Top 20 Music Angel Investors in Japan in May 2025
A list of 20 angel investors that invest in Music startups based in Japan. We rank investors based on the number of investments they made in Music companies from Japan. We update this investor list every month.Top 20 Music Angel Investors in Japan in May 2025
Investor | Music Japan investments |
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Kotaro Chiba | 2 |
Kotaro Chiba | 2 |
Shuhei Yamashita | 1 |
Paul Rosenberg | 1 |
Masanori Sugiyama | 1 |
Saito Taro | 1 |
Atsushi Fukuda | 1 |
Masashige Obara | 1 |
Tatsuo Sakamoto | 1 |
Takejiro Kamei | 1 |
Masaru Sunagawa | 1 |
Satoshi Aoyagi | 1 |
Katsuaki Sato | 1 |
Daiki Ichikawa | 1 |
Takashi Shibayama | 1 |
Masahiro Yamashiro | 1 |
Ken Soga | 1 |
Soga Takeshi | 1 |
Takuma Kudo | 1 |
Kazuomi Kaneto | 1 |
Kotaro Chiba is the founder of ChibaDojo Fund. Kotaro Chiba attended Keio University.
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Investment focus
- Information Technology, Drones, Software
- Seed, Funding Round, Series A
- Japan, United States
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 an Internet Company.
Kotaro Chiba is the founder of ChibaDojo Fund. Kotaro Chiba attended Keio University.
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Investment focus
- Information Technology, Content, Internet
- Seed, Funding Round, Series A
- Japan, United States
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 an Internet Company.
Shuhei Yamashita - Representative Director @ CRE
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Investment focus
- Music, Content Creators, Artificial Intelligence
- Seed
- Japan
Portfolio highlights
- SOUNDRAW — Your personal AI music generator.
Paul Rosenberg is currently the CEO of Def Jam Recordings.
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Investment focus
- Music, Apps, Logistics
- Series A, Funding Round
- Japan, United States
Portfolio highlights
- Cargo — Ara Screens is a digital out of home network solution provider, DOOH smart signage operator, and the world's leading car-top and in-car advertising placement provider for Rideshare & Taxi.
- SOUNDRAW — Your personal AI music generator.
- Sound — Sound connects artists and listeners to take ownership over the culture they create together.
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
- Software, Internet, Media and Entertainment
- Seed, Angel, Series A
- Japan
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.
Saito Taro - Outside Directors @ for Startups
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Investment focus
- B2C, Music, Consulting
- Seed
- Japan
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- Recri — Recri works for the entertainment industry and specializes in operations management tasks like ticketing for stage, film, and music shows.
- onlyone travel — Only One is a travel agency specialized in Latin American destinations run by Japanese managers.
Atsushi Fukuda is the president of Speedy.
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Investment focus
- Music, Content Creators, Artificial Intelligence
- Seed
- Japan
Portfolio highlights
- SOUNDRAW — Your personal AI music generator.
Masashige Obara
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Investment focus
- E-Learning, Education, SNS
- Seed, Funding Round
- Japan
Portfolio highlights
- Lang-8 — Lang-8 is the best place for learning and practicing foreign languages. Post an entry in the language you are learning, then a native speaker will correct your entries. Currently there are more than 80 languages available on Lang-8.
- LanCul — LanCul is an education based start up.
- TIGALA — TIGALA is deployed M & A services
Tatsuo Sakamoto is a Head of Sales, Japan at MOLOCO. He Attended The University of Tokyo.
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Investment focus
- Information Technology, Education, Recruiting
- Seed, Angel, Pre-Seed
- Japan
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- bgrass — bgrass is a consultation support platform for women working in the IT industry.
- Cloudbase — Cloudbase is an information technology company that specializes in the fields of cloud services and management.
- Metaverse Creators — Metaverse Creators is a feature-rich virtual platform providing gamers with a wide range of games, creation tools, and avatar editing tools.
Takejiro Kamei
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Investment focus
- B2C, Music, Consulting
- Seed
- Japan
Portfolio highlights
- Recri — Recri works for the entertainment industry and specializes in operations management tasks like ticketing for stage, film, and music shows.
After joining Mitsubishi Corporation, he studied at Harvard Business School. After graduating, he joined Globespan Capital Partners, an independent United States VC, and worked as a director of investment. He started LocationValue after the company's representative in Japan. Joined Google after selling the company to NTT DOCOMO. He served asDirector of Product Development for Google Maps and General Manager for Android. He left Google in February 2018 and started Smartround Co., Ltd. in May.
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Investment focus
- Artificial Intelligence, SNS, Music
- Seed, Angel, Funding Round
- Japan
Portfolio highlights
- Flyle — Flyle provides a cloud based platform for product management helping customers to improve productivity & creativity in product development.
- Sustainable Lab — SusLab is a data bank that uses AI technology to support SDG and ESG development goals and investments.
- Paytner — yup is providing services to support freelance people's funding.The freelance population in Japan has been shown to continue to increase in many Chosa. While working styles are diversified, they are not able to respond to the development of the working environment, and they will develop their business to change the situation where problemssuch as funding, credit, sexual harassment, and power harassment are accumulated.
Satoshi Aoyagi
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Investment focus
- B2C, Music, Consulting
- Seed
- Japan
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- Recri — Recri works for the entertainment industry and specializes in operations management tasks like ticketing for stage, film, and music shows.
Katsuaki Sato Founded Metaps Inc. in September, 2007, following entrance of university and assumed a position of president. Embarked on mobile SEO business and its monetization in 2008, and flash marketing business as well in 2010. Founded Metaps Pte. Ltd. in Singapore in 2011. Specialized in proposal of business models, establishment, operationand marketing.
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Investment focus
- Apps, Music, Content
- Seed
- Japan
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- Toremoro — toremo is a music platform app that targets sounds from all over the world such as ASMR and natural sounds.
Daiki Ichikawa
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Investment focus
- Music, EBooks, Gaming
- Seed
- Japan
Portfolio highlights
- FOWD — FOWD is a comprehensive entertainment company in Japan.
Takashi Shibayama
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Investment focus
- Music, EBooks, Gaming
- Seed, Funding Round
- Japan
Portfolio highlights
- FOWD — FOWD is a comprehensive entertainment company in Japan.
- AtHearth — AtHearth is a real estate agency offering specialized services for expats in Tokyo. Find Out More.
- Recipio Japan — Recipio is a service that can suggest recipes just by entering ingredients the user already has at home. The app can also refine suggestions based on the user's mood, the occasion, and how many people the user is eating with, and more.
Masahiro Yamashiro is the Co-Representative of Growth Camp.
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Investment focus
- B2C, Music, Sports
- Seed, Funding Round
- Japan
Portfolio highlights
- Recri — Recri works for the entertainment industry and specializes in operations management tasks like ticketing for stage, film, and music shows.
- Back Dooor — Back Dooor is an app that provides 1on1 chatting services with favorite player of the users.
- onlyone travel — Only One is a travel agency specialized in Latin American destinations run by Japanese managers.
Ken Soga is an individual investor.
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Investment focus
- Content, Service Industry, SNS
- Seed, Series D
- Japan
Portfolio highlights
- iiba — Iiba is a geospatial platform that specializes in providing location information related to child-rearing.
- Jiraffe — jiraffe focusses on Internet service planning, development, and management.
- Mono.un — Mono.un provides users with opportunities to meet authors and collaborate on tales and specializes in bringing exciting experiences full of stories of Japanese culture to the world.
Soga Takeshi
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Investment focus
- Music, Mobile, Content
- Seed
- Japan
Portfolio highlights
- UNIVRS — UNIVRS is a popular market and entertainment platform.
- SAKELOGY — SAKELOGY is a platform enables restaurants and retailers to easily create cloud-based sake menus.
- Best Beer Japan — Best Beer Japan provides a barrel tracking software for craft beer and barrel sharing. The company was founded in 2018.
Takuma Kudo is the Branding Director at dof Inc.
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Investment focus
- B2C, Music, Consulting
- Seed
- Japan
Portfolio highlights
- Recri — Recri works for the entertainment industry and specializes in operations management tasks like ticketing for stage, film, and music shows.
Kazuomi Kaneto is the Founder & CEO of Dream Project Incubators. He previously worked at Pacifico Energy as a Founder, President & CEO. Kazuomi Kaneto attended Tsinghua University.
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Investment focus
- Artificial Intelligence, Music, Energy
- Funding Round, Seed, Series B
- Japan, United States
Portfolio highlights
- Sustainable Lab — SusLab is a data bank that uses AI technology to support SDG and ESG development goals and investments.
- SOUNDRAW — Your personal AI music generator.
- Persistent Energy Partners — Africa's Climate Venture Builder - We believe in the power of climate-positive economic development in Africa. For the last decade, we have been working hand in hand with exceptional entrepreneurs, investing both financial and human capital to build successful climate ventures on the continent. Our companies offer competitive financial returns required to drive lasting impact.
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