株式会社カナリー
3 known investors
CANARY is a Japanese rental housing app that lets users search apartments using detailed filters and a draw-on-map area search, with options tailored to students, working professionals, couples, and families. It also supports booking property viewings directly in-app and notifies users of newly listed rentals.
Also known as Canary · CANARY · カナリー
Investors · 3
Company profile
researched Aug 2026株式会社カナリー operates CANARY (カナリー), a Japanese-language mobile application for finding rental housing. The app is positioned as a simple, broadly legible interface intended to let users locate a suitable property quickly. Search is built around a large set of granular filter conditions ("こだわり条件") plus a map-based "trace" search in which the user draws an outline around a preferred area — for example a commercial district or a residential neighbourhood — and sees listings within it.
The product is presented in three usage tracks. For students, it supports searching from a commuting route to school and filtering for cost-reducing conditions such as zero deposit and zero key money or units that come with appliances. For working professionals, it supports searching along a commuting route and filtering for features such as free internet, on-site rubbish disposal and delivery lockers. For couples and families, the draw-on-map search is used to identify areas convenient to two workplaces, with surrounding facility information visible on the map and filters for parking and bicycle parking.
Beyond search, the app allows users to reserve a property viewing in-app by selecting a preferred date, removing the need to telephone a real estate agency, and offers a new-listing notification feature so users are alerted to newly posted rentals matching their criteria.
Business model
Consumer-facing rental listings application distributed free to end users, connecting prospective tenants with rental properties and enabling viewing reservations that are handled through the app rather than by direct contact with agencies.
Traction
The company states CANARY has surpassed 6 million downloads.
▸Full profile — technology, go-to-market, geography
Technology
Mobile app with multi-criteria filtered search, route-based search from a commuting or school-commuting path, a map interface where users draw an area boundary to constrain results, nearby-facility display on the map, in-app viewing reservation scheduling, and push notifications for new listings.
Go-to-market
Free app downloads combined with mass-market advertising, including an airing television commercial series with introductory videos of the app presented by Sachika Nitta.
Prospective renters in Japan, segmented on the company's site into students, working professionals, and couples or families.
Geography
Japan.
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Key figures
latest reportedCompany-reported or press-reported figures, each dated to when it was claimed — not independently audited.
Timeline · 1
launches, deals, and filingsThe company promotes CANARY through an airing TV commercial series, including spots titled "My particular room tour", "Detailed search" and "Try tracing", featuring Sachika Nitta introducing the app.
Dated company events from announcements, filings, and press; legal rows summarize public dockets and regulator releases.
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primary sources listed
- 株式会社カナリーcanary-app.jp · web
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Frequently asked questions
- What does 株式会社カナリー do?
- Japanese operator of CANARY, a rental housing search app with detailed filters, draw-on-map search and in-app viewing booking.
- Who are 株式会社カナリー's investors?
- 株式会社カナリー's investors include Angel Bridge Co.,Ltd., Coral Capital, GMO VenturePartners.