KYOTO COMPANY 01
Nintendo
Games & entertainment | HQ: Minami Ward, Kyoto
Average annual payApprox. ¥9.82 million
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CAREER IN KYOTO
You do not have to move to Tokyo.
10 employers for building a career while continuing to live in Kyoto
Kyoto is famous as a tourism city, but it is also home to major companies in games, electronic components, measurement technology, semiconductors, pharmaceuticals, finance, and apparel. This is not a ranking; it is a gateway to detailed guides on ten companies.
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Each company has its own article covering what it does, average pay, hiring from four Kyoto universities, and where to live if you work at its Kyoto headquarters.
KYOTO COMPANY 02
Kyocera
Electronic components, materials & telecom | HQ: Fushimi Ward, Kyoto
Average annual payApprox. ¥7.40 million
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KYOTO COMPANY 03
OMRON
Automation & healthcare | HQ: Shimogyo Ward, Kyoto
Average annual payApprox. ¥8.88 million
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KYOTO COMPANY 04
Shimadzu Corporation
Analytical, measuring & medical instruments | HQ: Nakagyo Ward, Kyoto
Average annual payApprox. ¥9.24 million
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KYOTO COMPANY 05
ROHM
Semiconductors & electronic components | HQ: Ukyo Ward, Kyoto
Average annual payApprox. ¥8.04 million
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KYOTO COMPANY 06
HORIBA
Measurement & analytical instruments | HQ: Minami Ward, Kyoto
Average annual payApprox. ¥8.21 million
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KYOTO COMPANY 07
SCREEN Holdings
Semiconductor production equipment & group management | HQ: Kamigyo Ward, Kyoto
Average annual payApprox. ¥10.8 million(holding company only)
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KYOTO COMPANY 08
Nippon Shinyaku
Pharmaceuticals & healthcare | HQ: Minami Ward, Kyoto
Average annual payApprox. ¥9.35 million
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KYOTO COMPANY 09
Bank of Kyoto
Banking & regional finance | HQ: Shimogyo Ward, Kyoto
Average annual payApprox. ¥6.74 million(bank only; FY ended March 2023)
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KYOTO COMPANY 10
Wacoal
Apparel & innerwear | HQ: Minami Ward, Kyoto
Average annual payApprox. ¥4.13 million(Wacoal Corp.)
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UNIVERSITY × COMPANY
From university to a Kyoto company: explore the combinations students actually search for.
Do not let a university name alone define your options. These articles work backward from real job categories and what you can build during university.
NEW / 2026.10.02
From Kyoto private-university humanities programs to Nintendo, Shimadzu, and OMRON
A reverse-planned roadmap from high school through the fourth year of university for Doshisha, Ritsumeikan Kinugasa, Ryukoku in Kyoto, and Kyoto Sangyo students.
Humanities career roadmap →2026.09.14
Can a Kyoto Institute of Technology graduate join Nintendo?
Nintendo appears in official 2025 and 2024 employment destinations for the university’s information engineering program. We also explain limits such as undisclosed headcounts.
Check the employment record →Graduate in Kyoto and build your career here.
Many students move to Tokyo or Osaka when they graduate, but a large-company career does not automatically mean leaving Kyoto. The city is home to manufacturers and entertainment companies serving global markets, as well as financial institutions supporting the regional economy.
Company articles mainly review publicly available 2025 graduate employment data for Kyoto University, Doshisha University, Ritsumeikan University, and Kyoto Institute of Technology. If a headcount cannot be confirmed, we say so rather than guessing.
About average salary data: As a rule, we use the latest “average annual salary” disclosed in securities reports. It is the average for the reporting company and includes bonuses and extra wages; it is not the same as starting salary or pay by job type. For SCREEN we use the holding company figure, for Wacoal the separately disclosed Wacoal Corp. figure, and for Bank of Kyoto the last comparable figure before the transition to a holding-company structure.
Universities and companies do not publish employment headcounts in one standardized format. Sources such as University Communications Online and JOB-BIKI use different methods, and being outside a published ranking does not mean zero hires. Each article states its sources and cautions.