RePlayce Opens Second Canvas X Cohort for Students Nationwide
RePlayce Inc. began accepting entries on Monday, November 2, 2026, for the second cohort of Canvas X, a roughly four-month career practice program for first- and second-year university and technical college students nationwide.
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Why it matters
RePlayce is scaling a program it built on the argument that students learn career skills by running a real product cycle with mentors, not by sitting through lectures, and the second cohort widens that to students nationwide.
Key Facts
- RePlayce opened entries for the second Canvas X cohort on Monday, November 2, 2026.
- Canvas X is a roughly four-month program sponsored by NTT DOCOMO.
- Eligible participants are first- and second-year university students and technical college students nationwide.
- Applications can be made individually or as a team of up to four.
- Top-performing teams share a total prize pool of 500,000 yen.
Sponsored by NTT DOCOMO, the free program pairs participants with working-adult mentors to plan products and services, approach customers, and handle sales. Applications can be made individually or as a team of up to four.
Canvas X runs about four months and is sponsored by NTT DOCOMO. Participants work with working-adult mentors through a cycle of forming hypotheses, executing, analyzing results, and improving, covering product planning, customer acquisition, and sales.
RePlayce launched the program in 2025. The company cites a survey of first-cohort participants in which students described acquiring that growth cycle. Participation is free, and the top-performing teams share a total prize pool of 500,000 yen.
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