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Top 50 Angel Investors in Japan (August 2026)

The most active angel investors investing in Japan startups. This investor list is updated monthly from the Shizune investor database, ranked by number of investments in Japan startup companies. Find investors to raise a Seed, Series A or Angel round with Shizune.
Investor Relevant Deals Geography Stage Focus Round Size
Nobuhiro Ariyasu
Angel
39 Japan, Singapore Seed, Angel, Series A Finance, Content, Internet $420k–$354M
Yusuke Sato
Angel
39 Japan, Indonesia, United States Seed, Angel Internet, Content, Software $320k–$43M
Kotaro Chiba
Angel
36 Japan, United States Seed, Series A Content, Information Technology, Travel $700k–$75M
Hidetoshi Takano
Angel
33 Japan, United States Seed, Angel Internet, Information Technology, Content $455k–$30M
Ayataro Nakagawa
Angel
33 Japan, Hong Kong, United States Seed, Angel Internet, Software, Content $425k–$26M
Yu Akasaka
Angel
32 Japan, Australia, Hong Kong Seed, Angel Content, Food and Beverage, Apps $425k–$43M
Kensuke Furukawa
Angel
30 Japan Seed, Angel Content, SNS, Internet $690k–$33M
Hirofumi Miki
Angel
26 Japan Seed, Angel, Pre-Seed Content, Internet, Marketing $764k–$16M
Masao Ito
Angel
20 Japan Seed, Series A, Angel Content, Social Media, Information Technology $661k–$17M
Tatsuo Sakamoto
Angel
17 Japan Seed, Angel, Pre-Seed Information Technology, Content, Education $272k–$17M
Mamoru Taniya
Angel
17 Japan, Singapore, Spain Seed, Series A, Angel Apps, Content, FinTech $2.1M–$47M
Toru Shimada
Angel
16 Japan Seed, Angel Internet, Task Management, Apps $453k–$14M
Yoshinori Fukushima
Angel
16 Japan, Singapore Seed, Angel, Series A Internet, Software, Marketing $2.5M–$41M
Shunsuke Oyu
Angel
15 Japan, Singapore, United States Seed, Angel Content, Internet, E-Commerce $480k–$11M
Yasuyuki Kin
Angel
14 Japan Seed, Angel, Pre-Seed Media and Entertainment, Recruiting, Career Planning $1.4M–$14M
Jun Nishikawa
Angel
13 Japan, United States Seed, Series A, Angel Food and Beverage, Content, Human Resources $968k–$71M
Soichiro Kawai
Angel
13 Japan Seed, Angel Media and Entertainment, Internet, Mobile Apps $278k–$30M
Fumiaki Koizumi
Angel
12 Japan Seed, Series A Internet, E-Commerce, Human Resources $455k–$73M
Ryosuke Matsumoto
Angel
12 Japan Seed, Angel, Series A Art, Software, Reservations $2.8M–$28M
Shogo Kawada
Angel
11 Japan, United States Seed, Angel Software, SaaS, Apps $360k–$14M
Kazuma Ieiri
Angel
11 Japan Seed, Angel, Series A Content, Fashion, FinTech $380k–$47M
Noguchi Keito
Angel
11 Japan, United States Seed, Angel Marketing, Media and Entertainment, Content $619k–$11M
Masanori Sugiyama
Angel
9 Japan Seed, Angel, Series A Internet, Software, Web Design $6M–$18M
Naoki Aoyagi
Angel
9 Japan Seed, Angel, Series A Fashion, Internet, Software $1.3M–$74M
Kiyohiro Sugashita
Angel
8 Japan Seed, Series A Marketing, Travel, Reservations $8.5M–$45M
Daisuke Takanashi
Angel
8 Japan Seed, Angel Content, SNS, Adult $229k–$9.7M
Kazuhiro Ishikura
Angel
8 Japan Seed, Angel, Pre-Seed Beauty, Events, Apparel $453k–$28M
Kenji Kasahara
Angel
8 Japan, United States Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A Information Technology, Aerospace, Education $329k–$7.7M
Hideto Fujino
Angel
8 Japan, United States Seed, Series A Travel, Reservations, Real Estate $233k–$43M
Ken Soga
Angel
8 Japan Seed, Pre-Seed, Series D Music, Content, E-Commerce $457k–$9.9M
Shintaro Yamada
Angel
8 Japan, United States, Kenya Seed, Angel, Pre-Seed Internet, Finance, Content $320k–$28M
Makoto Takano
Angel
8 Japan, Philippines Seed, Series B, Angel Apps, Sports, Content $735k–$221M
Suzuki Tatsuya
Angel
8 Japan Seed, Series A AgTech, Agriculture, Internet $367k–$4.7M
Chikako Morimoto
Angel
7 Japan Seed Employment, Human Resources, Marketing $609k–$18M
Yoshitsune Ido
Angel
7 Japan Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed Robotics, Information Technology, B2C $353k–$1.4M
Narita Shuzo
Angel
7 Japan Seed, Pre-Seed, Angel Task Management, Content, Internet $926k–$18M
Yuichi Kawasaki
Angel
7 Japan Seed, Angel Apps, Finance, Internet $1M–$45M
Hironao Kunimitsu
Angel
7 Japan, United States Seed, Angel Virtual Reality, Content, Internet $320k–$26M
Tomohito Ebine
Angel
7 Japan, United States Seed, Angel, Series A Consulting, SaaS, Home Services $881k–$24M
Minoru Moriya
Angel
7 Japan Seed, Series A Health Care, Nursing and Residential Care, Internet $378k–$14M
Yuzuru Honda
Angel
7 Japan, Nigeria, Singapore Seed, Angel Information Technology, SNS, Internet $2.8M–$5.7M
Kazuhiko Ishikura
Angel
7 Japan Seed, Angel, Pre-Seed Beauty, Content, Fashion $329k–$28M
Sotaro Karasawa
Angel
7 Japan Seed, Pre-Seed, Angel Software, Blockchain, Art $948k–$14M
Chihiro Asano
Angel
7 Japan, United States Seed, Angel, Series A Content, FinTech, Financial Services $733k–$14M
Dai Tamesue
Angel
7 Japan Angel, Seed, Pre-Seed Apps, Sports, Health Care
Shota Horii
Angel
7 Japan Seed Internet, Information Technology, Art
Shuichi Takenaga
Angel
7 Japan Seed, Angel Marketing, Financial Services, Management Consulting $926k–$62M
Otomi Tomohiro
Angel
7 Japan Seed, Angel Travel, Tourism, Recruiting $549k–$11M
Masaru Tange
Angel
6 Japan, United States Seed, Series A E-Commerce, Food Delivery, Internet
Shigeru Urushibara
Angel
6 Japan Series A, Seed, Angel Task Management, Artificial Intelligence, Video
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Nobuhiro Ariyasu
Angel · Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan · 39 investments in Japan startups

Nobuhiro Ariyasu is the CEO at Coach United.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Finance, Content, Internet
  • Stage:Seed, Angel, Series A
  • Geography: Japan, Singapore

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 52
  • Round size: Seed $628k–$43M; Angel $420k–$7.1M; Series A $1.3M–$354M
  • Lead/follow: 8% lead, 92% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Grafto — Grafto operates “Mylo Magazine,” a platform dedicated to sharing and promoting trend culture, where readers can explore the latest developments in lifestyle, fashion, art, and emerging cultural movements through engaging and curated content.
  • FLASH — FLASH is an entertainment and technology startup.
  • OPERA TECH — OPERA Lead is a sales-focused AI web chatbot service from Opera Technology that turns websites into 24/7 "exhibit booths" for lead generation.It deploys AI sales assistants on existing sites (via simple tag embedding, no redesign needed) to engage the 99% of visitors who don't convert via inbound methods alone. Key capabilitiesinclude direct booking of meetings, guiding users to whitepapers/webinars, and targeted lead qualification for efficient deal progression.
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Yusuke Sato
Angel · 39 investments in Japan startups

Yusuke Sato is the Co-Representative and Co-Founder of Pulit.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Internet, Content, Software
  • Stage:Seed, Angel
  • Geography: Japan, Indonesia, United States

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 59
  • Round size: Seed $3.3M–$41M; Angel $320k–$43M
  • Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Kaimak — Kaymak is a recruitment platform that focuses on creating a recruitment website, planning a recruitment strategy, and managing candidates.
  • Meetscare — Meetscare provides correct information and supports the self-awareness of all people involved in care. The company provides a wealth of information to ensure optimal care and create a mechanism for the realization. Users can make a telephone consultation and web diagnosis and search for free information using the system.Meetscare was founded on2016 and is headquartered in Arakawa, Tokyo.
  • Driver Technologies — Driver Technologies is a cloud logistics platform provider. It provides a solution for driver matching and cargo vehicle demands.
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Kotaro Chiba
Angel · Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan · 36 investments in Japan startups

Kotaro Chiba is the founder of ChibaDojo Fund. Kotaro Chiba attended Keio University.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Content, Information Technology, Travel
  • Stage:Seed, Series A
  • Geography: Japan, United States

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 69
  • Round size: Seed $700k–$30M; Series A $13M–$75M
  • Lead/follow: 7% lead, 93% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • MI-6 — MI-6 is a research, development, consulting, and project management for material development using IT. We will promote materials informatics in the field of material development with our technological capabilities and a wealth of project knowledge that challenge the world's most advanced technologies .
  • ELESTYLE — ELESTYLE are promoting mobile payments and providing high value-added services for users to realize a cashless society.
  • Luup — Luup is Japan's #1 e-scooter and e-bike sharing service provider. Luup currently operates in Tokyo, Osaka, Kyoto, and Yokohama, while planning to expand to other cities all over Japan. The service is based on a high-density port network, where anyone can rent and return to their original fleets.
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Hidetoshi Takano
Angel · Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan · 33 investments in Japan startups

Joined Intelligence in 1999. Established Key Players Inc. in 2005. Consultation with more than 3,000 managers and career counseling for more than 10,000 individuals. In addition, we have invested in more than 55 outside directors, advisors and angels in Silicon Valley and Bangladesh in Japan. Over 100 lectures on careers, entrepreneurship andstartups.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Internet, Information Technology, Content
  • Stage:Seed, Angel
  • Geography: Japan, United States

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 42
  • Round size: Seed $455k–$14M; Angel $4.3M–$30M
  • Lead/follow: 2% lead, 98% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • D-Chain — D-Chain offers services related to IT development and production in the Web3 and Web2 fields.
  • Rayout — Rayout is a business consulting company that provides creative content development, recruitment videos, and web production services.
  • CAREER BIJIN — Career bijin is a total support company.
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Ayataro Nakagawa
Angel · 33 investments in Japan startups

2011 At university, participated in the founding period as a director of Atcole Co., Ltd., and started the web service experience.2012 Founded Peroli Co., Ltd., which operates a curation platform for women "MERY" .2014 Founded Peroli Co., Ltd. Sold to DeNA 2015 Jointly established Tokyo Founders Fund as an angel investor and startedinvesting in startups in Japan and overseas 2019 Appointed outside director of FIREBUG Co., Ltd.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Internet, Software, Content
  • Stage:Seed, Angel
  • Geography: Japan, Hong Kong, United States

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 43
  • Round size: Seed $2.5M–$24M; Angel $425k–$26M
  • Lead/follow: 9% lead, 91% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Mepple — Mepple is planning, developing, and operating internet services.
  • For you — For you is a comprehensive Advertising agency business specializing in SNS.
  • SPORTS CROWN — SPORTS CROWN engages in the development and operation of fantasy sports.
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Yu Akasaka
Angel · Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan · 32 investments in Japan startups

During Hosei University student, and intern at Hakuhodo C & D. After joining the Image-net, I do media monetization of EC site as a media planner. Then, new business, engaged in Alliance. Launched a crowdsourcing site "MILLION DESIGNS" of design in the individual, sold to Ransazu Corporation. Established the Eureka Co., Ltd., wasappointed Representative Director CEO.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Content, Food and Beverage, Apps
  • Stage:Seed, Angel
  • Geography: Japan, Australia, Hong Kong

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 41
  • Round size: Seed $1M–$43M; Angel $425k–$7.4M
  • Lead/follow: 7% lead, 93% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Now Do — Now Do provides online growth revolution platform.
  • RE — RE specializes in smartphone application design and development.
  • Vitalogue Health — Vitalogue Health is a hormone testing service intended to provide access to hormones and medical care. They allow users to self-check the physical condition for pregnancy and how hormones affect it, whether the symptoms are related to menopause, and provide personalized test results, commented on by physicians.
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Kensuke Furukawa
Angel · Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan · 30 investments in Japan startups

Kensuke Furukawa was born in June 2, 1981. He graduated Waseda University majoring Political Science and Economics, and in 2000, he launched "Milkcafe", a student community, which has grown to a site with 10 million PV per month. In 2004, he became the CEO of Media Clip, which operates a rental bulletin board service "ShitarabaBBS". After that year, he had transfer "Shitaraba BBS" to Livedoor, and took charge of starting up the Consumer Generated Media sector. In 2006, he joined Recruit, and took charge of starting up a new business at Business development sector. In June of 2009, he left Recruit, and became the CEO of nanapi (formerly Rocket Start), which operates the How-to Site "nanapi".

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Content, SNS, Internet
  • Stage:Seed, Angel
  • Geography: Japan

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 41
  • Round size: Seed $690k–$33M; Angel $1M–$7.1M
  • Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • iiba — Iiba is a geospatial platform that specializes in providing location information related to child-rearing.
  • Tohakusha — Tohakusha is a creative agency that offers design, production and sale of digital content and EC websites, and content creation services.
  • Neighbor — Neighbor is a metaverse game developer that specializes in Fortnite.
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Hirofumi Miki
Angel · Shibuya, Kanagawa, Japan · 26 investments in Japan startups

After JTB Co., Ltd. and CYBIRD Co., Ltd. as an initial member of Glee Co., Ltd. is responsible for business development. Currently, he is mainly engaged in venture support in the Internet area, investing in venture and venture capital, and served as management advisor for dozens of companies. Hands-on business development, growth strategydevelopment, financing advice, HR organization design support, partner referral and Recruit Support. He is also engaged in business support for ventures in the healthcare and university venture fields. He served as Digital Health Meetup Advisor, NEDOTCP Mentor and Future 2016 Mentor.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Content, Internet, Marketing
  • Stage:Seed, Angel, Pre-Seed
  • Geography: Japan

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 27
  • Round size: Seed $764k–$16M
  • Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Shiftus — Shiftus is a communication application that can be used in various part-time job sites such as cafes, izakayas, hotels, supermarkets
  • Flagellin — Flagellin is a pharmaceutical and medical industry.Development and sales of SaaS that supports sales and marketing of database and analysis services in the pharmaceutical and medical industries
  • Giver Take All — Gibber Take All is a Planning, development and management of business sharing platform
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Masao Ito
Angel · 20 investments in Japan startups

Masao Ito is a Founder & CEO at User Local.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Content, Social Media, Information Technology
  • Stage:Seed, Series A, Angel
  • Geography: Japan

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 21
  • Round size: Seed $661k–$17M; Series A $12M–$13M
  • Lead/follow: 5% lead, 95% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Illusil — Illusil is a service that makes it easier for anyone to generate slide materials and reduces the amount of time needed to do it. Additionally, presentations can be automatically generated from text input by AI, and over 1,000 design templates can be used to build original slides.
  • Alyaum — Aryaum supports "regional revitalization through NFT" by offering local governments all around the nation hometown tax and tourism NFT solutions.
  • Driver Technologies — Driver Technologies is a cloud logistics platform provider. It provides a solution for driver matching and cargo vehicle demands.
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Tatsuo Sakamoto
Angel · 17 investments in Japan startups

Tatsuo Sakamoto is a Head of Sales, Japan at MOLOCO. He Attended The University of Tokyo.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Information Technology, Content, Education
  • Stage:Seed, Angel, Pre-Seed
  • Geography: Japan

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 20
  • Round size: Seed $457k–$17M; Pre-Seed $272k–$9.9M
  • Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • bgrass — bgrass is a consultation support platform for women working in the IT industry.
  • Kids Snack Lab — Kids Snack Lab is a food manufacturing firm that produces and sells nutritional sweets for children.
  • Metaverse Creators — Metaverse Creators is a feature-rich virtual platform providing gamers with a wide range of games, creation tools, and avatar editing tools.
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Mamoru Taniya
Angel · Hong Kong, Hong Kong Island, Hong Kong · 17 investments in Japan startups

After graduating from the Faculty of Law at the University of Tokyo, he joined Solomon Brothers, where he became the youngest managing director in Asia, where he was in charge of Asian investment. After that, he created one of the largest independent Asuka assets. He also launched Japan's first independent online life insurance company,LifeNet Life Insurance, and inspired Japan's first International.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Apps, Content, FinTech
  • Stage:Seed, Series A, Angel
  • Geography: Japan, Singapore, Spain

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 26
  • Round size: Seed $2.1M–$28M; Angel $2.1M–$20M; Series A $2.3M–$47M
  • Lead/follow: 8% lead, 92% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • On the Trip — On The Trip is an iOS app that turns your iPhone into an GPS-enabled audio travel guide. It was launched last week and is now available on the iTunes AppStore.
  • Amateras Space — Amateras Space is a startup driven by the mission to “expand the realm of human activity,” aiming to establish a next-generation spacesuit business by developing advanced, practical technologies that enable humans to work, explore, and thrive in space and other extreme environments.
  • RIMM Sustainability — RIMM Sustainability provides a SaaS platform that enables companies of all sizes to optimise their sustainability management effort. It builds tools for sustainability management, reporting and optimisation.
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Toru Shimada
Angel · 16 investments in Japan startups

Toru Shimada is a Senior Executive Officer and Director of Rakuten. Mr. Shimada is a Director of Rakuten Baseball, Inc., and Head of Asia Regional Headquarters Office of the Company.Mr. Shimada joined Rakuten in 2004. Prior to joining Rakuten, Mr. Shimada was founder and Director of INTELLIGENCE, LTD from 1989 to 2004. Prior to INTELLIGENCE, LTD.Mr. Shimada worked at RECRUIT CO., LTD. from 1987 to 1989.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Internet, Task Management, Apps
  • Stage:Seed, Angel
  • Geography: Japan

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 19
  • Round size: Seed $453k–$14M; Angel $553k–$6.2M
  • Lead/follow: 11% lead, 89% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • COELU — COELU wants to be at the forefront of organizations that decide to take on obstacles in order to become a "core of growth."
  • Ixyas — Ixyas offers internet service planning, operation, marketing support, and sales services.
  • CAN EAT — CAN EAT is an information-intensive web service that can be expected to prevent allergic accidents.
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Yoshinori Fukushima
Angel · Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan · 16 investments in Japan startups

Yoshinori Fukushima - CEO @ LayerX

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Internet, Software, Marketing
  • Stage:Seed, Angel, Series A
  • Geography: Japan, Singapore

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 20
  • Round size: Seed $3.3M–$41M; Angel $7.1M–$11M; Series A $2.5M–$14M
  • Lead/follow: 5% lead, 95% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Jizai — Jizai is a provider of artificial intelligence technology, offering AI solutions, software-as-a-service products powered by AI, and robots that utilize AI capabilities for businesses across various industries. The company focuses on generative AI, large language models (LLMs), and robotics, offering customizable AI platforms and automation tools.It also engages in AI consulting and research collaborations.
  • Amptalk — Amptalk is a software development firm specializing in operating automatic transcription and analysis of online business negotiations.
  • Media Aid — Media Aid is an advertising agency that provides recruitment, marketing, web creation, and SNS management services
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Shunsuke Oyu
Angel · Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan · 15 investments in Japan startups

Shunsuke Oyu is the co-founder of Connehito Inc. Started an online Q&A platform “mamari” which is the largest platform for moms in Japan. Connehito was acquired by one of the telecom giant KDDI in 2016. Selected as a “Forbes 30 Under 30 Asia” at consumer technology department. Angel-investing 50+ companies globally.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Content, Internet, E-Commerce
  • Stage:Seed, Angel
  • Geography: Japan, Singapore, United States

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 22
  • Round size: Seed $480k–$11M
  • Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Tohakusha — Tohakusha is a creative agency that offers design, production and sale of digital content and EC websites, and content creation services.
  • Ai-Dounyu.com — Ai-Dounyu.com is a platform that helps organizations looking to integrate AI choose their ideal AI implementation partner for free.
  • Neighbor — Neighbor is a metaverse game developer that specializes in Fortnite.
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Yasuyuki Kin
Angel · Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan · 14 investments in Japan startups

Yasuyuki Kin

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Media and Entertainment, Recruiting, Career Planning
  • Stage:Seed, Angel, Pre-Seed
  • Geography: Japan

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 16
  • Round size: Seed $1.4M–$14M
  • Lead/follow: 13% lead, 87% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Onepair — Onepair is a job consulting and recruiting company. Onepair is to co-creating careers by talking about real-world ace with active ace.
  • Strainer — Strainer Co., Ltd. is an information distribution platform that conveys corporate information centered on financial data. Although there are not a few media to deliver financial information, the company's strengths are strong to be easily viewed, including financial information of overseas companies.
  • LAMILA — LAMILA develops system that improves the creation of retail stores.
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Jun Nishikawa
Angel · Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan · 13 investments in Japan startups

Jun Nishikawa - Co-founder, Executive Vice President, COO @ Eureka

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Food and Beverage, Content, Human Resources
  • Stage:Seed, Series A, Angel
  • Geography: Japan, United States

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 16
  • Round size: Seed $968k–$70M; Angel $2.8M–$8.5M; Series A $15M–$71M
  • Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • FamiOne — FamiOne is creating a society that will support the future of couples who want to receive children.
  • Misaky Tokyo — Marine plant-based, handmade Japanese sweets. These crystal treats are individually handcrafted, the perfect gift idea! Vegan, gluten-free, and additive-free confectionery, with stunning flavors such as Yuzu, Matcha, and Rose. Supporting artisans in their craft. Japanese luxury sweets with a surprise inside.
  • Reiwa Travel — Reiwa Travel Company Overview Reiwa Travel is a digital travel agency with the mission to "Design New Travel Experiences." We aim to offer innovative experiences and new societal value in international travel. Since April 2022, we have been offering the international travel booking app 'NEWT'. Our goal is to maximize the digitaltransformation (DX) of booking and management tasks in the travel industry, providing unprecedented “easy, affordable, customizable, and secure” package tours. We are committed to creating social value through the experience of international travel.International Travel Booking App 'NEWT' Service Overview 'NEWT' is an international travel booking app designed to create new travel experiences for new era. It offers an easy booking process, achieves cost-effective pricing, creates customizable trips that meet individual needs, and provides the security that makes travelers feel they made the right choice with NEWT.International Travel Booking App 'NEWT': https://app.adjust.com/iidu9wiWeb version 'NEWT': https://newt.net/
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Soichiro Kawai
Angel · Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan · 13 investments in Japan startups

Soichiro Kawai - CEO @ ReBoost

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Media and Entertainment, Internet, Mobile Apps
  • Stage:Seed, Angel
  • Geography: Japan

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 18
  • Round size: Seed $278k–$30M
  • Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Villio — Villio provides talent experience SaaS which helps companies with human resource development and recruitment of talented engineers.
  • Back Dooor — Back Dooor is an app that provides 1on1 chatting services with favorite player of the users.
  • SPeak — SPeak is an IT services firm that operates web content and matching platforms for global talents. It operates JPort Match, which is involved in direct recruiting services. It is a global career platform for budding new talents.
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Fumiaki Koizumi
Angel · Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan · 12 investments in Japan startups

Fumiaki Koizumi - Executive Director @ Mercari

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Internet, E-Commerce, Human Resources
  • Stage:Seed, Series A
  • Geography: Japan

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 19
  • Round size: Seed $455k–$68M; Series A $62M–$73M
  • Lead/follow: 11% lead, 89% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • FiT — FiT encourages the use of information technology in fitness to address industrial concerns. We will build a highly sustainable fitness facility using a business model that allows consumers to easily use the gym without being burdened by price or procedures, while also allowing owners to build a very successful business with low running costs.
  • Aoyama Arts — Aoyama Arts is an architecture and consulting company that develops design offices and supports land search and financing plans.
  • Fabric Tokyo — FABRIC TOKYO is a Japanese startup provides a direct-to-consumer custom-made apparel brand. (former-company name Lifestyle Design Co., Ltd.). It enables customers to save their sizes, idea fabrics, and favorite designs, allowing them to make their original clothing later.FABRIC TOKYO was founded in 2012 by Yuichiro Mori and is based in Tokyo,Japan.
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Ryosuke Matsumoto
Angel · Minato, Chiba, Japan · 12 investments in Japan startups

Ryosuke Matsumoto is the Founder / CEO at Kankak. Ryosuke Matsumoto attended Chuo University.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Art, Software, Reservations
  • Stage:Seed, Angel, Series A
  • Geography: Japan

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 12
  • Round size: Seed $2.8M–$14M; Series A $15M–$28M
  • Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • 6curry — 6curry is a brand that creates a new community around “curry”, one of the world's best Japanese foods. The concept is to mix many people and ideas like curry made by mixing various ingredients and spices. Original menu development, weekly events are held in the central kitchen, open only to members. We design and produce communication bornfrom food, such as event catering for over 500 people and communication proposals within the company.
  • TRiCERA — TRiCERA provides a platform for artists to advance their careers. It breaks down the barriers of language and distance that artists from all over the world face. It fosters an environment in which participating artists can freely sell their works to collectors and art enthusiasts worldwide.
  • Vivid Garden — vivid garden is an Agriculture company.
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Shogo Kawada
Angel · Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan · 11 investments in Japan startups

Shogo Kawada is Co-founder and Adviser of DeNA, a global Internet company focused on a social games platform, social games, e-commerce and other Web services for mobile devices and PCs.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Software, SaaS, Apps
  • Stage:Seed, Angel
  • Geography: Japan, United States

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 22
  • Round size: Seed $360k–$14M; Angel $709k–$4M
  • Lead/follow: 9% lead, 91% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Sunblaze — sunblaze is a android-based smartphone users begin to experience stability issues after one to two years of use. For example, their device may get slower or they encounter unexpected app crashes. These stability issues also lead to security vulnerabilities.SUNBLAZE OS features essential functions only, meaning it does not have any unnecessaryfunctions. This allows the system to be more stable and secure, and users are able to use it for a longer period of time.
  • IVA — IVA ensures the safety of the market towards the threat of counterfeit goods.
  • Spider Labs — Spider AF is an ad fraud detection tool that detects, blocks, and protects web advertisements from fraudulent clicks and conversions. Advertisers can easily detect fraudulent activity across published ads using centralized fraud management and advanced automation. Spider AF provides complete transparency in digital advertising, allowing advertisersto track ad placement, identify fraudulent behaviors, and analyze clean - fraud-free data.The company was founded in 2011 and is based in Tokyo, Japan.
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Kazuma Ieiri
Angel · Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan · 11 investments in Japan startups

Born in 1978 and raised in Fukuoka prefecture, Kazuma founded paperboy&co. inc. (currently GMO Pepabo) and went on to become the youngest CEO ever (at the time) to take a company public in Japan by taking paperboy&co. public on the JASDAQ Japanese stock exchange. After leaving paperboy&co, he continued his startup trail by foundingBASE, CAMPFIRE, and XIMERA. Kazuma also dabbled in the food services industry via the founding of On The Corner (a cafe) and is active in the startup investment scene. He also started the Liverty-house project which attempts to create shared housing for young people in need.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Content, Fashion, FinTech
  • Stage:Seed, Angel, Series A
  • Geography: Japan

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 18
  • Round size: Seed $380k–$41M; Angel $1M–$7.4M; Series A $3.5M–$47M
  • Lead/follow: 6% lead, 94% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Taliki — Taliki is a Coworking Space Operates Social Entrepreneurs Development Support for Intrepreneur Development.
  • One Nova — One Nova (ワンノバ) is a lifestyle brand and online platform that offers a range of innerwear products, such as men's boxers.
  • Vivid Garden — vivid garden is an Agriculture company.
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Noguchi Keito
Angel · Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan · 11 investments in Japan startups

Noguchi Keito - Founder @ Vapes

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Marketing, Media and Entertainment, Content
  • Stage:Seed, Angel
  • Geography: Japan, United States

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 12
  • Round size: Seed $619k–$1.8M; Angel $7.3M–$11M
  • Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Dofa — Dofa aims to develop services that enrich the way of life and work of human resources that are active mainly in sales.
  • Alliance Cloud — Alliance Cloud primarily engages in the Sales Tech and BtoB Sales Outsourcing Business.
  • Cloud Franchise — Cloud Franchise is a cloud kitchen model that aims to maximize the kitchen occupancy rate of restaurants.
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Masanori Sugiyama
Angel · 9 investments in Japan startups

He graduated from Kansai University in 1988. He was enrolled in Ljoma while he was in college. 2002 Vice President of Practice (now index lights). In 2004, he became president of zappallas. Listed on the TSE Mothers in the second year of his appointment, and in 2010 he was listed in part of the TSE. In 2011 he became the CEO of enish. Listed on apart of the Tokyo Stock Exchange. Thereafter, he served as outside directors such as Nikkatsu and JibannetHD.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Internet, Software, Web Design
  • Stage:Seed, Angel, Series A
  • Geography: Japan

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 10
  • Round size: Seed $6M–$18M
  • Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • MI-6 — MI-6 is a research, development, consulting, and project management for material development using IT. We will promote materials informatics in the field of material development with our technological capabilities and a wealth of project knowledge that challenge the world's most advanced technologies .
  • STUDIO — The easiest and quickest way to build your beautiful portfolio website, landing page or anything. No code. All creative freedom.
  • STUDIO Japan — STUDIO is a development and operation of the next-generation design tool.
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Naoki Aoyagi
Angel · San Francisco, California, United States · 9 investments in Japan startups

Naoki Aoyagi is a Senior Vice President at GREE, Inc. and Chief Executive Officer of GREE International, Inc. He joined GREE, Inc. in March 2006 from Deutsche Bank, where he had specialized in tech and media sector IPOs and M&A advisory work. At GREE, Aoyagi oversaw the Company's partnership with KDDI and its IPO before leading thedevelopment of GREE’s global operations, a role he continues today. Aoyagi earned a bachelor's degree in policy management from Keio University in 2002.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Fashion, Internet, Software
  • Stage:Seed, Angel, Series A
  • Geography: Japan

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 10
  • Round size: Seed $2.1M–$11M; Series A $1.3M–$74M
  • Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Enechain — enechain provides liquidity in Japan’s energy market by brokering OTC transactions of energy.
  • Parallel — Parallel is the hangout app where you can enjoy games, videos, music, and more with friends.
  • Holmes — Holmesis a cloud contract system to consistently carry out the creation, conclusion and management of contracts in the cloud.
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Kiyohiro Sugashita
Angel · 8 investments in Japan startups

Mr. Sugashita joined Polaris as Advisor in May 2011. He is Director and CEO of Sugashita Partners, Ltd since 1998 and provides consulting services to financial institutions and ventures in and outside of Japan. Prior to that position, he was CEO of Lazard Japan Asset Management from 1991 to 1998. His business career also includes positions at DaiwaSecurities and Merrill Lynch Securities, Tokyo Branch. On the academic front, Mr. Sugashita received a BA in Economics from Ritsumeikan University and since 2009 is Special Advisor for the Dean of Ritsumeikan Asia Pacific University.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Marketing, Travel, Reservations
  • Stage:Seed, Series A
  • Geography: Japan

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 11
  • Round size: Seed $8.5M–$45M; Series A $14M–$21M
  • Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • G-Next — G NEXT is an Information Technology based company.
  • Fun — Fun is a sightseeing entertainment company that makes the world even more of a fun place.
  • Tabinaka — Tabinaka is a Japanese booking & reservation platform for overseas tours and travel activities.
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Daisuke Takanashi
Angel · 8 investments in Japan startups

Daisuke Takanashi is an angel investor.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Content, SNS, Adult
  • Stage:Seed, Angel
  • Geography: Japan

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 9
  • Round size: Seed $1.1M–$9.7M; Angel $229k–$3.4M
  • Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • RATEL — Since its establishment in 2018, the company has been operating and broadcasting esports tournaments with the mission of making esports the best entertainment in the universe. We mainly run official tournaments and large-scale tournaments for various titles such as CoD Mobile, CoDBOCW, ApexLegends, VALORANT, and Knives out. We are also developing avoice chat application called “VOLBOX” to solve the issues raised by many esports players.
  • VCook — VCook is a website for posting recipes that offer vegan food. They give users the ability to search for and save vegan recipes on VCook. They post and share vegan recipes with everyone.
  • Abentry — Abentry is engaged in the SNS business and media advertising business.
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Kazuhiro Ishikura
Angel · Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan · 8 investments in Japan startups

Kazuhiro Ishikura served as the head of the Akatsuki Business Management Department in 2013 and as a corporate auditor of Akatsuki in 2014, contributing to the company's listing on the TSE Mothers and TSE 1st sections. Appointed 3minute CFO in 2015, engaged in business start-up and organizational design, and succeeded in large-scale M & Adeal with Glee. After leaving the company, he became a WARC director in November 2018. Certified public accountant.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Beauty, Events, Apparel
  • Stage:Seed, Angel, Pre-Seed
  • Geography: Japan

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 9
  • Round size: Seed $453k–$7.1M; Angel $2.8M–$28M
  • Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Neith — Neith is a apparel manufacturer, seller and a whoelseller of water absorbing bralette, lingerie and shorts for women.
  • WARC — WARC provides hands-on support for business management departments as well as mergers and acquisition advisory services.
  • Vitalogue Health — Vitalogue Health is a hormone testing service intended to provide access to hormones and medical care. They allow users to self-check the physical condition for pregnancy and how hormones affect it, whether the symptoms are related to menopause, and provide personalized test results, commented on by physicians.
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Kenji Kasahara
Angel · Shibuya, Kanagawa, Japan · 8 investments in Japan startups

Born in 1975, Kenji Kasahara grew up in Osaka Prefecture. He graduated from the Department of Economics at the University of Tokyo. Inspired by the case studies of IT business he studied in a university seminar on management strategy and by the rapid rise of Internet business in Silicon Valley in the USA, he started up “Find Job !”, an online jobinformation site, in 1997. In 1999 Kasahara established eMercury, Inc. (mixi, Inc.) and assumed the post of representative director.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Information Technology, Aerospace, Education
  • Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
  • Geography: Japan, United States

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 15
  • Round size: Seed $329k–$2.5M; Series A $3.1M–$7.7M
  • Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Voicetep — Voicetep is a unique dating app that enables users to begin meaningful connections without needing to share photos or exchange messages, instead fostering relationships through voice-based interactions that emphasize personality, authenticity, and genuine communication from the very first encounter.
  • AVIATE — AVIATE Inc. is a Tokyo-based technology startup that designs and builds AI-driven business automation systems. The company develops TASKBASE, an operational workflow layer that allows enterprise teams to run backend business operations entirely from natural language prompts.
  • Nicoli — Nicoli is a company that creates content and advertisements that increase happy time for parents and children .
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Hideto Fujino
Angel · Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan · 8 investments in Japan startups

Hideto Fujino - President, Cheif Investment Officer @ Rheos

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Travel, Reservations, Real Estate
  • Stage:Seed, Series A
  • Geography: Japan, United States

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 19
  • Round size: Seed $233k–$43M; Series A $8M–$38M
  • Lead/follow: 5% lead, 95% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • HOMMA — Inspired Modern Living. Homes to elevate healthy urban lifestyles. Design. Build. Technology.
  • Unito — Unito is a hospitality firm that offers lodging and accommodation facilities.
  • Amateras Space — Amateras Space is a startup driven by the mission to “expand the realm of human activity,” aiming to establish a next-generation spacesuit business by developing advanced, practical technologies that enable humans to work, explore, and thrive in space and other extreme environments.
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Ken Soga
Angel · Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan · 8 investments in Japan startups

Ken Soga is an individual investor.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Music, Content, E-Commerce
  • Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed, Series D
  • Geography: Japan

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 10
  • Round size: Seed $457k–$9.9M
  • Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Tooon — Tooon Inc. is a technology company that deals with development and operations of business management tools .
  • Kids Snack Lab — Kids Snack Lab is a food manufacturing firm that produces and sells nutritional sweets for children.
  • Volve Creative — Volve Creative is a media company that provides virtual artist management, events, advertising video, and music production services.
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Shintaro Yamada
Angel · Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan · 8 investments in Japan startups

During his years at Waseda University, Shintaro worked at Japan’s biggest e-commerce mall, Rakuten, Inc. On August 1st 2001, Shintaro established “Unoh Inc.” after graduating university. At Unoh he was responsible for designing and developing several web services, one of which was the online magazine subscription . Services provided by Unohinclude planning, development and management of the film enthusiast community site “Movie Life” (acquired by PIA Corporation) as well as “Sugu.CC” , “NeoAd” (both acquired by GMOAP) and the photo sharing site “Photozou” (acquired by Digital Garage).In 2009 Unoh entered into social gaming, creating multiple successful social games. Among these games, “Machitsuku!” has been its biggest hit with over 5 million users. On August 3rd 2010, Unoh joined Zynga and Shintaro became General Manager of Zynga Japan. He resigned on January 2012. After traveling around the world, He established the new company “Mercari, Inc.” on February 2013 and released the resale shopping app “Mercari” on July 2013 in Japan.He is a true Internet geek, spending a lot of time on the Internet and boasts around 180,000 followers on Twitter.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Internet, Finance, Content
  • Stage:Seed, Angel, Pre-Seed
  • Geography: Japan, United States, Kenya

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 18
  • Round size: Seed $2M–$28M; Angel $320k–$3.7M; Pre-Seed $510k–$4.9M
  • Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • AssetHub — AssetHub is an AI-powered 3D modeling tool that enables game developers to create and edit 3D assets 100 times faster, enabling mass production of content and combining AI with manual work, enabling faster prototyping and editing.
  • Peach Cars — Buy or sell your car in Nairobi-Kenya with ease. Browse a wide range of vehicles, connect with trusted sellers, and find the perfect car today. Simple, fast, and secure transactions.
  • AnotherBall — AnotherBall is a blockchain startup that combines entertainment and blockchain.
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Makoto Takano
Angel · 8 investments in Japan startups

Makoto Takano is CEO of atomixmedia, inc., publisher and editor-in-chief of Forbes Japan and Rolling Stone Japan since June, 2014. Prior to joining Atomixmedia, Inc., he was Managing Director and President of PIMCO Japan Ltd. Before joining PIMCO in 2001, he was head of marketing at Goldman Sachs Asset Management. Makoto's prior experiencealso includes work at Daiwa Securities where he was head of the strategists team at Daiwa Institute of Research. He has published extensively on the capital markets. In 1992, he was awarded Securities Analysts Journal Prize by the Securities Analyst Association of Japan. He has also given lectures on asset management at Waseda University and Kyoto University. He holds master’s and undergraduate degrees in engineering from Waseda University. Makoto serves as Director of Nippon Finance Association and Rebuild Japan Initiative Foundation.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Apps, Sports, Content
  • Stage:Seed, Series B, Angel
  • Geography: Japan, Philippines

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 14
  • Round size: Seed $1.4M–$14M; Angel $735k–$2.1M; Series B $5.2M–$221M
  • Lead/follow: 7% lead, 93% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • CAN EAT — CAN EAT is an information-intensive web service that can be expected to prevent allergic accidents.
  • Progrit — PROGRIT is an English-related media management company.
  • Luup — Luup is Japan's #1 e-scooter and e-bike sharing service provider. Luup currently operates in Tokyo, Osaka, Kyoto, and Yokohama, while planning to expand to other cities all over Japan. The service is based on a high-density port network, where anyone can rent and return to their original fleets.
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Suzuki Tatsuya
Angel · 8 investments in Japan startups

1985. Graduated from the Faculty of Economics, Hitotsubashi University. In 2008, he engaged in new business support and venture support for large companies at Inspire Co., Ltd. In 2011, he was appointed director of UXConsulting company wacul. In 2012, he was appointed director of giftee.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: AgTech, Agriculture, Internet
  • Stage:Seed, Series A
  • Geography: Japan

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 14
  • Round size: Seed $367k–$4.7M; Series A $1.5M–$2.9M
  • Lead/follow: 7% lead, 93% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Pleap — Pleap is a medical engineering company specializing in the development of AI and IoT-based technology solutions tailored for medical institutions. The company's product offerings include "medimo" which is an AI tool that automatically creates medical record manuscripts from medical audio.
  • Terrafarm — Terrafarm is a Tokyo-based agritech and aerospace start-up that develops fully automated, space-ready plant factory modules designed to operate in extreme environments.
  • Conoris Technologies — Conoris Technologies is a staffing agency that offers security check support services for companies.
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Chikako Morimoto
Angel · Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan · 7 investments in Japan startups

Chikako Morimoto - External Counsel @ Traimmu

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Employment, Human Resources, Marketing
  • Stage:Seed
  • Geography: Japan

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 8
  • Round size: Seed $609k–$18M
  • Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Dofa — Dofa aims to develop services that enrich the way of life and work of human resources that are active mainly in sales.
  • Best Beer Japan — Best Beer Japan provides a barrel tracking software for craft beer and barrel sharing. The company was founded in 2018.
  • Vitalogue Health — Vitalogue Health is a hormone testing service intended to provide access to hormones and medical care. They allow users to self-check the physical condition for pregnancy and how hormones affect it, whether the symptoms are related to menopause, and provide personalized test results, commented on by physicians.
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Yoshitsune Ido
Angel · Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan · 7 investments in Japan startups

Yoshitsune Ido

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Robotics, Information Technology, B2C
  • Stage:Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
  • Geography: Japan

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 7
  • Round size: Seed $353k–$1.4M
  • Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • BionicM — BionicM develops high-performance robot prostheses that enhance mobility for people with disabilities.BionicM has been conducting research on innovative technologies since 2015 at the University of Tokyo's Information Systems Engineering Laboratory (JSK) under the guidance of Professor Inaba and utilizing the world's most advancedrobotics research. In 2016, we were adopted by the Japan Science and Technology Agency as part of "Program for Creating STart-ups from Advanced Research and Technology" (START), and in 2018, the company was established as a joint-stock company.
  • AndGAMER — AndGAMER is an eSports agency that develops custom controllers and gaming products for players.
  • Freecracy — FreeC a platform that connects millions of employers and job seekers by utilizing intelligent matching technology that is powered by AI.
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Narita Shuzo
Angel · Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan · 7 investments in Japan startups

Narita Shuzo is a Executive Vice President/COO, CrowdWorks Inc.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Task Management, Content, Internet
  • Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed, Angel
  • Geography: Japan

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 9
  • Round size: Seed $926k–$18M
  • Lead/follow: 11% lead, 89% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • MIL — MIL is a marketing company it can be used for a wide range of video marketing such as video commerce , O2O measures , recruitment videos , and landing videos.
  • Morght — Morght is an information technology service company.
  • MiL Inc — Emerging products for healthcare food brands Producing food retailing and wholesale recipe development Restaurant management Catering media operation.
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Yuichi Kawasaki
Angel · Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan · 7 investments in Japan startups

Yuichi Kawasaki Prior joining SmartNews, I was COO at mixi, Founder & CEO at kamado, Executive Vice President at Hatena. I started my career at Cisco Systems G.K.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Apps, Finance, Internet
  • Stage:Seed, Angel
  • Geography: Japan

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 8
  • Round size: Seed $1M–$45M; Angel $1.4M–$26M
  • Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • G-Next — G NEXT is an Information Technology based company.
  • Perpetuals.com (Formerly Earlyworks) — Earlyworks Co., Ltd. provides blockchain technology solutions. The Company develops hybrid blockchain product that is fast and secure. Earlyworks offers software and system development, consulting, and security solution services.
  • StoryHub — StoryHub is a powerful all-in-one AI editing assistant designed to help users create high-quality content quickly, efficiently, and at a significantly lower cost. Whether you're drafting blog posts, polishing articles, scripting videos, or refining marketing copy, StoryHub streamlines the entire content creation process with intelligent tools
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Hironao Kunimitsu
Angel · Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan · 7 investments in Japan startups

Hironao Kunimitsu was born in Hyogo, Japan. After graduating from Okayama High School, he spent several years traveling around the world. He visited over 30 countries including the US, China, India, Canada, and others in Central and South America.In 1996 he entered Fudan University in China, and then later went on to study at Santa MonicaCollege in the US. In 2004 he entered Atmovie Inc. where he produced movies and televised dramas, and was appointed company director in the same year. In 2007 he founded gumi Inc., and it started listing on first section of the Tokyo Stock Exchange in December, 2014.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Virtual Reality, Content, Internet
  • Stage:Seed, Angel
  • Geography: Japan, United States

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 19
  • Round size: Seed $2.6M–$11M; Angel $320k–$26M
  • Lead/follow: 16% lead, 84% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • 1SEC — 1sec is a virtual influencers in Japan,develop in-house and management. IMPACT to CEKAI in 1 second. Based on the concept of making CEKAI happy in one second, US based in Los Angeles and Japan, based in Tokyo, virtual influencers × AI, fashion & music & The company will develop a number of CEKAI's first and first projects in Japan inthe field of enter teignment.
  • Gatari — Gatari specializes in the planning, development, and operation of XR services. Auris, a futuristic audio guide, and Vismuth, a camera app that transforms reality into a story, are two of Gatari's services.
  • Thirdverse — Thirdverse is a web3 and virtual reality game studio that develops and operates multiplayer virtual reality games. The company combines the technology of blockchain to create an economic zone and a virtual world, enabling customers to experience seamless gameplay in a virtual environment.Thirdverse was founded in 2016 and is headquartered nTokyo, Japan.
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Tomohito Ebine
Angel · Kitakyushu, Fukuoka, Japan · 7 investments in Japan startups

Tomohito Ebine is non-executive Director at Owls Co., Ltd.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Consulting, SaaS, Home Services
  • Stage:Seed, Angel, Series A
  • Geography: Japan, United States

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 12
  • Round size: Seed $881k–$7.6M; Series A $1.7M–$24M
  • Lead/follow: 8% lead, 92% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • ookami — Ookami provides Player, a sport media application. It is a startup that creates new value of sports by harmonizing individuals and IT technology. The company offers technology solutions, with a particular focus in financial services software, application and communication software, software as a service, and online social networking services.
  • Mign — Mign offers a generative AI-related SaaS solutions for the construction and real estate fields.
  • CAREER BIJIN — Career bijin is a total support company.
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Minoru Moriya
Angel · Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan · 7 investments in Japan startups

Minoru Moriya is a director at AuB.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Health Care, Nursing and Residential Care, Internet
  • Stage:Seed, Series A
  • Geography: Japan

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 8
  • Round size: Seed $378k–$14M
  • Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • HANOWA — Hanowa is a matching platform between freelance dental hygienists and dental clinics. It matches dental care workers who want to work in their spare time with dental clinics. It can be used for studying, side jobs, and job change activities.
  • Smooth — Smooth is a smart parking service that enables unmanned parking lots.
  • Willbox — Willbox is an international logistics company providing an international logistics digital platform for shippers and logistics companies. The company's platform "Giho" connects shippers and logistics companies (transportation, packaging, warehousing, customs clearance, etc.) with a direct contract. It visualizes the three elements of[lead time, money, and safety], which have been regarded as a black box, and supports comparative examination and decision making. Willbox digitizes the packing technique of wooden boxes and steel, mandatory for international logistics, and incorporated them into their system. Their mission is to solve the logistics issues focusing on the large cargo of industrial products.The company was founded in 2019 and is based in Yokohama-shi, Kanagawa.
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Yuzuru Honda
Angel · 7 investments in Japan startups

Yuzuru Honda is a Founder & Global CEO of FreakOut.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Information Technology, SNS, Internet
  • Stage:Seed, Angel
  • Geography: Japan, Nigeria, Singapore

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 15
  • Round size: Seed $2.8M–$5.7M
  • Lead/follow: 7% lead, 93% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • IVA — IVA ensures the safety of the market towards the threat of counterfeit goods.
  • Tyms — Tyms online accounting software for your business connects you to your bank, accountant, bookkeeper, and other business apps. Start a free trial today. Also available in Nigeria, Ghana, Mauritius and South Africa.
  • ForCreators — ForCreators is a company operating the virtual talent agency ‘NEXAS', with the goal of globalizing Japan's world-class culture such as anime and VTubers.
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Kazuhiko Ishikura
Angel · Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan · 7 investments in Japan startups

Kazuhiko Ishikura is based out of Tokyo, Tokyo and is the Co-Founder and Director of SDF Capital. Kazuhiko previously worked at 3minute Inc. as a Director. Kazuhiko Ishikura attended Aoyama Gakuin University.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Beauty, Content, Fashion
  • Stage:Seed, Angel, Pre-Seed
  • Geography: Japan

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 12
  • Round size: Seed $329k–$7.1M; Angel $2.8M–$28M
  • Lead/follow: 8% lead, 92% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Neith — Neith is a apparel manufacturer, seller and a whoelseller of water absorbing bralette, lingerie and shorts for women.
  • WARC — WARC provides hands-on support for business management departments as well as mergers and acquisition advisory services.
  • Vitalogue Health — Vitalogue Health is a hormone testing service intended to provide access to hormones and medical care. They allow users to self-check the physical condition for pregnancy and how hormones affect it, whether the symptoms are related to menopause, and provide personalized test results, commented on by physicians.
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Sotaro Karasawa
Angel · Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan · 7 investments in Japan startups

Sotaro Karasawa - Chief Technology Officer @ STAR FESTIVAL

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Software, Blockchain, Art
  • Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed, Angel
  • Geography: Japan

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 8
  • Round size: Seed $948k–$14M
  • Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Taian — Taian, which specializes in bridal industry services and software. They also provide ''Concept Marry,'' which allows couples to design invites and seating charts that match their wedding theme, as well as display guest information on Oiwaii.
  • Cloudbase — Cloudbase is an information technology company that specializes in the fields of cloud services and management.
  • OPERA TECH — OPERA Lead is a sales-focused AI web chatbot service from Opera Technology that turns websites into 24/7 "exhibit booths" for lead generation.It deploys AI sales assistants on existing sites (via simple tag embedding, no redesign needed) to engage the 99% of visitors who don't convert via inbound methods alone. Key capabilitiesinclude direct booking of meetings, guiding users to whitepapers/webinars, and targeted lead qualification for efficient deal progression.
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Chihiro Asano
Angel · Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan · 7 investments in Japan startups

Chief Technology Officer at Money Forward.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Content, FinTech, Financial Services
  • Stage:Seed, Angel, Series A
  • Geography: Japan, United States

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 7
  • Round size: Seed $3M–$14M; Angel $733k–$3.2M
  • Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • HERP — HERP is a recruitment management platform.
  • Issues — Issues provides development and management of web service issues that solve the problems.
  • Luup — Luup is Japan's #1 e-scooter and e-bike sharing service provider. Luup currently operates in Tokyo, Osaka, Kyoto, and Yokohama, while planning to expand to other cities all over Japan. The service is based on a high-density port network, where anyone can rent and return to their original fleets.
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Dai Tamesue
Angel · Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan · 7 investments in Japan startups

Dai Tamesue is the Chief Marketing Officer of Miekuru.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Apps, Sports, Health Care
  • Stage:Angel, Seed, Pre-Seed
  • Geography: Japan

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 7
  • Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • MIL — MIL is a marketing company it can be used for a wide range of video marketing such as video commerce , O2O measures , recruitment videos , and landing videos.
  • Vivid Garden — vivid garden is an Agriculture company.
  • SAMURAI Security — SAMURAI Security is a best support tech company.
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Shota Horii
Angel · Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan · 7 investments in Japan startups

Shota Horii

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Internet, Information Technology, Art
  • Stage:Seed
  • Geography: Japan

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 7
  • Lead/follow: no public data

Portfolio highlights

  • GMO Flatt Security — Flatt Security is a cyber security company for all developers.
  • Lecto — Lecto provides Saas solutions to eliminate the tedious practices behind financial services
  • Respo — Respo is a service that enables people to save money by buying things at a discount.
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Shuichi Takenaga
Angel · Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan · 7 investments in Japan startups

Takenaga Shuuichi is an individual investor.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Marketing, Financial Services, Management Consulting
  • Stage:Seed, Angel
  • Geography: Japan

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 12
  • Round size: Seed $926k–$62M; Angel $14M–$15M
  • Lead/follow: 33% lead, 67% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Morght — Morght is an information technology service company.
  • Tagpic — Tagpic offers influencer marketing targeting services such as influencer casting, SNS branding, and talent production.
  • H&H Group Japan — H&H Holdingsis a Professional Services company.
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Otomi Tomohiro
Angel · 7 investments in Japan startups

Otomi Tomohiro - CEO @ Tyrus

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Travel, Tourism, Recruiting
  • Stage:Seed, Angel
  • Geography: Japan

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 8
  • Round size: Seed $549k–$11M
  • Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • CUICIN — Quickin is changing the travel experience with the digital transformation.
  • HANOWA — Hanowa is a matching platform between freelance dental hygienists and dental clinics. It matches dental care workers who want to work in their spare time with dental clinics. It can be used for studying, side jobs, and job change activities.
  • Yondemy — Yondemy is an online platform for children reading books.
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Masaru Tange
Angel · 6 investments in Japan startups

Masaru Tange graduated from Kyoto University and joined Incs Inc. in 2000 where he started their IT business and strategy consulting group with only 2 members and developed it into the company's main business with a team of 140 consultants with annual revenue of $50M in 5 years. He then founded SHIFT Inc in 2005 in his studio apartment. He wasthe only employee. The business world wasn't very kind to him - he made no revenue for a while but he kept experimenting with the business model listening to the needs of customers. In 2009, he finally found traction in the "software testing industry." In 2014, Masaru successfully IPO'ed the company. Shift now has 500 employees.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: E-Commerce, Food Delivery, Internet
  • Stage:Seed, Series A
  • Geography: Japan, United States

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 8
  • Lead/follow: no public data

Portfolio highlights

  • Timee — Timee is a Planning, development and management of Internet media company.
  • EMET Creation — Vimet is a video app that allows you to instantly watch your favorite topic videos.ViMET offers high-quality video content that is currently talked about, Realizing a world where everyone can see, by providing new services, Restructure the power relationships of all players involved in existing video
  • S-Mat — Smartmat is an eco-friendly IoT purchase system for on-demand, no-hassle grocery with cost-effective shipping.
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Shigeru Urushibara
Angel · Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan · 6 investments in Japan startups

Shigeru Urushibara - President & CEO @ UL Systems

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Task Management, Artificial Intelligence, Video
  • Stage:Series A, Seed, Angel
  • Geography: Japan

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 9
  • Lead/follow: no public data

Portfolio highlights

  • Ecbo cloak — Ecbo cloak is a sharing service that connects "persons who want to store luggage with shops with space to store luggage. Instead of coin lockers, you can pre-order places online online and store your luggage in the open space of stores of various types of business.
  • Space Walker — SPACE WALKER specializes in design, manufacture and sale of peripheral components.
  • SingulaNet — SingulaNet Ltd provides a total solution using cutting-edge blockchain services.
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Angel investor funding in Japan at a glance

Stats across 1.2k deals from 1.1k investors.

1.1k
investors
in Japan startups
1.2k
deals
in Japan startups
$5.7M
median round
in Japan startups
6%
lead investors
lead at least one round
43%
Seed
most common funding stage

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