Headhunt.AI, the platform.
An AI recruiting platform built for hiring in Japan. Paste a job description, get up to 1,000 ranked candidates and bilingual scout mails in 1-2 minutes. Eight years in production at our own agency before we opened it to outside customers.
What it does
Headhunt.AI takes a JD and produces three things: (1) a ranked list of up to 1,000 candidates from a 4M+ Japan-focused profile database, scored 0-100 on the proprietary ESAI Score; (2) per-candidate bilingual scout mails drafted to native register; (3) per-search transmission of your approved scouts to an email scouting system of your choice, with reply tracking. End-to-end, 1-2 minutes from paste-in to ready-to-send.
Who it's for
Two audiences: recruiting agencies that want to extend their reach without adding headcount, and in-house TA teams that want to reduce their dependence on external agencies and activate dormant resumes in their existing ATS. The product surface is the same; the messaging on the platform is segmented.
Pricing
Three subscription plans: Starter (¥200,000/mo), Growth (¥500,000/mo), Scale (¥900,000/mo). Plus pay-as-you-go credits from ¥150 per credit (¥120 from 2,000 credits; valid 12 months). Annual plans receive a 15% discount. New accounts get 100 free credits at signup, no credit card required.
Why we operate it as a separate company
The platform is a software business, not a recruiting business. It carries no recruiting license, takes no placement fees, and has no opinion on which candidate you contact. ExecutiveSearch.AI K.K., the parent, operates the platform. It is filed with Japan's MHLW as a Class 4 Specified Recruitment Information Provider (第4号特定募集情報等提供事業者) — 届出受理番号 51-募-001920, accepted 12 May 2026. Our subsidiary ESAI Agency K.K. separately operates the recruiting agency under license 13-ユ-319155. The split is structural: software customers don't want their vendor to also be their competitor's headhunter, and recruiting clients don't want their agency's data flowing into a software product. One license, one filing, two companies, one engine.
Read the operator briefings
The platform's content hub at headhunt.ai/insights is where we publish what we've learned operating the agency on the platform, including a 17.2× ROI case study from a 16-week zero-human-review cohort, and a 5,300-word compliance reference on how APPI and the Employment Security Act govern AI sourcing in Japan.