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Top 50 Consumer Angel Investors in Japan (August 2026)

The most active angel investors investing in Japan Consumer startups. This investor list is updated monthly from the Shizune investor database, ranked by number of investments in Japan Consumer startup companies. Find investors to raise a Seed, Series A or Angel round with Shizune.
Investor Relevant Deals Geography Stage Focus Round Size
Yu Akasaka
Angel
6 Japan, Australia, Hong Kong Seed, Angel Content, Food and Beverage, Apps $425k–$43M
Yusuke Sato
Angel
6 Japan, Indonesia, United States Seed, Angel Internet, Content, Software $320k–$43M
Kotaro Chiba
Angel
5 Japan, United States Seed, Series A Content, Information Technology, Travel $700k–$75M
Hirofumi Miki
Angel
5 Japan Seed, Angel, Pre-Seed Content, Internet, Marketing $764k–$16M
Ayataro Nakagawa
Angel
4 Japan, Hong Kong, United States Seed, Angel Internet, Software, Content $425k–$26M
Hidetoshi Takano
Angel
3 Japan, United States Seed, Angel Internet, Information Technology, Content $455k–$30M
Kazuma Ieiri
Angel
3 Japan Seed, Angel, Series A Content, Fashion, FinTech $380k–$47M
Uenoyama Katsuya
Angel
2 Japan Seed, Angel, Series A Fashion, Software, Advertising $9M–$11M
Mamoru Taniya
Angel
2 Japan, Singapore, Spain Seed, Series A, Angel Apps, Content, FinTech $2.1M–$47M
Soichiro Kawai
Angel
2 Japan Seed, Angel Media and Entertainment, Internet, Mobile Apps $278k–$30M
Takaya Shinozuka
Angel
2 Japan Seed, Angel, Series A E-Commerce, Local, Content $3.3M–$9M
Toru Shimada
Angel
2 Japan Seed, Angel Internet, Task Management, Apps $453k–$14M
Kazuhiko Ishikura
Angel
2 Japan Seed, Angel, Pre-Seed Beauty, Content, Fashion $329k–$28M
Keisuke Kogure
Angel
2 Japan Seed, Series A, Angel Beauty, iOS, Legal $194k–$4.3M
Naoki Aoyagi
Angel
2 Japan Seed, Angel, Series A Fashion, Internet, Software $1.3M–$74M
Tatsuo Sakamoto
Angel
2 Japan Seed, Angel, Pre-Seed Information Technology, Content, Education $272k–$17M
Mikuru Asakura
Angel
2 Japan Seed Beauty, Cosmetics $623k–$1.3M
Jun Nishikawa
Angel
2 Japan, United States Seed, Series A, Angel Food and Beverage, Content, Human Resources $968k–$71M
Kazuhiro Ishikura
Angel
2 Japan Seed, Angel, Pre-Seed Beauty, Events, Apparel $453k–$28M
Shintaro Yamada
Angel
1 Japan, United States, Kenya Seed, Angel Internet, Finance, Artificial Intelligence
Takejiro Kamei
Angel
1 Japan Seed B2C, Music, Consulting
Takahiro Kataishi
Angel
1 Japan Seed Consumer Applications, Information Technology
Takahiro Ozawa
Angel
1 Japan Seed Consumer Applications, Information Technology
Takuma Iwasa
Angel
1 Japan Seed Water, Beauty, IT Management
Ryo Ishizuka
Angel
1 United States, Japan Seed, Series A SNS, AgTech, Beauty $700k–$33M
Yoshinori Fukushima
Angel
1 Japan, Singapore Seed, Angel, Series A Internet, Software, Marketing $2.5M–$41M
Sato Takahiro
Angel
1 Japan Seed, Angel, Pre-Seed Beauty, Fitness, Employment
Takahiro Mitsuura
Angel
1 Japan Seed, Series B B2C, Pet, Content
Noguchi Keito
Angel
1 Japan, United States Seed, Angel Marketing, Media and Entertainment, Content $619k–$11M
Sakai Masaru
Angel
1 Japan Seed B2C, Fashion, Internet
Kai Asakura
Angel
1 Japan Seed Beauty, Cosmetics
Toshihiro Inoki
Angel
1 Japan Angel SNS, Content, Fashion
Toshi Yamamoto
Angel
1 Japan Seed Apps, Beauty, Health Care
Tsunezawa Kahoko
Angel
1 Japan, Germany Seed, Angel Shopping, Apps, Travel
Narimatsu Jun
Angel
1 Japan Seed, Angel, Series A Content, Media and Entertainment, SEO $4.3M–$6.9M
Kensuke Furukawa
Angel
1 Japan Seed, Angel Content, Social Media, Media and Entertainment
Yuki Naito
Angel
1 Japan Seed, Pre-Seed, Series B Internet, Manufacturing, SNS $652k–$14M
Kunihiro Tanaka
Angel
1 Japan Seed, Series B, Venture - Series Unknown Consulting, Manufacturing, Cloud Computing $482k–$7.5M
Taiga Matsuyama
Angel
1 Japan, United States Seed, Angel, Series A Software, Internet, Analytics $250k–$9.2M
Takato Hiroshi
Angel
1 Japan Angel Health Care, Legal, Beauty
Yasumasa Manabe
Angel
1 Japan Seed, Series A, Angel Information Technology, Drones, EdTech $194k–$30M
Masahiro Kotosaka
Angel
1 Japan Angel Education, EdTech, Fashion
Naruhisa Nakagawa
Angel
1 Japan, United States, United Kingdom Seed, Series A Agriculture, AgTech, Beauty $1M–$4.5M
Kentaro Uryu
Angel
1 Japan Seed, Angel Beauty, Soccer, Sports $765k–$7.1M
Yoichi Aso
Angel
1 Japan Seed, Angel E-Commerce, Apparel, Content $726k–$1.7M
Nobuhiro Ariyasu
Angel
1 Japan, Singapore Seed, Angel, Series A Finance, Content, Internet $420k–$354M
Yasuyoshi Yanagisawa
Angel
1 Japan Seed, Post-IPO Equity Media and Entertainment, Food and Beverage, Content $4.4M–$41M
Toshiro Wakimaru
Angel
1 Japan, India Seed Task Management, Food and Beverage, SNS $800k–$7.6M
Mitsushige Ito
Angel
1 Japan Seed Content, Media and Entertainment, Pet
Yasuo Takahata
Angel
1 Japan Seed, Angel Task Management, SNS, Recruiting
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Yu Akasaka
Angel · Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan · 6 investments in Japan Consumer 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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Yusuke Sato
Angel · 6 investments in Japan Consumer 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 · 5 investments in Japan Consumer 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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Hirofumi Miki
Angel · Shibuya, Kanagawa, Japan · 5 investments in Japan Consumer 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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Ayataro Nakagawa
Angel · 4 investments in Japan Consumer 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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Hidetoshi Takano
Angel · Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan · 3 investments in Japan Consumer 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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Kazuma Ieiri
Angel · Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan · 3 investments in Japan Consumer 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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Uenoyama Katsuya
Angel · Burlingame, California, United States · 2 investments in Japan Consumer startups

Uenoyama Katsuya is based out of Burlingame, California, and is the CEO and Founder of PKSHA Technology. Uenoyama previously worked at The Boston Consulting Group as a Consultant. Uenoyama Katsuya attended The University of Tokyo.

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Investment focus

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

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 5
  • Round size: Seed $9M–$11M
  • Lead/follow: 20% lead, 80% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Babel — Babel is creating meaningful media for users and expanding globally.
  • AppBrew — AppBrew develops LIPS, a mobile application for users to share and read real reviews on cosmetics, nail care, personal care, hair care, and other related products of different brands. The company was founded in 2016 and is based in Tokyo, Japan.
  • Neural Pocket — Neural Pocket provides Smart City related services for commercial buildings and urban spaces utilizing AI enabled image recognition technology. The company focuses on business development and co-creation serve its clients. Other applications include solutions for digitalization of factories, warehouses, parking lots and retail stores.
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Mamoru Taniya
Angel · Hong Kong, Hong Kong Island, Hong Kong · 2 investments in Japan Consumer 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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Soichiro Kawai
Angel · Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan · 2 investments in Japan Consumer 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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Takaya Shinozuka
Angel · Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan · 2 investments in Japan Consumer startups

Takaya Shinozuka is the President, CEO, and Founder at Reiwa Travel.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: E-Commerce, Local, Content
  • Stage:Seed, Angel, Series A
  • Geography: Japan

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 7
  • Round size: Seed $3.3M–$9M
  • Lead/follow: 29% lead, 71% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • KAUCHE — KAUCHE is a discovery-based e-commerce model where friends and family can “discover” and purchase daily sale items together. They provide services for online retail shops. KAUCHE is committed in creating an exciting shopping experience for both customers and partners who want to sell products.
  • Now Do — Now Do provides online growth revolution platform.
  • KAUCHE — X Asia creates enjoyable shopping experience.
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Toru Shimada
Angel · 2 investments in Japan Consumer 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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Kazuhiko Ishikura
Angel · Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan · 2 investments in Japan Consumer 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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Keisuke Kogure
Angel · Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan · 2 investments in Japan Consumer startups

Mr. Keisuke Kogure serves as general partner at Mint.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Beauty, iOS, Legal
  • Stage:Seed, Series A, Angel
  • Geography: Japan

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 11
  • Round size: Seed $194k–$4.3M; Angel $2M–$2M; Series A $1.4M–$2.7M
  • Lead/follow: 27% lead, 73% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Requpo — Requpo is a brand-new salon reservation app that allows you to book a beauty salon without having to search.
  • Synflux — Synflux is a fashion, design, and technology professional firm that does design and research and takes on the challenge of innovative development and social implementation. It is a digital technology combining AI, 3D technology, and blockchain. For inquiries, an online inquiry form is available on their website.
  • Respo — Respo is a service that enables people to save money by buying things at a discount.
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Naoki Aoyagi
Angel · San Francisco, California, United States · 2 investments in Japan Consumer 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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Tatsuo Sakamoto
Angel · 2 investments in Japan Consumer 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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Mikuru Asakura
Angel · 2 investments in Japan Consumer startups

Mikuru Asakura

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Beauty, Cosmetics
  • Stage:Seed
  • Geography: Japan

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 2
  • Round size: Seed $623k–$1.3M
  • Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • THE RICH — THE RICH is a hair care brand that contains silk regenerating and repairing ingredients.
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Jun Nishikawa
Angel · Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan · 2 investments in Japan Consumer 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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Kazuhiro Ishikura
Angel · Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan · 2 investments in Japan Consumer 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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Shintaro Yamada
Angel · Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan · 1 investments in Japan Consumer 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, Artificial Intelligence
  • Stage:Seed, Angel
  • Geography: Japan, United States, Kenya

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 18
  • Lead/follow: no public data

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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Takejiro Kamei
Angel · 1 investments in Japan Consumer startups

Takejiro Kamei

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Investment focus

  • Industry: B2C, Music, Consulting
  • Stage:Seed
  • Geography: Japan

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 1
  • Lead/follow: no public data

Portfolio highlights

  • Recri — Recri works for the entertainment industry and specializes in operations management tasks like ticketing for stage, film, and music shows.
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Takahiro Kataishi
Angel · 1 investments in Japan Consumer startups

Takahiro Kataishi is an individual investor.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Consumer Applications, Information Technology
  • Stage:Seed
  • Geography: Japan

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 1
  • Lead/follow: no public data

Portfolio highlights

  • ONE — One is a Japanese startup. It primarily creates and operates consumer apps, some of which have been sold to publicly traded Japanese corporations.This runs the BeReal exchange application "BeMatch."
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Takahiro Ozawa
Angel · 1 investments in Japan Consumer startups

Takahiro Ozawa is an individual investor.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Consumer Applications, Information Technology
  • Stage:Seed
  • Geography: Japan

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 1
  • Lead/follow: no public data

Portfolio highlights

  • ONE — One is a Japanese startup. It primarily creates and operates consumer apps, some of which have been sold to publicly traded Japanese corporations.This runs the BeReal exchange application "BeMatch."
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Takuma Iwasa
Angel · 1 investments in Japan Consumer startups

Takuma Iwasa is a Founder & CEO at Cerevo.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Water, Beauty, IT Management
  • Stage:Seed
  • Geography: Japan

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 2
  • Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • RABO — RABO is a Cat-Tech Company that "watches cat life with technology.
  • nanoFreaks — nanoFreaks builds a rescue system on the sea, creating an environment where everyone can live with peace of mind.
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Ryo Ishizuka
Angel · San Francisco, California, United States · 1 investments in Japan Consumer startups

Ryo Ishizuka is the co-founder and CEO of Mercari, a hassle-free peer-to-peer mobile marketplace app. After founding the company in Japan and following its successful launch, Ryo leads Mercari's international expansion as the company grows globally. Prior to founding Mercari, Ryo was the Chief Architect at RockYou, a Silicon Valley startupbacked by Sequoia. At RockYou, he was responsible for developing the core infrastructures to support its rapidly growing traffic, serving more than 20 billion PVs per month. He later served as COO at RockYou Asia to lead its Asian expansion. Born in Japan and raised in the US, Ryo has spent his life constantly moving and building bridges between the two countries.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: SNS, AgTech, Beauty
  • Stage:Seed, Series A
  • Geography: United States, Japan

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 7
  • Round size: Seed $700k–$33M; Series A $6.8M–$10M
  • Lead/follow: 14% lead, 86% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Sagri — Sagri is developing agriculture software for experienced farmers.
  • Omneky — Omneky - Omnichannel Creative Orchestration
  • Flyp — Grow resale business with easy access to inventory and free automation tools. Join 10,000+ resellers today.
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Yoshinori Fukushima
Angel · Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan · 1 investments in Japan Consumer 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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Sato Takahiro
Angel · Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan · 1 investments in Japan Consumer startups

Sato Takahiro - CEO @ Sekaisha

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Beauty, Fitness, Employment
  • Stage:Seed, Angel, Pre-Seed
  • Geography: Japan

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 3
  • 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.
  • RIZAP GROUP — RIZAP GROUP is a planning and implementation of medium- and long-term management strategy of the Group, management of business strategy execution support and business activities of Group companies.
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Takahiro Mitsuura
Angel · Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan · 1 investments in Japan Consumer startups

Takahiro Mitsuura - Director @ GO

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Investment focus

  • Industry: B2C, Pet, Content
  • Stage:Seed, Series B
  • Geography: Japan

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 2
  • Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Petokoto — Petokoto is a pet wellness company that creates and sells fresh food, runs pet media, and keeps pets happy. It is suitable to become an information source that combines accuracy, completeness, and updateability by utilizing the collective knowledge of experts both inside and outside the company and demonstrating their respective expertise. Thecompany aims to develop a world where pets can be loved as family members.
  • SYRUP Japan — Syrup develops Pet Tech platforms. The company's services include OMUSUBI, an adoption service that matches dogs and cats with pet owners, and Petokoto, a media platform that provides reliable information from veterinarians
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Noguchi Keito
Angel · Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan · 1 investments in Japan Consumer 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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Sakai Masaru
Angel · 1 investments in Japan Consumer startups

Sakai Masaru is an individual investor.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: B2C, Fashion, Internet
  • Stage:Seed
  • Geography: Japan

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 2
  • Lead/follow: no public data

Portfolio highlights

  • Pick You — Pick You offers a marketplace that facilitates seamless purchase of items directly from popular Instagram users.
  • Ness — Ness is a tech company that offers 3 service websites and analytic tools for NFT marketing tool, TikTok product and NFT holders.
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Kai Asakura
Angel · 1 investments in Japan Consumer startups

Kai Asakura

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Beauty, Cosmetics
  • Stage:Seed
  • Geography: Japan

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 1
  • Lead/follow: no public data

Portfolio highlights

  • THE RICH — THE RICH is a hair care brand that contains silk regenerating and repairing ingredients.
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Toshihiro Inoki
Angel · Osaka, Osaka, Japan · 1 investments in Japan Consumer startups

Graduated from Keio University, Department of Political Science and Law. 1998 Registered as an attorney. 2004: Mitsui & Co., Ltd. was established. Participated as a partner. 2006 Lecturer, Department of Integrated Science and Technology, Tokyo University of Science. In 2011, Inoki Law Office was established. Currently Director, Creative CommonsJapan, Outside Director of SAKURA Internet, Representative Director of Cyberbond, Mercari External AuditorHe assumed the position of.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: SNS, Content, Fashion
  • Stage:Angel
  • Geography: Japan

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 2
  • Lead/follow: no public data

Portfolio highlights

  • CAMPFIRE — Campfire engages in the planning, development, and operation of a crowd funding platform.They operate the largest cloud funding platform in Japan [CAMPFIRE (campfire)], which supports "whoever wants to start something."The fee is 5% of the domestic level, and about 15,000 projects have collected about $70million in total from over700,000 people.
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Toshi Yamamoto
Angel · Sunnyvale, California, United States · 1 investments in Japan Consumer startups

Toshi Yamamoto is an entrepreneur based in Silicon Valley as CEO of ChatWork Japan and US.In 2000, Toshi bootstrapped a business of web marketing and software sales, and made it profitable for the past 12 years.In 2012, Toshi decided to drive all the resources to focus on its own service, ChatWork, set up a US office and moved to SiliconValley. Toshi changed the company name from EC studio to ChatWork at that time.Toshi has also written three books that have been ranked as #1 of all books on Amazon.co.jp.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Apps, Beauty, Health Care
  • Stage:Seed
  • Geography: Japan

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 1
  • Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Emol — emol is an application that records emotions and talks with AI robots.emol provide personalized mental and productivity training based on mental data to promote employee well-being and increase employee engagement.
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Tsunezawa Kahoko
Angel · Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan · 1 investments in Japan Consumer startups

Tsunezawa Kahoko

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Shopping, Apps, Travel
  • Stage:Seed, Angel
  • Geography: Japan, Germany

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 5
  • Lead/follow: 20% lead, 80% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Menew — Menew is an online platform that enables users to organize and set menus for family meals. Users can track family preferences and trends; make shopping lists; and get an easy-to-read calendar format for the menus.
  • Valise — Valise provides insider access & unique experiences to the modern day internationalist. A perfect jump start to who & what is hot in creative capitals. At its core is the Valise Society - a global private members association for innovative leaders of the creative class.
  • Valise — Valise is a women's travel service platform.
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Narimatsu Jun
Angel · Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan · 1 investments in Japan Consumer startups

Narimatsu Jun - Outside Director @ FiNC Technologies

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Content, Media and Entertainment, SEO
  • Stage:Seed, Angel, Series A
  • Geography: Japan

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 4
  • Round size: Seed $4.3M–$6.9M
  • Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Pulit — Pulit innovates the brand new Content Distribution Infra.
  • Play Life — PlayLife is an experience sharing site where you can search, share, and post play information, where users can actually experience and plan a fun experience as know-how of play. It is a service that provides highly reliable information under the real name system, provides know-how that only experienced users can know, and information thatcoordinates the way of spending a day, making play more fun and convenient.
  • State of Mind — State of Mind is the development and operation of the cloud sourcing.
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Kensuke Furukawa
Angel · Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan · 1 investments in Japan Consumer 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, Social Media, Media and Entertainment
  • Stage:Seed, Angel
  • Geography: Japan

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 41
  • Lead/follow: no public data

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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Yuki Naito
Angel · Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan · 1 investments in Japan Consumer startups

Yuki Naito - CEO,President @ Drecom

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Internet, Manufacturing, SNS
  • Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed, Series B
  • Geography: Japan

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 7
  • Round size: Seed $652k–$14M
  • Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% 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.
  • Fools — Fools is a footwear manufacturing company.
  • Interstellar Technologies — Interstellar Technologies is a rocket development, manufacturing and launch service.
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Kunihiro Tanaka
Angel · Osaka, Osaka, Japan · 1 investments in Japan Consumer startups

Kunihiro Tanaka is a President/CEO of Sakura Internet Inc.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Consulting, Manufacturing, Cloud Computing
  • Stage:Seed, Series B, Venture - Series Unknown
  • Geography: Japan

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 11
  • Round size: Seed $482k–$1.1M; Series B $1.5M–$7.5M
  • Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Stayway — Stayway is operating the world's largest hotel and vacation facility search and comparison site.
  • Tooon — Tooon Inc. is a technology company that deals with development and operations of business management tools .
  • Acompany — Acompany provides products and consulting development related to secret computing.
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Taiga Matsuyama
Angel · Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan · 1 investments in Japan Consumer startups

Taiga Matsuyama graduated form Waseda University, Matsuyama has been engaged in venture company support for more than ten years in Tokyo, after experience as a consultant at Accenture.Matsuyama became one of the board member of NetAge, Inc (IPO 2006), start-up incubator known by having invested in MIXI – Japanese top SNS and support severalstart-up companies.He also has contributed to the activity for create the start-up eco-system in Tokyo through the NPO Organization BVA (Bit Valley Association). Currently he has established Kronos Fund with angel investors, venture capital fund for investment in emerging early-stage companies.Kronos Fund has invested in more than 20 companies.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Software, Internet, Analytics
  • Stage:Seed, Angel, Series A
  • Geography: Japan, United States

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 12
  • Round size: Seed $250k–$9.2M; Angel $320k–$3.7M; Series A $5M–$5.3M
  • Lead/follow: 17% lead, 83% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Shippo — Shippo is the best multi-carrier shipping software for e-commerce businesses. Find the best shipping rates, integrate with e-commerce platforms, print shipping labels, track package delivery, and verify addresses with either our shipping API or web app.
  • CAMPFIRE — Campfire engages in the planning, development, and operation of a crowd funding platform.They operate the largest cloud funding platform in Japan [CAMPFIRE (campfire)], which supports "whoever wants to start something."The fee is 5% of the domestic level, and about 15,000 projects have collected about $70million in total from over700,000 people.
  • Spectra Japan — Spectra is a Provision of services for artists and fans company.
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Takato Hiroshi
Angel · 1 investments in Japan Consumer startups

Takato Hiroshi - CEO @ M0mentum

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Health Care, Legal, Beauty
  • Stage:Angel
  • Geography: Japan

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 3
  • Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • JAPAN HEALTHCARE — Japan Healthcare is a healthcare start-up that works on the prevention of musculoskeletal diseases with environmentally-friendly preventive medicine . Japan Healthcare Build a preventive system for musculoskeletal diseases with environmentally-improving preventive medicine.
  • Japan Healthcare Info — Japan Healthcase Info locates english-speaking doctors for you and makes appointments
  • Legal Technology Japan — Legal Technology is into development of cloud-based research tool called 'Legal Library' using legal books.
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Yasumasa Manabe
Angel · Tokushima, Tokushima, Japan · 1 investments in Japan Consumer startups

Yasumasa Manabe

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Information Technology, Drones, EdTech
  • Stage:Seed, Series A, Angel
  • Geography: Japan

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 6
  • Round size: Seed $194k–$700k; Series A $1.7M–$30M
  • Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • For you — For you is a comprehensive Advertising agency business specializing in SNS.
  • MoonJapan — MoonJapan is an educational impact startup that offers a variety of programs and thorough assistance.
  • 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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Masahiro Kotosaka
Angel · 1 investments in Japan Consumer startups

Masahiro Kotosaka is an Associate Professor at Keio University and an Associate Fellow of The School for Advanced Studies in the Social Sciences. He is an expert in Internationalization strategy and early stage business development, and advisor to several global start-up companies. Before moving to Keio, he was an associate professor ofmultinational management at Ritsumeikan University, a teaching & research associate at the University of Oxford, and a consultant at McKinsey & Company based in Frankfurt and Tokyo. As a practitioner, he worked for strategy/marketing projects with sixteen client organizations across nine industries and nine countries and spent four years running three profitable IT/Retail businesses before joining McKinsey. He graduated from the University of Oxford with D.Phil. (Ph.D) in Management Studies and MSc in Management Research with Distinction.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Education, EdTech, Fashion
  • Stage:Angel
  • Geography: Japan

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 3
  • Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Kakedas — Kakedas specializes in the development and operation of web services.
  • 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.
  • noFRAME schools — noFRAME schools is an EdTech startup is a mission to reinvent a textbook.
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Naruhisa Nakagawa
Angel · 1 investments in Japan Consumer startups

Naruhisa Nakagawa is a Founder & Chief Investment Officer at Caygan Capital.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Agriculture, AgTech, Beauty
  • Stage:Seed, Series A
  • Geography: Japan, United States, United Kingdom

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 8
  • Round size: Seed $1M–$4.5M
  • Lead/follow: 25% lead, 75% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Zeigo — Zeigo by Schneider Electric provides sustainability software for efficient carbon reduction and supply chain decarbonization, aiming for a carbon-free future.
  • RootWave — RootWave is an electronics company that develops tools that kill weeds it enables farmers to control weeds on their farm. Its technology is an alternative substitute for herbicides and other weed control chemicals. The company was founded in 2012 and headquartered in Warwickshire, United Kingdom.
  • Sniffer Robotics — Comprehensive methane emissions detection and quantification, advanced imagery and analytics; Sniffer Robotics provides advanced solutions that benefit the environment.
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Kentaro Uryu
Angel · 1 investments in Japan Consumer startups

Kentaro Uryu - Legal advisor @ Adot

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Beauty, Soccer, Sports
  • Stage:Seed, Angel
  • Geography: Japan

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 4
  • Round size: Seed $950k–$4.3M; Angel $765k–$7.1M
  • Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Adot — Adot specializes in product development, service growth, branding, and PR. Its services include Branding business and sales promotion business. It also supports the challenges and reforms of companies. It is not only in the field of advertising but also in a professional team in business development and development. It aims to promote"Aesthetic-conscious management" and focus on "social significance," such as "whether the whole society will be enriched," rather than the conventional business of "just do it."It was founded on July 26, 2012, and is headquartered in Shibuya, Tokyo.
  • Now Do — Now Do provides online growth revolution platform.
  • SISI — SISI company provides beauty products made from natural ingredients. They also offer a skin analysis program led by a skin expert, allowing customers to take care of their body and skin after a thorough examination. They also sell beauty products online and provide delivery.
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Yoichi Aso
Angel · 1 investments in Japan Consumer startups

Yoichi Aso is the President and CEO at Alpha Drive.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: E-Commerce, Apparel, Content
  • Stage:Seed, Angel
  • Geography: Japan

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 11
  • Round size: Seed $726k–$1.7M
  • Lead/follow: 9% lead, 91% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • AlgaleX — AlgaleX is a food technology and biotechnology company that develops AI-powered algae fermentation technology to produce sustainable food ingredients, nutritional compounds, and bioproducts. The company leverages proprietary AI-driven cultivation and fermentation systems to convert underutilized food byproducts into high-value microalgae rich innutrients such as DHA, umami compounds, and other functional ingredients. Its mission is to build a circular bioeconomy by reducing food waste while providing sustainable alternatives to marine- and animal-derived ingredients.The company's core technology is Touji-24, an AI-powered algae cultivation and fermentation control system that automates and optimizes microalgae production. Using proprietary fermentation processes and food byproducts such as awamori lees, AlgaleX cultivates algae that can be used to produce Umamo, a plant-based ingredient combining seafood-like umami flavor with high concentrations of DHA. This approach reduces reliance on wild-caught fish as a source of omega-3 fatty acids while upcycling food industry byproducts into valuable nutritional ingredients.
  • HANAMII — HANAMII is a creative and marketing company that offers digital marketing, branding, business support services, and social media marketing.
  • Yondemy — Yondemy is an online platform for children reading books.
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Nobuhiro Ariyasu
Angel · Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan · 1 investments in Japan Consumer 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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Yasuyoshi Yanagisawa
Angel · Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan · 1 investments in Japan Consumer startups

Yasuyoshi Yanagisawa - President & CEO @ FAN Communications

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Media and Entertainment, Food and Beverage, Content
  • Stage:Seed, Post-IPO Equity
  • Geography: Japan

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 10
  • Round size: Seed $4.4M–$41M
  • Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Penmark — Penmark is a timetable management application that may also be used as a course management tool. The company's platform offers courses based on lesson data and lesson reviews that are unique to each university. Additionally, the in-class talk room generated for each class allows students to communicate with others who are taking the sameclass, allowing college students to take on challenges by thoroughly confronting each student and providing support that respects the individual's will.
  • NoSchool — NoSchool is possible to ask a study teacher to a professional teacher who is working as a tutor or a private lecturer for free.
  • Posiwill — Posiwill is a operating a career consultation service with job seekers billing type.
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Toshiro Wakimaru
Angel · 1 investments in Japan Consumer startups

Toshiro “Tosh” Wakimaru is the Chief Operating Officer of MedPeer, Inc. , Tokyo, Japan since May 2010. Medpeer is the “Medical Doctor Exclusive” SNS in Japan that has just successfully gone to the market in 2014.Prior to the current job, Tosh had been actively working for Price Waterhouse Consulting, Japan LLP (now IBM Japan, Ltd.) aftergraduating from the Boston University School of Management in 1996. While there he completed numerous projects in corporate strategy, operation improvement, and new business development focusing on the retail, service, and healthcare industries with a secondment to the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Task Management, Food and Beverage, SNS
  • Stage:Seed
  • Geography: Japan, India

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 4
  • Round size: Seed $800k–$7.6M
  • Lead/follow: 25% lead, 75% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Clear — Clear, Inc. operates sake subscription service “SAKELIFE".
  • Cub McPaws — Buy comfortably fashionable kids clothes (4 - 12 years) online in India from Cub Mcpaws at best prices. Gorgeous dresses, jumpsuits, t-shirts, shirts & bottom wear for boys and girls | Free Shipping | COD
  • Smartround — Smartround is a specialized finance management platform for startups and their investors. For start-ups, for entrepreneurs who are not familiar with finance, simply enter the necessary information according to the guide, prepare appropriate financing round, and prepare a function that can simulate and execute a capital increase. Support informationsharing and communication with shareholders even after the capital increase.
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Mitsushige Ito
Angel · 1 investments in Japan Consumer startups

Mitsushige Ito - Chief Financial Officer (CFO) @ Mirrativ

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Content, Media and Entertainment, Pet
  • Stage:Seed
  • Geography: Japan

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 3
  • Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Elvez — Elves Ups is a collaborative AI dialogue system development tool.
  • Petokoto — Petokoto is a pet wellness company that creates and sells fresh food, runs pet media, and keeps pets happy. It is suitable to become an information source that combines accuracy, completeness, and updateability by utilizing the collective knowledge of experts both inside and outside the company and demonstrating their respective expertise. Thecompany aims to develop a world where pets can be loved as family members.
  • SYRUP Japan — Syrup develops Pet Tech platforms. The company's services include OMUSUBI, an adoption service that matches dogs and cats with pet owners, and Petokoto, a media platform that provides reliable information from veterinarians
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Yasuo Takahata
Angel · 1 investments in Japan Consumer startups

Yasuo Takahata - President @ DesignOne Japan, Inc.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Task Management, SNS, Recruiting
  • Stage:Seed, Angel
  • Geography: Japan

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 4
  • Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Waaq — Waaq is an actively recruiting members who want to change the work environment in Japan.
  • M&A Cloud — M & A is a Match Platform for Small & Medium Venture Companies
  • Asia Educasion Labo — Asia Educasion Labo is Operates Kids MBA Anyhapi, a hands-on after-school for Asian children and elementary school children.
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Consumer Angel investor funding in Japan at a glance

Stats across 124 deals from 154 investors.

154
investors
in Japan Consumer startups
124
deals
in Japan Consumer startups
$4.8M
median round
in Japan Consumer startups
4%
lead investors
lead at least one round
44%
Seed
most common funding stage

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