Snowflake Announces Winners of the 2025 Partner Awards in Japan

Snowflake's 2025 Partner Awards Announced in Japan

On September 12, 2025, Snowflake Inc., a company specializing in AI data cloud solutions located in the Chuo district of Tokyo, made an exciting announcement regarding the winners of the 2025 Snowflake Partner Awards. This year, four companies from Japan have been recognized for their remarkable contributions in the realm of data innovation and client success. Additionally, NTT Data Corporation received prestigious awards at the Snowflake Summit 2025, held in San Francisco in June. The company was honored with the titles of "APJ Data Cloud Services Implementation Partner of the Year" and "TELECOM Data Cloud Services Partner of the Year."

What is the Snowflake Partner Awards?

The Snowflake Partner Awards celebrate the partners worldwide who have demonstrated exceptional achievements in innovation, execution, and customer focus. The partners play a central role in driving data, AI, and application solutions that inspire shared customers to create future business value.

In 2025, a multidisciplinary panel evaluated partners based on data-driven criteria, assessing their impact on pipelines, innovation, and customer success. This award highlights the crucial role Snowflake plays in its partners' growth and the global rollout of the Snowflake AI Data Cloud across various industries and regions.

Awardees from Japan

The following Japanese companies were recognized at the 2025 Partner Awards:

1. NTT Data Corporation (Tokyo, Koto)
- Award Category: Partner of the Year
This prestigious accolade honors companies demonstrating overall excellence in their partnership with Snowflake. Recognized for outstanding achievements in customer success, innovation, business growth, and strategic alignment with Snowflake’s mission, NTT Data has made significant contributions to the Snowflake ecosystem.
- Reason for Award: NTT Data secured its position as a leading data services partner in the APJ region through exceptional leadership and unmatched accomplishments. Their collaborative efforts with major enterprise clients have resulted in the development of large-scale data utilization solutions, yielding substantial business impact. NTT Data sets new industry standards with significant innovations and deep contributions to the ecosystem.
- Award Quote: Tetsuya Shintani, Executive Officer, Technology Consulting Division of NTT Data said, "We are honored to receive the esteemed 'Partner of the Year' award. Our strong partnership with Snowflake has enabled us to deliver data platforms to clients across various industries. We remain committed to generating business impact and driving innovations through the Snowflake AI Data Cloud."

2. Nowcast Inc. (Tokyo, Chiyoda)
- Award Category: Industry Solution Partner of the Year
This award recognizes Japanese partners that have developed and implemented industry-specific solutions on Snowflake’s data cloud, demonstrating superior expertise.
- Reason for Award: Nowcast has delivered innovative solutions through alternative data analytics services on the Snowflake AI Data Cloud, specifically for the finance and retail sectors. By analyzing real-time data such as POS and credit card information, Nowcast offers invaluable insights into consumer trends and economic forecasts, allowing customers to make quicker, data-driven decisions in a rapidly changing market.
- Award Quote: Ryohei Katayama, Director at Nowcast, shared, "We are truly honored to be recognized as the 'Industry Solution Partner of the Year.' We utilize the Snowflake AI Data Cloud to provide solutions from economic indices to market analyses. Our efforts have greatly contributed to our clients in the finance and retail sectors, and we will continue to address industry-specific challenges through our collaboration with Snowflake."

3. BrainPad Inc. (Tokyo, Minato)
- Award Category: Innovation Partner of the Year
This award is granted to partners demonstrating exceptional creativity and ingenuity in leveraging Snowflake's AI Data Cloud's potential to create groundbreaking solutions.
- Reason for Award: BrainPad stands out for its innovative use of Snowflake Cortex for major banking clients. Their unique application of advanced AI functionalities exemplifies a breakthrough in addressing complex challenges within the financial sector. This pioneering approach is set to establish new standards for AI-driven change within Japan's banking industry.
- Award Quote: Fumiaki Araioka, Executive Officer and CSO at BrainPad stated, "Winning this award reflects our commitment to driving AI-led transformation. We have provided groundbreaking solutions for major banks using Snowflake Cortex. We will continue to leverage advanced AI capabilities in our collaborative efforts with Snowflake to help our clients create business value."

4. ClassMethod Inc. (Tokyo, Minato)
- Award Category: Rising Star Partner of the Year
This award is given to rapidly emerging partner companies that have achieved remarkable success in their collaboration with Snowflake.
- Reason for Award: ClassMethod was recognized for its strong contributions to Snowflake and its rapid growth, characterized by impactful marketing and operational success. The firm has established a solid presence as a top seller for AWS while driving new customer acquisition for Snowflake, laying a robust foundation for future success.
- Award Quote: Satoshi Yokota, CEO of ClassMethod expressed, "We have optimized the data utilization foundations for clients across various industries using Snowflake technology. By creating personalized customer experiences and developing predictive analysis models, we have contributed to solving our clients’ business challenges. Receiving this recognition from Snowflake validates our efforts and is a great honor. We remain committed to democratizing data and building advanced analytical foundations to create business value for our clients."

About Snowflake

Snowflake serves as a critical platform for businesses aiming to accelerate innovation in the AI era and extract maximum value from their data. With over 12,000 customers, including some of the largest global enterprises, utilizing its AI data cloud, Snowflake facilitates the building, harnessing, and sharing of data, applications, and AI. Snowflake ensures that data and AI become transformative forces for everyone. For more details, visit snowflake.com/ja (NYSE: SNOW).

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