BTCBOX Co., Ltd. — Japan crypto-asset exchange operator overview

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FSA registration number Kanto Local Finance Bureau 第00008号 · JVCEA member #1008 · registration date 2017-09-29

1. Entity · shareholders

• Trade name: BTCボックス株式会社
• English name: BtcBox Co.,Ltd.
• Founded: 2014年3月6日 (established by David Zhang with capital of 500万円)
• Head office: 〒103-0025 Tokyo, Chuo-ku, Nihonbashi-Kayabacho 2-chome 8-ban 1号, BRICK GATE Kayabacho 5F (relocated in 2018年1月17日 from the former address at Kyobashi 1-chome)
• Capital: 22億2704万円 (including capital reserves) — the publicly stated figure after the capital increases from 2019年 onward
• Parent company: TTXHoldings Co., Ltd. (in 2019年3月, David Zhang transferred all shares to make it the full parent. TTXHoldings itself is an unlisted, non-public company)
• Listing status: unlisted
• Corporate number: 7020001104824 (National Tax Agency corporate-number disclosure site. Number assigned 2015年10月5日)

2. License · registration status

• Crypto-asset exchange business: Director-General of the Kanto Local Finance Bureau 第00008号 (FSA, registration date 2017年9月29日)
• JVCEA membership: Type 1 member #1008 (crypto-asset exchange business only. Does not hold the Type-2-equivalent license related to derivatives transaction business)
• Japan Payment Service Association: member number 第00745号

3. Handled currencies

• Number of handled tokens: 7 tokens (as of 2026-05-18, per the official blog history)
• Main tokens: BTC · ETH · BCH · LTC · DOGE (added 2022年4月) · DOT (added 2022年6月) · TRX (added 2022年7月)
• Characteristics: a BTC-centric spot-only exchange. BTC has been handled since the very start of the service in 2014年4月. BCH has the track record of being among the first in Japan to begin trading, in 2017年8月. The pace of altcoin additions is relatively slow, maintaining a small-scale spot-specialized policy.
• Sales counter (Kantan Baibai / easy buy-sell): service began from 2020年10月

4. Business scope

• Spot exchange: exchange format (order-book trading)
• Sales counter (Kantan Baibai): began 2020年10月
• Derivatives / margin trading: none (JVCEA Type 1 · crypto-asset exchange business only)
• Crypto-asset financing (lending): launched in February 2016. Borrowing limits and eligibility conditions can change; consult the current product description and contract terms
• Anshin Teiki Kounyu (peace-of-mind recurring purchase): began 2021年9月 (accumulation service)
• Fiat deposit: bank transfer and instant deposit, the latter launched in February 2020. Consult current deposit guidance for supported institutions and fees
• eKYC: Speedy Identity Verification began 2020年4月
• Supported languages: Japanese · English · Chinese (3 languages)

5. Market share · trading volume

• Account count / monthly trading volume: the company materials reviewed on 2026-07-29 did not identify comparable current figures. This does not establish that no such disclosure exists
• Historical trading-volume rankings are period-specific secondary-source statements and are not carried forward as current rankings.
• Current position: without current published trading-volume or account-count data, this entry does not assert a market rank (see JVCEA Domestic Spot Trading Volume Statistical Analysis (2017-2026)).
• Customer base: domestic individuals (overseas individual · corporate accounts can also be opened)

6. History · major incidents

This table is based on milestones confirmed in BTCBOX’s official company profile and history, the JVCEA member listing, and FSA registration materials. ^[Sources: https://blog.btcbox.jp/company-profile; https://jvcea.or.jp/member/; https://www.fsa.go.jp/menkyo/menkyoj/kasoutuka.xlsx.]

Major incidents: within the BTCBOX, FSA, and JVCEA materials designated for this review and checked on 2026-07-29, no administrative action other than the June 22, 2018 FSA business improvement order, and no hack record, was identified. This is not an assertion that none exists.

7. Strategic developments

• Within the official materials designated for this review and checked on 2026-07-29, no new-token addition after TRX in July 2022 or major capital measure was identified. This is not an assertion that none exists.
• Maintains a small-scale, independent, spot-only line. No publicly announced plans for feature expansion such as derivatives or staking.
• Has an operating history of more than 10 years since its April 2014 service launch.

8. Related people

• Harutoshi Tsuji: Representative Director and President (took office 2019年5月)
• David Zhang (Zhang Dawei): founder, former Representative Director. An engineer of Chinese origin. Established the company in 2014年3月. Became Chairman in 2019年5月. Transferred all shares in 2019年3月 to TTXHoldings, which he founded himself.
• Advising law firm: Anderson Mori & Tomotsune
• Accounting auditor: Zeros Audit Corporation

Related

• japan-financial-regulation — Japanese financial regulation overall
• japan-bittrade-listing-process — general theory of the token-listing process
• japan-stablecoin-regulatory-landscape — related stablecoin regime
• jp-trust-type-sc-architecture — related SC regime
• jvcea-self-regulatory-overview — JVCEA self-regulatory framework
• fsa-vasp-registration-system — FSA VASP registration regime
• jp-vasp-parent-company-map — JP VASP parent-company map

Sources

• BTCBOX Blog company profile (retrieved 2026-05-18)
• BTCボックス Wikipedia (retrieved 2026-05-18)
• JVCEA member list (retrieved 2026-05-18)
• National Tax Agency corporate-number disclosure site · corporate number 7020001104824 (retrieved 2026-05-18)
• FSA crypto-asset exchange operator registration list Excel (snapshot 令和8年4月1日 = 2026-04-01)