Pacific Meta Marketing/Consulting
Tokyo, JP · 4 known investors
Pacific Meta is a Japanese consulting group that supports companies with Web3 and blockchain business development, from strategy design through development and operations. Its offerings span token/finance consulting, on-chain analytics, smart contract development, and blockchain-based financial services.
Also known as Pacific Meta · 株式会社Pacific Meta
Founders & leadership
Investors · 4
Company profile
researched Aug 2026Pacific Meta is a Japanese consulting firm positioned as an "implementation-type" blockchain consultancy, combining advisory work with system development. Its stated mission is to create standards for blockchain from Japan, with a focus on the social implementation of on-chain finance including stablecoins, real-world assets (RWA) and security tokens, pursued through both consulting and engineering.
The service portfolio spans eight areas: business concept and strategy design (including proof-of-concept design), development and system construction from requirements definition to production release, stablecoin adoption support covering issuance, payments and operations, digital asset implementation and utilization (STO, RWA, NFT), financial infrastructure design and implementation such as payments and wallets, fundraising via security tokens through tokenization of real assets like real estate and intellectual property, support for adopting overseas products with Japanese-language assistance, and an "AI management install" program that dispatches AI specialists to embed AI-driven management over six months.
The firm also develops its own products: Transparent Fund, an open hedge fund platform on which anyone can form a fund and where all transactions are published and verifiable; AutoFund, in which AI agents learn asset management to execute portfolio operations; IP Marketplace, which tokenizes IP rights on-chain for fractional trading and holding; TalentChain, an HR platform covering hiring, evaluation and reward distribution; Onchain Audit, which uses AI to automatically audit all transactions for anomaly detection and risk assessment; and IP Collabo Place, a licensing marketplace connecting IP holders and creators. Client and case examples cited include Casio Computer and KDDI, and industry coverage spans financial services, technology, telecommunications, entertainment and media, consumer goods and retail, real estate, gaming/NFT, and government and municipalities.
Business model
Pacific Meta sells consulting and system development engagements to enterprises adopting blockchain and AI, covering strategy and PoC design, build and operation, and regulatory and financial design. It also operates a catalog of its own products (Transparent Fund, AutoFund, IP Marketplace, TalentChain, Onchain Audit, IP Collabo Place) and supports Japanese localization and adoption of overseas products, alongside a dispatched-specialist AI program delivered over a six-month period.
Traction
The website reports project experience across multiple industries with cases including Casio Computer and KDDI, transaction experience in more than 41 countries as of March 2026, and participation in industry events such as Japan Stablecoin Summit #2 and Blockchain Summit 2026.
Latest developments
In 2026 the company announced a strategic partnership with OpenZeppelin to support secure blockchain adoption by Japanese companies (2026-08-26), the sponsorship of the generative AI conference GenAI/SUM for Blockchain Summit 2026 Autumn (2026-08-24), and the appointment of CEO Shota Iwasaki as an official Claude ambassador covering blockchain community leadership (2026-08-13). Other highlighted developments include the launch of support for stablecoin and AI-agent payments including JPYC, development of the AutoFund AI-agent asset management product, development of an on-chain IP rights trading platform, the start of DeFi infrastructure development applying monetary-claim tokenization technology, and making Kenpal Inc. a wholly owned subsidiary.
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Market position
The company presents itself as a blockchain implementation consultancy in Japan and holds memberships in the Japan Security Token Association (JSTA), the Japan STO Association (JSTOA) and the Fintech Association of Japan. It has announced a strategic partnership with OpenZeppelin and reports project work with large Japanese corporates such as Casio Computer and KDDI.
Pacific Meta describes four differentiators: combined blockchain and AI development capability intended to take projects past proof-of-concept into commercialization; expertise in financial and regulatory questions such as token design, payments, asset management and compliance; a security and compliance posture drawing on group development and operating infrastructure that includes an ISMS-certified entity; and global support based on transaction experience in more than 41 countries and an overseas network.
Technology
The firm works across blockchain and AI, including smart contract and system development from requirements definition to production release, stablecoin issuance and payment infrastructure, tokenization of monetary claims applied to DeFi infrastructure, security token and RWA structures, wallet and payment infrastructure, AI agents for autonomous asset management and for agent-based payments, and AI-driven automated auditing of on-chain transactions.
Go-to-market
Direct enterprise engagement via free initial consultations and inbound channels on its website, supported by content marketing (a magazine, blockchain introductory materials, a newsletter), executive interviews, and event programming such as the Blockchain Summit 2026 and Japan Stablecoin Summit, plus association memberships and partnerships.
Japanese enterprises and public-sector bodies adopting blockchain, stablecoins and AI, across financial services, technology, information and communications, entertainment and media, consumer goods and retail, real estate, gaming/NFT, and government and municipalities. Named examples include Casio Computer and KDDI. The firm also supports overseas companies entering Japan and Japanese companies expanding abroad.
Geography
Headquartered in Tokyo, Japan, with a dedicated overseas business division and reported transaction experience across more than 41 countries as of March 2026.
History
Pacific Meta was co-founded by Shota Iwasaki, who serves as CEO, alongside co-founders Kousei Sho and Kazuhito Azechi. Iwasaki previously founded the Japanese funeral-services media company Shukatsu Net while a student at the University of Tokyo, sold it to DMM.com in 2018, and was selected for Forbes 30 Under 30 Asia in 2020. Kousei Sho, a University of Tokyo economics graduate, worked on global branding at ByteDance headquarters and as a BD manager at a joint venture of BCG Digital Ventures and Unicharm before leading Pacific Meta's overseas division. Kazuhito Azechi, a Tokyo University of Foreign Studies graduate, joined Luup in its founding period and worked on business development for tofuNFT at COINJINJA before co-founding Pacific Meta and heading its consulting business.
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Key figures
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Timeline · 8
launches, deals, and filingsPacific Meta announced a strategic partnership with OpenZeppelin to support secure blockchain adoption by Japanese companies.
The generative AI conference GenAI/SUM was confirmed as a supporter of Blockchain Summit 2026 Autumn.
Pacific Meta CEO Iwasaki was appointed an official Claude ambassador, covering blockchain community leadership.
Pacific Meta announced it had made Kenpal Inc. a wholly owned subsidiary.
Pacific Meta developed AutoFund, in which AI agents autonomously execute asset management.
Pacific Meta began developing DeFi infrastructure by applying its monetary claim tokenization technology.
The company developed a platform for buying and selling IP rights on a blockchain.
The company began offering implementation support for stablecoin payments, including JPYC, and AI-agent payments.
Dated company events from announcements, filings, and press; legal rows summarize public dockets and regulator releases.
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Frequently asked questions
- What does Pacific Meta Marketing/Consulting do?
- Tokyo-based implementation-focused consulting firm building blockchain and AI businesses, from strategy through development and on-chain finance.
- Who founded Pacific Meta Marketing/Consulting?
- Pacific Meta Marketing/Consulting was founded by Kousei Sho, Kazuhito Azechi, Kousei Sho (Hongcheng Shao).
- Who are Pacific Meta Marketing/Consulting's investors?
- Pacific Meta Marketing/Consulting's investors include 15th Rock, DIMENSION, East Ventures, Hyperithm.
- Where is Pacific Meta Marketing/Consulting headquartered?
- Pacific Meta Marketing/Consulting is headquartered in Tokyo, JP.