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Investment partners in Japan

Source: FundingWatcher. Data as of 4 September 2026.

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Investment partners in Japan
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Stages recorded
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Other types here
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# Name Location Investments Lead Exits People
1 Kotaro Chiba Tokyo, Japan 53 1 10 0
2 Jerry Yang Tokyo, Japan 43 0 11 0
3 Joi Ito Tokyo, Japan 37 1 12 0
4 Shinji Kimura Tokyo, Japan 21 3 9 0
5 Shogo Kawada Tokyo, Japan 21 2 9 0
6 Allen Miner Tokyo, Japan 19 3 6 0
7 Fumiaki Koizumi Tokyo, Japan 16 1 1 0
8 Hideto Fujino Tokyo, Japan 16 0 2 0
9 Kenji Kasahara Shibuya, Japan 14 0 2 0
10 Matias de Tezanos Japan 12 4 4 0
11 Mark Bivens Tokyo, Japan 12 3 8 0
12 Hironao Kunimitsu Tokyo, Japan 12 1 0 0
13 Suji Yan Tokyo, Japan 12 0 0 0
14 Kiyoshi Nishikawa Tokyo, Japan 10 1 4 0
15 Koichiro Yoshida Tokyo, Japan 9 0 0 86
16 Nobuyuki Idei Tokyo, Japan 9 0 1 0
17 Shigeru Urushibara Tokyo, Japan 8 0 1 0
18 Tomohito Ebine Kitakyushu, Japan 8 0 2 0
19 Taizo Son Japan 7 2 1 0
20 Hiroshi Mikitani Tokyo, Japan 7 1 2 0
21 Matt Cheng Japan 6 0 1 0
22 Takao Ozawa Tokyo, Japan 6 0 4 0
23 Shoichiro Tanaka Tokyo, Japan 3 3 0 0
24 Kei Shibata Tokyo, Japan 3 0 0 0
25 Taiga Matsuyama Tokyo, Japan 3 0 0 0
26 Batara Eto Tokyo, Japan 2 1 0 0
27 Junya Yoshida Japan 2 1 1 0
28 Hironori Maeda Tokyo, Japan 2 0 1 0
29 Matthew Romaine Tokyo, Japan 2 0 1 0
30 Osuke Honda Tokyo, Japan 2 0 0 0
31 Shin Iwata Tokyo, Japan 2 0 0 1
32 Atsushi Nouchi Japan 1 0 0 0
33 George Hara Tokyo, Japan 1 0 1 0
34 Greg Jones Tokyo, Japan 1 0 0 0
35 Hashizume Katsuya Tokyo, Japan 1 0 1 14
36 James Riney Tokyo, Japan 1 0 0 0
37 Kaneto Kanemoto Tokyo, Japan 1 0 0 0
38 Kentaro Sakakibara Tokyo, Japan 1 0 0 0
39 Kotaro Yamagishi Tokyo, Japan 1 0 1 0
40 Masataka Matsumoto Tokyo, Japan 1 0 0 0
41 Shinichi Takamiya Tokyo, Japan 1 0 0 0
42 Shinji Asada Tokyo, Japan 1 0 0 5
43 Tsuyoshi Ito Tokyo, Japan 1 0 0 14
44 Yusuke Murata Tokyo, Japan 1 0 0 10
45 Anix Lynch Japan 0 0 0 8
46 Kenta Adachi Tokyo, Japan 0 0 0 0
47 Koshu Kunii Japan 0 0 0 0
48 Kyle Yuan Tokyo, Japan 0 0 0 0
49 Masato Shimodaira Tokyo, Japan 0 0 0 1
50 Masayuki Minato Tokyo, Japan 0 0 0 0
51 Nobutake Suzuki Setagaya, Japan 0 0 0 0
52 Reito WATANABE Fukuoka, Japan 0 0 0 0
53 Ryosuke Kimura Tokyo, Japan 0 0 0 0
54 Satoshi Fukushima Tokyo, Japan 0 0 0 9
55 Shinichi Koide Tokyo, Japan 0 0 0 0
56 Shumpei Fukui Tokyo, Japan 0 0 0 5
57 Taira Kobayashi Tokyo, Japan 0 0 0 14
58 Takahiro Shoji Tokyo, Japan 0 0 0 0
59 Takeshi Takahashi Japan 0 0 0 0
60 Tanoshi Kikuchi Tokyo, Japan 0 0 0 0
61 Tetsu Nakajima Tokyo, Japan 0 0 0 2
62 Tomohiro Yoshida Japan 0 0 0 0
63 Yuki Shirato Tokyo, Japan 0 0 0 0
64 Yuto Kono Tokyo, Japan 0 0 0 0

Table 1. Investment partners in Japan, by recorded investments. Source: FundingWatcher. Data as of 4 September 2026. Base: 64.

Investment stages

Among these 64
Seed investors53 Early stage investors24 Late stage investors7 Venture investors6 Private equity investors4 Crowdfunding investors1 Grant makers1 Convertible note investors1

Other investors in Japan

Venture capital firms422 Angel investors128 Corporate venture capital93 Private equity firms72 Startup accelerators38 Startup incubators31 Micro VC funds22

Investment partners elsewhere

United States3,661 United Kingdom427 India292 Germany227 Canada141 France129 Israel107 Singapore98 Switzerland85 Australia82 Brazil75 United Arab Emirates60 Sweden58 The Netherlands54 Spain53 China47 Hong Kong44 South Korea41 Italy39 Turkey35 Belgium32 Denmark31 Finland30 Poland28
Cite: FundingWatcher, 64 investment partners in Japan, 4 September 2026. https://fundingwatcher.com/investors/investment-partners/japan/