# Nakayama Ryotaro

> Nakayama Ryotaro is a seed investor at Makuake (Tokyo) backing Soccer and Sports. See 1 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [Makuake](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/makuake)
- Location: Tokyo, Japan
- Total investments: 1
- Last investment: Mar 2021
- Lead investor: 0%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ryotaro-nakayama-naka-a77b552a
- X (Twitter): https://twitter.com/nryotaro
- Website: https://x.com/nryotaro
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/nakayamaryotaro

Nakayama Ryotaro is a seed investor at Makuake in Tokyo focused on Soccer and Sports. Nakayama Ryotaro is the President and CEO at Makuake.

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Soccer | 1 | 100% |
| Sports | 1 | 100% |
| Internet | 1 | 100% |
| Management Information Systems | 1 | 100% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Now Do | Now Do provides online growth revolution platform. | $4.3M | Seed | Mar 31, 2021 |  |

1 of 1 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Akatsuki Games Inc.](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/akatsuki-3) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

## About Makuake

VC Fund · Tokyo, Japan

Makuake is a operation of various support services centered on the cloud funding platform "Makuake".It is a product production support project utilizing R & D technology.

5 contacts available at Makuake.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Nakayama Ryotaro | President and CEO | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/nakayama-ryotaro |
| Kiuchi Fumiaki | Co-Founder and Director | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/kiuchi-fumiaki |
| Kushida Noriaki | Auditor | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/kushida-noriaki |
| Oyama Haruki | Auditor | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/oyama-haruki |
| Yohei Ikunai | CTO & Operating officer | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/yohei-ikunai |

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## FAQ

### What does Nakayama Ryotaro invest in?

Nakayama Ryotaro invests primarily in Soccer, Sports and Internet startups, most often at Seed stage. Most of the 1 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in Japan. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### When did Nakayama Ryotaro last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Nakayama Ryotaro closed in Mar 2021. Shizune tracks 1 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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