# Higo Akihide

> Higo Akihide is a startup investor at Gaiax (Tokyo). See 0 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [Gaiax](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/gaiax-japan)
- Location: Tokyo, Japan
- Last updated: Aug 2026

Higo Akihide is a startup investor at Gaiax in Tokyo. As an intern in 2000, Gaiax Kyoto Lab was established and operated in Kyoto University. Joined the company in 2001. He held PM as well as planning and development projects for community services using messenger and avatar tools. Since 2007, he has been engaged in the management of the technical department. He was appointed Director of TechnologyFoundation in 2015 and Executive Officer of the Company in 2016. Graduated from the Faculty of Engineering, Kyoto University.

## About Gaiax

VC Fund · Tokyo, Japan

Gaiax is a startup studio that focuses on social media and the sharing economy to connect people in order to solve social issues. The company is also actively investing in sharing economy services both inside and outside the company, as a result of social media penetration, and 60% of new graduates are growing as startup studios that produceentrepreneurs.

5 contacts available at Gaiax.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Higo Akihide | Executive Officer | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/higo-akihide |
| Kentaro Okada | Executive Officer | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/kentaro-okada |
| Koji Hayami | Director (Outside Director) | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/koji-hayamizu |
| Naoto Nozawa | executives | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/naoto-nozawa |
| Yuji Ueda | President & Representative Executive Officer &Founder | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/yuji-ueda |

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