# Top 50 Health Care Angel Investors in Japan in May 2026 ## Minoru Moriya - Type: Angel - Location: Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan - Relevant deals: 5 - Stages: Seed, Series A - Focus: Health Care, Nursing and Residential Care, Internet Minoru Moriya is a director at AuB. ## Hirofumi Miki - Type: Angel - Location: Shibuya, Kanagawa, Japan - Relevant deals: 3 - Stages: Seed, Angel, Pre-Seed - Focus: Content, Marketing, Internet 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. ## Hiroaki Kitano - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 3 - Stages: Seed, Angel, Debt Financing - Focus: Health Care, Information Technology, Fitness Hiroaki Kitano is the SVP at Softbank Mobile. He attended Waseda University. ## Yasuyuki Kin - Type: Angel - Location: Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan - Relevant deals: 3 - Stages: Seed, Angel, Pre-Seed - Focus: Media and Entertainment, Information Technology, Career Planning Yasuyuki Kin ## Yu Akasaka - Type: Angel - Location: Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan - Relevant deals: 3 - Stages: Seed, Angel - Focus: Food and Beverage, Content, Internet 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. ## Kensuke Furukawa - Type: Angel - Location: Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Seed, Angel - Focus: Content, Media and Entertainment, Software Kensuke Furukawa was born in June 2, 1981. He graduated Waseda University majoring Political Science and Economics, and in 2000, he launched "Milkcafe", a student community, which has grown to a site with 10 million PV per month. In 2004, he became the CEO of Media Clip, which operates a rental bulletin board service "ShitarabaBBS". After that year, he had transfer "Shitaraba BBS" to Livedoor, and took charge of starting up the Consumer Generated Media sector. In 2006, he joined Recruit, and took charge of starting up a new business at Business development sector. In June of 2009, he left Recruit, and became the CEO of nanapi （formerly Rocket Start), which operates the How-to Site "nanapi". ## Chikako Morimoto - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Seed - Focus: Human Resources, Employment, Information Technology Chikako Morimoto - External Counsel @ Traimmu ## Dai Tamesue - Type: Angel - Location: Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Angel, Seed, Pre-Seed - Focus: Apps, Sports, Health Care Dai Tamesue is the Chief Marketing Officer of Miekuru. ## Takato Hiroshi - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Angel - Focus: Health Care, Legal, Beauty Takato Hiroshi - CEO @ M0mentum ## Mamoru Taniya - Type: Angel - Location: Hong Kong, Hong Kong Island, Hong Kong - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Seed, Series A - Focus: Apps, Content, FinTech 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. ## Otomi Tomohiro - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Seed, Angel - Focus: Health Care, Travel, Content Otomi Tomohiro - CEO @ Tyrus ## Hidetoshi Takano - Type: Angel - Location: Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Seed, Angel - Focus: Internet, Information Technology, Media and Entertainment Joined Intelligence in 1999. Established Key Players Inc. in 2005. Consultation with more than 3,000 managers and career counseling for more than 10,000 individuals. In addition, we have invested in more than 55 outside directors, advisors and angels in Silicon Valley and Bangladesh in Japan. Over 100 lectures on careers, entrepreneurship andstartups. ## Kazuhiro Ishikura - Type: Angel - Location: Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Angel - Focus: Beauty, Content, Fashion 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. ## Yo Shibata - Type: Angel - Location: Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Angel, Pre-Seed - Focus: Apps, Gaming, Content Yo Shibata is a Co-Founder of Funds Inc. ## Narita Shuzo - Type: Angel - Location: Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Angel, Pre-Seed - Focus: Task Management, Media and Entertainment, Content Narita Shuzo is a Executive Vice President/COO, CrowdWorks Inc. ## Naoya Yasuda - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Angel - Focus: Content, E-Commerce, Health Care Naoya Yasuda - Representative Director / Founder @ Canonica ## Yasuyoshi Yanagisawa - Type: Angel - Location: Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Post-IPO Equity - Focus: Media and Entertainment, Content, Men's Yasuyoshi Yanagisawa - President & CEO @ FAN Communications ## Yoshitsune Ido - Type: Angel - Location: Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A - Focus: Information Technology, Robotics, Software Yoshitsune Ido ## Yusuke Sato - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Angel - Focus: Internet, Content, Food and Beverage Yusuke Sato is the Co-Representative and Co-Founder at Pulit. ## Toshi Yamamoto - Type: Angel - Location: Sunnyvale, California, United States - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed - Focus: Apps, Beauty, Health Care Toshi Yamamoto is an entrepreneur based in Silicon Valley as CEO of ChatWork Japan and US.In 2000, Toshi bootstrapped a business of web marketing and software sales, and made it profitable for the past 12 years.In 2012, Toshi decided to drive all the resources to focus on its own service, ChatWork, set up a US office and moved to SiliconValley. Toshi changed the company name from EC studio to ChatWork at that time.Toshi has also written three books that have been ranked as #1 of all books on Amazon.co.jp. ## Keith Yuki Isobe - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Series A, Series C - Focus: Advertising, SaaS, Information Technology Keith Yuki Isobe is an Investor and Managing Director (#VentureCapital | Digital Garage Group TSE4819 ). Most recently, he served as Chief Operating Officer (COO) at Geniee International Group, President and COO at Adstars and President Director at Geniee Technolody Indonesia (TSE6562 A Member of SoftBank Group). Prior to that, he was BoardDirector and CFO of MEDCARE, a Next-Unicorn HealthcareTech and Board Director of Waseda M&A Partners, a Startup Programmatic M&As. Contact Email Addresses: yuki-isobe@garage.co.jp (DG Ventures at Digital Garage TSE4819) ## Kenji Endo - Type: Angel - Location: Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Angel - Focus: Apps, Fitness, Internet Kenji Endo - Director @ Japan Business Systems ## Junji Oshita - Type: Angel - Location: Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed - Focus: Medical, Marketing, Health Care Junji Oshita - Chief Executive Officer & President @ Axel Mark ## Yoshiki Ishikawa - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed - Focus: Marketing, Health Care, Video Editing Preventive medicine researcher, doctor (medicine). While specializing in behavioral science and data science, he has also worked as a director at several operating companies, in charge of founding and managing. In January 2019, he became an outside director of Sansan Corporation. In addition to knowledge in the field of data analysis andutilization, make recommendations based on the perspective of management. ## Koya Arikawa - Type: Angel - Location: Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Angel, Series A - Focus: Media and Entertainment, Content, SNS Koya Arikawa is the Representative Director and Founder at Hotspring. ## June Taketani - Type: Angel - Location: Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Angel - Focus: CRM, E-Commerce, Home Decor June Taketani is an individual investor. ## Noguchi Keito - Type: Angel - Location: Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Angel - Focus: Media and Entertainment, Marketing, Financial Services Noguchi Keito - Founder @ Vapes ## Fujimoto Shuuhei - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed - Focus: Medical, Health Care, Marketing Fujimoto Shuuhei ## Toshiro Wakimaru - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed - Focus: Task Management, Food and Beverage, SNS Toshiro “Tosh” Wakimaru is the Chief Operating Officer of MedPeer, Inc. , Tokyo, Japan since May 2010. Medpeer is the “Medical Doctor Exclusive” SNS in Japan that has just successfully gone to the market in 2014.Prior to the current job, Tosh had been actively working for Price Waterhouse Consulting, Japan LLP (now IBM Japan, Ltd.) aftergraduating from the Boston University School of Management in 1996. While there he completed numerous projects in corporate strategy, operation improvement, and new business development focusing on the retail, service, and healthcare industries with a secondment to the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry. ## Tomohito Ebine - Type: Angel - Location: Kitakyushu, Fukuoka, Japan - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Angel, Series A - Focus: Home Services, Information Technology, Consulting Tomohito Ebine is non-executive Director at Owls Co., Ltd. ## Hironari Umino - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Series A - Focus: Apps, Beauty, Incubators Hironari Umino - Chairman @ Increments ## Yoshinori Fukushima - Type: Angel - Location: Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Angel, Series A - Focus: Internet, Marketing, Media and Entertainment Completed the Graduate School of Engineering, the University of Tokyo. He developed the service of “Gunosy” while he was in graduate school. Established Gnosy in 2012 and appointed CEO. In 2013, he was appointed President and CEO. 2012 IPA Unexplored Super Creator. He also served as President of LayerX. ## Soichiro Kawai - Type: Angel - Location: Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Angel - Focus: Media and Entertainment, Information Technology, Internet Soichiro Kawai - CEO @ ReBoost ## Tadashi Masuoka - Type: Angel - Location: Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed - Focus: Medical, Health Care, Home Health Care Tadashi Masuoka - President and Founder @ nippontect systems ## Makoto Takano - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Series A, Series B - Focus: Content, Sports, Apps 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. ## Takashi Sato - Type: Angel - Location: Menlo Park, California, United States - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Angel - Focus: Fitness, Computer, Software Takashi Sato is a Managing Partner at MS&AD Ventures. ## Kenshin Fujiwara - Type: Angel - Location: Kyoto, Kyoto, Japan - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Series A - Focus: Mobile, Medical, Software Kenshin is a CEO at Hacarus Inc., a healthcare technology startup based in Kyoto, Japan.He co-founded several tech startups with 2 exits in the past 15 years. His first career started as an engineer at Sony Computer Entertainment and worked on PlayStation development projects. HIs fist startup was acquired by Japanese public company, and thesecond startup was sold to the US company.Born in 1976. He holds a Computer Science degree from California State University. He loves mountain hiking and currently living in Kyoto Japan with his wife and family. ## Naruhisa Nakagawa - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Series A - Focus: Manufacturing, Beauty, Environmental Consulting Naruhisa Nakagawa is a Founder & Chief Investment Officer at Caygan Capital. ## Yuto Nagatomo - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Angel - Focus: SNS, Sports, Content Yuto Nagatomo - President, CEO, and Founder @ Cuore Co., Ltd. ## Sakano Atsushi - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Series B - Focus: Medical, Nursing and Residential Care, SaaS Sakano Atsushi ## Taizo Son - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Series A, Angel - Focus: Financial Services, Information Technology, Venture Capital Taizo Son - Co-Founder @ VIVITA ## Hisayoshi Mizutani - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed - Focus: E-Commerce, Health Care Hisayoshi Mizutani - President & CEO @ vivit ## Eiko Hashiba - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed - Focus: Fitness, Health Care Graduated from the Faculty of Economics, University of Tokyo. Joined Goldman Sachs in 2001. 2003 Experience planning and management of budgets at Lore Alu Japan. In 2007, he was engaged in PE investment at Unison Capital. Get an MBA at MIT. The Company will launch VISASQ in 2012. ## Kamata Tomihisa - Type: Angel - Location: Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Angel - Focus: Fitness, Medical, Genetics 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. ## Hanafusa Hiroya - Type: Angel - Location: Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Angel - Focus: Health Care, AgTech, Software Established Goro in 2014 while studying at Yokohama National University. As a CEO and producer, he develops and operates various applications and web services. The Company became a group company by UNITED in September 2016, and became Executive Officer and Representative Director of ALAN and PRODUCTS in 2017 (current position). ## Yamashita Tetsuya - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed - Focus: Medical, Health Care, Facilities Support Services Yamashita Tetsuya ## Jun Nishikawa - Type: Angel - Location: Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Series A, Angel - Focus: Media and Entertainment, Mobile, Content Jun Nishikawa - Co-founder, Executive Vice President, COO @ eureka, Inc. ## Kazuma Ieiri - Type: Angel - Location: Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Angel - Focus: Content, Fashion, Recruiting Born in 1978 and raised in Fukuoka prefecture, Kazuma founded paperboy&co. inc. (currently GMO Pepabo) and went on to become the youngest CEO ever (at the time) to take a company public in Japan by taking paperboy&co. public on the JASDAQ Japanese stock exchange. After leaving paperboy&co, he continued his startup trail by foundingBASE, CAMPFIRE, and XIMERA. Kazuma also dabbled in the food services industry via the founding of On The Corner (a cafe) and is active in the startup investment scene. He also started the Liverty-house project which attempts to create shared housing for young people in need. ## Hao Yan - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Series A - Focus: Robotics, Manufacturing, Medical Device Hao Yan is the Representative Director of EPS Holdings. ## Hayama Takashi - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed - Focus: SNS, Beauty, Medical Hayama Takashi - Outside Director @ Eco Style # About Shizune Shizune.co is an investor database. 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