Nahato Wins Grand Prize at Career Ownership Management AWARD 2026 for HR Transformation

Nahato Co., Ltd. announced it has won the Grand Prize in the HR Recruitment and Training Transformation category (SME division) at the 'Career Ownership Management AWARD 2026'. Experiencing rapid growth with recent sales of 31 billion yen, the company transformed its HR strategy from 'management' to 'value creation' to overcome dependencies on individual skills. By internalizing SNS recruitment and restructuring its HR supply infrastructure, Nahato increased student contacts tenfold. The award recognizes their structural approach to building a reproducible growth system.