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Top 25 Private equity search firms based in Japan
RevenueBase identified 107 private equity search firms headquartered in Japan as of September 2026 and tracks 1,607 professional contacts across them, including 383 with verified work emails. Tokyo is the largest hub.
This list covers private equity search firms headquartered in Japan, matched on what each company actually does as described in its own words. Ranked by team size, largest first. Every row shows the company's own description, its RevenueBase Smart Search rating, and when it was last checked. Data refreshed September 14, 2026.
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The 25 largest private equity search firms based in Japan
Ranked by team size| # | Company | Contacts | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 203 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “Boyd & Moore Executive Search (BMES) provides talent and leadership solutions to multinational businesses looking to enter, scale or repair their businesses in Asia Pacific.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 14, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 2 | 138 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “East West Consulting is an executive search firm that proactively scouts and supplies our clients with qualified professionals.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 14, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 3 | 70 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “Slate Executive Search Group opened their first office, Slate Consulting K.K, in Tokyo in 2003, and currently operate in 2 locations across BC, Canada: Vancouver and Prince Rupert.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 14, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 4 | 61 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “Experis Executive specializes in high value executive search.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 14, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 5 | 51 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Recruitment is noise.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 14, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 6 | 35 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “You want to build a dream team of superstars.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 14, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 7 | 34 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “Saachi Partners is a Tokyo-based executive search firm working across the Asia Pacific region.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 14, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 8 | 34 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “Service - Executive Search - Leadership Assessment - Family Business Consulting - Executive Training & Coaching - M&A Advisory * Mission We produce numerous opportunities for…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 14, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 9 | 26 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “ACS Japan is a Tokyo based executive search company delivering Permanent & Contracting Recruitment Services that reflect the core values and needs of the business world today.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 14, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 10 | 25 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “CxO 200 PE50 3No.1” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 14, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 11 | 19 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “70201911242610 Recont” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 14, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 12 | 16 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Global Business Specialist, GIS LTD” We are global business specialists in consulting and headhunting.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 14, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 13 | 15 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Two companies.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 14, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 14 | 14 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 14, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 15 | 14 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “NEO offers a new approach to executive and retained search.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 14, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 16 | 10 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “The Titan Business Innovation team is a key pillar of the award-winning Titan Consulting group focusing on cross-industry recruitment in the hyper-growing worlds of Digital, IT…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 14, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 17 | 9 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “CxO - CxO DirectorPartner - IT AI / Data AWSAzureGCP DX - CxODirectorPartner - Qualitas × REC WEB - ITAI” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 14, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 18 | 9 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 14, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 19 | 7 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 14, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 20 | 7 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “Executive Choice is a specialized boutique executive search firm launched in Japan with coverage of healthcare and life sciences industry recruitment.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 14, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 21 | 7 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Kaneko & Associates' mission is to provide strategic support in executive talent selection for client corporations.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 14, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 22 | 7 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “Headquartered in Tokyo, J.Bridge is a boutique private capital advisory firm with a focus in Asia, dedicated to providing fundraising services to both established and emerging…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 14, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 23 | 7 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “Carter Search is a leading Tokyo-based executive search and recruitment firm.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 14, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 24 | 6 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “The Refined Group is an Executive Recruiting & Business Consulting firm focused on providing professional services to multinational companies wishing to expand in Asia Pacific.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 14, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 25 | 6 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “Strategic Consulting Japan offers superior Executive Search services as well as consulting services such as; Succession Planning, Business Analysis & Career Counseling.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 14, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
RevenueBase Smart Search
RevenueBase Smart Search assesses information from a company’s LinkedIn profile, information supplied directly by the company, its website, and other publicly available sources. It uses that information to rate how closely the company relates to this list’s category: private equity search firms. Every row carries its rating and the description the rating was read from, so each one can be checked rather than taken on trust.
- Strong evidence
- The company's own public description of its business names private equity search firms.
- Partial evidence
- Its own public description names part of private equity search firms, so it works in or next to the category without describing itself that way.
- Indirect evidence
- The description shown does not name private equity search firms. The match rests on the rest of the company's public profile rather than the one sentence quoted here, so this is the rating to check first.
RevenueBase Smart Search is how these lists are built: RevenueBase's data engine and AI assemble the companies that match a category defined in a user's own words, so a list can be about what companies actually do rather than about whichever industry code they were filed under.
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Private equity search firms based in Japan at a glance
As of Sep 14, 2026Companies by employee count
Email recency for this list is measured worldwide rather than for Japan, so it is reported there. Company counts and contact totals on this page are exact for Japan, over 107 companies.
How this list was built
Company categories are rarely black and white. RevenueBase reads each company's own description of its business to decide whether it belongs among private equity search firms, so some rows will be adjacent to the category rather than pure plays. The description and RevenueBase Smart Search rating on every row are there so you can check each match yourself.
- Source
- The RevenueBase company graph: 60 million companies and 398.9 million professional contacts resolved from primary sources, queried with RevenueBase Smart Search, the natural-language company search available to every RevenueBase user.
- What qualifies
- Companies headquartered in Japan whose own description of what they do matches “private equity search firms”. Matching reads each company's description, not its industry code or its name.
- RevenueBase Smart Search
- RevenueBase Smart Search is how this list is assembled and how each row is rated. RevenueBase's data engine and AI assess a company's LinkedIn profile, information supplied directly by the company, its website and other publicly available information, then relate it to a category defined in a user's own words. Each row is rated strong evidence (its own description names private equity search firms), partial evidence (it names part of the category) or indirect evidence (the description shown names none of it and the match rests on the rest of the company's profile). The description supporting each rating is quoted on the row.
- What we exclude
- Companies whose own description does not clearly place them among private equity search firms, and records with no verified work email. Companies headquartered outside Japan are excluded even when they keep an office there.
- Match quality
- In blind human judging of this matching method, 86% of matched companies were on target. Expect roughly 1 in 7 rows to be adjacent to the category rather than a pure play. Every row shows the company's own description and its RevenueBase Smart Search rating so you can judge each match yourself. Read the full methodology: how the lists are built, how the judging worked, and what the figure means.
- Ranking
- Team size, largest first: companies are ordered by the number of professionals RevenueBase tracks at each one. Employee ranges shown are reported bands, for context.
- Verification
- Every listed company carries at least one verified work email, 383 across the full list. Contacts re-verify on a rolling cadence, and each contact's own verification date is shown inside RevenueBase.
- Refresh
- This page's figures were pulled from the company graph on September 14, 2026. Lists refresh periodically as the graph is re-checked.
- Corrections
- Wrong category, wrong headquarters, or a company that has closed? Use “Report an issue” on any row. Reports go to the RevenueBase Data Team and feed back into the company graph.
Private equity search firms by metro
- Private equity search firms in Tokyo44
Frequently asked
What is RevenueBase Smart Search?
RevenueBase Smart Search is how RevenueBase decides which companies belong on this list and how strongly each one fits. Its data engine and AI assess a company's LinkedIn profile, information supplied directly by the company, its website and other publicly available information, then relate it to the category the list is about. Each row is rated strong evidence when the company's own description names private equity search firms, partial evidence when it names part of the category, and indirect evidence when the description shown names none of it and the match rests on the rest of the company's profile.
How many private equity search firms are there based in Japan?
RevenueBase identified 107 private equity search firms headquartered in Japan as of September 2026, matched on each company's own description of what it does rather than its industry code.
What is the largest company on this list?
Boyd & Moore Executive Search, headquartered in Tokyo, tops this list with the largest team on record.
Which city has the most private equity search firms?
Tokyo leads with 44 headquartered companies, followed by Jing (17) and Minato-Ku (5).
How do I get contact information for these companies?
A free RevenueBase account lets you run this exact search and work the top results, verified emails and direct dials included. Upgrading unlocks all 383 verified decision-maker contacts tracked across these 107 companies.
How current is this list?
The list refreshes periodically as the company graph is re-checked. This page's figures were pulled on September 14, 2026.
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RevenueBase is a B2B data infrastructure company. Its company graph covers 60 million companies and 398.9 million professional contacts, with emails verified on a rolling cadence rather than scraped once and left to decay. These company lists are generated directly from that graph with RevenueBase Smart Search, the same natural-language company search every RevenueBase user has: describe a market in plain words, get the companies that match, and add verified emails and direct dials for the people at them. It is the same data that powers RevenueBase's B2B data products, and a free account includes 500 credits to start. How these lists are built and judged.
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