (1,000 shares). The percentages attached to these holdings in the source data do not reconcile against Career Design Center’s total issued share count of 5,497,921 shares, as stated on the company’s own stock-information page, so those percentages should be treated as figures internal to the source filing rather than confirmed shares of total issued capital. No shareholder in the available data is a named individual; all identified holders are asset-management or index-fund entities, consistent with a passive institutional shareholder base typical of a Tokyo Stock Exchange Prime Market company. No holder in the available data is confirmed to cross a specific disclosure threshold based on total issued shares.
Ultimate beneficial ownership
No ultimate beneficial owner can be reliably identified from the available data. The disclosed holders are institutional asset managers and funds, and no natural person has been identified as a beneficial owner through the ownership chain.
Data availability
As a Tokyo Stock Exchange Prime Market-listed company, Career Design Center Co., Ltd. is subject to Japan’s large shareholding (5%) reporting regime, and a complete shareholder register is not publicly available. The reviewed data captures only a partial, passive-investor-weighted subset of disclosed holders (5 of 9 records returned), and the associated percentages could not be reconciled against total issued share capital, so this disclosure is best described as Partial.
Sources
- National Tax Agency Houjin Bangou corporate-number registry, https://www.houjin-bangou.nta.go.jp, retrieved 2026-08-11
- Career Design Center official stock-information page, https://cdc.type.jp/ir/stock/, retrieved 2026-09-15
- Internal shareholder registry dataset, verified_at 2026-08-02
Registry feed — rows exactly as filed with National Tax Agency — Corporate Number Publication Site, including entries the profile above does not cover.
| Shareholder | Type | Holding | Source Document |
|---|---|---|---|
| Old Westbury Small & Mid Cap Strategies Fund | 8.2% | National Tax Agency — Corporate Number Publication Site | |
| DFA International Sustainability Core 1 Portfolio | 3.3% | National Tax Agency — Corporate Number Publication Site | |
| Dimensional ETF Tr-Dimensional International Small Cap ETF | 2.3% | National Tax Agency — Corporate Number Publication Site | |
| DFA Investment Dimensions-World Ex U.S. Core Equity Port | 1.9% | National Tax Agency — Corporate Number Publication Site | |
| DFA Investment Dimensions-DFA Va International Small | 1.7% | National Tax Agency — Corporate Number Publication Site |
Officers
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Directors and officers of Career Design Center Co., Ltd.
Internal registry data lists four active officers and no former or resigned officers for Career Design Center Co., Ltd.: Hiromi Tada, Yusuke Kayama, Hiroshi Nishiyama, and Ryouhei Kikuchi. Career Design Center’s own official officers page (retrieved September 2026) identifies its current board as: Representative Director, President & Chairman Hiromi Tada; Representative Director & Vice President Yusuke Kayama; Senior Managing Director and Senior Executive Officer Nishiyama Yutaka (the same individual recorded in the registry as Hiroshi Nishiyama – the company’s own website romanises the given name of 西山裕 as "Yutaka"); and full-time Audit Committee Member Ryohei Kikuchi. The company’s official page additionally lists three outside (external) Audit Committee members – Yoshiyuki Wada, Tetsuo Saito, and Yunoki Miyaji – who do not appear in the reviewed registry snapshot, and a number of executive officers below board level. Career Design Center is governed under Japan’s audit-committee (kansa-tou-iinkai) board structure rather than a traditional statutory-auditor structure. Neither the registry data nor the company’s public officer listing discloses appointment or resignation dates for any officer.
Nationality is not disclosed for any officer in either source and must not be inferred from name or from the recorded address country. The registry’s "address_country" field for each officer is JP, but this reflects a correspondence/registry address only, not confirmed nationality or country of residence.
Recent officer changes
No dated appointment, resignation or role-change event could be verified from the available sources, so this section is omitted.
Data availability
The reviewed sources do not disclose officer appointment or resignation dates, nor officer nationality, for this company. Coverage is best described as Partial / Current only, and nationality should be treated as Not disclosed for every listed officer.
Sources
- Internal officer registry dataset (gd_officers), Career Design Center Co., Ltd.
- Career Design Center official officers page, https://cdc.type.jp/company/officers/, retrieved 2026-09-15
Group Structure
Group structure of Career Design Center Co., Ltd.
The internal corporate-linkage dataset for Career Design Center Co., Ltd. reports no parent, subsidiary, or ownership linkage currently available for the company. This is consistent with the company’s own official corporate-history disclosures, which show two previously operated subsidiaries that were subsequently absorbed back into the parent through merger rather than remaining as separate group entities: Career Design Consulting Co., Ltd. (established August 1998, merged into Career Design Center in January 2003) and Career Design IT Partners Co., Ltd. (formed October 2013, absorbed into Career Design Center in April 2021, per the company’s own financial-highlights disclosure). No currently active parent, subsidiary, or sister-company relationship has been identified from official sources as of the information date.
Verified corporate relationships
| Entity | Country | Registration number | Relationship | Ownership | Status | Information date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Career Design Consulting Co., Ltd. | JP | Not disclosed | Historical direct subsidiary | Ownership percentage not disclosed | Absorbed – merged into parent, January 2003 | Company history page, retrieved 2026-09-15 |
| Career Design IT Partners Co., Ltd. | JP | Not disclosed | Historical direct subsidiary | Ownership percentage not disclosed | Absorbed – merged into parent, April 2021 | Company history / IR disclosures, retrieved 2026-09-15 |
Recent structural changes
- April 2021: Career Design IT Partners Co., Ltd., a consolidated subsidiary engaged in IT staff dispatch, was absorbed into Career Design Center Co., Ltd. through a merger, per the company’s own financial-highlights disclosure.
Data availability
Group-structure information for Career Design Center Co., Ltd. is best described as Historical: no current parent or subsidiary is publicly confirmed, and the only documented corporate-linkage events are historical mergers disclosed on the company’s own website. This should not be read as proof that the company has never had, or will never again have, group relationships.
Sources
- Internal corporate-linkage dataset (gd_groups), Career Design Center Co., Ltd.
- Career Design Center official company-history page, https://cdc.type.jp/company/history/, retrieved 2026-09-15
- Career Design Center official IR financial-highlights page, https://cdc.type.jp/ir/highlight/, retrieved 2026-09-15
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Frequently Asked Questions
What is Career Design Center Co., Ltd.?
Career Design Center Co., Ltd. is a Japanese kabushiki kaisha headquartered in Minato Ward, Tokyo, that operates career-change job-search media and recruitment services, including the "type" job platform, under Houjin Bangou corporate number 8010401008039.
When was Career Design Center Co., Ltd. actually founded?
According to the company's own official history page, Career Design Center was established in July 1993.
Does the 2015-10-05 date shown on this profile mean Career Design Center was founded in 2015?
No. The 2015-10-05 date reflects the launch date of Japan's nationwide Houjin Bangou (corporate number) registry system, not the company's actual founding date. Career Design Center was founded decades earlier, in July 1993, per its own corporate history.
What is Career Design Center's Houjin Bangou corporate number?
Its Houjin Bangou corporate number, as recorded by Japan's National Tax Agency, is 8010401008039.
Is Career Design Center Co., Ltd. listed on a stock exchange?
Yes. According to the company's own investor-relations disclosures, it trades on the Tokyo Stock Exchange Prime Market under securities code 2410.
What does Career Design Center Co., Ltd. do?
It operates career-change job-search and recruitment media, principally the "type" job platform, alongside "Woman type," a direct-sourcing recruitment app, an IT staffing business, and new-graduate recruitment services.
Where is Career Design Center Co., Ltd. headquartered?
Its registered office and head office are located in Minato Ward, Tokyo (postal code 107-0052), per the company's own registry and official website.
How many employees does Career Design Center Co., Ltd. have?
The company reported 768 employees as of 30 September 2025, according to its official company-overview page.
What is Career Design Center's registered capital?
Its stated capital is approximately JPY 558.66 million, per the company's official company-overview page.
Who leads Career Design Center Co., Ltd.?
Per the company's own officers page, Hiromi Tada serves as Representative Director, President & Chairman. Officer appointment dates are not disclosed.
Does Career Design Center Co., Ltd. have any subsidiaries?
No currently active subsidiary is confirmed by official sources. The company previously operated two subsidiaries – Career Design Consulting Co., Ltd. and Career Design IT Partners Co., Ltd. – both of which were later absorbed back into the parent through merger, in 2003 and 2021 respectively.
Is full shareholder information available for Career Design Center Co., Ltd.?
No. Only a partial set of disclosed shareholders is available (foreign institutional funds), and the associated percentages could not be reconciled against the company's total issued share count of 5,497,921 shares, so disclosure is best described as Partial.
Which stock exchanges has Career Design Center Co., Ltd. been listed on historically?
Per the company's own history page, it first listed on the Hercules market of the Osaka Securities Exchange in October 2004, moved to the Tokyo Stock Exchange Second Section in September 2006, was promoted to the TSE First Section in October 2013, and now trades on the TSE Prime Market (code 2410) following the 2022 market restructuring.