# Yoshiteru Akita

> Yoshiteru Akita is a angel investor at Cookpad backing Retail and Shopping. See 4 investments, check sizes, portfolio and contact details. Updated Sep 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [Cookpad](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/cookpad)
- Total investments: 4
- Last investment: Jun 2018
- Lead investor: 75%
- Last updated: Sep 2026
- Website: https://x.com/Akita_Yoshiteru
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100000515408186

Yoshiteru Akita is a angel investor at Cookpad focused on Retail and Shopping. Mr. Yoshiteru Akita served as President & Representative Director of Kakaku.com, Inc. since December 2001. Mr. Akita served as Chairman and Representative Director of 4travel, Inc. since January 2005. He served as Representative Director of ICP, Inc. since September 1999 and Director of Kakaku.com Financial, Inc., since June 2006. He has beenIndependent Director of Cookpad Inc. since July 2007.

## Contacts

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## Round sizes

| Stage | Round size |
| --- | --- |
| Angel | $499k–$1.8M |

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Retail | 1 | 25% |
| Shopping | 1 | 25% |
| Marketing | 1 | 25% |
| Consulting | 1 | 25% |
| Social Media | 1 | 25% |

8 industries tracked in total.

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Tokubai | Locoguide is a Shopping information news that makes everyday shopping fun "Tokubai News" is also being distributed. | $1.8M | Angel | Jun 29, 2018 |  |
| Bit Journey | Bit Journey is a company specializing in the areas of web services development management technology consulting. The company was established on November 14, 2014, and is headquartered in Minato-ku, Tokyo, Japan. | $499.4K | Angel | Jun 18, 2018 |  |
| Tokubai | Locoguide is a Shopping information news that makes everyday shopping fun "Tokubai News" is also being distributed. | $1.2M | Angel | Jan 13, 2017 |  |
| Karadanote |  |  | Angel |  |  |

4 of 4 investments shown.

## About Cookpad

VC Fund · Tokyo, Japan

Cookpad is a recipe site that allows visitors to upload and search through original, user-created recipes. The service is currently available in Japanese, English, Spanish, and Indonesian. Cookpad was founded in 1997 and is headquartered in Tokyo, Japan with overseas offices located in California U.S.; Alicante, Spain; and Jakarta, Indonesia.

5 contacts available at Cookpad.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Nobuyoshi Yamagishi | Officer | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/nobuyoshi-yamagishi |
| Yoshiteru Akita | CEO | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/yoshiteru-akita |
| Akihisa Kaneko | Product Management | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/akihisa-kaneko |
| Daisuke Yanagisawa | Outside Director | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/daisuke-yanagisawa |
| Dilla Anindita Purnawan | Lead Product Manager | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/dilla-anindita-purnawan |

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## FAQ

### What does Yoshiteru Akita invest in?

Yoshiteru Akita invests primarily in Retail, Shopping and Marketing startups, most often at Angel stage. Most of the 4 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in Japan. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### What is Yoshiteru Akita's check size?

Yoshiteru Akita typically joins rounds of $499k–$1.8M 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 Yoshiteru Akita participates in.

### How do I contact Yoshiteru Akita?

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### When did Yoshiteru Akita last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Yoshiteru Akita closed in Jun 2018. Shizune tracks 4 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?

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