Magaseek

What Magaseek does

MAGASEEK Corporation (マガシーク株式会社) is a Tokyo-based, privately held e-commerce company that operates direct-to-consumer online retail platforms for women's and men's fashion apparel in Japan. Founded on April 1, 2003 and headquartered in Shibuya-ku, Tokyo, the company runs two consumer-facing storefronts: the flagship MAGASEEK.com platform for women's and men's clothing, and "d fashion," a co-branded fashion site operated inside NTT DOCOMO's service ecosystem at dfashion.docomo.ne.jp. Revenue is generated through transactional e-commerce sales — specifically the direct online sale of apparel — targeting individual female and male consumers in Japan seeking online access to fashion inventory. The company has 251–500 employees as of the disclosed snapshot.

MAGASEEK operates as a controlled subsidiary within the JADE GROUP portfolio, with JADE GROUP, Inc. holding an 81% equity stake and ITOCHU Corporation, a major Japanese trading house, holding the remaining 19% as a strategic investor. This ownership structure aligns MAGASEEK with JADE GROUP's broader e-commerce fashion platform strategy and provides supply-chain and retail-operations leverage through the ITOCHU relationship. Distribution is anchored on the company's own e-commerce platforms, with the d fashion storefront functioning as a parallel distribution channel inside NTT DOCOMO's mobile carrier ecosystem. CEO Yusuke Tanaka (田中裕輔) leads the business, supported by a five-person board under Chairman Naoya Inoue and CTO/executive officer Suzuki Takakazu.

The company's underlying technology stack, pricing structure, marketing channels, and revenue figures are not disclosed in the available source material. No AI capabilities, patents, trademarks, awards, regulatory actions, M&A activity, or external funding rounds are disclosed; MAGASEEK is funded entirely through its parent-and-strategic-investor ownership configuration rather than venture financing.

Name

Magaseek

Legal name

MAGASEEK Corporation

Website

https://magaseek.co.jp

Company type

Private

Founded year

2003

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

251–500 employees

Short description

MAGASEEK Corporation operates MAGASEEK.com and the "d fashion" storefront (co-run with NTT DOCOMO), two direct-to-consumer e-commerce platforms selling women's and men's fashion apparel in Japan. Founded in 2003, it is an 81%-owned subsidiary of JADE GROUP, with ITOCHU Corporation holding the remaining 19%.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Online Fashion Retail

NAICS

Clothing and Clothing Accessories Retailers (458110), Clothing and Clothing Accessories Retailers (45811)

SIC

Retail-Apparel & Accessory Stores (5600), Retail-Family Clothing Stores (5651)

akta.pro primary industry

Fashion & Accessories Marketplaces (CRAFABAA)

akta.pro secondary industry

Fast Fashion & Trend-led Apparel Retail (CRAAABAH)

Keywords

• Online fashion retail
• Women's apparel e-commerce
• Men's apparel e-commerce
• Japanese fashion marketplace
• Multi-brand clothing platform

Headquarters

HQ city

Tokyo

HQ country

Japan

HQ region

Asia

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Digital Commerce or Content

Cost components

Operations, Personnel, Marketing or Sales, Technology or R&D, Supply Chain

Revenue model

1. E-commerce sales of apparel: Revenue generated from direct online sales of women's and men's clothing through proprietary e-commerce platforms.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels2 records

Core offering

MAGASEEK Corporation operates internet-based fashion retail platforms selling women's and men's clothing directly to consumers in Japan. Its core offerings are the MAGASEEK.com e-commerce site and the co-branded d fashion storefront operated through NTT DOCOMO, which also serves as a marketplace enabling third-party brands/stores to open storefronts.

Product overview

MAGASEEK Corporation operates a platform-plus-multi-site portfolio. The core product is the MAGASEEK e-commerce platform, which specializes in internet sales of women's and men's fashion. The company also operates d fashion, a separate fashion platform available through NTT DOCOMO's service, expanding its market reach. Both platforms serve consumers seeking online fashion retail.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• MAGASEEK Online fashion retail platform for Japanese consumers, specializing in internet sales of women's and men's apparel. The platform also operates as a marketplace enabling third-party brands/stores to open storefronts, aggregating fashion inventory.
• d fashion Fashion e-commerce sub-brand operated in partnership with NTT DOCOMO, offering online women's and men's fashion retail accessible through DOCOMO's ecosystem at dfashion.docomo.ne.jp.

Segments2 records

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• NTT DOCOMOminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartnership for d fashion platform (dfashion.docomo.ne.jp), a fashion e-commerce site operated in collaboration with NTT DOCOMO's ecosystem.

Scale indicators2 records

Recent moves4 records

Expansion highlights3 records

Direct peers

• UNITED ARROWS: Select shop retailer operating both physical stores and a robust e-commerce platform for men's and women's fashion in Japan. Comparable as a domestic Japanese fashion retailer with overlapping customer base.
• Baycrews Group: Japanese multi-brand fashion retailer with strong online presence across multiple brands (JOURNAL STANDARD, IENA, etc.). Comparable to MAGASEEK as a domestic multi-brand fashion operator serving Japanese consumers online and offline.
• ZOZO (ZOZOTOWN): Japan's largest online fashion marketplace, offering men's and women's apparel from hundreds of brands. Directly comparable to MAGASEEK as a domestic multi-brand fashion e-commerce platform serving similar Japanese consumers.

Peers

• SHIBUYA109 (SHIBUYA 109):

Broad incumbents

• Rakuten Fashion: Part of Rakuten Group's broader e-commerce ecosystem, offering fashion alongside general merchandise. Comparable as a major Japanese online fashion retailer, though it operates as part of a much wider commerce portfolio.
• Amazon Fashion Japan: Amazon's Japanese fashion vertical, offering apparel, shoes, and accessories alongside Prime logistics. Directly competes with MAGASEEK in online fashion retail in Japan but at substantially broader scale.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks1 record

Key highlights5 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/magaseek_jp
• Facebookfacebook.com/magaseek

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles7 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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