Best Mobile Companies in Tokyo, Japan
The 137 best Mobile companies in Tokyo, Japan in 2026, ranked by funding and momentum. Funding, investors, founders, valuation, tech stack and live signals. Top: SNK Corporation.
Our analysis of 127 Mobile companies
$17.0b in tracked funding; 88% of the stack-profiled cohort runs cloud-native; funding activity peaked in 2024.
Ranked: Best Mobile companies in Tokyo
| # | Company | Disclosed funding | Last round | Employees | Founder | Tech stack | Web popularity | Patents & IP focus | Recent signals |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | SNK Corporation Developer and publisher of games | $217M | 66 mo ago | 1 | Koichi Toyama CEO & President | WordPressApple iCloud MailMicrosoft 365+19 | Top 100k | — | 1 launch · 1 award |
| 2 | Gumi Developer of mobile online games and blockchain technology solutions | $94M | 96 mo ago | 819 | Hironao Kunimitsu Founder & CEO | WordPressMySQLPHP+11 | Top 5M | — | — |
| 3 | DeNA Social mobile game platform and provider of mobile services | $19M | — | 3,604 | — | Apple iCloud MailGoogle WorkspaceNode.js+23 | Top 100k | 518 patents Mobile game delivery, live streaming, and virtual item trading platforms | — |
| 4 | Aiming Mobile game development company | $19M | 111 mo ago | 588 | — | WordPressApple iCloud MailGoogle Workspace+17 | Top 5M | — | — |
| 5 | Akatsuki Indie game development company based out of Japan | $14M | 30 mo ago | 758 | Tetsuro Koda Co-Founder & CEO | WordPressMySQLPHP+25 | Top 5M | 26 patents Real-time game server platforms with adaptive screen rendering and data processing | — |
| 6 | Mahjong Meta Skill-based blockchain gaming community | $12M | 34 mo ago | — | Brice Vong Founder | — | — | — | — |
| 7 | Moi Corporation Social live streaming platform | $12M | 86 mo ago | 42 | Yoski Akamatsu Founder & CEO | — | — | — | — |
| 8 | AXEL MARK Mobile game development company engaged in planning and development of games | $8M | 61 mo ago | 33 | Junji Oshita CEO & President | DNNFacebook LoginGoogle Sign-in+10 | Top 5M | — | — |
| 9 | Parallel Online platform for calling and play games | $8M | 27 mo ago | — | Jo Aoki Co-Founder | WordPressMySQLPHP+16 | Top 10M | — | — |
| 10 | Mynet Independent core game development company developing role-playing card games | $6M | 133 mo ago | 371 | — | MathJaxApache HTTP ServerAmazon Web Services+17 | Top 5M | — | — |
| 11 | Nagisa App studio for consumer focussed photo & video apps | $4M | 30 mo ago | 38 | — | WordPressMySQLPHP+16 | Top 10M | — | — |
| 12 | Fringe81 Provides creative optimization service | $4M | 136 mo ago | 52 | — | — | — | 2 patents Ad image distribution server platforms for targeted digital advertising | — |
| 13 | Translimit Mobile games developer | $3M | 140 mo ago | — | Takuma Kudo Co-Founder & CTO | STUDIOFirebaseNode.js+8 | Top 50M | 2 patents Video game software focusing on graphics rendering and visual effects | — |
| 14 | Kotozna Provider of solutions for a multi-lingual chat | $2M | 43 mo ago | 25 | Gento Goto Co-Founder & CEO | WebflowAmazon Web ServicesjQuery+8 | Top 5M | 8 patents Hotel room charging and communication infrastructure systems | — |
| 15 | AdMaker Mobile advertising optimization platform | $2M | 188 mo ago | — | Kiyo Kobayashi Co-Founder & CEO | — | — | — | — |
| 16 | Sally Developer of mobile based casual games | $1M | 1 mo ago | — | Eitaro Hiraishi CEO | STUDIOFirebaseNode.js+12 | Top 50M | — | — |
| 17 | App-cm Mobile video ad compression | $1M | 122 mo ago | 10 | Atsufumi Otsuka Founder | Google CloudNginxGoogle Font API+7 | Top 5M | — | — |
| 18 | 3rdkind Developer of multiple apps and games | $1M | 142 mo ago | 3 | Taro Hosotani Co-Founder & CEO | — | — | — | — |
| 19 | Pairy Couple-only app | $970K | 150 mo ago | — | Toshimasa Takahashi Co-Founder & CEO | WordPressMySQLPHP+20 | Top 5M | — | — |
| 20 | GeoLogic Provides location based advertising platform | $907K | 95 mo ago | 25 | Wataru Noguchi Founder & CEO | WordPressMySQLPHP+13 | Top 10M | — | — |
| 21 | Real World Games Independent mobile game development company | $664K | 88 mo ago | — | Takashi Kiyoko President & CEO | WordPressMySQLPHP+10 | Top 50M | — | — |
Top 12 Mobile companies in Tokyo
#1
Series A · Minato, Tokyo · founded 2018$1.5Mraised▾
Developer of mobile based casual games. The company specializes in creating and developing mobile games including Moyashimon, Gudetama, and Tsukiuta. It generates revenue through in-app purchases. It produces all types of Madamisu from planning to realization, including planning and managing events, training, creating IP collaboration scenarios, and publishing pack.
- May 2026Series A—
- Jul 2024Seed$1.5M
#2
Acquired · Tokyo, Tokyo · founded 2001 · 1 employees$216.7Mraised▾
Developer and publisher of games. It has developed multiple action and arcade genres based games including The King of Fighters XIII, Metal Slug X. It develops games for PC, mobile, and console devices. The games are available on the Playstation Store, Google Play Store, and Steam to download. It generates revenue through paid games.
- Nov 2020Post IPO$216.7M
#3
Public · Shinagawa, Tokyo · founded 2010 · 758 employees$13.8Mraised▾
Akatsuki is an indie game development company based out of Japan. It specializes in developing games based on sports and role-playing genres. Some of the games developed by the company are "Cinderella Nine in August" and "A thousand memos!". The games are available on Google Play store and Apple store. It has also won multiple awards including "2017 "Companies with a good workplace" Best Company Awards". Monetizes through in-app purchases.
- Dec 2023Post IPO—
- May 2014Series A$13.8M
#4
Series C · Minato City, Tokyo · founded 2017$7.9Mraised▾
Online platform for calling and play games. Its platform allows users to enjoy various contents while talking with close friends.
- Mar 2024Series C$7.9M
- Jun 2021Seed—
#5
Public · Tokyo, Tokyo · founded 2007 · 819 employees$94Mraised▾
Developer of mobile online games and blockchain technology solutions. The company creates various content and services using blockchain and XR technologies. It focuses on delivering new experiences through its offerings. The company participates in node operations and explores blockchain interoperability.
- Jun 2018Post IPO$30M
- Aug 2014Series I—
- Jul 2014Series H$49M
- Dec 2013Series G$19M
#6
Series A · Tokyo, Tokyo · founded 2023$12Mraised▾
Skill-based blockchain gaming community. It is a blockchain-based community that enables skill-based gaming and social interaction for Mahjong. It allows Mahjong enthusiasts to compete with players.
- Aug 2023Series A$12M
#7
Acquired · Tokyo, Tokyo · founded 2010 · 38 employees$4.1Mraised▾
App studio for consumer focussed photo & video apps. It provides a variety of consumer focussed smartphone apps, available for iOS and Android. Started private app business with private diary app - Livre. Apps cover free group chats, calling, and photo, movie sharing with their close group.
- Dec 2023Series A$2.7M
- Apr 2015Seed—
- May 2014Seed—
- Oct 2012Seed$1.3M
#8
Public · Shibuya, Tokyo · founded 2011 · 588 employees$19.1Mraised▾
Founded in 2011, Aiming Inc is a game development company based in Tokyo, Japan. The company focuses on the development of multiplayer mobile games and has a portfolio of 10 games as on March, 2015.
- Mar 2017Post IPO—
- May 2014Series B$491.8K
- Apr 2014Series B$4.3M
- Mar 2013Series B$3.1M
#9
Public · Tokyo, Tokyo · founded 1994 · 33 employees$8.5Mraised▾
AXEL GameStudio is a mobile game development company engaged in planning and development of games. It is a subsidiary of Axel Mark Inc. It also provides content solutions and advertising services. The company initially was named as Indy Software Ltd and changed its name to Axel Game Studio in Oct'13.
- Apr 2021Post IPO$5.2M
- Apr 2018Post IPO$3.3M
#10
Public · Chiyoda City, Tokyo · founded 2012 · 42 employees$11.6Mraised▾
Moi Corporation is a social live streaming platform. It allows users to share real-time experiences with each other. Users can also discover other broadcasters and interact with them. Users can also join in a live broadcast with other broadcasters.
- Apr 2019Series A$6M
- Jun 2014Series A$5M
- May 2013Seed$640K
#11
Public · Shibuya, Tokyo · founded 1999 · 3604 employees$19.2Mraised▾
DeNA Co., Ltd. (pronounced “D-N-A”) develops and operates a broad range of mobile and online services including games, e-commerce and entertainment content distribution. One of its key products is Mobage (pronounced "moh-bah-geh"), a mobile social games platform that offers first-, second- and third-party games on multiple localized player networks worldwide.
#12
Seed · Minato City, Tokyo · founded 2016 · 25 employees$2Mraised▾
Provider of solutions for a multi-lingual chat. The platform provides features such as grout chat, voice notes, and more. The mobile application is available for Android and iOS users.
- Nov 2022Seed$2M
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