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The Coral Capital Podcast is a business podcast hosted by Coral Capital. It has 32 episodes, with the latest published February 2026.

Welcome to the Coral Capital podcast, a show where we bring on guests from tech, business, politics, and culture to talk about all things Japan. For updates on our future content and in-person events, follow our newsletter here: http://eepurl.com/gjed2T

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How Sony Became the Entertainment Giant Nobody Saw Coming | Sony AI President Michael Spranger

2

How Suno Built a $200M Music AI Company (And Got Warner Music to Partner)

3

Designing the Future of Neighborhoods | Devon Zuegel on Esmeralda

4

How Palantir Won Japan | Koichi Narasaki

5

Ayao Komatsu on Haas x Toyota, Japanese Motorsport & Formula One Leadership | Haas F1

6

Inside VERBAL’s Creative Empire: AMBUSH®, SŌMATŌ, and the Music That Started It All

7

The Untold Story of Japan’s Boldest Billionaire with Lionel Barber

8

Growth, Grit, and Grace: Guy Kawasaki on Building a Remarkable Life

9

How This VC Brought Coinbase, Square & Palantir Into Japan | Phil Wickham

10

Japan's Weeb Economy Explained: Where Anime, AI, and FDI Collide | Noah Smith

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#22: Jesper Koll on MAGAnomics: Trump 2.0’s Impact on Japan

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#21: Inside the Secret BizOps Team Behind Stripe’s Success | Claire Hughes Johnson

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#20: Gen Isayama on How WiL is Unlocking Japan’s Corporate Powerhouse to Build and Scale Global Companies

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#19: Sasuke Shimomura of Brave group on VTubing: The Japan-Born Interactive Entertainment Industry Generating Hundreds of Millions In Revenue

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#18: Andrew Schoen of NEA on How to Raise from U.S. Investors

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#17: Brian Yun of Woodstock on How Social Trading is Shaping the Future of Wealth Generation

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#16: Globis Capital Partners' Shinichi Takamiya on Building the Shohei Ohtani of Startups

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#15: Richard Katz on The Contest for Japan’s Economic Future: Entrepreneurs Vs. Corporate Giants

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#14: Jonathan Shih of Keyrock Capital Management on Finding Growth in Japan

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#13: Kaizen in the Digital Era: How Kaminashi is Empowering Japan’s 39 Million Frontline Workers

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#12: Upfront Ventures' Mark Suster on Overrated Unicorns and Other Startup Truths

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#11: Grab President Ming Maa on Mission, Growth and Hyper-localization

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#10: a16z General Partner Andrew Chen on The Cold Start Problem: How to Start and Scale Network Effects

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#09: Is Fusion The Future or Fantasy? Richard Pearson, Shutaro Takeda of Kyoto Fusioneering on Commercialization of Fusion Energy, and Why Japan Is Uniquely Positioned to Lead The Industry

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#08: Sho Nakanose of GITAI on Building Space Robots, Business Opportunities In Space, and Why Japan Is Uniquely Positioned to Lead The Industry

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#07: Sam Rosenblum of Haun Ventures on Crypto Regulations, Japan’s Crypto Environment, ETH Merge, and How Web 3 Differs From Web 2 Investing

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#06: Should Startups Care About ESG? Kathy Matsui On Launching Japan’s First ESG-focused VC

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#05: Ernie Higa, Godfather of Japan’s Pizza Delivery Market, Reflects On The History of Food Delivery

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#04: Japanese Unicorn SmartHR's Path To $1B ARR

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#03: Altos’ Han on How Korea Produced Coupang, Woowa Brothers, and Other Unicorn Startups

31

#02: Y Combinator’s Michael Seibel on Startups in Japan and YC’s Globalization

32

#01: Light Street Capital's Gaurav Gupta On Why He Is Bullish On Startups In Japan

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