# Yusuke Tanaka

> Yusuke Tanaka is a seed investor at YJ Capital (Tokyo) backing Tourism and Consulting. See 2 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [YJ Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/yj-capital)
- Location: Tokyo, Japan
- Total investments: 2
- Last investment: Jun 2018
- Lead investor: 0%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- X (Twitter): http://twitter.com/@yusuketanaka
- Website: https://x.com/@yusuketanaka
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/yusuketanaka1975

Yusuke Tanaka is a seed investor at YJ Capital in Tokyo focused on Tourism and Consulting. "Shin"ichiro joined Yahoo Japan in April 2013. From July 2013, he joined YJ Capital. He has served as COO of YJ Capital since January 2015. Prior to Yahoo! Japan, Shin was General Director of Dream Incubator Vietnam from 2007 to 2012, managing US$50 million private equity funds in Vietnam. He was formerly a Project Manager at DreamIncubator Japan. He started his career at Future Architect as a system engineer.Shin received his bachelor's degree in Policy Management from Keio University.

## Round sizes

| Stage | Round size |
| --- | --- |
| Seed | $16M–$18M |

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Tourism | 1 | 50% |
| Consulting | 1 | 50% |
| E-Commerce | 1 | 50% |
| Mobile Apps | 1 | 50% |
| Restaurants | 1 | 50% |

7 industries tracked in total.

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| TakeMe Co., Ltd. | TakeMe aims to provide an “One-stop Inbound destination service” by enabling tourist to easily find, communicate with, and pay with smartphones via QR code at In-Travel destinations. TakeMe, is the country’s largest inbound service platform in Japan, which lets tourists find, communicate with, and pay with QR code at our affiliated shops,restaurants and tourist attractions. Since our launch in 2015 as JapanFoodie, we have expanded our merchant base to tens of thousands beyond food and restaurants, to include travel, lodging, shopping and events, providing every tourist with the best experience as your best local guide and friend. | $16.4M | Seed | Jun 01, 2018 |  |
| TakeMe Co., Ltd. | TakeMe aims to provide an “One-stop Inbound destination service” by enabling tourist to easily find, communicate with, and pay with smartphones via QR code at In-Travel destinations. TakeMe, is the country’s largest inbound service platform in Japan, which lets tourists find, communicate with, and pay with QR code at our affiliated shops,restaurants and tourist attractions. Since our launch in 2015 as JapanFoodie, we have expanded our merchant base to tens of thousands beyond food and restaurants, to include travel, lodging, shopping and events, providing every tourist with the best experience as your best local guide and friend. | $18.4M | Seed | Jun 20, 2017 |  |

2 of 2 investments shown.

## About YJ Capital

VC Fund · Tokyo, Japan

YJ Capital is a Corporate Venture Capital of Yahoo Japan. Our value is to help global minded entrepreneurs build successful and lasting internet companies. We invest in all stages, all sectors in Asia, US and Israel.YJ Capital has a unique access to Yahoo Japan's operational experience and unparalleled Japan market entry support. Oursole LP allows us to focus only on our portfolio companies and make fast decision making.

5 contacts available at YJ Capital.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Kohei Okubo | Principal | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/kohei-okubo |
| Shin Murakami | Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/shin-murakami-2 |
| Yosuke Tomatsuri | CFO | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/yosuke-tomatsuri |
| Yusuke Tanaka | Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/yusuke-tanaka |
| Gen Miyazawa | Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/gen-miyazawa |

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## FAQ

### What does Yusuke Tanaka invest in?

Yusuke Tanaka invests primarily in Tourism, Consulting and E-Commerce startups, most often at Seed stage. Most of the 2 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in Japan. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### What is Yusuke Tanaka's check size?

Yusuke Tanaka typically joins rounds of $16M–$18M at Seed. These ranges are 10th–90th percentile round sizes calculated from confirmed public funding rounds, so they are a realistic guide to the rounds Yusuke Tanaka participates in.

### When did Yusuke Tanaka last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Yusuke Tanaka closed in Jun 2018. Shizune tracks 2 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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