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Representative Director speaks for Idea Co., Ltd.

To those that possess the spirit to challenge themselves and are not bound by their own limits, please knock on Idea’s door.

Hello, I am the Representative Director of Idea, Michi Yodoi.
Thank you for visiting the Idea Co., Ltd. recruitment information web page. Let me say a few words regarding the company you are looking at. The first Idea restaurant, the charcoal-grilled Miyazaki chicken restaurant Kuruma opened in 1986 was modeled after the restaurant originally operated by my mother and older brother in Miyazaki. They were evicted due to the expansion of a national highway and had to close the restaurant once, but my husband, the biggest fan of the restaurant and owner of Idea made his aspirations into reality and the torch was lit once more in Osaka. Neither the Jidori (chicken) brand nor Miyazaki Jidori were known in Osaka, but the newly-born Kuruma built its reputation through word of mouth and customers increased one by one.

Director of Idea, Yodoi.
Representative Director of Idea

It took 15 years from the opening of the first restaurant to the increase to five restaurants, but Idea, having advanced one step at a time, does not see meaning simply in “increasing the number of restaurants” or “increasing sales.” Our customers have helped us grow and we want them to feel great satisfaction in the size we have attained, which is just right for us. As a result, in 2006 we were able to grow our total sales to 1.65 billion yen, our total number of employees to 280 (86 permanent employees) and total number of restaurants to 12 (with six more to be opened.) In that period we stopped twice to look back at our progress with all of our employees, to build a company that would grow without becoming bloated. While we belong to the leisure-type eating out industry, I think we must continue to be a company that develops human resources. In order to pour energy into the education and leveling up of our full-time and casual employees, we invite external instructors to hold study sessions and proactively conduct employee training. For example, we conduct everything from management seminars, wine lectures, and training of new casual employees to service projects with casual employee leaders, lectures for obtaining health supervisor certificates, chef licenses, and sommelier certificates, so our work place is an ideal environment for those who want to obtain a license. Working towards 10 billion yen in annual sales and the development of seven new business types by 2016, let us combine everyone’s experience in Japanese food, sushi, tempura, French food, Italian food, Chinese food etc. and Idea’s know-how to create specialty restaurants! Of course, we openly welcome those that have changed careers from other fields. To those that possess the spirit to challenge themselves and are not bound by their own limits: please knock on Idea’s door.
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Idea Co., Ltd. President Michi Yodoi