# Top 40 Mobile Angel Investors in Japan in May 2026 ## Ayataro Nakagawa - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 5 - Stages: Seed, Angel - Focus: Internet, Software, Content 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. ## Jun Nishikawa - Type: Angel - Location: Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan - Relevant deals: 3 - Stages: Seed, Series A, Angel - Focus: Food and Beverage, Mobile, Content Jun Nishikawa - Co-founder, Executive Vice President, COO @ Eureka ## Kotaro Chiba - Type: Angel - Location: Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan - Relevant deals: 3 - Stages: Seed, Series A - Focus: Content, Information Technology, Travel Kotaro Chiba is the founder of ChibaDojo Fund. Kotaro Chiba attended Keio University. ## Yu Akasaka - Type: Angel - Location: Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan - Relevant deals: 3 - Stages: Seed, Angel - Focus: Content, Food and Beverage, Apps 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. ## Yusuke Sato - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 3 - Stages: Seed, Angel - Focus: Content, Internet, Food and Beverage Yusuke Sato is the Co-Representative and Co-Founder of Pulit. ## Takeuchi Makoto - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Seed, Series A - Focus: Information Technology, Mobile, Medical At Yamanouchi and Astellas, engaged in drug discovery research in the areas of inflammation and bone metabolism, and created osteoporosis treatment minodronate and overactive bladder treatment solifenacin. After serving as Director of the Chemical Research Laboratory, Astellas Pharma Research Division, Executive Officer, Research PromotionDivision, and General Manager of the Research Management Division, he became Senior Executive Officer, External Relations Director. In addition, he has been involved in a wide range of industry activities, serving as the Research and Development Committee of the Japan Pharmaceutical Manufacturers Association, the chairman of the Industrial Policy Committee, and the Vice Chairman of the Regenerative Medicine Innovation Forum. He also studied at the University of Pennsylvania (Professor Amos B Smith III) for one year from 2001. Graduated from Toyama Medical and Pharmaceutical University Graduate School of Pharmacy. Lecturer at Seminar on Advanced Drug Discovery Science sponsored by the Pharmaceuticals Promotion Association ## Shogo Kawada - Type: Angel - Location: Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Seed, Angel - Focus: Software, SaaS, Apps 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. ## Kensuke Furukawa - Type: Angel - Location: Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Seed, Angel - Focus: Content, SNS, Software 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". ## Nobuhiro Ariyasu - Type: Angel - Location: Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Seed, Angel, Series A - Focus: Finance, Content, Internet Nobuhiro Ariyasu is the CEO at Coach United. ## Takashi Shibayama - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Seed - Focus: Music, EBooks, Gaming Takashi Shibayama ## Yasuyuki Kin - Type: Angel - Location: Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Seed, Angel, Pre-Seed - Focus: Media and Entertainment, Recruiting, Career Planning Yasuyuki Kin ## Hirofumi Miki - Type: Angel - Location: Shibuya, Kanagawa, Japan - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Seed, Angel, Pre-Seed - Focus: Content, Internet, Marketing 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. ## Shintaro Yamada - Type: Angel - Location: Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Seed, Angel - Focus: Internet, Finance, Content 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. ## Soichiro Kawai - Type: Angel - Location: Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Seed, Angel - Focus: Internet, Mobile Apps, Human Resources Soichiro Kawai - CEO @ ReBoost ## Komura Fujio - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Seed, Angel - Focus: Content, Ethereum, Marketing Komura Fujio ## Masahiko Inada - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Angel, Seed - Focus: SNS, Content, Finance Masahiko Inada is the Venture Advisor at DNX Ventures. He was Founder and Chairman at Kabuku Inc. He attended The University of Tokyo. ## Masao Ito - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Seed, Series A, Angel - Focus: Content, Social Media, Information Technology Masao Ito is a Founder & CEO at User Local. ## Yusuke Tanaka - Type: Angel - Location: Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Seed - Focus: Tourism, Consulting, E-Commerce "Shin"ichiro joined Yahoo Japan in April 2013. From July 2013, he joined YJ Capital. He has served as COO of YJ Capital since January 2015. Prior to Yahoo! Japan, Shin was General Director of Dream Incubator Vietnam from 2007 to 2012, managing US$50 million private equity funds in Vietnam. He was formerly a Project Manager at DreamIncubator Japan. He started his career at Future Architect as a system engineer.Shin received his bachelor's degree in Policy Management from Keio University. ## Hidetoshi Takano - Type: Angel - Location: Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Seed, Angel - Focus: Internet, Information Technology, Content 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. ## Soga Takeshi - Type: Angel - Location: Nerima, Tokyo, Japan - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed - Focus: Music, Mobile, Content Soga Takeshi ## Ken Takayama - Type: Angel - Location: Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Angel - Focus: Reservations, Travel, Apps Ken Takayama - External Audit & Supervisory @ Media Do ## Naoki Aoyagi - Type: Angel - Location: San Francisco, California, United States - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Angel, Series A - Focus: Fashion, Internet, Software 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. ## Toru Shimada - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Angel - Focus: Internet, Task Management, Content 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. ## Narimatsu Jun - Type: Angel - Location: Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Angel, Series A - Focus: Content, Media and Entertainment, SEO Narimatsu Jun - Outside Director @ FiNC Technologies ## Keisuke Honda - Type: Angel - Location: Chuo, Hokkaido, Japan - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Series A, Seed, Series B - Focus: FinTech, Software, Financial Services Keisuke Honda is the Founder & CEO of Now Do. ## Masayuki SHOBAYASHI - Type: Angel - Location: Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed - Focus: Fitness, Software, Mobile Apps Masayuki SHOBAYASHI ## Teruhide Sato - Type: Angel - Location: Singapore, Central Region, Singapore - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Series A, Series B - Focus: E-Commerce, Internet, Apps Teruhide Sato is President and Group CEO of netprice.com, Ltd., a global internet and e-commerce business incubator group (Tokyo Stock Exchange 3328). Lead the group to deliver the latest experience in online shopping across Japan, US, Europe and Asia. Strongly believe in the power of entrepreneurship. ## Yuta Fukazawa - Type: Angel - Location: Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed - Focus: Mobile, Software Yuta Fukazawa - CEO and Founder @ AppBrew(Lips) ## Koichiro Yoshida - Type: Angel - Location: San Francisco, California, United States - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed - Focus: Internet, Software, Analytics Founder and CEO at CrowdWorks. ## Takahashi Shoko - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed - Focus: Mobile, Hardware, Bioinformatics Takahashi Shoko ## Tatsuo Sakamoto - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Angel, Pre-Seed - Focus: Information Technology, Content, Education Tatsuo Sakamoto is a Head of Sales, Japan at MOLOCO. He Attended The University of Tokyo. ## Ken Soga - Type: Angel - Location: Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Series D - Focus: Content, Service Industry, SNS Ken Soga is an individual investor. ## Nobuyuki Nakagawa - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Angel - Focus: Apps, Mobile, Mobile Apps Nobuyuki Nakagawa - President and CEO @ Mynavi ## Sasaki Tsutomu - Type: Angel - Location: Fukuoka, Fukuoka, Japan - Relevant deals: 1 - Focus: Internet, Enterprise, Information Services Tsutomu Sasaki is the CEO at i3Systems, Inc. ## Yuya Taketani - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed - Focus: Apps, News, Mobile Yuya Taketani - Chief Executive Officer @ Gunosy ## Yoshinori Fukushima - Type: Angel - Location: Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Angel, Series A - Focus: Internet, Software, Marketing Yoshinori Fukushima - CEO @ LayerX ## Hiroshi Tomishima - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Series A - Focus: Big Data, Internet, E-Commerce Hiroshi Tomishima is the President and Founder of Zkyuun Entertainment and an Executive Director at Mercari. ## Kazuma Ieiri - Type: Angel - Location: Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Angel - Focus: Content, Fashion, FinTech 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. ## Shoji Kodama - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Angel, Series B - Focus: Internet, Real Estate, Fashion Shoji Kodama - President @ Laxus Technologies ## Nobuyuki Idei - Type: Angel - Location: Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Corporate Round - Focus: Information Technology, Internet, Manufacturing Nobuyuki Idei has served as our independent director since June 2007.Being an experienced director, Nobuyuki Idei currently also serves as director of Accenture, director of FreeBit Co, Ltd., director of Lenovo Group, and chairman of the National Conference on Fostering Beautiful Forests in Japan.Nobuyuki Idei is the founder and chief executiveofficer of Quantum Leaps Corporation, a specialist consultancy that advises private and public institutions on the changing role of technology in the 21st century.Nobuyuki Idei is also the founder and chairman of the board of Asia Innovators’ Initiative, a private non-profit organization that he established in 2011 to serve as a catalyst for social innovation in Asia by bringing together a diverse range of individuals and promoting knowledge sharing.Nobuyuki Idei was chairman and chief executive officer of Sony Corporation from 2000 to 2005, chief corporate advisor from 2005 to 2007, and chairman of the advisory board from 2007 to 2012.Prior to that, Nobuyuki Idei held a range of leadership positions at Sony including general manager of the audio division, senior general manager of the home video group, and president and representative director.Nobuyuki Idei has also served in a number of other advisory positions including as counselor to the Bank of Japan, member of Japan’s national IT Strategy Council, and vice-chairman of Nippon Keidanren.Nobuyuki Idei received a bachelor of science degree in economics and politics from Waseda University in Tokyo.