# Kazuhiro Ishikura

> Kazuhiro Ishikura is a seed investor at Akatsuki Games Inc. (Tokyo) backing Beauty and Events. See 9 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [Akatsuki Games Inc.](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/akatsuki-3)
- Location: Tokyo, Japan
- Total investments: 9
- Last investment: Jun 2021
- Lead investor: 0%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/kazuhiro-ishikura-b5991772
- X (Twitter): https://twitter.com/ishikura0710

Kazuhiro Ishikura is a seed investor at Akatsuki Games Inc. in Tokyo focused on Beauty and Events. Kazuhiro Ishikura served as the head of the Akatsuki Business Management Department in 2013 and as a corporate auditor of Akatsuki in 2014, contributing to the company's listing on the TSE Mothers and TSE 1st sections. Appointed 3minute CFO in 2015, engaged in business start-up and organizational design, and succeeded in large-scale M & Adeal with Glee. After leaving the company, he became a WARC director in November 2018. Certified public accountant.

## Round sizes

| Stage | Round size |
| --- | --- |
| Seed | $453k–$7.1M |
| Angel | $2.8M–$28M |

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Beauty | 2 | 22% |
| Events | 1 | 11% |
| Apparel | 1 | 11% |
| Content | 1 | 11% |
| Fashion | 1 | 11% |

28 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 3 | 33% |
| Angel | 2 | 22% |
| Pre-Seed | 1 | 11% |
| Series A | 1 | 11% |
| Funding Round | 1 | 11% |

6 stages tracked in total.

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 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 |  |
| 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 |  | Mar 04, 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 |  |
| Aerial Partners | Aerial Partners is a professional group that supports social implementation of blockchain technology.The Aerial team exists for the realization of a world in which innovation opportunities are not lost due to soft friction in systems and values, and hard friction in technology. Vision | $7.1M | Seed | Nov 22, 2017 |  |
| Lovegraph | Lovegraph (Love graph), photographer to accompany a couple of their dating, is a service that leaves two people talking to are wearing and natural smile in the photo. Photos of the natural appearance of two people at a time when you do not leave the only two people of memories in its own birds and photo booth, which takes you decorate morememories. Anniversary is not also recommended to surprise wedding movies and lover as well. Couples like, of course, they also offer a request from your couple-like and family-like. | $19.8M | Series A | Jul 07, 2017 |  |

9 of 9 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [D4V](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/d4v) — VC Fund, 1 deal 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
- [Monex Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/monex-ventures) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Vector](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/vector-inc-) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

## About Akatsuki Games Inc.

VC Fund · Tokyo, Japan

Akatsuki offers MobileSocialGame services. They utilize cutting edge technology and ideas to realize and deliver their ambitions to their users. They provide new value to society through the services we manage daily. Providing services throughout the world that brighten up everyone's daily lives.

5 contacts available at Akatsuki Games Inc..

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Katsuya Hisashi | Outside director | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/katsuya-hisashi |
| Tetsuro Kouda | Co-Founder & COO | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/tetsuro-kouda |
| Toduka Yuki | Operating officer | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/toduka-yuki |
| Yoshihiro Yunomae | VP of Engineering | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/yoshihiro-yunomae |
| Genki Shiota | Co-Founder & CEO | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/genki-shiota |

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## FAQ

### What does Kazuhiro Ishikura invest in?

Kazuhiro Ishikura invests primarily in Beauty, Events and Apparel startups, most often at Seed and Angel stage. Most of the 9 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in Japan. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

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

Kazuhiro Ishikura typically joins rounds of $453k–$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 Kazuhiro Ishikura participates in.

### When did Kazuhiro Ishikura last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Kazuhiro Ishikura closed in Jun 2021. Shizune tracks 9 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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