At Vantan, we educate creators.

Vantan is founded on the principle of the free exchange of ideas unbound by convention and in the a spirit of innovation. We encourage the same principle in our students and aim to help them realize their professional aspirations.

With over forty years of experience in professional training and career development in the fashion industry, we are now reinventing ourselves as a "social design company." We will cross the boundaries of fashion design to give our students the skills they need in order to achieve their dreams whatever those may be.

We are educating a new generation of creators who we hope will carry on our spirit of innovation.

Vantan has built one of Japan's most successful vocational college franchises around a disarmingly simple principle. That principle is the idea that young people inherently possess boundless creative energy, which can only be truly harnessed by giving them the freedom of choice. Kenzo Kikuchi, President and CEO of Vantan, has spent more than 40 years building an organization that facilitates this vision. Some150,000 Vantan graduates, many of them now with successful careers and businesses, are a powerful testament to his success.

Tokyo-based Vantan caters to the needs of Japanese students looking for something more than what the traditional educational system has to offer. By offering practical, vocational skills in a student-centric learning environment, Vantan's programs offer a much-needed alternative to the rigid, academic world of the Japanese education system. For many students, Vantan's methods are a welcomed breath of fresh air from the teacher-centric programs provided by mainstream institutions that can stifle individual creativity. Kenzo Kikuchi who himself left university early to pursue his particular dream feels a personal affinity with his free-spirited students. “ I would have been the ideal candidate for one of my own schools if they had existed then.“