Realizing the Kids Garden Education Ecosystem and One-to-One Operation of Licensed Childcare Centers and Private Education Services

「On 1 December 2025, Kids Garden Prep School Azabudai Hills and Kids Garden Education Lab Azabudai Hills (After-School) opened in Azabudai Hills, Minato-ku, Tokyo.」

「As announced in the disclosure dated 1 September 2025, the opening of Kids Garden Prep School Azabudai Hills (Premium School) and Kids Garden Education Lab Azabudai Hills (After-School) in Azabudai Hills, Minato-ku, Tokyo, was scheduled for 1 December 2025. The facilities are currently receiving numerous inquiries and applications.」

「As the first initiative to support overseas study, the company provided support for study at a British boarding school last August, which was well received. As the second initiative, it will provide support this summer at 3 locations: the UK, Switzerland and Hawaii, US.」

「As stated in the new medium-term management plan announced on 21 June 2024, the Group adopted “Toward a society where ‘family happiness’ and ‘individual happiness’ can coexist closely” as its new purpose. To address new social issues, including improving social systems that place a heavy burden on women, enabling individuals to balance personal and family happiness, and overcoming the declining birth rate, the Group will transform itself from a company providing early childhood education services into a comprehensive personal care services company.」

「The Group plans to expand nationwide, with its global schools in the premium education services business serving as a key driver of growth.」

「This facility is planned as an enhanced premium school and a new flagship that combines the premium character of Kids Garden Minami-Aoyama with the international character of a global school.」

「On 8 August 2023, we announced plans to open a new facility for young children at “Azabudai Hills” (opening date undecided). The facility is planned to be a more advanced premium school offering bilingual education and an education program that takes advantage of the art-filled environment of “Azabudai Hills.”」

「On 29 June 2023, the company announced its five-year medium-term management plan (fiscal years ending March 2024 to March 2028; theme: “From building a foundation for breakthrough growth to nationwide expansion”).」

「In March 2023, the Company, 株式会社 Kids Smile Project, 株式会社リソー教育 and its subsidiary 株式会社伸芽会 entered into a capital and business alliance agreement involving cross-shareholdings of the Company’s and 株式会社リソー教育’s common shares, with the aim of effectively providing mutual support for their respective services, facilitating and strengthening alliance activities, and further strengthening the relationship.」

「In August of the same year, the Company began accepting applications for its first bilingual school, Kids Garden Global School Kinshicho, an educational childcare facility for children aged 3 to 6 that provides a foundation in English and Japanese through bilingual education and nurtures them to become active in the global community in the future. The school is scheduled to open in April 2023. Many applications have been received.」

「In August this year, we announced Kids Garden Global School Kinshicho, our first bilingual school, scheduled to open in April 2023 for children aged 3 to 6, and began recruiting students. It is positioned as an educational and childcare facility that helps children acquire English and Japanese from the basics through bilingual education and nurtures them during early childhood so that they can play an active role in the global society of the future.」

「This medium-term management plan covers the 3-year period from the fiscal year ending March 2023 through the fiscal year ending March 2025 and is positioned as the foundation for a new phase of substantial growth. With growth in private education-related services at its core, we aim to establish and expand the Kids Garden education network through a hybrid management model combining the licensed childcare centre business with private education services, providing educational services to develop non-cognitive skills in children aged 0 to 9, a critical period for child development.」

「Our group will leverage its expertise in existing preschool-integrated childcare centres and focus investment on new early childhood education classes emphasising English, Montessori, gymnastics and entrance-exam preparation, as well as premium after-school and extracurricular programmes for school-age children. We will expand the target age range and increase the share of private education services in the business.」

「On 1 October 2021, we opened “Kids Garden Minami-Aoyama,” our first flagship facility integrating childcare, early childhood education and after-school care for children aged 1 to 9.」

「Going forward, we will focus investment on private education services, with the aim of adopting a hybrid management model in early childhood education based on a 1:1 ratio between the licensed childcare centre business and private education services.」