A talent partner on the ground in Japan.
Meet Kenji Niimura and discover the thinking behind our bilingual talent advisory practice serving Japan and APAC.
The story behind our name
Emotion and experiment. Where they meet, the next step comes into view.
HOLOMUA
Hawaiian for "to keep moving forward"
When people feel stuck, the constraint is usually emotional rather than one of ability: urgency, doubt or past setbacks. Reading what sits beneath the surface is where our work begins.
LAB
A scientific, experimental approach
But we don't stop at sentiment. For criteria, process, KPIs and the words you choose, we form a hypothesis, measure it and keep only what holds.
Our work lives where the two meet. Beyond the frame of hiring, starting from where each person wants to go next, we design that step together. This is why we describe ourselves as both an advisory and a coaching practice.
A coach who has lived it on the ground
Senior talent advisory in Japan and APAC, from diagnosis and execution to people support, handled end to end.
We don't deliver an org chart and depart. Our advisory is grounded in frameworks tested through real-world talent acquisition and organizational work. We can be direct about what to do first and what to stop doing.
Alongside specialist advisors, we extend into organizational development, compensation and performance systems, and diversity hiring.
Kenji brings 13+ years in talent acquisition at global organizations including Salesforce, Nike, Richemont and Uber, most recently leading recruiting across 9 APAC markets at Uber Japan. Across B2B and B2C, he has supported hiring from both the in-house and agency sides, owning the process from sourcing through selection to onboarding, and delivering 300+ hires a year with direct sourcing as the main channel at a 98%+ offer acceptance rate.
Beyond sourcing and selection, he has built hiring processes, run enablement and training for leadership teams and interviewers, and supported DE&I initiatives. Raised in Hong Kong and based in Tokyo for 15+ years, Kenji is fully bilingual in English and Japanese. He founded Holomua Lab in September 2026 to be a talent partner on the ground for companies building teams in Japan and APAC.
Company profile
Key facts about Holomua Lab.
- Company name
- Holomua Lab LLC (Godo Kaisha)
- Representative
- Kenji Niimura
- Founded
- September 2026
- Registered office
- BIG Office Plaza Ikebukuro 1206 2-62-8 Higashi-Ikebukuro, Toshima-ku Tokyo 170-0013, Japan
- Service area
- Japan & APAC (online / in person)
Start with a 30-minute call.
Tell us briefly where your Japan or APAC hiring stands. We'll reply with times for a free 30-minute discovery call.
- ・First 30 minutes / complimentary
- ・Online or in person
- ・We typically respond within two business days