ZEN Architects recognized as the winner of 2025 Microsoft Country(Japan) Partner of the Year

For Immediate Release
November 12, 2025

Tokyo, Japan — November 12, 2025 — ZEN Architects today announced it has been named the winner of the Country(Japan) 2025 Microsoft Partner of the Year Award. The company was honored among a global field of top Microsoft partners for demonstrating excellence in innovation and implementation of customer solutions based on Microsoft technology.

"ZEN Architects has been recognized for transforming design and engineering in automotive and broader manufacturing through Azure AI–powered multi-agent solutions. By deploying our ‘O-Beya’ architecture across the automotive sector, we’re enabling a new way of working where AI amplifies human creativity.

We are proud to have fundamentally reinvented manufacturing design and development with multi-agent solutions built on Microsoft Azure technologies. This recognition is the result of our entire team’s dedication to exploring what’s possible with AI and the cloud—together with our customers.” — Kazuyuki Miyake, CEO, ZEN Architects

The Microsoft Partner of the Year Awards recognize Microsoft partners that have developed and delivered outstanding Microsoft Cloud applications, services, devices, and AI innovation during the past year. Awards were classified in various categories, with honorees chosen from more than 4,600 nominations across more than 100 countries. ZEN Architects was recognized for providing outstanding solutions and services in Japan.

The Microsoft Country Partner of the Year Award acknowledges partners driving customer outcomes at the country/region level, recognizing organizations that have built secure solutions and services on Microsoft technologies and who have had substantial growth in their customer base and/or revenue over the last year. These awards celebrate one winner per country/region and their successes and AI innovations related to Copilot, cloud technology, entrepreneurial spirit as well as highlighting the great work done by partners in various Solution Areas, industries and in driving social impact.

"Congratulations to all the winners and finalists of the 2025 Microsoft Partner of the Year Awards, said Nicole Dezen, Chief Partner Officer and Corporate Vice President at Microsoft. This year, our partners harnessed the transformative power of Microsoft’s Cloud and AI platforms to deliver transformative solutions that redefine the boundaries of innovation. The energy and ingenuity across our ecosystem continue to inspire us. The 2025 honorees exemplify what’s possible when technology and vision unite to empower customers around the world."

The 2025 Microsoft Partner of the Year Awards are announced ahead of Microsoft Ignite, which will be held in San Francisco from November 18–21. Additional details on the 2025 awards are available on the Microsoft Partner blog: https://aka.ms/2025POTYA_Announcement The complete list of categories, winners and finalists can be found at https://aka.ms/2025POTYAWinnersFinalists

About ZEN Architects

ZEN Architects (ZEN) is a cloud and AI consultancy based in Tokyo, specializing in Microsoft Azure and GitHub. ZEN designs and delivers secure, scalable solutions across data, AI, and modern application platforms—with a focus on agentic architectures, developer productivity, and responsible AI engineering for enterprise customers in manufacturing and mobility.