101 Top Japanese Internet Companies and Startups of 2021

June 30, 2021

This article showcases our top picks for the best Japanese based Internet companies. These startups and companies are taking a variety of approaches to innovating the Internet industry, but are all exceptional companies well worth a follow.

We tried to pick companies across the size spectrum from cutting edge startups to established brands.

We selected these startups and companies for exceptional performance in one of these categories:

  • Innovation
    • Innovative ideas
    • Innovative route to market
    • Innovative product
  • Growth
    • Exceptional growth
    • Exceptional growth strategy
  • Management
  • Societal impact

Top Japanese Internet Startups

Data sourced from Crunchbase and SemRush.

SoftBank

SoftBank

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SoftBank provides fixed-line, mobile telephony, internet, telecommunications, and digital television products.

Rakuten

Rakuten

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Rakuten is a provider of e-commerce, fintech, digital content, and communications products and services.

Rakuten

CAMPFIRE

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Campfire engages in the planning, development, and operation of a crowd funding platform.

Rakuten

PayPay

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PayPay is an online payment app.

Rakuten

Mercari

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Mercari is a community-powered shopping app from Japan allowing anyone to buy and sell anything from anywhere.

Rakuten

Stake Technologies

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Stake Technologies is a technology company that provides blockchain solutions to enterprises.

Rakuten

Nature

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Nature offers a product that enables its users to save money by controlling the use of their air conditioners.

Rakuten

Ceres inc.

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Ceres is a company providing internet marketing services and is engaged in the planning, development, and operation of smartphone media.

Rakuten

SORACOM

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SORACOM provides IoT (Internet of Things) platform of data communication to connect all the people and things in the society.

Rakuten

Preferred Networks

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Preferred Networks develops real-world applications of deep learning, robotics and other latest technologies.

Rakuten

Monstar Lab

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The core consultancy arm of the company engineers awesome solutions that perform for clients around the world.

Rakuten

KIOXIA

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KIOXIA is a group strategy formulation and management company.

Rakuten

Coincheck

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Coincheck operates a bitcoin and cryptocurrency exchange in Japan.

Rakuten

Nulab

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Nulab is a team of fun-spirited creators dedicated to creating software the improves team collaboration.

Rakuten

Cluster

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Cluster that allows anyone to hold events such as live music and conferences in a virtual environment.

Rakuten

CrowdWorks

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CrowdWorks provides Internet services operations centered on Japanese crowdsourcing platform.

Rakuten

Andpad

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Andpad provides a construction management application for users throughout Japan.

Rakuten

Zaiko

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Two way marketplace connecting event organizers with media companies as sales channels. Ticketing as a service.

Rakuten

Plaid

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Plaid is a tokyo based software company.

Rakuten

Zehitomo

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Zehitomo is an Japanese online platform that enables user to hire local service professionals, from photographers to personal trainers.

Rakuten

Uhuru

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Uhuru is a technology service company that provides cloud and social services to companies such as Salesforce.com and many others.

Rakuten

GREE

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Gree is a Japanese internet media company that provides mobile social networking, and mobile technology services for its users.

Rakuten

BizReach

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BizReach is Japan’s foremost job site exclusive to the high class executive jobs.

Rakuten

ASOBIMO

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ASOBIMO is a developer of mobile MMORPGs with the goal to be [The No.1 online game company in Japan]

Rakuten

DeCurret

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DeCurret is Providing the optimal rate of digital currency, instantly processing a large amount of currency transactions stably.

Rakuten

MediBang

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MediBang is a communication internet company to help people connect through art.

Rakuten

UUUM

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UUUM is a YouTuber-focused management production services company.

Rakuten

WOVN Technologies

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WOVN Technologies offers website localization service that translates a website into multiple languages.

Rakuten

Coconala

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Coconala operates a website to buy and sell knowledge, skills and, experience from users who are willing to teach.

Rakuten

Plasm Network

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Plasm Network is a decentralized application platform that scales itself via implementing layer 2 solutions such as Plasma, State Channels.

Rakuten

bitbank

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Bitcoin wallet, payment processing, bitcoin reward service and news media

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TableCheck

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TableCheck is a world-class reservation platform that centralizes reservations from third-party reservation sites.

Rakuten

Infostellar

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Infostellar is a space communication infrastructure firm.

Rakuten

NETSTARS Japan

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NETSTARS the purpose of delivering services combining Japanese technologies with Chinese technologies through the internet to the world.

Rakuten

CANDY HOUSE

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CANDY HOUSE is a design house catering simple and smart services and things that are enjoyable and fun like candy.

Rakuten

Mynet Inc.

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Mynet offers community games to the Japanese and Asian markets.

Rakuten

KAKEHASHI

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KAKEHASHI, have a strong sense of responsibility and a sense of duty to seriously think and act actively in the future of medical care.

Rakuten

RareJob

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Rarejob is an online platform that offers English learning services for individual and corporate needs.

Rakuten

ARAYA

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ARAYA is an AI services provider that utilizes machine learning algorithms including deep learning to meet the diverse needs of customers.

Rakuten

Edgematrix

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EDGEMATRIX is a startup spun out from the AI ​​project team of a global venture company .

Rakuten

Idein

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Idein seeks to enable all real-world events to be handled by software.

Rakuten

Luup Japan

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Luup is an Internet Company.

Rakuten

A*QUANTUM

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A*QUANTUM is an quantum computer software.

Rakuten

Schoo

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Schoo is a Tokyo-based massive open online course startup providing live-streamed lectures on the internet.

Rakuten

Aidemy

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Aidemy is a web service where you can learn AI programming online.

Rakuten

Yoriso

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Yoriso is a Japanese startup that connects families to funeral homes and other end-of-life service providers.

Rakuten

Aroma Bit

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Aroma Bit is a develops compact odor sensor and innovative services and products using the sensor.

Rakuten

APB Japan

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APB provides next-generation lithium-ion batteries and all-polymer batteries that solve these battery problems.

Rakuten

iRidge

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IRidge offers solutions related to O2O, app development, and marketing support.

Rakuten

Milleporte

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Milleporte is a fashion and lifestyle focused EC site based in Japan.

Rakuten

SORABITO

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SORABITO is an eCommerce marketplace for used construction equipment and machinery.

Rakuten

Inagora

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Inagora constructed and operates the Chinese Beijing cross-border e-commerce platform “Wando Platform.”

Rakuten

Research & Innovation

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Research & Innovation is a japan based market research company.

Rakuten

Live Smart

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Live Smart is a start-up to develop a service platform in the living space.

Rakuten

Pretia

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Pretia is a Internet service planning, development and operation business.

Rakuten

TVISION INSIGHTS

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TVISION INSIGHTS Inc. is a company that measures the “viewing quality” of television.

Rakuten

PLANTIO

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PLANTIO offers AI and IoT based plantation services, enabling customers to get sustainably harvested food.

Rakuten

EventHub

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EventHub is an event technology company on a mission to connect people.

Rakuten

minma

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Life Market is an internet shopping company.

Rakuten

Amazia

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Amazia specializes in Internet engineering services for clients in Japan.

Rakuten

Creators Match

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Creators Match specializes in planning and production of Internet advertisements.

Rakuten

SYN

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SYN develops an internet and software business that aims to brings out the goodness of Japanese food.

Rakuten

Peraichi

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Perichi is a web service that allows anyone to create a one-page homepage quickly and easily.

Rakuten

EPARK

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EPARK develops and operates real time platforms for rating, searching, and booking various consumer services

Rakuten

Planet Way

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Planetway is a Individual data driven social innovation company.

Rakuten

Hmcomm

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Hmcomm is a provider of AI technology-based voice recognition and abnormal sound detection services for business applications.

Rakuten

Smart Shopping

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Smartmat is an eco-friendly IoT purchase system for on-demand, no-hassle grocery with cost-effective shipping.

Rakuten

Techtouch

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Techtouch is a service that allows overlaying the explanation guidance on an existing web system.

Rakuten

Laboratik

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Laboratik mission is dynamically driving human creativity and productivity by changing the way people work

Rakuten

CLEAR

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CLEAR is an educational note-sharing platform.

Rakuten

Orphe

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Orphe is a smartshoes platform that uses motion sensors to track user’s movements for wellness improvements.

Rakuten

VACAN

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VACAN is a vacant seat information platform such as restaurants and cafes and parking lots.

Rakuten

MOSH Japan

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MOSH is a web page creation services for individual business owners.

Rakuten

ChatBook

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ChatBook is a SaaS platform for marketers who work in B2B area to automate acquiring leads and evaluate leads in your absence.

Rakuten

Spider Labs

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Spider Labs offers solutions to help fight ad fraud and ensure data security.

Rakuten

i3Systems

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i3Systems provides cloud and mobile solutions, focus on the development and provision of the enterprise mobile management service.

Rakuten

aptpod

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aptpod has been in pursuit of frameworks that optimize all layers of data gathering.

Rakuten

obniz

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obniz is a cloud based IoT system provide realtime and bi-directional access to real hardware form the cloud.

Rakuten

TENTIAL

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TENTIAL analyzes detailed purchasing behavior and attributes online and aim to deliver products based on information.

Rakuten

Deep Insight

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Deep Insight is an artificial intelligence technology company.

Rakuten

Caulis Inc.

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Caulis is a cybersecurity startup which is building the open security platform for every single device.

Rakuten

Moff

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Moff is a Wearable Internet of Things (IoT) platform and solutions.

Rakuten

Visional

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Visional develops various businesses that support business productivity.

Rakuten

Showcase Gig

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Showcase Gig is a Tokyo-based digital marketing startup company.

Rakuten

Leading Mark

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Leading Mark, a rising human resources startup in Japan

Rakuten

Square Enix

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Square Enix develops, publishes, and markets interactive entertainment titles worldwide.

Rakuten

Rei-Frontier

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Rei-Frontier Inc. is the Japanese company which provides the mobile application using augmented reality technology.

Rakuten

FABRIC TOKYO

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FABRIC TOKYO is a Japanese startup provides a direct-to-consumer custom-made apparel brand. (former-company name Lifestyle Design Co., Ltd.)

Rakuten

Receptionist

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Receptionist is a company that develops and operates the cloud reception system.

Rakuten

AI CROSS

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AI CROSS is an internet company that uses artificial intelligence (AI) to help enterprises communicate through mobile with their customers.

Rakuten

Oh My Glasses TOKYO

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Oh My Glasses TOKYO is a lifestyle brand that offer high quality made in Japan eyewear at an affordable price.

Rakuten

Pocket Concierge

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Pocket Concierge is an online reservation and payment service for selected restaurants.

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Nextremer

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Nextremer is a research and Development of AI Dialogue System and Open Innovation Services.

Rakuten

Noin

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Noin specializes in cosmetics and delivers content that accurately captures trends like videos that solve girls worries.

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Nanapi

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Nanapi is a web system development company based in Japan, and it provides life hacking website or app.

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atta

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Flight and accommodation metasearch that leverages big data and AI to predict future prices of flight tickets and accommodations

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Fringe81

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Fringe81 is a company engaged in internet-related business. Fringe81 operates in internet advertisement and human resources technology.

Rakuten

Vegetalia

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Vegetalia provides sensor network application systems with a focus on agriculture.

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STUDIO

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Studio is a web design & development platform that enables users to build websites from scratch without coding.

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ASOVIEW Inc.

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ASOVIEW Inc. is an online booking website that provides booking services for weekend leisure activities like skydiving and rafting.

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GRCS

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GRCS provide GRC solutions that visualize the risks surrounding a company and use it for management.

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