Sugino.ac Brand Score: 48/100 - Early Stage tier

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Sugino.ac (sugino.ac.jp) scores 48 out of 100 on Brand Analyzer, placing it in the Early Stage tier among Education brands, Fashion & Apparel brands, in the 1st percentile of 15141 Education brands.

AI Snapshot

Sugino.ac is the website of Gakuen Sugino, a Japanese educational foundation established to train creators for Japan's fashion and apparel industries. Since its founding, it has operated Sugino Fashion College, its graduate school, Dressmaker Gakuin, an affiliated kindergarten, library, and costume museum. The institution provides fashion-related education ranging from early childhood through higher and specialized education, positioning itself as a long-standing specialized training ground for apparel industry professionals in Japan.

Key facts about Sugino.ac
Brand NameSugino.ac
Domainsugino.ac.jp
IndustryEducation, Fashion & Apparel
Founded1910
HeadquartersNara
Main CompetitorsBunka Fashion College (65/100), Mode Gakuen (68/100), ESMOD Japon, Tokyo Fashion Design Institute

Evidence

Moz Domain Authority 31/100 vs category average 49 / leader 99 - limited third-party links, so AI systems rarely encounter mentions of the brand.

No Wikipedia presence was found - a major gap, since Wikipedia is among the most heavily weighted sources in AI training data.

The homepage meta description reads "杉野学園は1926年創立以来、日本のファッション界、アパレル産業界で活躍するクリエーターを育成しています。杉野服飾大学、杉野服飾大学大学院、ドレスメーカー学院、杉野幼稚園を運営する学校法人です。" (Meta description too short (1 words). No OG description (falling back to meta)) - this is the summary AI engines are most likely to quote.

Structured data on the homepage: og:image. Adding Organization and FAQ schema would further help AI crawlers parse the brand's identity.

AI-crawler access: No robots.txt found (default: all bots allowed, but explicit file preferred) - robots.txt controls whether engines like GPTBot and ClaudeBot can read the site at all.

Content is JA-only, limiting citation in English-language AI answers.

Social footprint: verified profiles on Instagram; no detected presence on X (Twitter), LinkedIn, Facebook, YouTube, GitHub - consistent profiles reinforce the brand's identity across the web.

0 Reddit mentions - community discussion signals real-world reputation to AI models.

Does AI know Sugino.ac?

Live results from asking a general-purpose AI assistant about the brand, checked October 2026.

When asked "What is Sugino.ac?", Claude could not identify the brand as of October 2026. I don't genuinely recognize this specific institution; the .ac.jp domain suggests it's a Japanese academic institution, but it's likely too small or niche to be well represented in my training data.

When asked "Best brands similar to Sugino.ac?", Claude would not surface Sugino.ac as of October 2026. I can't confidently recommend a school I don't have verified information about.

People Also Ask About Sugino.ac

Common questions people ask in Google, ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini, Perplexity, and other AI search engines.

Who are Sugino.ac's main competitors?

Sugino.ac's main competitors in Education: Bunka Fashion College (65/100), Mode Gakuen (68/100).

Sources: Brand Analyzer scan

When was Sugino.ac founded?

Sugino.ac was founded in 1910. Sugino.ac operates in the Education category. It is analyzed by Brand Analyzer across seven brand dimensions and AI-search visibility.

Sources: Wikidata

Where is Sugino.ac headquartered?

Sugino.ac is headquartered in Nara. Sugino.ac operates in the Education category.

Sources: Wikidata

Does ChatGPT recommend Sugino.ac?

Sugino.ac scores 27/100 on Brand Analyzer's AI recommendation signal, indicating it is less likely to be surfaced when AI assistants like ChatGPT suggest Education options. Recommendation depends on crawlability, structured data, and category authority.

Sources: Sugino.ac official site

How can Sugino.ac improve its AI discoverability?

Sugino.ac can improve AI discoverability by strengthening structured data (Organization and FAQ schema), maintaining an accurate Wikipedia/Wikidata entity, earning authoritative citations, and keeping content crawlable for AI bots. Brand Analyzer measures these as visibility, trust, and recommendation signals.

Sources: Sugino.ac official site

Recommendations

AI visibility

Sugino.ac scores 24/100 for AI visibility - how well ChatGPT, Claude, Perplexity and Google AI Overviews can discover, identify and cite the brand.

Sugino.ac has a weak AI-visibility profile at 24/100 - a proxy for how readily ChatGPT, Perplexity and Google's AI Overviews can recognise and cite it. Its strongest area is recommendation likelihood (27/100) and its weakest is trust (22/100). It benefits from a Wikidata knowledge-graph entry and open access for AI crawlers (GPTBot, ClaudeBot, etc.). The main gaps holding it back: no clear Wikipedia entity to anchor it in LLM training data, a low Moz Domain Authority of 31/100 and thin schema.org structured data. In a live check (October 2026), Claude could not identify Sugino.ac from memory, confirming the gaps above.

Visibility - 23/100

Trust - 22/100

Recommendation likelihood - 27/100

Score breakdown - 7 dimensions

The score combines seven dimensions - name quality, digital presence, visual identity, messaging clarity, trust foundation, AI discoverability, and brand authority - into a single objective benchmark.

Peer brands

Ranked closest to Sugino.ac: Slick Write (48/100), Sharjah Museums Authority (48/100), The Skit Guys (48/100), Higher Ground Education (48/100).

A step up - brands to learn from: WikiCFP (56/100), Whitney Brothers (56/100).

Category leader: Canva (97/100).

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