About us

AboutAstoness.

Our purpose.
Our beginnings. Our company.

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Our purpose

Astonish
the world.

We create value that doesn’t yet exist.

Our story

It started with
one headset.

Summer
2019

A first try. A strong reaction.

Yoshihiro Hori put on a VR headset for the first time, and started sharing it. In three months, about a hundred people tried it. Most arrived skeptical. Many left convinced.

Sep
2019

Astoness begins.

We started renting VR and XR devices, online and delivered to the door, so that anyone could try what comes next.

Then

Rent. Buy. Sell back.

Beyond rental, we added device sales and buyback.

2021

Into game development.

We began developing VR games.

2025

From Japan, to the world.

We began Astoness Nippon, with one aim: to deliver high-quality Japanese products to the world.

Today

One ambition. Three businesses.

Astoness XR, Astoness Games, and Astoness Nippon.

Our businesses
Astoness XR in numbers
As of October 2026

10,000+

Devices rented

2,000+

Devices sold

1,000+

Business clients

Selected business clients

  • Asahi Kasei
  • DENSO
  • Dentsu
  • Fujitsu
  • Honda
  • Kyocera
  • Lenovo
  • NTT Communications
  • Panasonic
  • Rakuten
  • Sanrio
  • SEGA Sammy
  • Siemens Healthineers
  • SoftBank
  • Sony
  • Square Enix
Company profile

Astoness Japan Corp.

Company name
Astoness Japan Corp. (株式会社アストネス)
Founded
September 2019
Incorporated
July 2021
Representative Director
Yoshihiro Hori
Headquarters
Nakano, Tokyo, Japan
Businesses
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