Doctors, techno sports, flowers, and more take the stage in Japan at KDDI’s Demo Day

Japanese telco KDDI’s accelerator program Mugen Labo just finished its seventh demo day, and the presenting companies came from a wide range of industries, some with tantalizing business models. Take a look – the winner presented a polished product, proved his stickiness with his target user, and is very likely to be heard from again.　

Sakaseru

Founded by Yusuke Nishiyama, a 14-year veteran of the flower business, Sakaseru is a flower delivery app. With the app, users can contract top-level designers who regularly work with brands like Gucci and NHK. Snap a picture of your special someone, then select a date and place to have the flowers delivered. The flowers themselves are supplied by Nishiyama’s own brick-and-mortar Flower Kitchen.

The service goes live at 10pm tonight, local time.

Mugen Books

The name Yukihiro Sada might ring a bell for regular readers. We profiled his book printing service, MyISBN, a few weeks back. MyISBN reduces the cost of printing a book by yourself to near zero. As we mentioned then, “MyISBN charges authors a flat rate of JPY 4,980 yen (US$41.40) for its services. Authors set their own price on Amazon, usually about JPY 1,000 (US$8.31) per 100 pages, and keep 10 percent of each sale. MyISBN, Amazon, and the printing company divide up the rest.”

Hado

Fukuda Hiroshi of Hado certainly grabbed the audience’s attention when he started his presentation off with a re-creation of a kamehameha attack from the popular kids show Dragon Ball Z. Hiroshi is a self-proclaimed pioneer in what he calls “techno sports.” Using Android Wear and linking a VR headset and a smartwatch, Hiroshi intends to create a series of games where your physical actions are reflected in a competitive match taking place over the headset.

His plan is ambitious. Get players, arrange matches, get attention from supporters like Youtube and Twitch, and then align with sponsors. By 2020, when the Olympics are held in Tokyo, he wants to hold a major tech sports event alongside them.

His first event will be held in April. Pre-registration starts today.