Tokenz Joins CB Insights Fintech 100 2026 as First Japanese Company in Six Years
Tokenz, which handles direct-to-consumer sales for game and digital content companies, was selected for CB Insights' Fintech 100 2026, the company announced. It is the first company headquartered in Japan chosen in six years, counting the predecessor Fintech 250 list.
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Reporting from 1 source: GameBusiness.jp.
Why it matters
The listing puts a Japanese payments provider on a global fintech shortlist on the strength of an infrastructure niche built for game and digital content sellers, the same off-app payment market Tokenz raised its Series A against.
Key Facts
- Tokenz was selected for CB Insights' Fintech 100 2026.
- Tokenz is the first company headquartered in Japan selected in six years, counting the predecessor Fintech 250 list.
- Tokenz's platform supports more than 200 payment methods and handles tax calculation and filing in more than 224 countries and regions.
- Tokenz completed a Series A round totaling 1 billion yen in June 2026, led by Headline Asia.
- Bushiroad's HUNTER×HUNTER NEN×SURVIVOR and WonderPlanet's Crash Fever use Tokenz's payment service.
Tokenz runs a Merchant of Record service covering more than 200 payment methods and tax compliance in more than 224 countries and regions, and closed a 1 billion yen Series A round in June 2026.
Tokenz sells the unglamorous part of a game's overseas business: the checkout, the local tax calculation, and the filing that follows. Its Merchant of Record service bundles those under one contract across more than 224 countries and regions, with more than 200 payment methods.
Domestic uptake is the proof point it cites. Bushiroad's HUNTER×HUNTER NEN×SURVIVOR and WonderPlanet's Crash Fever use the payment service, and Game8 Store works with Tokenz on MoR, with the store's off-app payment business run by S8 Plus, a joint venture of Game8 and SP.LINKS.
The company closed a Series A round of 1 billion yen in June 2026, led by Headline Asia with SBI Investment and Coral Capital among the participants.
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Sources
- GameBusiness.jp 日本企業として6年ぶり―ゲームのD2C販売を支援するTokenz、世界の有望フィンテック100社に選出