Studio
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Studio is a no-code web design platform that lets creatives build websites without writing code. It targets designers and other creative professionals.
Also known as STUDIO · Studio, Inc. · Studio株式会社
Investors · 1
Company profile
researched Aug 2026Studio, Inc. (Studio株式会社) is a Japanese company that develops a web design platform positioned as a tool for all creatives, allowing users to build websites without writing code. The company frames its mission around removing barriers to creation and maximizing the enjoyment of making things, and describes its aim as providing a creative production experience for people worldwide.
Alongside the core design platform, the company has begun offering Studio.Assistant, which is being packaged into a corporate web-operations training course delivered with Digital Hollywood Academy from April 2026. Studio also participates in the wider web development ecosystem, joining the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) as a member in December 2025, sponsoring Vue Fes Japan 2025 as a student-support sponsor, and exhibiting at the DX Sogo EXPO 2025 Autumn event in Tokyo.
Founding story
Company material identifies Ishii Jo as Studio's representative and the figure behind its no-code product direction.
Business model
Studio provides a web design platform as a product for creatives; it also delivers training offerings for corporate customers, such as a Studio.Assistant-based web operations course run with Digital Hollywood Academy.
Latest developments
In December 2025 Studio joined the W3C. In January 2026 it announced a corporate web operations course with Digital Hollywood Academy using Studio.Assistant, launching April 2026. Company material from 2025 refers to a 'second founding period' and a new executive joining the company.
▸Full profile — market position, technology, go-to-market, geography, history
Market position
Presents itself as a player in the no-code web design category; company-published interview material describes it as working to lead the no-code era and pursuing a single-product strategy for global competition.
Technology
A no-code web design platform for building websites, together with Studio.Assistant. The company joined the W3C, the international body that standardizes web technologies, in December 2025.
Go-to-market
Direct promotion of the platform through the company's own site and service pages, industry event presence such as DX Sogo EXPO and Vue Fes Japan, published founder and investor interviews, and channel-style education partnerships for corporate users.
Creatives and designers who build websites without coding, plus corporate customers addressed through the web operations training course.
Geography
Headquartered in Tokyo, Japan, at Sumitomo Fudosan Aobadai Tower 9F, 3-6-28 Aobadai, Meguro-ku (postal code 153-0042). Published interviews indicate an interest in North American expansion.
History
Company-published interviews trace an investor relationship with One Capital (Shinji Asada) and describe founder/representative Ishii Jo driving a return to the company's origins and personally leading North American expansion; 2025 material describes the company entering a 'second founding period'.
Compiled by commissioned research from 8 cited public sources — announcements, filings, and press listed under research sources below.
Timeline · 5
launches, deals, and filingsAnnounced a partnership with Digital Hollywood Academy to offer a Web operations course for corporate customers built around Studio.Assistant, starting April 2026.
Studio became a member of the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C), the international body for web technology standardization.
Company interview published on Studio's site covering the decision of an individual referred to as 'gaz' to join Studio ahead of what the company calls its 'second founding period'.
Dated company events from announcements, filings, and press; legal rows summarize public dockets and regulator releases.
▸Research sources · 8
primary sources listed
- Studiostudio.inc · web
8 public sources were cited for this profile; the first-party ones are listed here.
Frequently asked questions
- What does Studio do?
- Studio, Inc. is a Tokyo-based company offering a no-code web design platform for creatives.
- Who are Studio's investors?
- Studio's investors include NOW Japan.