# Kazuhiko Ishikura

> Kazuhiko Ishikura is a seed investor at Akatsuki (Tokyo) backing Beauty and Content. See 12 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [Akatsuki](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/akatsuki-2032)
- Location: Tokyo, Japan
- Total investments: 12
- Last investment: Feb 2025
- Lead investor: 8%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/kazuhiro-ishikura-b5991772
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/kazuhiro.ishikura.1

Kazuhiko Ishikura is a seed investor at Akatsuki in Tokyo focused on Beauty and Content. 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.

## Round sizes

| Stage | Round size |
| --- | --- |
| Seed | $329k–$7.1M |
| Angel | $2.8M–$28M |

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Beauty | 2 | 17% |
| Content | 2 | 17% |
| Fashion | 2 | 17% |
| Advertising | 2 | 17% |
| Health Care | 2 | 17% |

35 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 5 | 42% |
| Angel | 2 | 17% |
| Pre-Seed | 1 | 8% |
| Series A | 1 | 8% |
| Funding Round | 1 | 8% |

7 stages tracked in total.

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Nicoli | Nicoli is a company that creates content and advertisements that increase happy time for parents and children . | $329.4K | Seed | Feb 10, 2025 |  |
| Neith | Neith is a apparel manufacturer, seller and a whoelseller of water absorbing bralette, lingerie and shorts for women. |  | Debt Financing | Jun 03, 2021 |  |
| Neith | Neith is a apparel manufacturer, seller and a whoelseller of water absorbing bralette, lingerie and shorts for women. | $453.4K | Seed | Jun 03, 2021 |  |
| 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. |  | Seed | Feb 01, 2021 |  |
| Brhino | Brhino provides planning, development, and management of web services. The company's product, Monokabu, is a site where people can buy and sell sneakers and things like stock. Brhino is headquartered in Tokyo, Japan. | $62.2M |  | Dec 15, 2020 |  |
| Life Create | LIFE CREATE is a healthcare company. | $89.3M | Corporate Round | Sep 10, 2019 |  |
| Yutori | Yutori is engaged in retailing and wholesaling apparel goods and creating brands reflecting diversity in digital culture through media and individual stories. The company does everything from product planning to sales in-house, without intermediary distributors or retailers. Until now, the company has used various tools such as e-mail,spreadsheets, and SMS messages to exchange data. |  | Seed | Jun 18, 2019 |  |
| WARC | WARC provides hands-on support for business management departments as well as mergers and acquisition advisory services. | $28.3M | Angel | Jan 04, 2019 |  |
| WARC | WARC provides hands-on support for business management departments as well as mergers and acquisition advisory services. | $6.7M | Pre-Seed | Aug 15, 2018 |  |
| Cinnamon AI | Cinnamon AI develops AI-based business platforms to extend human potential by eliminating repetitive tasks. Cinnamon AI offers a computer system that has human intelligence such as academic, recognition, and judgment that helps to select appropriate and flexible correspondence according to the partner and circumstances, based on patternsaccumulated as data, allowing users to focus on creative work. | $2.8M | Angel | Mar 04, 2018 |  |

10 of 12 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [ANOBAKA](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/kvp) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Genesia Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/genesia-ventures) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [STRIVE](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/gree-ventures) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [G-STARTUP](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/g-startup) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Gunosy Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/gunosy-capital) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [NOW Japan](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/now-inc) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

## About Akatsuki

VC Fund · Tokyo, Japan

Akatsuki is developing its business as an IP producing company centered on gaming with the mission of "Entertain the world.

1 contacts available at Akatsuki.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Kazuhiko Ishikura | Director | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/kazuhiko-ishikura |

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## FAQ

### What does Kazuhiko Ishikura invest in?

Kazuhiko Ishikura invests primarily in Beauty, Content and Fashion startups, most often at Seed and Angel stage. Most of the 12 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in Japan. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### What is Kazuhiko Ishikura's check size?

Kazuhiko Ishikura typically joins rounds of $329k–$7.1M at Seed and $2.8M–$28M at Angel. These ranges are 10th–90th percentile round sizes calculated from confirmed public funding rounds, so they are a realistic guide to the rounds Kazuhiko Ishikura participates in.

### When did Kazuhiko Ishikura last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Kazuhiko Ishikura closed in Feb 2025. Shizune tracks 12 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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