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MyDearest

5F The Parkrex Nihombashi Bakurocho, 2-7-15 Nihonbashi Bakurocho, Chuo-ku, Tokyo, 103-0002, Japan

Overview

MyDearest develops and publishes original-IP VR games, focusing on narrative VR titles for consumer headsets and enterprise XR solutions. A recently released bazooka studio title has surpassed 1 million cumulative active users worldwide, roughly 70% of whom are in the U.S. The company plans to strengthen IP expansion aimed at North American ‘alpha’ generation users and aims to release more than 10 titles by 2025. It also operates a “VR Asobi” business division providing end-to-end VR/MR solutions and VRChat world construction for enterprises and municipalities, and is expanding engineering and art teams to support that growth. MyDearest has won multiple game awards and top user ratings on the Quest Store. The company is based in Tokyo and was founded in April 2016; Ken Kishi (Kishigami/Kishigami Ken? as listed) is CEO. MyDearest develops VR adventure games and interactive VR comic experiences. The company released "Innocent Forest" and "Innocent Forest 2," both supporting Oculus Rift, Oculus Go, and Gear VR. It is collaborating with Sekai Project to develop the VR adventure puzzle game "Tokyo Chronos." The firm focuses on adventure-focused VR game development and production. Recently MyDearest announced completion of a $7.8 million financing round described as a strategic investment. The round was led by SBI Investment.

Total raised
$9M
Funding rounds
2
Latest round
Series C
Latest activity
Aug 2025

Industries

  • Advertising
  • Publishing
  • Virtual Reality
  • Virtualization
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Recent funding

  1. Series C

    Aug 2025

    $1M

  2. Equity

    Nov 2023

    $8M

Team

  • Kishigami Kento

    Co-Founder, Representative Director, and CEO

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  • Shotaro Chida

    Co-Founder, COO

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  • Takumi Wakao

    Chief Financial Officer

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  • Imran Khan

    Head of U.S. Public Relations

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