Top 10 Social Angel Investors in Japan (June 2026)
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| Investor | Relevant Deals | Geography | Stage | Focus | Round Size |
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Hiroshi Sawa
Angel
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1 | Japan | Social, Big Data, Analytics | ||
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Suzuki Yuto
Angel
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1 | Japan | Seed, Series A | SaaS, Social, Content | |
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Shunsuke Masaki
Angel
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1 | Japan | Seed | Social, E-Commerce, Sustainability | |
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Kento Hayashi
Angel
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1 | Japan | Series A | Social, Big Data, Analytics | |
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Yoshihiro Yamauchi
Angel
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1 | Japan | Seed | Social, E-Commerce, Sustainability | |
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Shunsuke Ikegami
Angel
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1 | Japan | Seed | Social, Cooking, Big Data | |
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Hirofumi Miki
Angel
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1 | Japan | Seed, Angel, Pre-Seed | Content, Internet, Software | $2.8M–$16M |
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Toyokazu Ichise
Angel
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1 | Japan | Seed | Social, E-Commerce, Sustainability | |
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Tetsuya Nagashima
Angel
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1 | Japan | Seed | Social, E-Commerce, Sustainability | |
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Shinji Senba
Angel
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1 | Japan | Seed | Social, E-Commerce, Sustainability | |
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Suzuki Yuto
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- Industry: SaaS, Social, Content
- Stage:Seed, Series A
- Geography: Japan
Investor stats
- Total investments: 3
- Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Gab — Gab is a company that works to solve social problems as well as develops and markets ethical products.
- Aidemy — Aidemy is a web service where you can learn AI programming online.
- Bizibl Technologies — Bizibl Technologies provides SaaS services for recruitment events.
Mr. Masaki joined Mitsui Ventures in May 2008 as Venture Partner, and since has been focused on investments in retail and service sector. Previously, he worked at Fujita Corporation, a large operator of restaurants and retail chain, where he was responsible for store development and merchandising in Tokyo area. After several successfulyears at Fujita, he took a position with Service Business Division of Mitsui & Co., Ltd., in charge of developing new business utilizing the franchise method.
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- Industry: Social, E-Commerce, Sustainability
- Stage:Seed
- Geography: Japan
Investor stats
- Total investments: 1
- Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Gab — Gab is a company that works to solve social problems as well as develops and markets ethical products.
Kento Hayashi - President & CEO @ Datasection
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- Industry: Social, Big Data, Analytics
- Stage:Series A
- Geography: Japan
Investor stats
- Total investments: 2
- Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Fabeee — "Fabeee" meant to support customers with the challenge of new manufacturing and with all efforts. The line between offline and online is no longer there, and manufacturing is about to change. We will fundamentally change the definition of manufacturing and support customers from various angles.
- Datasection — Datasection is a social big data company that provides various big data analysis tools for its clients. It specializes in marketing research, data provision and processing, image analysis, overseas SNS, and data utilization and optimization. Datasection was founded in 2000.
Yoshihiro Yamauchi is a individual investor.
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- Industry: Social, E-Commerce, Sustainability
- Stage:Seed
- Geography: Japan
Investor stats
- Total investments: 1
- Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Gab — Gab is a company that works to solve social problems as well as develops and markets ethical products.
Shunsuke Ikegami is an angel investor.
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- Industry: Social, Cooking, Big Data
- Stage:Seed
- Geography: Japan
Investor stats
- Total investments: 2
- Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow
Portfolio highlights
- CoCooking — CoCooking uses food and cooking to create ample opportunity for dialogue and thought, fostering creativity, diversity, and well-being of individuals and communities.
- Datasection — Datasection is a social big data company that provides various big data analysis tools for its clients. It specializes in marketing research, data provision and processing, image analysis, overseas SNS, and data utilization and optimization. Datasection was founded in 2000.
After JTB Co., Ltd. and CYBIRD Co., Ltd. as an initial member of Glee Co., Ltd. is responsible for business development. Currently, he is mainly engaged in venture support in the Internet area, investing in venture and venture capital, and served as management advisor for dozens of companies. Hands-on business development, growth strategydevelopment, financing advice, HR organization design support, partner referral and Recruit Support. He is also engaged in business support for ventures in the healthcare and university venture fields. He served as Digital Health Meetup Advisor, NEDOTCP Mentor and Future 2016 Mentor.
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- Industry: Content, Internet, Software
- Stage:Seed, Angel, Pre-Seed
- Geography: Japan
Investor stats
- Total investments: 27
- Round size: Seed $2.8M–$16M
- Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow
Portfolio highlights
- AceRNA Technologies — AceRNA contributes to regenerative medicine and drug discovery through the discovery of novel miRNA functions. It began operation in April 2018, with its headquarters in Kyoto in Japan.
- Epicbase — Epicbase is an AI-based automatic voice transcription service based on voice recognition technology.
- Go Visions — Go Visions engages in the edutainment tech for children and human resources services.
Toyokazu Ichise is a Director of Peace Communication Foundation.
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- Industry: Social, E-Commerce, Sustainability
- Stage:Seed
- Geography: Japan
Investor stats
- Total investments: 1
- Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Gab — Gab is a company that works to solve social problems as well as develops and markets ethical products.
Tetsuya Nagashima - Director COO @ Gunosy
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- Industry: Social, E-Commerce, Sustainability
- Stage:Seed
- Geography: Japan
Investor stats
- Total investments: 1
- Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Gab — Gab is a company that works to solve social problems as well as develops and markets ethical products.
Shinji Senba is a Director of Green Innovations Holdings.
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- Industry: Social, E-Commerce, Sustainability
- Stage:Seed
- Geography: Japan
Investor stats
- Total investments: 1
- Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Gab — Gab is a company that works to solve social problems as well as develops and markets ethical products.
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Joined Fujitsu Limited in 1991, after working at Osaka City University's Faculty of Science. He has a wide range of business experience, from programming to new business development, such as developing Internet services. After that, engaged in IT-related new business development at Sojitz Corporation, and at a major business investmentcompany, engaged in business investment in venture companies, creation of business plans for companies, launching new services, and M & A. In 2008, he became an outside director of eLicense Corporation. In 2009, he was appointed Representative Director of Data Section Co., Ltd. after developing a trend analysis service utilizing big data. Listed on the Tokyo Stock Exchange Mothers on December 24, 2014. Outside director of Japan Data Exchange, Inc. Currently, he is an outside director of Solid Intelligence Co., Ltd. In June 2018, he became chairman.
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Datasection
— Datasection is a social big data company that provides various big data analysis tools for its clients. It specializes in marketing research, data provision and processing, image analysis, overseas SNS, and data utilization and optimization.
Datasection was founded in 2000.
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