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Top 30 Wellness Angel Investors in Japan (August 2026)

The most active angel investors investing in Japan Wellness startups. This investor list is updated monthly from the Shizune investor database, ranked by number of investments in Japan Wellness startup companies. Find investors to raise a Seed, Series A or Angel round with Shizune.
Investor Relevant Deals Geography Stage Focus Round Size
Makoto Takano
Angel
1 Japan, Philippines Seed, Series B, Angel Apps, Sports, Content $735k–$221M
Junichiro Ueno
Angel
1 Japan Seed Wellness, Psychology, Virtual Reality
Katsuhiro Tamukai
Angel
1 Japan Seed Wellness, Lifestyle, Elder Care
Keijiro Yamagata
Angel
1 Japan Seed Wellness, Psychology, Virtual Reality
Toru Ei
Angel
1 Japan Seed Wellness, Lifestyle, Elder Care
Takashi Okutani
Angel
1 Japan Seed Wellness, Lifestyle, Elder Care
Kazuhiro Ishikura
Angel
1 Japan Seed, Angel, Pre-Seed Beauty, Events, Apparel $453k–$28M
Fujimoto Shuuhei
Angel
1 Japan Seed, Venture - Series Unknown Health Care, Medical, Women's $810k–$1.2M
Shunsuke Hattori
Angel
1 Japan Seed Apps, News, Beauty
Daishi Fukudome
Angel
1 Japan Series A, Series B Software, Wellness, Lifestyle
Yuki Sekiguchi
Angel
1 Japan Seed Women's, Wellness, Health Care
Masayuki Kawahara
Angel
1 Japan Seed Women's, Wellness, Health Care
Yu Akasaka
Angel
1 Japan, Australia, Hong Kong Seed, Angel Content, Food and Beverage, Apps $425k–$43M
Hirofumi Miki
Angel
1 Japan Seed, Angel, Pre-Seed Content, Internet, Marketing $764k–$16M
Shun Nakayama
Angel
1 Japan Seed Finance, Women's, Wellness
Takehiro Goda
Angel
1 Japan Series A Apps, Web3, Gaming
Yusuke Tagami
Angel
1 Japan Seed Women's, Wellness, Health Care
Takuma Iwai
Angel
1 Japan Seed Wellness, Lifestyle, Elder Care
Keito Noguchi
Angel
1 Japan Seed Wellness, Lifestyle, Elder Care
Mitsunobu Okada
Angel
1 Japan Series A, Series B Farming, Wellness, Lifestyle
Kazuhiko Ishikura
Angel
1 Japan Seed, Angel, Pre-Seed Beauty, Content, Fashion $329k–$28M
Hiroaki Kitano
Angel
1 Japan, United States Seed, Angel Health Care, Fitness, Medical $3.3M–$43M
Kamata Tomihisa
Angel
1 Japan, United States Seed, Angel Fitness, Medical, Genetics
Tomohito Ebine
Angel
1 Japan, United States Seed, Angel, Series A Consulting, SaaS, Home Services $881k–$24M
Akinori Harada
Angel
1 Japan Seed, Series A Apps, Gaming, Web3 $769k–$1.2M
Yoshimori Ito
Angel
1 Japan Series A, Debt Financing Medical, Wellness, Health Care
Chikako Morimoto
Angel
1 Japan Seed Employment, Human Resources, Marketing $609k–$18M
Yukihiro Yoshida
Angel
1 Japan Seed, Angel Travel, Reservations, SNS
Kenji Kasahara
Angel
1 Japan, United States Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A Information Technology, Aerospace, Education $329k–$7.7M
Mamoru Taniya
Angel
1 Japan, Singapore, Spain Seed, Series A, Angel Apps, Content, FinTech $2.1M–$47M
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Makoto Takano
Angel · 1 investments in Japan Wellness startups

Makoto Takano is CEO of atomixmedia, inc., publisher and editor-in-chief of Forbes Japan and Rolling Stone Japan since June, 2014. Prior to joining Atomixmedia, Inc., he was Managing Director and President of PIMCO Japan Ltd. Before joining PIMCO in 2001, he was head of marketing at Goldman Sachs Asset Management. Makoto's prior experiencealso includes work at Daiwa Securities where he was head of the strategists team at Daiwa Institute of Research. He has published extensively on the capital markets. In 1992, he was awarded Securities Analysts Journal Prize by the Securities Analyst Association of Japan. He has also given lectures on asset management at Waseda University and Kyoto University. He holds master’s and undergraduate degrees in engineering from Waseda University. Makoto serves as Director of Nippon Finance Association and Rebuild Japan Initiative Foundation.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Apps, Sports, Content
  • Stage:Seed, Series B, Angel
  • Geography: Japan, Philippines

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 14
  • Round size: Seed $1.4M–$14M; Angel $735k–$2.1M; Series B $5.2M–$221M
  • Lead/follow: 7% lead, 93% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • CAN EAT — CAN EAT is an information-intensive web service that can be expected to prevent allergic accidents.
  • Progrit — PROGRIT is an English-related media management company.
  • Luup — Luup is Japan's #1 e-scooter and e-bike sharing service provider. Luup currently operates in Tokyo, Osaka, Kyoto, and Yokohama, while planning to expand to other cities all over Japan. The service is based on a high-density port network, where anyone can rent and return to their original fleets.
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Junichiro Ueno
Angel · Kamakura, Kanagawa, Japan · 1 investments in Japan Wellness startups

Junichiro Ueno is the CEO of JuM Design.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Wellness, Psychology, Virtual Reality
  • Stage:Seed
  • Geography: Japan

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 1
  • Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • xCura — xCura alleviating pain and anxiety of people with the help of technology and product therapy VR.
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Katsuhiro Tamukai
Angel · 1 investments in Japan Wellness startups

Katsuhiro Tamukai is a COO of Cost Science.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Wellness, Lifestyle, Elder Care
  • Stage:Seed
  • Geography: Japan

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 1
  • Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • AgeWell Japan — Age Well Japan is a conference and festival aimed at understanding Japan's super-aged society and defining new values for the future. The purpose of the gathering is to bring together young people and the elderly to exchange ideas.
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Keijiro Yamagata
Angel · 1 investments in Japan Wellness startups

Keijiro Yamagata is the Co-Representative of Scale Out and a Private Investor.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Wellness, Psychology, Virtual Reality
  • Stage:Seed
  • Geography: Japan

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 1
  • Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • xCura — xCura alleviating pain and anxiety of people with the help of technology and product therapy VR.
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Toru Ei
Angel · 1 investments in Japan Wellness startups

Toru Ei is a Kaizen Platform CGO, and Beautydoors CEO.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Wellness, Lifestyle, Elder Care
  • Stage:Seed
  • Geography: Japan

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 1
  • Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • AgeWell Japan — Age Well Japan is a conference and festival aimed at understanding Japan's super-aged society and defining new values for the future. The purpose of the gathering is to bring together young people and the elderly to exchange ideas.
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Takashi Okutani
Angel · Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan · 1 investments in Japan Wellness startups

Takashi Okutani Graduated from University of Washington( Seattle WA) 1997 Enter Ryohin Keikaku Co., Ltd. 1997-2000 working at MUJI store in Tokyo Japan 2000-2002 be seconded to trading company called Sanyei Detschland GmbH(cooperated trading company) 2003-2007 working at household division & joined to establish MUJI in-house design office,mainly taking care of the project called World MUJI 2007-2010 working at Apparel Divison. Produced MUJI’s Iconic item called 90 Degree Sock. 2010-2015 General Manager of WEB Business Divison. Produce MUJI passport 2015-Join Oisix as Chief Omni-Channel officer.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Wellness, Lifestyle, Elder Care
  • Stage:Seed
  • Geography: Japan

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 1
  • Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • AgeWell Japan — Age Well Japan is a conference and festival aimed at understanding Japan's super-aged society and defining new values for the future. The purpose of the gathering is to bring together young people and the elderly to exchange ideas.
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Kazuhiro Ishikura
Angel · Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan · 1 investments in Japan Wellness startups

Kazuhiro Ishikura served as the head of the Akatsuki Business Management Department in 2013 and as a corporate auditor of Akatsuki in 2014, contributing to the company's listing on the TSE Mothers and TSE 1st sections. Appointed 3minute CFO in 2015, engaged in business start-up and organizational design, and succeeded in large-scale M & Adeal with Glee. After leaving the company, he became a WARC director in November 2018. Certified public accountant.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Beauty, Events, Apparel
  • Stage:Seed, Angel, Pre-Seed
  • Geography: Japan

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 9
  • Round size: Seed $453k–$7.1M; Angel $2.8M–$28M
  • Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Neith — Neith is a apparel manufacturer, seller and a whoelseller of water absorbing bralette, lingerie and shorts for women.
  • WARC — WARC provides hands-on support for business management departments as well as mergers and acquisition advisory services.
  • Vitalogue Health — Vitalogue Health is a hormone testing service intended to provide access to hormones and medical care. They allow users to self-check the physical condition for pregnancy and how hormones affect it, whether the symptoms are related to menopause, and provide personalized test results, commented on by physicians.
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Fujimoto Shuuhei
Angel · 1 investments in Japan Wellness startups

Fujimoto Shuuhei

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Health Care, Medical, Women's
  • Stage:Seed, Venture - Series Unknown
  • Geography: Japan

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 3
  • Round size: Seed $810k–$1.2M
  • Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • 3Sunny — 3Sunny is a company which helps in solve medical care issues so that everyone can feel at ease. The company solves the problems of people in the field while utilizing technology, and create a reliable society that will eventually reach the desired end. 3Sunny was founded in July 2016 and is headquartered in Tokyo, Japan.
  • Contrea — MediOS is a cloud-based informed consent (IC) assistance system that assists medical professionals in focusing on essential patient explanations. Many doctors respect explanation time and go out of their way to clarify things so that patients can receive therapy with confidence and peace of mind.
  • HerLifeLab — HerLifeLab is healthcare consulting company working for women health and empowerment.
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Shunsuke Hattori
Angel · Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan · 1 investments in Japan Wellness startups

Shunsuke Hattori is the President and Director of Seven Rich Accounting.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Apps, News, Beauty
  • Stage:Seed
  • Geography: Japan

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 2
  • Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Mederi — Mederi keeps creating services that encourage mental and physical harmony while pursuing safety and peace of mind. The company offers a social safety net that fully supports female employees' health concerns.
  • StoryHub — StoryHub is a powerful all-in-one AI editing assistant designed to help users create high-quality content quickly, efficiently, and at a significantly lower cost. Whether you're drafting blog posts, polishing articles, scripting videos, or refining marketing copy, StoryHub streamlines the entire content creation process with intelligent tools
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Daishi Fukudome
Angel · 1 investments in Japan Wellness startups

Daishi Fukudome is the President & CEO of Change Japan.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Software, Wellness, Lifestyle
  • Stage:Series A, Series B
  • Geography: Japan

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 3
  • Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Kaimak — Kaymak is a recruitment platform that focuses on creating a recruitment website, planning a recruitment strategy, and managing candidates.
  • AgeWell Japan — Age Well Japan is a conference and festival aimed at understanding Japan's super-aged society and defining new values for the future. The purpose of the gathering is to bring together young people and the elderly to exchange ideas.
  • Compass — Compass is a Solve problems in the local labor market with Consultation x Technology
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Yuki Sekiguchi
Angel · 1 investments in Japan Wellness startups

Yuki Sekiguchi - Representative Director @ Telepathy Japan

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Women's, Wellness, Health Care
  • Stage:Seed
  • Geography: Japan

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 1
  • Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • HerLifeLab — HerLifeLab is healthcare consulting company working for women health and empowerment.
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Masayuki Kawahara
Angel · 1 investments in Japan Wellness startups

Dr. Masayuki Kawahara, Chairman of the Board, Gynecologist, Luna Ladies Clinic Group, Seiyukai Medical Corporation.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Women's, Wellness, Health Care
  • Stage:Seed
  • Geography: Japan

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 1
  • Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • HerLifeLab — HerLifeLab is healthcare consulting company working for women health and empowerment.
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Yu Akasaka
Angel · Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan · 1 investments in Japan Wellness startups

During Hosei University student, and intern at Hakuhodo C & D. After joining the Image-net, I do media monetization of EC site as a media planner. Then, new business, engaged in Alliance. Launched a crowdsourcing site "MILLION DESIGNS" of design in the individual, sold to Ransazu Corporation. Established the Eureka Co., Ltd., wasappointed Representative Director CEO.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Content, Food and Beverage, Apps
  • Stage:Seed, Angel
  • Geography: Japan, Australia, Hong Kong

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 41
  • Round size: Seed $1M–$43M; Angel $425k–$7.4M
  • Lead/follow: 7% lead, 93% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Now Do — Now Do provides online growth revolution platform.
  • RE — RE specializes in smartphone application design and development.
  • Vitalogue Health — Vitalogue Health is a hormone testing service intended to provide access to hormones and medical care. They allow users to self-check the physical condition for pregnancy and how hormones affect it, whether the symptoms are related to menopause, and provide personalized test results, commented on by physicians.
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Hirofumi Miki
Angel · Shibuya, Kanagawa, Japan · 1 investments in Japan Wellness startups

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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Investment focus

  • Industry: Content, Internet, Marketing
  • Stage:Seed, Angel, Pre-Seed
  • Geography: Japan

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 27
  • Round size: Seed $764k–$16M
  • Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Shiftus — Shiftus is a communication application that can be used in various part-time job sites such as cafes, izakayas, hotels, supermarkets
  • Flagellin — Flagellin is a pharmaceutical and medical industry.Development and sales of SaaS that supports sales and marketing of database and analysis services in the pharmaceutical and medical industries
  • Giver Take All — Gibber Take All is a Planning, development and management of business sharing platform
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Shun Nakayama
Angel · 1 investments in Japan Wellness startups

Representative Director & CEO @ Antaa

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Finance, Women's, Wellness
  • Stage:Seed
  • Geography: Japan

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 2
  • Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • HerLifeLab — HerLifeLab is healthcare consulting company working for women health and empowerment.
  • ECloud — E-Cloud is combines the experience and know-how cultivated in finance, IT and venture capital to provide information and opportunities related to venture investment, which has been limited until now, through the equity investment type cloud founding platform e-cloud. It provides to the general investor, and provides entrepreneurs with new means ofraising funds in addition to traditional banks and venture capital.
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Takehiro Goda
Angel · 1 investments in Japan Wellness startups

Co-CEO @ Call Doctor

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Apps, Web3, Gaming
  • Stage:Series A
  • Geography: Japan

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 1
  • Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • HEAL-lll — HEAL-lll is a multifaceted firm that merges healthcare, technology, and gamification to promote individual and organizational well-being.
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Yusuke Tagami
Angel · 1 investments in Japan Wellness startups

Yusuke Tagami, Chairman of the Board, Yamato Medical Corporation.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Women's, Wellness, Health Care
  • Stage:Seed
  • Geography: Japan

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 1
  • Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • HerLifeLab — HerLifeLab is healthcare consulting company working for women health and empowerment.
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Takuma Iwai
Angel · 1 investments in Japan Wellness startups

Takuma Iwai Co-CEO of Advisor Time.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Wellness, Lifestyle, Elder Care
  • Stage:Seed
  • Geography: Japan

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 1
  • Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • AgeWell Japan — Age Well Japan is a conference and festival aimed at understanding Japan's super-aged society and defining new values for the future. The purpose of the gathering is to bring together young people and the elderly to exchange ideas.
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Keito Noguchi
Angel · 1 investments in Japan Wellness startups

Keito Noguchi is a Brave group Representative Director, and Angel Investor.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Wellness, Lifestyle, Elder Care
  • Stage:Seed
  • Geography: Japan

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 1
  • Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • AgeWell Japan — Age Well Japan is a conference and festival aimed at understanding Japan's super-aged society and defining new values for the future. The purpose of the gathering is to bring together young people and the elderly to exchange ideas.
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Mitsunobu Okada
Angel · Sumida, Tokyo, Japan · 1 investments in Japan Wellness startups

Mitsunobu Okada is the founder and CEO of Astroscale.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Farming, Wellness, Lifestyle
  • Stage:Series A, Series B
  • Geography: Japan

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 2
  • Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • AgeWell Japan — Age Well Japan is a conference and festival aimed at understanding Japan's super-aged society and defining new values for the future. The purpose of the gathering is to bring together young people and the elderly to exchange ideas.
  • Towing — Towing is an agricultural company that provides farming, manufacturing, and recycling services.
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Kazuhiko Ishikura
Angel · Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan · 1 investments in Japan Wellness startups

Kazuhiko Ishikura is based out of Tokyo, Tokyo and is the Co-Founder and Director of SDF Capital. Kazuhiko previously worked at 3minute Inc. as a Director. Kazuhiko Ishikura attended Aoyama Gakuin University.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Beauty, Content, Fashion
  • Stage:Seed, Angel, Pre-Seed
  • Geography: Japan

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 12
  • Round size: Seed $329k–$7.1M; Angel $2.8M–$28M
  • Lead/follow: 8% lead, 92% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Neith — Neith is a apparel manufacturer, seller and a whoelseller of water absorbing bralette, lingerie and shorts for women.
  • WARC — WARC provides hands-on support for business management departments as well as mergers and acquisition advisory services.
  • Vitalogue Health — Vitalogue Health is a hormone testing service intended to provide access to hormones and medical care. They allow users to self-check the physical condition for pregnancy and how hormones affect it, whether the symptoms are related to menopause, and provide personalized test results, commented on by physicians.
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Hiroaki Kitano
Angel · 1 investments in Japan Wellness startups

Senior Executive Vice President and CTO at Sony Group Corporation and President & CEO at Sony Computer Science Laboratories, Inc.. He attended Waseda University.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Health Care, Fitness, Medical
  • Stage:Seed, Angel
  • Geography: Japan, United States

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 8
  • Round size: Seed $3.3M–$43M
  • Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • GPx — GPx is a biotech company that revolutionizes remote chronic disease management with bloodless blood tests. It is dedicated to transforming the standard of care of cardiorenal diseases and enabling patients to better understand their condition, much like the continuous glucose monitor has transformed diabetes care.The company was founded in 2020and is based in Boston, Massachusetts.
  • AnotherBall — AnotherBall is a blockchain startup that combines entertainment and blockchain.
  • SBX Corporation — AI R&D: Deep learning, Machine learning, Automation, Text mining. Development, customization and maintenance of software platforms for drug discovery and life science research.
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Kamata Tomihisa
Angel · Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan · 1 investments in Japan Wellness startups

Dr. Kamada earned his Ph.D. at the University of Tokyo. In 1984, he pursued his journey to establish his own business that focused on information appliances and mobile software, namely ACCESS Co., Ltd.. With great success, the company entered the Tokyo Stock Exchange Mothers Market in 2001. He left ACCESS Co., Ltd. in 2011, and founded TomyK Ltd.in 2012 where he supports startups possessing revolutionary business ideas that revitalize the Japanese economy.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Fitness, Medical, Genetics
  • Stage:Seed, Angel
  • Geography: Japan, United States

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 3
  • Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • SmarTrial — Activaid owns and operates a social data platform for patients with inflammatory bowel disease. It allows patients to support and exchange information within the patient community with the same disease; provide information necessary for new drug development and matching to clinical trials that suits them; and improve medical treatment. YasuakiHasebe founded Activaid in 2018. It has its headquarters in Tokyo in Japan.
  • Genomelink — Genomelink is a platform where people discover more with their DNA data and help businesses build, market and do research with it. The best founders in consumer genomics with real experience in the industry for many years, including M3, Inc. ($13B valued Meditech in Japan), a founding member of the Japanese version of 23andMe, and leadbioinformatician and software engineer at a joint-venture between Illumina and Sony. Raised $4M for Seed Round from Berkeley SkyDeck, SONY, and top-tier Japanese VCs. Supported by Illumina Accelerator, Carlos Bustamante Lab at Stanford University among others.
  • MinD in a Device — MinD in a Device Co., Ltd. is a university-launched venture that aims to port human consciousness to devices (machines and computers) in the medium to long term based on long-term research results on consciousness. As the first step toward realization, we will evolve and deepen the "generation model" considered to be the source ofconsciousness, and promote the development of next-generation AI and social implementation.
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Tomohito Ebine
Angel · Kitakyushu, Fukuoka, Japan · 1 investments in Japan Wellness startups

Tomohito Ebine is non-executive Director at Owls Co., Ltd.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Consulting, SaaS, Home Services
  • Stage:Seed, Angel, Series A
  • Geography: Japan, United States

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 12
  • Round size: Seed $881k–$7.6M; Series A $1.7M–$24M
  • Lead/follow: 8% lead, 92% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • ookami — Ookami provides Player, a sport media application. It is a startup that creates new value of sports by harmonizing individuals and IT technology. The company offers technology solutions, with a particular focus in financial services software, application and communication software, software as a service, and online social networking services.
  • Mign — Mign offers a generative AI-related SaaS solutions for the construction and real estate fields.
  • CAREER BIJIN — Career bijin is a total support company.
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Akinori Harada
Angel · Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan · 1 investments in Japan Wellness startups

He is the vice president of mixi, Inc which is social media network in Japan since June 2009. He’s managed “mixi application” and “mixi new year card”. He’s also directed “mixi alum” and “mixi voice” to make it to be more social but community based. He joined mixi, Inc in 2007. He managed mobile development, “mixi mobile” which became a mixi’sdevelopment driver.Before he started his career at mixi, he was managing mainly portal sites such as searching engine section of “i-mode” at NTT Docomo Inc.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Apps, Gaming, Web3
  • Stage:Seed, Series A
  • Geography: Japan

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 6
  • Round size: Seed $769k–$1.2M
  • Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Coco — Coco is a communication tool. They develop software that will help the service sector become more customer-oriented. They improve customer satisfaction by digitizing customer surveys and converting telephone interactions with customers to text chat.
  • HEAL-lll — HEAL-lll is a multifaceted firm that merges healthcare, technology, and gamification to promote individual and organizational well-being.
  • Tohakusha — Tohakusha is a creative agency that offers design, production and sale of digital content and EC websites, and content creation services.
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Yoshimori Ito
Angel · 1 investments in Japan Wellness startups

Yoshimori Ito is the Director at Toggle Holdings..

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Medical, Wellness, Health Care
  • Stage:Series A, Debt Financing
  • Geography: Japan

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 2
  • Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • SARAH — SARAH has been working on the planning and operation of the gourmet community app "SARAH", which operates a menu gourmet site "SARAH" that allows you to search for items you want to eat from menu-based posts.
  • MTU — MTU offers medical security cloud services to medical organizations and delivers IT support, including the recent cyber harm to medical institutions, both online and offline.
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Chikako Morimoto
Angel · Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan · 1 investments in Japan Wellness startups

Chikako Morimoto - External Counsel @ Traimmu

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Employment, Human Resources, Marketing
  • Stage:Seed
  • Geography: Japan

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 8
  • Round size: Seed $609k–$18M
  • Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Dofa — Dofa aims to develop services that enrich the way of life and work of human resources that are active mainly in sales.
  • Best Beer Japan — Best Beer Japan provides a barrel tracking software for craft beer and barrel sharing. The company was founded in 2018.
  • Vitalogue Health — Vitalogue Health is a hormone testing service intended to provide access to hormones and medical care. They allow users to self-check the physical condition for pregnancy and how hormones affect it, whether the symptoms are related to menopause, and provide personalized test results, commented on by physicians.
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Yukihiro Yoshida
Angel · Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan · 1 investments in Japan Wellness startups

Yukihiro Yoshida is managing director at POL.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Travel, Reservations, SNS
  • Stage:Seed, Angel
  • Geography: Japan

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 3
  • Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • A10 Lab — A10 Lab is a company that aims to make people happy with technology that is independent of Sony's new business creation program. It provides Google Play with an app that allows users to do things that they have never been able to do with the custom app 'Min Chale' selected for two consecutive years. It is a company that bringsprofits to companies by improving lifetime value sales through the habitation of users that companies have.
  • Tabinaka — Tabinaka is a Japanese booking & reservation platform for overseas tours and travel activities.
  • Fun Group — Hello! We are Fun Group (formally Tabinaka) and we are Japan's first Travel and Leisure startup offering unique tours and experiences. We currently offer experiences in 7 different locations globally.
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Kenji Kasahara
Angel · Shibuya, Kanagawa, Japan · 1 investments in Japan Wellness startups

Born in 1975, Kenji Kasahara grew up in Osaka Prefecture. He graduated from the Department of Economics at the University of Tokyo. Inspired by the case studies of IT business he studied in a university seminar on management strategy and by the rapid rise of Internet business in Silicon Valley in the USA, he started up “Find Job !”, an online jobinformation site, in 1997. In 1999 Kasahara established eMercury, Inc. (mixi, Inc.) and assumed the post of representative director.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Information Technology, Aerospace, Education
  • Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
  • Geography: Japan, United States

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 15
  • Round size: Seed $329k–$2.5M; Series A $3.1M–$7.7M
  • Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Voicetep — Voicetep is a unique dating app that enables users to begin meaningful connections without needing to share photos or exchange messages, instead fostering relationships through voice-based interactions that emphasize personality, authenticity, and genuine communication from the very first encounter.
  • AVIATE — AVIATE Inc. is a Tokyo-based technology startup that designs and builds AI-driven business automation systems. The company develops TASKBASE, an operational workflow layer that allows enterprise teams to run backend business operations entirely from natural language prompts.
  • Nicoli — Nicoli is a company that creates content and advertisements that increase happy time for parents and children .
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Mamoru Taniya
Angel · Hong Kong, Hong Kong Island, Hong Kong · 1 investments in Japan Wellness startups

After graduating from the Faculty of Law at the University of Tokyo, he joined Solomon Brothers, where he became the youngest managing director in Asia, where he was in charge of Asian investment. After that, he created one of the largest independent Asuka assets. He also launched Japan's first independent online life insurance company,LifeNet Life Insurance, and inspired Japan's first International.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Apps, Content, FinTech
  • Stage:Seed, Series A, Angel
  • Geography: Japan, Singapore, Spain

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 26
  • Round size: Seed $2.1M–$28M; Angel $2.1M–$20M; Series A $2.3M–$47M
  • Lead/follow: 8% lead, 92% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • On the Trip — On The Trip is an iOS app that turns your iPhone into an GPS-enabled audio travel guide. It was launched last week and is now available on the iTunes AppStore.
  • Amateras Space — Amateras Space is a startup driven by the mission to “expand the realm of human activity,” aiming to establish a next-generation spacesuit business by developing advanced, practical technologies that enable humans to work, explore, and thrive in space and other extreme environments.
  • RIMM Sustainability — RIMM Sustainability provides a SaaS platform that enables companies of all sizes to optimise their sustainability management effort. It builds tools for sustainability management, reporting and optimisation.
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Wellness Angel investor funding in Japan at a glance

Stats across 18 deals from 38 investors.

38
investors
in Japan Wellness startups
18
deals
in Japan Wellness startups
$3.4M
median round
in Japan Wellness startups
0%
lead investors
lead at least one round
44%
Seed
most common funding stage

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