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Angel investors in Japan

Source: FundingWatcher. Data as of 4 September 2026.

128
Angel investors in Japan
100
Rows shown
8
Stages recorded
7
Other types here
100 rows
# Name Location Investments Lead Exits People
1 Yusuke Sato Japan 60 0 8 0
2 Kotaro Chiba Tokyo, Japan 53 1 10 0
3 Nobuhiro Ariyasu Tokyo, Japan 48 4 5 0
4 Jerry Yang Tokyo, Japan 43 0 11 0
5 Yu Akasaka Tokyo, Japan 40 3 2 0
6 Hidetoshi Takano Tokyo, Japan 40 1 4 0
7 Kensuke Furukawa Tokyo, Japan 39 0 5 0
8 Joi Ito Tokyo, Japan 37 1 12 0
9 Shinji Kimura Tokyo, Japan 21 3 9 0
10 Shogo Kawada Tokyo, Japan 21 2 9 0
11 Shunsuke Oyu Tokyo, Japan 21 0 1 0
12 Allen Miner Tokyo, Japan 19 3 6 0
13 Fumiaki Koizumi Tokyo, Japan 16 1 1 0
14 Hideto Fujino Tokyo, Japan 16 0 2 0
15 Jun Nishikawa Tokyo, Japan 16 0 0 0
16 Shintaro Yamada Tokyo, Japan 16 0 3 0
17 Kiyohiro Sugashita Japan 15 0 3 0
18 Kenji Kasahara Shibuya, Japan 14 0 2 0
19 Matias de Tezanos Japan 12 4 4 0
20 Mark Bivens Tokyo, Japan 12 3 8 0
21 Hironao Kunimitsu Tokyo, Japan 12 1 0 0
22 Suji Yan Tokyo, Japan 12 0 0 0
23 Kiyoshi Nishikawa Tokyo, Japan 10 1 4 0
24 Koichiro Yoshida Tokyo, Japan 9 0 0 86
25 Nobuyuki Idei Tokyo, Japan 9 0 1 0
26 Minoru Moriya Tokyo, Japan 8 0 1 0
27 Ryota Matsuzaki Tokyo, Japan 8 0 4 0
28 Shigeru Urushibara Tokyo, Japan 8 0 1 0
29 Tomohito Ebine Kitakyushu, Japan 8 0 2 0
30 Taizo Son Japan 7 2 1 0
31 Hiroshi Mikitani Tokyo, Japan 7 1 2 0
32 Dai Tamesue Tokyo, Japan 7 0 0 0
33 Koya Arikawa Tokyo, Japan 7 0 0 0
34 Mai Fujimoto Tokyo, Japan 7 0 0 0
35 Shunsuke Sasaki Tokyo, Japan 6 1 1 0
36 Matt Cheng Japan 6 0 1 0
37 Takao Ozawa Tokyo, Japan 6 0 4 0
38 Yasumasa Manabe Tokushima, Japan 6 0 0 0
39 Seiji Kurokoshi Tokyo, Japan 5 2 0 0
40 Takeshi Natsuno Tokyo, Japan 5 0 2 0
41 Aditya Baraskar Tokyo, Japan 4 0 0 0
42 Kazumasa Tomita Tokyo, Japan 4 0 1 0
43 Narimatsu Jun Tokyo, Japan 4 0 1 0
44 Shoichiro Tanaka Tokyo, Japan 3 3 0 0
45 Kenji Tanaka Tokyo, Japan 3 2 0 0
46 Kei Shibata Tokyo, Japan 3 0 0 0
47 Ken Suzuki Tokyo, Japan 3 0 0 0
48 Makoto Naruke Sapporo, Japan 3 0 1 0
49 Masi Oka Shiba, Japan 3 0 1 0
50 Taiga Matsuyama Tokyo, Japan 3 0 0 0
51 Yuki Teratani Tokyo, Japan 3 0 1 0
52 Batara Eto Tokyo, Japan 2 1 0 0
53 Junya Yoshida Japan 2 1 1 0
54 Adam Brownstein Japan 2 0 1 0
55 Akiko Fujikawa Tokyo, Japan 2 0 0 0
56 André Bose do Amaral Tokyo, Japan 2 0 0 0
57 Cameron Ring Kuramae, Japan 2 0 1 0
58 Hironori Maeda Tokyo, Japan 2 0 1 0
59 Hiroyuki Arai Japan 2 0 0 0
60 Jonathan Epstein Tokyo, Japan 2 0 0 0
61 Kevin Yoshinaga Tokyo, Japan 2 0 0 0
62 Matthew Romaine Tokyo, Japan 2 0 1 0
63 Nagata Tetsuji Japan 2 0 0 0
64 Osuke Honda Tokyo, Japan 2 0 0 0
65 Shin Iwata Tokyo, Japan 2 0 0 1
66 Taisuke Morimoto Tokyo, Japan 2 0 0 0
67 Takanobu Yamamoto Tokyo, Japan 2 0 0 0
68 Tetsuro Yoshimatsu Tokyo, Japan 2 0 0 0
69 Tom Moss Tokyo, Japan 2 0 2 0
70 Anton Wabra Tokyo, Japan 1 1 0 0
71 Rio Kakui Tokyo, Japan 1 1 1 0
72 Andrew McGlinchey Japan 1 0 1 0
73 Atsushi Nouchi Japan 1 0 0 0
74 Christos Makiyama Japan 1 0 1 0
75 Daiji Hirata Tokyo, Japan 1 0 0 0
76 Daisuke Minamide Tokyo, Japan 1 0 0 0
77 Daisuke Nagata Tokyo, Japan 1 0 0 0
78 Edward Brogan Tokyo, Japan 1 0 0 0
79 Etsuji Otsuka Tokyo, Japan 1 0 0 0
80 George Hara Tokyo, Japan 1 0 1 0
81 Greg Jones Tokyo, Japan 1 0 0 0
82 Hashizume Katsuya Tokyo, Japan 1 0 1 14
83 Helge Fluch Tokyo, Japan 1 0 0 0
84 Hideaki Ueda Tokyo, Japan 1 0 0 0
85 Hidetsugu Tonomura Japan 1 0 0 0
86 Hiroshi Taguchi Tokyo, Japan 1 0 1 0
87 James Riney Tokyo, Japan 1 0 0 0
88 Kaneto Kanemoto Tokyo, Japan 1 0 0 0
89 Keisuke Tomimatsu Tokyo, Japan 1 0 1 0
90 Kenshin Fujiwara Kyoto, Japan 1 0 0 0
91 Kentaro Sakakibara Tokyo, Japan 1 0 0 0
92 Kotaro Yamagishi Tokyo, Japan 1 0 1 0
93 Madoka Matsushita Tokyo, Japan 1 0 0 0
94 Mamoru Hayashi Tokyo, Japan 1 0 0 0
95 Martin Webb Tokyo, Japan 1 0 0 0
96 Masami Hasegawa Tokyo, Japan 1 0 0 0
97 Masao Tejima Yokohama, Japan 1 0 0 0
98 Masataka Matsumoto Tokyo, Japan 1 0 0 0
99 Miki Iwamura Tokyo, Japan 1 0 0 0
100 Mitsuru Izumo Tokyo, Japan 1 0 0 0

Table 1. Angel investors in Japan, by recorded investments. Source: FundingWatcher. Data as of 4 September 2026. Base: 128.

Investment stages

Among these 128
Seed investors124 Early stage investors17 Venture investors2 Private equity investors2 Late stage investors1 Crowdfunding investors1 Grant makers1 Convertible note investors1

Other investors in Japan

Venture capital firms422 Corporate venture capital93 Private equity firms72 Investment partners64 Startup accelerators38 Startup incubators31 Micro VC funds22

Angel investors elsewhere

United States10,893 United Kingdom1,572 India1,174 Germany590 Canada509 France414 Australia355 Spain314 Singapore289 Israel260 Brazil253 Sweden245 Switzerland204 United Arab Emirates169 Italy161 The Netherlands145 Turkey131 Hong Kong118 China117 Denmark108 Russian Federation102 Finland95 Belgium90 Mexico88
Cite: FundingWatcher, 128 angel investors in Japan, 4 September 2026. https://fundingwatcher.com/investors/angel-investors/japan/