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Gate Japan K.K.（Gate Japan株式会社）— Japan crypto-asset-exchange operator overview

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FSA registration No. Kanto Local Finance Bureau 第00018号 · JVCEA member #1021 · registration date 2019-11-27

1. Legal entity / shareholders

  • Trade name: Gate Japan株式会社（English: Gate Japan K.K.）
  • Predecessors: 株式会社LastRoots → Coin Master株式会社（reaching the current trade name through successive name changes）
  • Date of incorporation: June 2, 2016
  • Head-office location: Yaesu Central Tower 27F, Tokyo Midtown Yaesu, 2-2-1 Yaesu, Chuo-ku, Tokyo（〒104-0028）
  • Group relationship: Gate Group announced its acquisition of the former Coin Master in December 2024. The Gate Japan company page reviewed on 2026-07-29 shows the Gate group relationship but not the specific ownership ratio or intermediate entity structure, so these are not inferred
  • Capital: ¥3,984,294,838 including capital reserve (official company page reviewed 2026-07-29)
  • Number of employees: 24, including regular employees, dispatched employees, and partners (same page and date)

2. License / registration status

  • Crypto-asset-exchange business: Director-General of the Kanto Local Finance Bureau 第00018号（registration date 2019-11-27）
  • Financial-instruments business / electronic-payment-instruments business / funds-transfer business: no registration indication on the Gate Japan company page or JVCEA list reviewed on 2026-07-29
  • JVCEA membership type: Type-I member（member number 1021）, crypto-asset-exchange business only
  • JCBA membership type: full member

3. Listed assets

The former c0ban exchange handled c0ban (RYO), a Japan-originated token. Gate Japan’s April 24, 2026 notice stopped new account applications and set May 29 as the end date for the c0ban exchange and RYO handling. The Gate Japan company page reviewed on 2026-07-29 displays reference prices for assets such as BTC and ETH, but explicitly says these are Gate Group reference displays and differ from Gate Japan’s handled assets. Therefore, Gate Group asset counts should not be attributed to Gate Japan; current contract documents and the trading screen take precedence.

4. Scope of business

  • The official company page reviewed on 2026-07-29 presents a brokerage, exchange, OTC service, and corporate payment solution
  • The same page says it is not a trading screen and that no sale, mediation, or solicitation occurs on that page. Actual acceptance status, handled assets, and deposit/withdrawal channels must be checked in the current contract documents and trading screen
  • Margin, derivatives, staking, and crypto-asset lending: no offering was identified in the Gate Japan company page and important-information document reviewed in this round. Do not transfer Gate.com’s global features to Gate Japan

5. Market share / trading volume

  • Among the Gate Japan, FSA, and JVCEA materials identified in this review as of 2026-07-29, no Gate Japan-specific trading volume, account count, or market-share figure was identified. This does not establish that no such disclosure exists
  • The former c0ban exchange historically traded RYO against yen, but no competitive rank or market size is inferred without published values. For Gate Group’s Japan re-entry, see Domestic Crypto Asset Exchange M&A and Consolidation History (2018-2026) and Japan domestic VASP parent-company / shareholder-structure map
  • Global AUM, user, and asset counts displayed on the official page are Gate Group-wide figures and are not used as Gate Japan metrics

6. History / major events

The table below is limited to corporate, registration, and service milestones confirmed through the Gate Japan company page and c0ban termination notice, FSA materials on the LastRoots administrative action, the FSA registry, the JVCEA list, and Gate Group’s acquisition disclosure.^[Sources: https://www.gate.com/ja-jp/about-us; https://www.gate.com/ja-jp/about-us/news/news-20; https://www.fsa.go.jp/news/30/virtual_currency/20180406-3.html; https://jvcea.or.jp/member/; https://www.gate.com/ja/about-us.]

Year/Month Event
2016-06-02 Incorporated as 株式会社LastRoots. Began developing / operating c0ban（RYO）, a Japan-originated crypto asset
2016-12 Launched c0ban
2018-04-06 Received a business-improvement order from the Kanto Local Finance Bureau（a finding regarding the operating structure during the deemed-operator period）
2019-04 Announced a third-party allotment capital increase and a management-structure renewal
2019-11-27 Completed registration with the Kanto Local Finance Bureau as a crypto-asset-exchange operator under the Payment Services Act (No. 00018)
2020-01-31 Changed the trade name to “Coin Master株式会社”
2024-12 Gate Group announced its acquisition of Coin Master and entry into the Japanese market; the company moved to the current Gate Japan name
2026-02-17 Announced participation as a founding company of the Entertainment × Fintech consortium
2026-03-25 Sponsored / exhibited at “JAPAN BITCOIN FUTURE FORUM”（Pia Arena MM）
2026-04-24 Announced discontinuation of c0ban (RYO) handling and a May 29 end date for the exchange service
2026-05-29 End date for the c0ban exchange service and RYO handling stated in the official termination notice

Note: FSA registration No. 00018 was completed under the LastRoots name on 2019-11-27. Gate Group’s entry in December 2024 came about five years after registration, taking the form of inheriting the existing license through acquisition. The registration timeline and the timing of Gate-group affiliation are clearly divergent.

  • Japan service display: the Gate Japan company page reviewed on 2026-07-29 presents brokerage, exchange, OTC, and corporate payment services. Current acceptance and handled assets must be checked in contract documents and the trading screen; global functions are not carried over
  • c0ban termination: based on the April 2026 notice, the c0ban exchange and handling of RYO ended on May 29
  • Entertainment × fintech collaboration (February 2026): participating as a crypto-asset-exchange operator in a domestic entertainment-company consortium. Stated cooperation with the next-generation entertainment industry leveraging Web3 technology
  • Relationship with Gate.com global: Gate Japan’s official page states that it is a separate legal entity from Gate.com (formerly Gate.io) and does not handle support for the overseas exchange’s accounts or transactions. The global service stopped new Japan-resident account openings in July 2024, so users must preserve the legal-entity boundary
  • WebX 2025: Gate Group’s official history lists title sponsorship in August 2025. This is a Gate Group activity, not a Gate Japan trading metric
  • Representative Director: Makoto Miyata（宮田 誠）
  • Chairman of the Board: Lin Han (韓 林). The title is from the official company page reviewed on 2026-07-29; this entry does not infer affiliation or background beyond that page
  • Director & CEO: Nicolas Jin（金 田）
  • Directors: Harukuni Ito（伊藤 晴國）, Masakazu Suzuki（鈴木 雅和）
  • Auditor: Akihisa Mizunoya（水野谷 明久）
  • Public records on the management team during the LastRoots / Coin Master founding period are limited

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