# Tetsuro Kouda

> Tetsuro Kouda is a funding round investor at Akatsuki Games Inc. backing Media and Entertainment. See 5 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: 5
- Last investment: Oct 2021
- Lead investor: 20%
- Last updated: Aug 2026

Tetsuro Kouda is a funding round investor at Akatsuki Games Inc. in Tokyo focused on Media and Entertainment and Food and Beverage. Tetsuro Kouda was born in Sasebo, Nagasaki prefecture in 1985.After graduating from Sasebo National College of Technology, Kouda was admitted to the University of Tsukuba for systems engineering.After graduation, Kouda was hired by Accenture to work in management consultation. Kouda worked with electrical manufacturing in major companies,high-tech business strategy, marketing, and IT consultation. Upon retirement, Kouda and Shiota co-founded Akatsuki.

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Media and Entertainment | 3 | 60% |
| Food and Beverage | 2 | 40% |
| Soccer | 1 | 20% |
| Sports | 1 | 20% |
| Internet | 1 | 20% |

12 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Funding Round | 2 | 40% |
| Seed | 1 | 20% |
| Angel | 1 | 20% |
| Corporate Round | 1 | 20% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Whomor | Whomor is a Tokyo-based company that delivers illustrations for social games. | $1.8M | Corporate Round | Oct 29, 2021 |  |
| Now Do | Now Do provides online growth revolution platform. | $4.3M | Seed | Mar 31, 2021 |  |
| Mento | UGOKU is a provider of management of personal coaching service. | $5.7M | Angel | Oct 03, 2019 |  |
| Clear | Clear, Inc. operates sake subscription service “SAKELIFE". | $10.6M |  | Oct 31, 2018 |  |
| Clear | Clear, Inc. operates sake subscription service “SAKELIFE". |  |  | Oct 31, 2018 |  |

5 of 5 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [ANOBAKA](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/kvp) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Makuake](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/makuake) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [TLM](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/tlm) — 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 Tetsuro Kouda invest in?

Tetsuro Kouda invests primarily in Media and Entertainment, Food and Beverage and Soccer startups, most often at Funding Round and Seed stage. Most of the 5 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in Japan. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### When did Tetsuro Kouda last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Tetsuro Kouda closed in Oct 2021. Shizune tracks 5 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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