Dive

Basic Information

Stock Code
151A
Industry
Services
Category Detail
Recruitment & Staffing Services
Prefecture
Tokyo
Establishment Year
March 2002
Listing Year
March 2024
Official Website
https://dive.design/
TSE Information
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Overview

Dive is a Tokyo-based innovative service company founded in 2002, with staffing services and glamping facility operations as its main businesses.

Current Situation

Dive recorded sales of approximately 8.3 billion yen and net profit of about 170 million yen in the fiscal year ended June 2023, building a stable revenue base. Its core resort part-time job business contributes to alleviating labor shortages in Japan's tourism industry, while glamping facility operations and specialized web media are also thriving. It is also expanding into IT business support and overseas talent services to pursue diversification. Under the leadership of Representative Kiyoshi Shoji, it promotes regional revitalization and multicultural coexistence, aiming for sustainable corporate growth. It newly listed on the Tokyo Stock Exchange Growth Market in March 2024, with business expansion and improved profitability at the center of its strategies going forward. It will focus on strengthening IT education and supporting foreign workers to enhance the quality and quantity of talent, serving as growth drivers amid rising regional demand.

Trivia

Interesting Facts

  • Originally established as App Inc. and changed name to Dive in 2019.
  • The company name 'Dive' signifies challenge and connection, with emphasis on diversity.
  • Holds high recognition in Japan as a unique resort part-time specialized job service.
  • Actively promotes utilization of local idle land through glamping business.
  • Representative Director Kiyoshi Shoji is also dedicated to regional revitalization and entrepreneur support.
  • Foreign talent employment support site contributes significantly to tourism industry labor shortage measures.
  • Emerging company rapidly increasing corporate value after Tokyo Stock Exchange Growth Market listing.
  • Deploys new model combining IT engineer training and staffing.
  • Promotes numerous projects in collaboration with local governments nationwide.
  • Glamping information site GLAMPICKS boasts the industry's largest number of listings.
  • Foreign talent service provides one-stop from visa acquisition to living support.
  • Possesses unique multicultural coexistence support program with high trust in local communities.
  • Also operates specialized web media for off-site meetings.
  • Regional revitalization-oriented management strategy is one of its characteristics.
  • Comprehensive in-house education system that trains many inexperienced individuals into technicians.

Hidden Connections

  • Dense collaboration with local governments, contributing to regional economy through idle land utilization.
  • Obtained administrative support certification in foreign talent services, earning thick trust in the industry.
  • Diverse talent development is at the core of corporate culture, strengthening ties with external education organizations.
  • Deploys unique business model fusing IT business support and staffing operations.
  • Representative Shoji is known in and outside the industry as a mentor for young entrepreneurs.
  • Glamping facility business contributes to regional tourism promotion with environmentally considerate design.
  • Achieves both industry information dissemination and self-service recognition through web media operations.
  • Foreign talent recruitment support strengthens legal compliance to establish social trustworthiness.

Future Outlook

Growth Drivers

  • Expansion of resort part-time demand from tourism industry recovery
  • Growth of glamping business linked with regional revitalization measures
  • Promotion of foreign talent utilization to address population decline
  • Resolution of talent shortages through IT business support and education programs
  • Increasing needs for multicultural coexistence society construction
  • Expansion of wellness and outdoor markets
  • Service development for new markets and DX promotion
  • New investments enabled by improved fundraising from listing
  • Increasing demand for environmentally considerate services
  • Business expansion through strengthened local government collaboration

Strategic Goals

  • Triple sales in glamping and resort part-time businesses
  • Triple the number of companies introducing foreign talent services
  • Produce 1,000 engineers annually through IT training programs
  • Nationwide rollout of sustainable regional revitalization projects
  • Achieve top-class ESG rating in Japan's service industry
  • Aim for annual sales exceeding 100 billion yen
  • Invest over 5 billion yen annually in new business development
  • Establish as specialized institution for multicultural coexistence support
  • Complete cashless and digital service provision
  • Operate glamping facilities aiming for zero environmental impact

Business Segments

Staffing for Tourism and Accommodation Industry

Overview
Provides staffing and talent introduction services specialized for the tourism industry, supporting regional revitalization.
Competitiveness
Strength in nationwide network and multicultural coexistence support
Customers
  • Hotel Operators
  • Ryokan Owners
  • Tourism Facility Operators
  • Local Governments
  • Tourism-Related Companies
Products
  • Resort Part-time Dispatch
  • Short-term Part-time Introduction
  • Foreign Specified Skilled Talent Introduction
  • Talent Training Programs

Glamping Facility Planning and Operations

Overview
Comprehensive handling from planning to operations of regional revitalization-type glamping facilities utilizing local idle land.
Competitiveness
High facility added value through regional revitalization concept design
Customers
  • Local Governments
  • Idle Land Owners
  • Lodging Facility Management Companies
Products
  • Glamping Facility Development
  • Operations and Customer Attraction Services
  • Facility Planning Consulting

IT Infrastructure and System Support

Overview
Supports corporate IT utilization through comprehensive IT business assistance and engineer training.
Competitiveness
Integrated service of practical experience-focused education and technical support
Customers
  • Small and Medium Enterprises
  • IT Vendors
  • Development Companies
Products
  • IT Infrastructure Construction Support
  • RPA Implementation Support
  • In-House Engineer Training

External Talent Utilization Consulting

Overview
Promotes utilization of diverse labor including foreign talent and workplace environment improvement.
Competitiveness
Highly rated for foreign support track record and legal assistance
Customers
  • Listed Companies
  • Multinational Corporations
  • Local SMEs
Products
  • Labor Force Diversification Support
  • Multicultural Coexistence Consulting
  • Foreign Talent Matching

Competitive Advantage

Strengths

  • Business focused on resort part-time jobs
  • Glamping operations integrated with regional revitalization
  • Foreign talent support corresponding to multicultural coexistence
  • Revenue base stabilization through diversification
  • Strong leadership from representative management
  • Reliability from Tokyo Stock Exchange Growth Market listing
  • Information dissemination power via specialized web media
  • Nationwide service network
  • Unique linkage of IT support and talent training
  • Strong cooperative relationships with local governments
  • Regionally embedded business model
  • Specialized service design
  • Ability to meet diverse customer needs
  • Talent training function through practical experience
  • Capability to prepare environments for foreign talent reception

Competitive Advantages

  • Top-level recognition and track record in resort part-time field in Japan
  • Differentiated regional revitalization model in local idle land glamping business
  • Integrated visa and living support in foreign employment assistance
  • Achieves immediate combat readiness of talent through integration of IT education and business support
  • Enhanced fundraising capability and brand strength from listing
  • President Shoji's entrepreneur mentoring track record contributes to investor and customer trust
  • Flexible response to market changes through diverse business展開
  • Deeper commitment to regional revitalization than competitors
  • Customer reach and information superiority through specialized media operations
  • Strategic construction of partnerships with external partners
  • Foreign talent introduction service specialized in specified skilled qualifications for competitive edge
  • Accumulated specialized training know-how and owns unique training facilities
  • High customer satisfaction through thorough sales and follow-up systems
  • Gains trust through strict legal compliance and governance
  • Maintains above-industry-standard quality in IT support services

Threats

  • Impact on performance from seasonal fluctuations in tourism industry
  • Risk of changes in foreign worker acceptance policies
  • Market competition from competitors' service diversification
  • Business stagnation from pandemics such as new infectious diseases
  • Impact from changes in local government policies and budgets
  • Risk of inability to keep up with rapid IT technology evolution
  • Talent securing difficulties from sudden labor market supply-demand shifts
  • Customer company investment restraint from economic downturn
  • Rising operating costs from strengthened labor regulations
  • Damage to lodging facilities and tourist decline from natural disasters
  • Risk of brand image damage
  • Foreign talent supply instability from overseas situation changes

Innovations

2022: Launch of Foreign Job Navigation for Lodging Industry

Overview
Opened a recruitment support site for specified skilled foreign talent to resolve labor shortages in the lodging industry.
Impact
Contributes to efficiency in foreign talent recruitment and promotion of multicultural coexistence

2022: Expansion of GLAMPICKS, Japan's Largest Glamping Search Site

Overview
Significantly increased the number of glamping facility listings to enhance user convenience.
Impact
Contributes to improved recognition and facility customer attraction

2020: Launch of IT Business Support and Engineer Training Program

Overview
Rolled out practical provision-type engineer training for inexperienced individuals and IT infrastructure support.
Impact
Achieved production of young technicians and strengthening of customer companies' IT capabilities

2023: Promotion of Glamping Facility Development Using Local Government Idle Land

Overview
Collaborated with local governments to develop and operate multiple glamping facilities.
Impact
Achieved regional economic revitalization and creation of new lodging demand

2024: New Listing on Tokyo Stock Exchange Growth Market

Overview
Secured growth funds to realize business expansion and brand strengthening.
Impact
Successfully gained market trust and strengthened business foundation

Sustainability

  • Promotion of regional revitalization projects for local revitalization
  • Promotion of multicultural coexistence society and foreign worker support
  • Reduction of environmental impact through effective use of idle land
  • Ecological glamping facility design
  • Improvement of employee work environment and diversity promotion
  • Talent development and lifelong learning support through digital education
  • Fulfillment of social responsibility through collaboration with local communities
  • Promotion of remote work compatible technology introduction
  • Continuous improvement of environmentally considerate business operations
  • Strict legal compliance and corporate ethics