# Akinori Harada

> Akinori Harada is a seed investor at mixi (Tokyo) backing Apps, Gaming and Web3. See 6 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [mixi](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/mixi)
- Location: Tokyo, Japan
- Total investments: 6
- Last investment: Feb 2026
- Lead investor: 0%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/pub/akinori-harada/a/890/149
- Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/aki.harada

Akinori Harada is a seed investor at mixi in Tokyo focused on Apps and Gaming. He is the vice president of mixi, Inc which is social media network in Japan since June 2009. He’s managed “mixi application” and “mixi new year card”. He’s also directed “mixi alum” and “mixi voice” to make it to be more social but community based. He joined mixi, Inc in 2007. He managed mobile development, “mixi mobile” which became a mixi’sdevelopment driver.Before he started his career at mixi, he was managing mainly portal sites such as searching engine section of “i-mode” at NTT Docomo Inc.

## Round sizes

| Stage | Round size |
| --- | --- |
| Seed | $769k–$1.2M |

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Apps | 2 | 33% |
| Gaming | 2 | 33% |
| Web3 | 1 | 17% |
| Internet | 1 | 17% |
| Software | 1 | 17% |

20 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 4 | 67% |
| Series A | 2 | 33% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| HEAL-lll | HEAL-lll is a multifaceted firm that merges healthcare, technology, and gamification to promote individual and organizational well-being. |  | Series A | Feb 12, 2026 |  |
| Coco | Coco is a communication tool. They develop software that will help the service sector become more customer-oriented. They improve customer satisfaction by digitizing customer surveys and converting telephone interactions with customers to text chat. | $2M | Series A | Oct 21, 2025 |  |
| Tohakusha | Tohakusha is a creative agency that offers design, production and sale of digital content and EC websites, and content creation services. |  | Seed | Oct 30, 2024 |  |
| Metaverse Creators | Metaverse Creators is a feature-rich virtual platform providing gamers with a wide range of games, creation tools, and avatar editing tools. | $768.9K | Seed | Aug 26, 2024 |  |
| iiba | Iiba is a geospatial platform that specializes in providing location information related to child-rearing. |  | Seed | Aug 20, 2024 |  |
| 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." | $1.2M | Seed | Jul 03, 2024 |  |

6 of 6 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [BACKSTAGE](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/backstage-6ad4) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Capital Medica Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/capital-medica-ventures) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Ceres Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/ceres-capital) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Coalis](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/coalis) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Cybozu Japan](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/cybozu-japan) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [FreakOut Holdings](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/freakout) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

## About mixi

VC Fund · Tokyo, Japan

Mixi is a Japanese social networking service that allows users to connect with their friends in a convenient way.It enables users to send and receive messages, write in a diary, read and comment on others' diaries, organize and join communities, and invite their friends.

5 contacts available at mixi.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Akinori Harada | Director | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/akinori-harada |
| Hiroyuki Osawa | Executive Officers CFO | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/osawa-hiroyuki |
| Hiroyuki Wakamatsu | Outside Audit & Supervisory Board Member | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/hiroyuki-wakamatsu |
| Keitaro Sato | President and CEO | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/keitaro-sato-fd96 |
| Kenji Kasahara | Chairman of the Board and Executive Officer | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/kenji-kasahara |

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## FAQ

### What does Akinori Harada invest in?

Akinori Harada invests primarily in Apps, Gaming and Web3 startups, most often at Seed and Series A stage. Most of the 6 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in Japan. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### What is Akinori Harada's check size?

Akinori Harada typically joins rounds of $769k–$1.2M at Seed. These ranges are 10th–90th percentile round sizes calculated from confirmed public funding rounds, so they are a realistic guide to the rounds Akinori Harada participates in.

### When did Akinori Harada last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Akinori Harada closed in Feb 2026. Shizune tracks 6 investments in total for this profile, including round sizes, stages and portfolio companies, all sourced from confirmed public funding rounds and refreshed monthly.

### Is Shizune's investor data accurate?

Yes — every stat on this profile is calculated from confirmed public funding rounds monitored across hundreds of sources since 2020. This profile was last refreshed in Aug 2026 and is updated monthly. Spotted something off? Use the “Suggest an edit” link near the top of the page.

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