# Kiyomizu Robotics K.K. (清水ロボティクス株式会社)

Illustrative dossier published by OpenDossier (a Magellan Global brand). The company is fictional; the structure, identifiers and source types are those used for real dossiers. As of 2026-10-20.

- Jurisdiction: Japan (coverage phase 2)
- Legal form: Kabushiki Kaisha
- Sector: Industrial robotics components
- 法人番号: 8xxxxxxxxxxxx
- 登記 (Kyoto Legal Affairs Bureau): on file
- LEI: none

## Summary

A Kyoto kabushiki kaisha established in 2016, capital ¥50 million, representative director named in the commercial register, a 2023 JPO patent portfolio of nine granted patents, no court decisions found in the public database (which publishes only selected decisions), and partial coverage: Japan is a phase-2 jurisdiction where litigation and regulatory searches are completed by a partner office.

## Indicators

- Completeness: 61%
- Freshness: 9 days
- Open questions: 4
- Human review: 19 Oct 2026

## Identity and official records (coverage: full)

- Established 1 April 2016; head office in Fushimi-ku, Kyoto; capital ¥50,000,000 [Verified]
  - Source: Certificate of registered matters (登記事項証明書), obtained through a partner 司法書士; location: Certificate, items 1–4; document date: 2026-10-11; retrieved: 2026-10-20; entity match: Corporate number from the NTA corporate number site matched to the register; contradictions: None found; note: Certificate obtained at cost; the NTA site gives name and address only.
- Corporate number published by the National Tax Agency; name in Japanese and romanised form recorded [Verified]
  - Source: National Tax Agency corporate number publication site; location: Entity page; document date: 2026-10-11; retrieved: 2026-10-20; entity match: Primary key for Japan; contradictions: None found; note: Romanised name is the company's own usage, not an official record.

## Ownership and control (coverage: partial)

- No public shareholder register; the commercial register does not list shareholders [Verified]
  - Source: Certificate of registered matters; location: Not applicable; document date: 2026-10-11; retrieved: 2026-10-20; entity match: Rule-level fact; contradictions: None found; note: Shareholders are evidenced only by the company's 株主名簿 if supplied.
- Company-stated: 70% held by the founding family, 30% by a Kyoto venture fund since 2021 [Company-stated]
  - Source: Company statement by email; location: Statement; document date: 2026-10-02; retrieved: 2026-10-20; entity match: Company statement; contradictions: None found; note: Not verified; the company has been asked for the shareholder register.

## People (coverage: full)

- Representative director: 清水 健一 (Shimizu Kenichi), registered since establishment; three other directors and one statutory auditor [Verified]
  - Source: Certificate of registered matters; location: Officers section; document date: 2026-10-11; retrieved: 2026-10-20; entity match: Register; contradictions: None found

## Financial and capital (coverage: partial)

- Not listed; no EDINET filings; 官報 search found no published balance sheet notice [Verified]
  - Source: EDINET; 官報 (Kanpo) search; location: Search results; document date: 2026-10-12; retrieved: 2026-10-20; entity match: Name search in Japanese; contradictions: Capital increase registered 2021 consistent with the company-stated fund investment; note: Many unlisted KKs do not publish balance sheets despite the Companies Act requirement; absence is not a finding of non-compliance.

## Legal and regulatory (coverage: partial)

- No decisions found in the courts' public database (裁判例検索), which publishes selected decisions only [Partial]
  - Source: 裁判所 裁判例検索; location: Search by party name; document date: 2026-10-12; retrieved: 2026-10-20; entity match: Japanese name search; contradictions: ; note: The database is not a docket; absence of a decision does not mean absence of litigation. Partner office litigation enquiry pending.
- No METI or MOF end-user list, OFAC, EU, UK or UN sanctions matches [Verified]
  - Source: METI end-user list; sanctions lists; location: List screening; document date: 2026-10-20; retrieved: 2026-10-20; entity match: Japanese and romanised names; contradictions: None found

## Intellectual property (coverage: full)

- Nine granted Japanese patents and four pending, applicant 清水ロボティクス株式会社; two PCT applications with US national phases [Verified]
  - Source: J-PlatPat; WIPO PatentScope; USPTO; location: Applicant search; document date: 2026-10-13; retrieved: 2026-10-20; entity match: Japanese applicant name; US assignee romanised form matched via PCT number; contradictions: None found

## Web and documents (coverage: partial)

- Website in Japanese and English; lists three automotive-supplier customers, none corroborated [Company-stated]
  - Source: Company website; location: 導入事例 page; document date: 2026-09-30; retrieved: 2026-10-20; entity match: Company-stated; contradictions: None found; note: Corroboration requested from the company.
- 調達ポータル: one METI subsidy award (2022) found [Verified]
  - Source: Government procurement and subsidy publication; location: Award notice; document date: 2022-07-15; retrieved: 2026-10-20; entity match: Japanese name; contradictions: None found

## Client and employee feedback (coverage: n=0)

- No verified feedback collected yet; licensed review data not available for this company [Partial]
  - Source: OpenDossier; location: Not applicable; document date: 2026-10-20; retrieved: 2026-10-20; entity match: —; contradictions: None found; note: Shown as absent, not as negative.

## Private data room (coverage: locked)

- Not claimed by the company; no private documents [Private]
  - Source: —; location: —; document date: 2026-10-20; retrieved: 2026-10-20; entity match: —; contradictions: None found; note: Claiming the profile is free.

## Open questions

- Shareholder register (株主名簿) to verify the company-stated holding
- Partner-office litigation enquiry in Kyoto District Court
- Customer corroboration
- Whether the US national-phase applications are assigned to a US affiliate

## Timeline

- 2016-04-01: Established
- 2021-06-30: Capital increase registered
- 2022-07-15: METI subsidy award
- 2023-11-02: Ninth JP patent granted
- 2026-10-19: Partner review

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