RiMoA Raises 100 Million Yen From Headline Asia for Charamix Platform
The investment signals growing interest in using character IP and emotional design as a mechanism for sustained user behavior change, moving beyond traditional health apps that only track and visualize data.
Reporting from 1 sources: ASCII.jp.
RiMoA Inc. secured 100 million yen in funding from Headline Asia to accelerate development of Charamix, a behavior change platform that combines characters, AI, and behavioral data. The company plans to expand the platform as an SDK/API into beauty, finance, e-commerce, and wellness sectors, targeting a late 2026 release.
RiMoA CEO Ryu Hashimoto, whose background includes creating hit character IP, argues that conventional healthcare services fail because they rely on willpower and effort rather than emotional engagement. Charamix is designed as a Character-Driven Behavior OS that integrates character-based customer service, ID linking, lifestyle data, and personalized suggestions. The platform uses emotional design for intrinsic motivation, incentive design for extrinsic motivation, and context-aware AI for individual optimization. Unlike full LLM free conversation, Charamix employs a control design that protects IP and worldviews, making it safe for collaboration with IP holders and brand companies.
The company is currently running proof-of-concept phases with multiple major corporations in beauty and retail, advancing collaboration with local governments on health and behavior change verification, and progressing ID linking and lifestyle data utilization design with external partners. Charamix is under development for a late 2026 release.
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- ASCII.jp 株式会社リモア、Headline Asiaより1億円を調達