Saburi Works / Est. 2026
USA + Tokyo
Niigata / Tokyo, Japan
Business + creative operations
日本とアメリカ、その間を仕事にする。
USA ⇄ Japan / Business development / Execution

We workin between.

Saburi Works helps companies move between markets without losing what made them valuable in the first place. We do it through marketing, business development, coordination, sourcing, and execution.

See how we work
Factory floor → boardroomOne standard → execution
01 / Purposeつなぐだけで、終わらない。

Not a broker.
Not just an agency.
We stay until it moves.

The valuable part of cross-border work is rarely the introduction alone. It is understanding what each side means, what each side needs, and carrying the work through the messy middle.

01Listen before translating
02Protect what already works
03Make the next move real
IndexStart where your project is
Start something案件の大小より、前に進める価値。

Tell us what
needs to move.

Start a conversation
Saburi Works / Est. 2026
Role + method
現地支援 / 事業開発
コーディネート
必要なことを見つけ、つなぎ、前に進める。
02 / The Fixer

TheFixer.

Some projects do not fit inside a service menu. They need someone who can enter the situation, understand the people, find the missing piece, and get the work moving.

The role現地支援 / 事業開発 / コーディネート

Not a title.
A role.

「フィクサー」という肩書きではなく、
必要なことを見つけ、つなぎ、前に進める役割。

That is the role Saburi Works is built to play between the U.S. and Japan. On the Japanese side, we describe the work more literally: local coordination, business development, market support, and hands-on execution.

001Find the right partner, not just a name on a list.Connect
002Enter a market without sanding off the brand.Position
003Coordinate sourcing, people, timing, and follow-through.Operate
004Turn ambiguity into the next clear move.Fix
005Stay close enough to the work to know what changed.Execute
Operating method考える。つなぐ。動かす。

How the
work moves.

A fixer is only useful if the process is clear. We keep the method simple enough to move fast, and disciplined enough to protect the relationship and the result.

01

Listen

Understand the real objective, the constraints, and what cannot be lost.

聞く
02

Find

Locate the missing information, person, partner, vendor, or market signal.

見つける
03

Translate

Turn language, expectations, and commercial context into something both sides can act on.

読み替える
04

Coordinate

Keep people, timing, details, and decisions from drifting apart.

整える
05

Execute

Own the next move and stay close enough to see it through.

実行する
Saburi Works / Est. 2026
Four kinds of work
市場 / 人
ものづくり / 実行
現場から、次の市場へ。
03 / Capabilities

Field tomarket.

Four kinds of work that usually show up at the same time. We carry them together, so nothing gets lost in the handoff.

Capabilities市場 / 人 / ものづくり / 実行
01 / Market市場

Market
& Brand

Positioning, market research, go-to-market strategy, campaigns, localization, and brand systems built for the audience on the other side.

  • Strategy
  • Marketing
  • Localization
02 / People人

Partners
& Access

Introductions, relationship development, local representation, vendors, distributors, creators, operators, and the people who can actually move the project.

  • Partners
  • Network
  • Representation
03 / Productものづくり

Sourcing
& Product

Manufacturing and product-side coordination, supplier conversations, metalware sourcing, specifications, samples, and commercial follow-through.

  • Sourcing
  • Vendors
  • Product
04 / Execution実行

Special
Projects

The work that falls between departments: launches, coordination, project rescue, market entry, research, and the strange but important job that needs an owner.

  • Launch
  • Coordinate
  • Fix
Client practice継続支援

Held, not
handed over.

The client practice: accounts held, systems built, and run every month. No pitch deck. No discovery fee.

Brand + positioning

What it is. Who it's for.

ブランド

Video + photography

Shot on site, at the bench.

撮影

Social, monthly

Calendar, posting, comments, DMs.

SNS運用

Sites + SEO

Fast pages. Found in search.

ウェブ

Email

The only list you own.

メール

Paid media

Run only when it earns.

広告

Sourcing in Japan

Materials and makers, negotiated in Japanese.

調達

Market entry

Introductions, rooms, interpretation.

市場参入
Saburi Works / Est. 2026
Field network
Washington ⇄ Niigata ⇄ Tokyo
Relationships before transactions
東京と新潟では、仕事の動き方が違う。
04 / USA ⇄ Japan

Built forboth sides.

Tokyo moves differently than Niigata. A factory conversation moves differently than a pitch meeting. The job is not to force one style onto the other. It is to understand both, then make the handoff clean.

Field networkWashington ⇄ Niigata ⇄ Tokyo
Field map / not to scale
Relationships before transactions
Pacific / 太平洋
WA
Niigata
Tokyo
~7,700 km / 4,800 mi
USA / BasePacific Northwest

Brand, marketing, American market context, creative execution, and U.S.-side business development.

Japan / FieldNiigata

Manufacturing culture, sourcing, practical coordination, local relationships, and work that starts at ground level.

Japan / MarketTokyo

Commercial access, partnerships, brand presentation, market-facing conversations, and national-scale opportunities.

Both directions双方向

Work moves
both ways.

Japanese makers looking for American buyers, and American brands trying to get into the right rooms in Japan. Same bridge, different direction.

Japan → North America

Japanese makers.
American buyers.

  • US market entry
  • Brand story in English
  • Photography and film
  • Storefront and launch
  • Buyer and retail introductions
North America → Japan

American brands.
Japanese rooms.

  • Entry strategy
  • Partner search
  • Cultural localization
  • Supplier sourcing
  • Meeting representation
Saburi Works / Est. 2026
Selected, with context
Oregon, USA
Niigata + Tokyo, Japan
大きく見せるより、本当の仕事を。
05 / Work

Proof overposture.

Saburi Works is young. We'd rather show a small amount of real work, with context, than manufacture a giant portfolio.

Selected work実績
Client / CurrentOregon, USA

VonHelmick
Knife Co.

Custom bladesmith and knifemaking classes in Oregon. We hold the brand end to end: positioning, website, social, video and photography, and class bookings.

Brand + positioningWebsiteSocialVideo + photoClass bookings
vonhelmickknives.com, opens in a new tab
Cross-border / OngoingUSA ⇄ Japan

Japan
field work.

Sourcing, relationships, market support, and execution on the ground in Niigata and Tokyo.

In-house / In developmentSaburi Works

Ventures
of our own.

Products and brands developed and owned here, on the same supply chain and with the same care for the story.

Saburi Works / Est. 2026
Saburi / 佐分利
Two people. One family.
Two sides of the Pacific.
佐分利という名前から始まる。
06 / About

Family isthe bridge.

A father-and-son company working both sides of the Pacific together, on the same problem from both ends: the market, the work, and the people.

SaburiTwo people. One family. Two sides of the Pacific.
Saburi family
crest / 家紋
Saburi family crest / 佐分利 家紋

The name is
the family.

Saburi Works is a father-and-son company built around complementary sides of the same problem: understanding the market, understanding the work, and understanding the people. The family connection is not decoration. It is the reason the bridge is real.

The crest is the Saburi butterfly, traced from the one on the family grave in Japan. A kamon is carried down through a family and put on the things it stands behind. That is why the company carries the family name rather than an invented one.

The crest is used here as a working mark of continuity between family, place, and the company being built across the Pacific.
Founder創業者 / マーケティング

Isaiah
Saburi.

佐分利 アイゼア 裕太郎

Marketing, creative direction, business development, U.S.-side relationships, digital execution, and the front end of building the Saburi Works brand.

Co-founder共同創業者 / 事業開発

Eugene
Saburi.

佐分利 ユージン 裕

Japan-side relationships, business development, sourcing, product and metalware connections, and the experience it takes to navigate work on the ground.

Saburi Works / Est. 2026
Direct to the founders
案件の大小より、
前に進める価値。
まずは話してください。
07 / Start something

Tell us whatneeds to move.

A market. A partner. A product. A launch. A problem that doesn't fit neatly anywhere.

Start a conversation相談する
What is it about?

Opens your email app with this filled in. Every message reaches Isaiah or Eugene directly.

Based
Washington State, USA
Japan
Tokyo
Languages
English / 日本語